APUSH Final Review - Outside Evidence

Preparing for DBQ and LEQs on the AP US History Exam.

Encomienda

Period 1; grants of native american slaves with land to spainards

Repartimento

Period 1; Replaced encomienda system with this system which was much less harsh

Slavery (Chattel)

Period 1; Replaced other forms of labor in Spanish colonies; African slavery

Dutch Relations with Natives

Period 2; Trade relationship

French Relations with Natives

Period 2; Most friendly, trade relationship

English Relations with Natives

Period 2; Friendly at first but later conflicts over land

Spanish Relations with Natives

Period 2; Established caste system to deal with interracial marriages; enslaved and converted natives

Empiricism

Period 2; focus on logic and reason

Glorious Revolution

Period 2; Revolution in England based on Enlightenment

Navigation Acts

Period 2; European goods to colonies had to be checked; gave Britain control of imports to Europe

John Winthrop

Period 2; First Great Awakening preacher; “City on a Hill” sermon

Dominion of New England

Period 2; Created for greater control over colonies and ended colonial government.

Salutary Neglect

Period 2; Britain left the colonies to themselves in this period

Pope’s Revolt

Period 2; Successful rebellion against Spain, Native Americans continued to preserve their culture

Stono Rebellion

Period 2; slave uprising in 1739 that led to stricter slave codes

Bacon’s Rebellion

Period 2; this rebellion led to a reduced use of indentured servants

Praying Towns

Period 2; towns established to convert natives

Seven Year’s War

Period 3; dispute in ohio river valley; Britain & Colonies united against France, put Britain into heavy war debt and fostered French resentment.

Proclamation of 1763

Period 3; proclamation from Britain that kept colonialists out of territory gained in Seven Year’s War

Pickney’s Treaty

Period 3; Treaty with Spain setting boundaries of Southern United States

Jay’s Treaty

Period 3; treaty maintaining peace with Britain; agreed to remove British troops from the Northwest.

XYZ Affair

Period 3; The French allowed for any ships thought to carry British goods to be captured; the French made several demands and this eventually led to the Alien and Sedition Acts

Alien and Sedition Acts

Period 3; Reaction to the French Revolution; prevented criticism of government

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions

Period 3; Democratic-Republican response to the Alien and Seditions Acts; declaration that these acts were unconstitutional and set the precedent for nullification

3/5 Compromise

Period 3; Slaves counted as 3/5 of person in representation and end of US Atlantic Slave trade

Northwest Ordinance

Period 3; Established territories and requirement for statehood; Done under the Articles of Confederation.

Transcendentalists

Period 4; Belief in independence and focus on knowledge through intutition

Second Great Awakening

Period 4; Religious revival that led to the formation of new sects such as Millennialism.

Mill Girls

Period 4; Northern textile industry expanded and gave opportunities for women to socialize and organize in new jobs

Louisiana Purchase

Period 4; Large purchase of territory from France

Mexican-American War

Period 4; Led to the eventual gain of Texas and caused more debates on slavery

Missouri Compromise

Period 4; Set line of slavery for US; missouri admitted as a slave state and Maine admitted as free; led to increased tensions

Compromise of 1850

Period 4; California entered as a free state; fugitive slave acts were strengthened and Slave Trade was banned in D.C.

Dred Scott Decision

Period 4; Decided that slaves weren’t citizens and were property; this overturned the Missouri Compromise

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Period 4; This overturned the Missouri Compromise and allowed for decision by popular sovereignty

Seneca Falls Convention

Period 4; Women’s rights convention

Cotton Gin

Period 4; Made by Eli Whitney; caused the continued strength of slavery

Whigs

Period 4; This political was formed by Henry Clay in response to Andrew Jackson’s election

Era of Good Feelings

Period 4; national unity following War of 1812; the Democratic-Republicans were dominant after the decline of Federalists

American System

Period 4; An economic system promoted by Henry Clay; promoted internal improvements, protective tariffs, and a national bank.

Market Revolution

Period 4; Result of the Industrial Revolution; construction of railroads

Monroe Doctrine

Period 4; Sphere of influence; no European involvement

Embargo Act

Period 4; Restriction of exports and imports to Britain

Marbury v. Madison

Period 4; supreme court case that established judicial review; constitutionality of laws

Nullification Crisis

Period 4; South Carolina nullified a federal tariff

Panic of 1819

Period 4; end of economic expansion after War of 1812; caused increased opposition to the national bank

The Liberator

Period 4; prominent abolitionist newspaper

Nat Turner’s Rebellion

Period 4; Violent slave rebellion; deadliest in us history; led to fear and increased slave codes

John Brown

Period 4; Advocated for violence to remove slavery; was executed

The Bank War

Period 4; fights over the constitutionality of National Bank with Clay & Jackson

Freedmen’s Bureau Policies

Period 5; Reconstruction policies helping with land, schools, and marriages.

Homestead Act of 1862

Period 5; Encouraged migration and allowed any citizen to get 160 acres of government land

15 Amendment

Period 5; Voting rights for African-American men; angered women’s right movement

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Period 8; finally granted voting rights

Redeemer Governments

Period 5; Southern governments took power back after reconstruction

Plessy v. Ferguson

Period 5; established “separate but equal” to be constitutional

Manifest Destiny

Period 5; U.S. Desire to expand

Slavery as “Positive Good”

Period 5; view of Southern politicians before the Civil War

13th Amendment

Period 5; Abolished slavery

14th Amendment

Period 5; all born in the United States are citizens

Seward’s Folly

Period 5; Purchase of Alaska heavily criticized

Democratic Party Split

Period 5; Splits over slavery

Compromise of 1877

Period 5; Hayes to win election; federal troops away from South; ends reconstruction

Ten Percent Plan

Period 5; 10% of voter to swear oath to Union

Wade-Davis Bill

Period 5; Lincoln refused to sign bill; 50% to take oath; non-confederates only to vote state constitutions

Black Codes

Period 5; Jim Crow laws enforced segregation

Pacific Railroad Act

Period 5; assistance in building continental railroad

Social Darwinism

Period 6; belief in superiority in class & race

New South

Period 6; increased industrialization in the South; mechanization of farming

Sharecropping

Period 6; rent of land in return for share of crop; used as continuity of slavery

Populist Party

Period 6; reformers in Midwest and South, farmers; huey long

Political Machines

Period 6; provided support to encourage votes in support from immigrants

Settlement Houses

Period 6; Jane Addams, services provided to immigrants

Social Gospel

Period 6; Social responsibility to help poor; Josiah Strong

Bessemer Process

Period 6; Cheaper production of steel; increase in business

Robber Barens

Period 6; Carnegie, Rockefeller, Vanderbilt, Gould, Morgan

Vertical Integration

Period 6; Incorporate all steps into business

Horizontal Integration

Period 6; multiple businesses in same line of business

Chinese Exclusion Act

Period 6; result of nativism; excluded Chinese immigration

Booker T. Washington

Period 6; focus on education before civil rights

W.E.B. DuBois

Period 6; Focus on civil rights first

Homestead Strike

Period 6; against steel; strikebreakers hired; strike lost

Pullman Strike

Period 6; major railroad strike that spread across nation

Eugene V. Debs

Period 6; led Socialist party of America

In re Debs

Period 6; court case that upheld action against strikers in Pullman Strike

Crop Lien Systems

Period 6; Credit System used by cotton farmers

Interstate Commerce Commission

Period 6; used to regulate railroad; response to populists

Gospel of Wealth

Period 6; Carnegie’s opinion of sharing with poor

Yellow Dog Contracts

Period 6; Agreements where employment is conditional upon laborer not joining a union

The Square Deal

Period 6; “square deal” for African Americans; conservation, corporate law consumer protection; progressive

Closing of the Frontier

Period 7; Truner’s Frontier Thesis; theory for overseas expansion

Harlem Renaissnace

Period 7; African American culture boom

Greaet Migration

Period 7; African Americans to north during world war I

Immigration Quotas

Period 7; limited immigration from South and East Europe

Korematsu vs. US

Period 7; case in which the constitutionality of Japanese internment was challenged

16th Amendment

Period 7; establishes an income tax

18th Amendment

Period 7; Prohibition

19th Amendment

Period 7; Women’s Suffrage

17th Amendment

Period 7; direct election of senators

Scientific Management

Period 7; led to increased production