Ap Us History Semester Exam

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organized to oppose the Stamp Act

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Sons of Liberty

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made Florida part of the US

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Adams-Onis Treaty

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opposed the Constitution

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Antifederalists

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first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe

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Drake

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congress could only do what was specifically stated in the Constitution

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strict construction

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wrote "The Star Spangled Banner"

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Francis Scott Key

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passed to punish Boston

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Coercive Acts

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Maine entered as a free state, Missouri entered as a slave state, and slavery was forbidden north of the 36 30 line

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Missouri compromise

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leader of the Sons of Liberty

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Samuel Adams

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a general search warrant allowing customs officials to search a person or his property at will

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writ of assistance

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gave the US the right of deposit at New Orleans

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Pinckney's Treaty

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period of political harmony after the collapse of the Federalist Party

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era of good feelings

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introduced resolutions to the House of Burgesses stating that they alone could tax Virginians

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Henry

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belief that congress may do anything not prohibited by the Constitution

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loose construction

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means that colonies exist only to benefit the mother country

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mercantilism

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appointed to write the Declaration of Independence

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Committee of Five

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supported the Constitution

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Federalists

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went up the Arkansas River, into the Rockies, in what is now Colorado

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Pike

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saved the economy of Jamestown by producing smokeable tobacco

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Rolfe

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passed by parliament stating they had the power to make any laws governing the colonies

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Declaratory Act

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surrendered to Washington at Georgetown

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Cornwallis

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required colonists to provide food and lodging for British soldiers

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Quartering Act

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no fewer than three nor more than five states could be created out of the Northwest territory

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Northwest Ordinance of 1787

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prohibited US ships to sail to foreign ports

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Embargo Act of 1807

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bound for a specific period of time to the person who paid their way to America

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indentured servant

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wrote Common Sense

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Paine

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put limits on the number of warships that the US and Great Britain could have on the Great Lakes

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Rush-Bagot Agreement

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called the Intolerable Acts in America

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Coercive Acts

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did most of the work writing the Declaration of Independence

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Jefferson

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a series of essays explaining the Constitution in great detail

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The Federalist Papers

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prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

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case helped establish freedom of the press

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Zenger

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pamphlet encouraging independence and criticizing the king

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Common Sense

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divided the northwest territory into townships

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Land Ordinance of 1785

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Who wrote the Federalist Papers?

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Hamilton, Jay, and Madison

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ended the War of 1812

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Treaty of Ghent

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forced movement of the Cherokee to Indian Territory

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Trail of Tears

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headed the committee that wrote the Articles of Confederation

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Dickinson

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first case in which judicial review was used

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Marbury vs Madison

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provided for a fin and jail term for anyone who criticized the gov't

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Sedition Act

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What was included in the Connecticut Compromise?

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a bicameral congress with House of Representatives based on population and a senate with equal representation

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Name one British advantage and one disadvantage in the Revolutionary War

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advantage- best navy in the world

disadvantage- fighting on unfamiliar ground

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Why was the Battle of Saratoga the turning point of the Revolutionary War?

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showed foreign countries (esp. France) that America could win so they sent aid

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List the items included in Clay's American System.

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internal improvements, strong national bank system, and protective tariffs

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What were the main points of the Monroe Doctrine?

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1. Americas were no longer open for European colonization

2. the US would no longer become involved in European affairs

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prohibited antislavery petitions from being brought up in the House of Reps

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gag rule

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led the first Americans to settle in Texas

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Stephen F. Austin

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worked for free public education, constant curricula, and better teacher pay

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Mann

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chosen to command the Texas army and to be president of the Republic of Texas

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Houston

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founded the mormon church

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Joseph Smith

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published the abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator

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Garrison

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blazed the Santa Fe Trail and opened the south west for trade

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Becknell

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worked to improve prisons and set up institutions for the mentally ill

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Dix

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known as the "Black Moses"

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Tubman

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another name for the American Party

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Know-Nothings

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What was the result of Nat Turner's rebellion?

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slaves were prohibited from learning to read and write

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Who developed the rendezvous system?

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William Ashley

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led troops into CA to help the people there gain their independence in the Bear Flag Revolt

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Fremont

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set the Oregon border at the 49th parallel

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Treaty of 1846

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said it was America's "Manifest Destiny to overspread and possess the whole of the continent"

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O'Sullivan

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name two of the provisions of the Compromise of 1850

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1. CA would enter as a free state

2. NM and Utah would decide on slavery themselves

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name two arguments against the annexation of Texas

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1. south would gain too much power politically

2. it could bring war with Mexico

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name two causes of the Mexican War

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1. patriots resented the loss of Texas

2. Mexican gov't wouldn't pay claims to US

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groups in New England that sent pro-slavery people to settle in Kansas

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Emigrant Aid Societies

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first agreement made between the US and Japan

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Treaty of Kanagawa

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allowed people to vote on whether or not slavery would be allowed

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popular sovereignty

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wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin on the evils of slavery and stirred up feelings of antislavery

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Stowe

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purpose was to provide a route for a transcontinental railroad from the deep south to the pacific

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Gadsden Purchase

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Who was elected president of the CSA? vice president?

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Davis - Pres.

Stephens - VP

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sailed up the MS River and took New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Natchez

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copperheads

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`freed all the slaves in the states in rebellion

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Emancipation Proclamation

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name the CSA and USA ironclads

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Merrimack and Monitor

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what was the bloodiest one-day's fighting of the Civil War?

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Battle of Antietam

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name two CSA advantages in the Civil War

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1. fighting on the defense

2. fighting for their way of life

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how did the north name battles? the south?

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north - after natural things

south - after physical things

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what was the result of Antietam?

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showed other countries the CSA could not win so they did not send aid

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name two USA advantages in the civil war

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1. outnumbered CSA almost 3:1

2. had 90% of manufacturing

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abolished slavery throughout the US

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13th amendment

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defined citizenship and prohibited states from depriving any man of his rights

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14th amendment

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gave all men the right to vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude

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15th amendment

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rented land for cash

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tenant farmers

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white southerners that supported reconstruction and the Republicans

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scalawags

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divided the south into 5 military districts with a Union general presiding over each

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Reconstruction Act

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name two examples of the Black Codes

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blacks could not be on juries and could not hold meetings without a white man present

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took over president after Lincoln was assassinated

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Andrew Johnson

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people who farmed land for a percentage of the crop at harvest time

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sharecroppers

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northerners that came to the south looking for economic gain because of the problems there

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carpetbaggers

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prohibited the use of force or terror to keep someone from voting

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Force Acts

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assassinated Abraham Lincoln

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John Wilkes Booth

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set up to help blacks make the transition from slavery to freedom

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Freedman's Bureau

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What was the Tenure of Office Act? How did Pres. Johnson test it?

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said the president couldn't fire any gov't. officials without the senates approval; he fired Sec. of War Stanton and replaced him with Grant

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describe an impeachment proceeding

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the House is the prosecutor, the Senate is the jury, and the Chief of Justice presides; they need a 2/3 majority vote for removal from office

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set up a civil service commission to give tests to people seeking gov't. jobs

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Pendleton Act

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segregation laws that called for called for separate facilities for blacks and whites

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Jim Crow Laws

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replaced iron rails with steel making them stronger and safer

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Vanderbilt

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most famous political boss; controlled Tammany Hall which ran the Democratic Party in NYC, stole $200 million from the US through haud and graft

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Tweed

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Supreme Court ruled that states could control businesses that operated in the public's interest

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Munn vs. Illinois

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adopted by the southern states to keep blacks from voting, included a poll tax, literacy test, and resident requirements

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Mississippi Plan

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aka Patrons of Husbandry; set up originally to help farmers cope with the loneliness of farm life

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Grange

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shot James A. Garfield

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Guiteau

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Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal was allowed by the Constitution

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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Why did rail lines divide the US into 4 time zones?

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to avoid wrecks and keep schedules

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invented basketball

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Naismith

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adapted rugby into American football

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Camp

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founded the Tuskegee Institute and believed backs should focus on economic advancement rather than social equality

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Booker T. Washington

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patented the telephone and helped form the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. to provide long distance service

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Bell

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1st American to receive PhD from Harvard

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Dubois

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Where did most of the "new immigrants" come from?

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southern and eastern Europe