APUSH Flashcards
0
Q
15th amendment
A
black suffrage
1
Q
13th amendment
A
stops slavery
2
Q
16th amendment
A
individual income tax
3
Q
17th amendment
A
direct election of senators
4
Q
18th amendment
A
prohibition
5
Q
19th amendment
A
female suffrage
6
Q
14th amendment
A
black ppl are grants citizenship
7
Q
21st amendment
A
repeals prohibition
8
Q
24th ammendment
A
abolition of poll taxes
9
Q
26th amendment
A
18 yo can vote
10
Q
Why does France help the USA in the Revolutionary War?
A
bc they wanted revenge bc of the French& Indian War
11
Q
How did England act after the French & Indian War?
A
tightened mercantillism, ended salutary neglect
12
Q
Why did England impose all those taxes on the Americans
A
broke from French and Indian war
13
Q
triangular trade
A
promoted MERCANTILLISM
promoted wealth& culture/disease exchange
14
Q
ok name some northern colony exports in triangular trade (to the west indies!)
A
fish, lumber, flour, livestock
15
Q
Faults of theArticles of. confederation?
A
no executive to carry out laws, no federal court to settle dispute, gov couldnt tax anyone
16
Q
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
A
a Massachusetts uprising (debtor farmers who were fed up with inflation)against creditors
articles of xonfed couldnt stop it
17
Q
where did TJ write the Dec of Indp
A
SECOND continetal congress
18
Q
1987 held what convention
A
CONSTITUTIONAL! in philly
19
Q
great compromise
A
combo on VA plan and NJ plan
20
Q
alien and seditions acts
A
restrictions on freedom if speech and foreigners
21
Q
kentucky and virginia resolutions
A
Fixes rights that were taken away in alien and sedition acts
22
Q
marbury vs madison
A
under TJ
JOHN MARSHALL decides judicial review
23
Q
proclamation of 1793
A
gw states that the us is not involved in european affairs
24
whiskey rebellion
small rebellion in PA. protested a tax. GW and fed gov crushed it.....v diff from shays rebellion
25
embargo act
TJ hated that france and britain were seizing our ships so hes topped all american exports. it was a failure. it hurt our economy more than thiers. 1807-1809
26
era of good feelings
starts w Monroe. nationialism... only one party--Democratic republicans
bc of protective tarriffs that help domestic producers
bcof henry clay's american system
27
3 parts of henry clay's american system
1. protective tarriffs, 2. national banks, 3. internal improvement (roads, canals)
28
READ THIS
Era of Good Feelings. Things are siund politically. 1812-1824
After 1819, their is econmoic depression(largely due to 2nd bank of us)
socially, ppl are excited ablut western lands and riled up about slavery. sectionalism increases.
29
treaty of ghent
ends war of 1812. things are back to normal.
30
war of 1812
US got pisses at britain for impressment. fought some naval battles. dc Burned. treaty of ghent restored everything. jackson and troops beat britain at battle of new orleans....nationalism!
31
missouri compromise
missouri slave. maine free. 36'30''
32
jacksonian americ
bank wars, nationalistic, manifest destiny, (hes from the west...not aristocratic). reduction of voting requirements= mass democracy
33
panic of 1937
depression and unemployment bc Jackson's bank war left unstable economy
34
when does the usa gain oregon and ca?
james k. polk. 1845-1849
35
mexican american war
fought with mexico bc we annexed texasa nd they thought it was theirs. granted us ca terr, nm terr, utah terr 1846-1848
36
alamo
pre mex american war. ppl living in tx revolted against mexican gov. mex lost
37
know nothings? when
1950s(after whigs collapsed). hated blacks, catholics, immigrants
38
Who do the Whig senators suck into their party?
| 4
1. offended southerners pissed about the nulkification crisis
2. ppl who are pro-internal improvements
3. pro-bank industrialists in the north
4. evangelical protestants/supporters of anti-masonic party
39
nullification crisis
SC said they werent participating in a tariff bc they thought it was unconstitutional. jackson shut them down mikitarily.
40
1830-1860 immigration
german and irish... irish live on east coast and germans go more westward
41
Compromis of 1850
attempt to resolve slavery question in mexican cession territory.
1. CA=free
2. NM terr & UT terr=pop sov
3. slave trade banned in DC
4. new, stricter fugitive slave law.
42
when is uncle toms cabin published
1852
43
Kansas Nebraska Act
Stephen A Douglass. undermines missouri compromise. kansasa and nebraska can decide by pop sov
44
bleeding kansas
abolition vs slave fighting in kansas... precursor to civil war
45
lecompton constitutuion
pro-slavery constitutuon submitted for kansas to enter the union. was rejected
46
Who beats charles sumner
preston brooks!!
47
jefferson davis
pres of confederation
48
advantages disadvantages civil war.
North. econmomic powerhouse, strong central gov, bigger population, less-experienced generals
South. less people, simple economy, weak,new gov, better militaryleaders
49
2 first battles of civil war
fort sumter. 1st bull run. southern victories. north becomes aware and ready
50
antienam
bloodiest day of ww2. southern blunder with the cigars. gives ABE CONFIDENCE FOR EMANC PROC
51
1863 northern victories.
gettysburg, chancellorsville, vicksburg
52
sherman's march to the sea. When??
1864
53
presidential reconstruction.
Johnson says 10% of citizens in a southern state must pledge allegiance to the usa for it to be admitted. Then they must RRR. REPEAL succession laws, REPUDIATE state debt and RATIFY the13the ammendment
54
congressional reconstruction
civil rights bill of 1866 serves as basis for 14 th ammendment. CARD
1. grant citizenship to blacks 2. southern states must adjust representation, repudiatec onfederate debt, and disqualify former confederate leaders
55
military radical reconstruction
southern states must ratify the 14th ammendment and grants blacks suffrage . split into 5 military zones w troops
56
why did the KKK arise
response to radical reconstruction
57
plains wars
at first, we wanted to isolate the native americans on reservations. here, we start battling them. lil big horn, sandcreek massacre, battle at wounded knee
58
dawes act
forced assimilation. dissolve tribal bands, indiviualize land, 25 year wait for citizenship
59
western settlers in the 1860s are...
less conservative. miners, cowboys, farmers
60
why did farmers go west in the 1950s
homestead act, low city wages, competition w immigrants
61
1870s. Omaha Platform
gov ownership of railroads, shorter work hours, immigration restrictions, direct election of senators, income tax, free coinage of silver for inflation
62
who was linked withpolitical machines in the gilded age?
democrats
63
credit mobilier scandal
bribery and corruption in the construction of transcontinetal railroad. leaked by press! Grant. gilded age af
64
read this
reconstruction and gikded age overlap a lil. in theis time is also plains wars
65
when was the chinese exclusion act
1882. chestur a arthur
66
sherman anti-trust act
stop monoploie. Benjamin harrison 1890!!
67
homestead strike
labor-managemnet conflict. Carnegie steel co
68
railroad strike of 1877 and pullman strike
both were met with federal troops. pullman strike was in the 1890s tho
69
interstate commerce act of 1887
established the governments rights to oversee railroad activity
70
cons of gilded age/industrialization
immagrant slums, corruption, chinese exclusion act
71
pros of gilded age/industrialization
interstate commerce act of 1887, economic growth
72
teddy roosevelt domestic?
square deal. ccc
73
how did teddy protect consumers
meat inspection act, pure food and drug act
74
elkins act
passed by Teddy and congress. limited the power of railroads
75
wilson domestic
new freedom. favored small business and unmonopolized free markets
76
underwood tarriff
reduced import fees
77
who busts carnegie and rockafeller
Taft!
78
clayton anti-trust act.
wilson
79
mckinley tarriff
so high protective tarriff. sooorepublican
80
spanish american war
us supports cuba in independence
81
platt ammendment
we can militarily intervene in cuba. and we have guantanamo bay
82
roosevelt corollary
us can use military force to protect its military interests in south and central america
83
dollar diplomacy
taft. linking american business interests to diplomatic interests abroad
84
zimmerman telegram
ger tries to get mex to declare war on usa. so we declare war on ger
85
espionage and sedition acts
limits free speech during ww1
86
does the usa ratify the treaty of versailles
no
87
name fourcause of the great depression
overproduction. weak banking system. purchasing in credit. economic problems abroad
88
new deal
FDR attempts to use government spending to promote our economy and social well being
89
name some new deal programs
social security act, TVA (height of gov involvment), Wagner act (National Labor. relations Board. relationship btwn union and employer)
90
what lead the USA away from isolationaism in WW2
lend-lease act, destroyer deal, neutrality act of 1939
91
lend-lease
usa supplies allies (largely USSR) with war material
92
destroyer deal
gave britain our old destroyer ships
93
hitler-stalin pact (1939)
allowed Ger to invade poland and other western democracies w/o fear of soviet intervention
94
neutrality act of 1939
allowed foreign countries to buy ammunition from the USA
95
tehran conference
planned d day
96
yalta
soviet takes over poland, germany is split into zones, un forms
97
potsdam
finalized ger zones, agrees to try nazi officers
98
marshall plan
sends billions of dollars to help rebuild europe post ww2. tries to prevent communism
99
truman doctrine
us would support any nation threatened by communism. give money to greece and turkey.
100
george kennan
we need to use military force to stop these reds from spreading
101
nato
us, canada, and western european nations unite against the threat of the soviet union
102
eastern bloc and western bloc
western bloc. nato
| eastern bloc. warsaw pact
103
moderate conservatism
esisenhowers policy u like
104
interstate highway act
for military. eisenhower!
105
SCLC
southern black churches
106
esisenhowers foreign policy
massive retaliation
107
kennedy being liberal
social security expanisions, raising minimum wage, peace corps, food stamps
108
ole miss guy
jamesmeredith
109
civil rights act kf 1964
bans segregation in most public places
110
great society
lbj. medicaid medicare
111
why was nixon domestically liberal
OSHA, EPA, social security expanison, expands food stamps, nixes gold standard
112
supply side economics
regan. cut down on taxes and gov spending
113
detente
relaxed the hostility between us and the ussr and us and china
