AP US History Exam Study Guide (Recent exam) Fully solved & updated
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Mercantilism - (answer)the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it
buys;colonies exist for the benefit of mother country
Navigation Laws of 1660 and 1663 - (answer)1660: ships' crews had to be 3/4 English, and "enumerated"
products not produced by the mother country, such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar were to be shipped
from the colonies only to England or other English colonies
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1663: required all European goods bound for America to be shipped through England first.[6] In England,
the goods would be unloaded, inspected, paid duties, and finally reloaded. had to be carried in English
vessels,Furthermore, imports of 'enumerated commodities' (such as sugar, rice, and tobacco) had to do
the same.
1895 Supreme Court Ruling of US v. E.C Knight - (answer)decision under ShermanAnti-Trust Act shot
down by Supreme Court - sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce
Frances Perkins - (answer)U.S. Secretary of Labor from (FDR)1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever
appointed to the cabinet., Social Security and Minimum wage
Objectives of Populists - (answer)calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national banks, a
subtreasury scheme or some similar system, a graduated income tax, paper money, government
ownership of all forms of transportation and communication, election of Senators by direct vote,
immigration restrictions, 8hr days, postal banks, pensions, revision of the law of contracts,
NAFTA and Bill Clinton - (answer)NAFTA was created to allow the free movement of goods between
canada, mexico, and the u.s. by lessening and eliminating tariffs. Clinton believed in it so much he signed
this document, promising that it would create good quality jobs for Americans, but the opposite
occurred.
, AP US History Exam Study Guide (Recent exam) Fully solved & updated
2026 Most COMPLETE (2026) (Latest Update 2026) UPDATE!!
Kyoto Treaty - (answer)a treaty signed in 1997. It requires countries who sign it to reduce thieir gas
emissions to levels below what they were producing in 1990
Margaret Sanger - (answer)United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned
parenthood in the 1920's
Battle of Saratoga - (answer)Turning point of American Revolution; American Victory
Brain Trust - (answer)Group of expert policy advisors who worked with FDR in the 1930s to end the
Great Depression.
Zimmerman Note - (answer)Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a german foreign secretary;had secretly
proposed a German- Mexican alliance;tempted Mexico w/ the ideas of recovering TX, AZ, and NM. The
note was intercepted by the U.S. This was a major factor that led us into WWI.
Copperheads - (answer)a Northern Democrat who sympathized with the South, the Civil War,
advocating peace and restoration of the Union even if slavery continued.
Characteristics of the North after the Civil War - (answer)Much more prosperous than South; Industrial
Revolution underway; life became faster, factory jobs took the place of hand done jobs
Thomas Paine pamphlet "Common Sense" - (answer)This convinced Americans that they needed to
break away from Britain;called for American independence and the creation of a democratic republic
Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817 - (answer)Treaty between the United States and Britain that effectively
demilitarized the Great Lakes by sharply limiting the number of ships each power could station on them;
to strengthen peace with Great Britain; during Adams presidency.
2026 Most COMPLETE (2026) (Latest Update 2026) UPDATE!!
Mercantilism - (answer)the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it
buys;colonies exist for the benefit of mother country
Navigation Laws of 1660 and 1663 - (answer)1660: ships' crews had to be 3/4 English, and "enumerated"
products not produced by the mother country, such as tobacco, cotton, and sugar were to be shipped
from the colonies only to England or other English colonies
_______________________________________
1663: required all European goods bound for America to be shipped through England first.[6] In England,
the goods would be unloaded, inspected, paid duties, and finally reloaded. had to be carried in English
vessels,Furthermore, imports of 'enumerated commodities' (such as sugar, rice, and tobacco) had to do
the same.
1895 Supreme Court Ruling of US v. E.C Knight - (answer)decision under ShermanAnti-Trust Act shot
down by Supreme Court - sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce
Frances Perkins - (answer)U.S. Secretary of Labor from (FDR)1933 to 1945, and the first woman ever
appointed to the cabinet., Social Security and Minimum wage
Objectives of Populists - (answer)calling for free coinage of silver, abolition of national banks, a
subtreasury scheme or some similar system, a graduated income tax, paper money, government
ownership of all forms of transportation and communication, election of Senators by direct vote,
immigration restrictions, 8hr days, postal banks, pensions, revision of the law of contracts,
NAFTA and Bill Clinton - (answer)NAFTA was created to allow the free movement of goods between
canada, mexico, and the u.s. by lessening and eliminating tariffs. Clinton believed in it so much he signed
this document, promising that it would create good quality jobs for Americans, but the opposite
occurred.
, AP US History Exam Study Guide (Recent exam) Fully solved & updated
2026 Most COMPLETE (2026) (Latest Update 2026) UPDATE!!
Kyoto Treaty - (answer)a treaty signed in 1997. It requires countries who sign it to reduce thieir gas
emissions to levels below what they were producing in 1990
Margaret Sanger - (answer)United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned
parenthood in the 1920's
Battle of Saratoga - (answer)Turning point of American Revolution; American Victory
Brain Trust - (answer)Group of expert policy advisors who worked with FDR in the 1930s to end the
Great Depression.
Zimmerman Note - (answer)Written by Arthur Zimmerman, a german foreign secretary;had secretly
proposed a German- Mexican alliance;tempted Mexico w/ the ideas of recovering TX, AZ, and NM. The
note was intercepted by the U.S. This was a major factor that led us into WWI.
Copperheads - (answer)a Northern Democrat who sympathized with the South, the Civil War,
advocating peace and restoration of the Union even if slavery continued.
Characteristics of the North after the Civil War - (answer)Much more prosperous than South; Industrial
Revolution underway; life became faster, factory jobs took the place of hand done jobs
Thomas Paine pamphlet "Common Sense" - (answer)This convinced Americans that they needed to
break away from Britain;called for American independence and the creation of a democratic republic
Rush-Bagot Treaty of 1817 - (answer)Treaty between the United States and Britain that effectively
demilitarized the Great Lakes by sharply limiting the number of ships each power could station on them;
to strengthen peace with Great Britain; during Adams presidency.
