APUSH 1
This SCOTUS case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v Madison?
This conflict saw the addition of land that would eventually see the formation of 7 states out of it, primarily in the American Southwest.
Mexican American War
Give two precedents of Washington's farewell address....
Two Terms
Neutrality in Foreign Affairs
Cautioning against political party formation
This Eli Whitney invention that increased slavery
cotton gin
The acquisition of a large piece of land by President T. Jefferson that went against his usual strict interpretation of the Constitution. Made possible by the Haitian Revolution.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This is the time must you arrive at the Small Gym on exam day.
7:45am
The event that completed the recovery of the nation from The Great Depression
WW2
The forced migration of thousands of Native Americans from their lands East of the Mississippi River to Oklahoma and other western territories in the early 1830s.
What is the Indian Removal Act? (Trail of Tears)
Slave preacher who led a bloody revolt against slave owners and their families (Southampton, VA in 1831).
Who is Nat Turner?
In 1863, this presidential order freed slaves in Confederate-held territory and transformed the Civil War into a struggle for freedom.
Emancipation Proclamation
This conflict led to a brief period of nationalistic fervor, and helped the U.S. gain respect abroad.
What is the War of 1812?
The number of multiple choice questions AND how many you must correctly score in order to 'pass' the MCQ section
55 total, 25 correct to pass (5 experimental questions)
The results of this conflict ended the period of salutary neglect and increased tensions between Britain and the colonists.
The French and Indian War/Seven Years War
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30’
Missouri Compromise
This SCOTUS case established the "separate but equal" ruling that would inspire many Jim Crow laws.
What is Plessy v Ferguson
The original constitution of the United States created by the Second Continental Congress.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This was a style of newspaper reporting that emphasized sensationalism over facts. Important regarding the Spanish-American War.
Yellow Journalism
The number of long essay prompts you can pick from on the test.
What is 3?
This was the common debate or 'styles' regarding how to interpret the Constitution.
Strict Constructionist vs Loose Constructionist
President who vetoed the national bank, thought of as the 'voice of the common man', and pushed through the Indian Removal Act.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.
The Great Migration
The term for journalists exposing problems in American society.
Muckrakers
Two reasons the US entered World War I.
The Sinking of the Lusitania (unrestricted submarine warfare) and the Zimmerman Telegram
The number of documents in the APUSH DBQ, and how many you need to refer to.
What are 7 and 6?
HIS pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence
Who is Thomas Paine
The idea that women should take charge of educating their children in the ways of the new republic.
What is Republican Motherhood?
In the landmark 1819 McCulloch v Maryland case, this famous, Adams-appointed Chief Justice affirmed the constitutionality of the Second Bank of the United States and asserted federal supremacy over state law.
Chief Justice John Marshall (Marshall Court)
Henry Clay's plan to protect American manufacturing, promote a national bank, and federally fund infrastructure to link the regions together.
What is the American System?
Beginning in January 1968, this North Vietnamese surprise operation was militarily unsuccessful, but was responsible for tanking public support for the Vietnam War.
The Tet Offensive
After choosing one of the three prompts given to you, how much time will you have to write the LEQ on exam day?