AP US History

AP US History Exam Study Guide Question and Answer 2023. Mercantilism Correct Answer: the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys; colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country Navigation Laws of 1660 and 1663 Correct 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 Correct Answer: decision under ShermanAnti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court - sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce Frances Perkins Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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. Kyoto Treaty Correct 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 Correct Answer: United States nurse who campaigned for birth control and planned parenthood in the 1920's Battle of Saratoga Correct Answer: Turning point of American Revolution; American Victory Brain Trust Correct Answer: Group of expert policy advisors who worked with FDR in the 1930s to end the Great Depression. Zimmerman Note Correct 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 Correct 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 Correct 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" Correct 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 Correct 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. Border States during the Civil War Correct Answer: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri Section 7A of the NRA Correct Answer: Provided that workers had the right to join unions and to bargain collectively. Proclamation of 1763 Correct Answer: British gov't forbade British colonists from settling west of the App Mtns, and which required any settlers already living west of the mountains to move back east Huey Long Correct Answer: Governor of Louisiana, "Share the Wealth" wants to give $5k to all ; Criticized Roosevelt for giving gov't too much control over business and the economy;It was a 100% tax on all annual incomes over $1 million and appropriation of all fortunes in excess of $5 million. With this money Long proposed to give every American family a comfortable income, etc