AP US History Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards for AP US History exam review based on provided notes.

Encomienda System

Coerced labor system where Natives were given land and protection in exchange for labor; however, it often led to exploitation.

Asiento System

System where a colonist pays tax per imported slave.

Act of Toleration

Granted religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland.

House of Burgesses

America's first representative assembly, dominated by elite planters.

Headright System

To attract immigrants, Virginia offered 50 acres of land to immigrants who paid for their passage.

Great Awakening

Movement of intense religious feeling through the colonies during the 1730s and 1740s

New Lights

Criticized the current church for emphasis on rituals over personal experience as salvation

Colonists

Eager to move west, pride in governing themselves, more ethnically and religiously diverse, by 1750, most colonists had similar gov. systems and communities

Britain

In favor of salutary neglect, sometimes enforced regulations, claimed sovereignty over colonies, majorly white and protestant.

Sons and Daughters of Liberty

Often violent secret society meant to intimidate tax agents.

Committees of Correspondence

Spread ideas of liberty and Sam Adams exchanged letters of suspected British activities.

Prohibitory Act

Banned trade and declared the colonies in open rebellion.

Turning Point

American victory in the Battle of Saratoga prompted France to openly ally with the U.S.

Republican Motherhood

Women should be educated to shape values of the new nation.

The Federalist Papers

Series of persuasive federalist essays by Madison, Hamilton, and Jay.

Jefferson

Attempted to build federal trust by maintaining Hamilton's national bank and debt repayment plan.

Marbury vs. Madison (1803)

Established judicial review.

Embargo Act

The US banned from foreign trade; Britain would lose US trade (Reality: devastated US economy.

Tariff of 1816

1st protective tariff in US history.

Henry Clay's American System

3 parts, Protective tariffs, 2nd national bank, and Internal improvements (roads, canals, etc.).

Monroe Doctrine

Advanced US interests while maintaining peace.

Commonwealth vs. Hunt (1842)

Peaceful unions had the right to negotiate labor contracts with employers.

Jackson and Natives

Jackson's democracy didn't expand to Natives; it forced resettlement of thousands of natives.

Nullification

Southeners were furious at tariffs and South Carolina attempted to nullify and even secede.

Trail of Tears

Black Hawk lead a new church and culture throughout The Trail of Tears, Indian Removal Act lead to Indian resettlement.

Transcendentalism

Promotes intuitive, spiritual thinking rather than science/materialism.

2nd Great Awakening

Religious revival that swept through US in 1800s.

Temperance

Cause-alcohol consumption, reformers targeted alcohol because of crime, poverty, and domestic abuse.

American Colonization society

Failed because no one wanted to leave birthplace.

New South

Wanted them to have, self-sufficient econ., capitalistic valves, Industrial T, and racial relations.

South

Gave way to Jim Crow Laws for segregation after Plessy v. Ferguson.

Trust

An organization/board that manages assets of another company.

Horizontal Integration

When a company takes control of all competitors in the industry.

Vertical integration

A company takes control of all stages of production

Social Darwinism

Justified monopolistic trusts.

labor

The wealth had means of defending their weirth or justify their self made made men.

Lockout

Closing factory to break movement before it forms.

Blacklist

Roster of unionist employees shared btw. employers so they aren't hired.

Yellow-Dog Contract

Employment contracts that forbade joining a union.

Collective Bargaining

The workers were able to bargain w/ employers as a group.

The Hull House brigh

Houses where imigrants live and reformers (often women) would help reform social structures to them.

Political Machine brigh

tightly organized policical groups that provided favors for votes. the boss would control the votes such as voter frude

Social Gospel Movement

applying Christian principles to social issues, lead to better housing wages and public health.

Ocala Platform

call for the use of initatives and referendums the Goverment taking ownership of the railroad.