APUSH AP EXAM UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Chesapeake Bay Area majority of migrants who moves there were indentured servants, economy based
on tobacco, few women, less democratic
Deism the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to operate through the
laws of nature
exodusters african americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and
1880 to start a new in Kansas (west)
scalawags term used by southerners in the reconstruction era for fellow southerners who
either supported republican reconstruction policies or gained economically as a
result of these policies, A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with
the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
new south advocates recovering from the devastation from the Civil War, promoted a self-sufficient
southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and
improved transportation--supported expansion of southern industry
open door policy policy that China should be open to trade with all of the major powers, including
the US, should have equal rights to trade there. This was the official position
toward China as announced by secretary of state john hay in 1899. To protect US
economic interests in China
Greenback Labor Party political party of the 1870s and early 1800s, supported that govt should put more
money in circulation and supported 8-hr work day and female suffrage. received
support from farmers. argued that more greenbacks should be put in circulation
to help farmers who were in debt
, socialist party 3rd party that gained popularity in the early 1900s. dedicated to the welfare of the
working class. called for more radical reforms than the progressives favored:
public ownership of the railroad, utilities, and even major industries such as oil and
steel
progressive party called for reforming city government, better conditions for urban workers, the
education of newly arrived immigrants, and the regulation of big businesses; use
government power to regulate industrial production and labor conditions
Palmer Raids related to the fear of communism and radicalism; part of the red scare; measure
to hunt out political radicals and immigrants who were potential threats to
American Security. These raids let to the arrest of nearly 5,000 people and the
deportation of nearly 400
Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement
Missouri Compromise an effort to maintain a balance between free and slave states; admitted Maine to
the Union as a free state, Missouri to the Union as a slave stated, and stated that
any part of the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees, 30 minutes would be non-
slave territory; a victory for antislavery advocates b/c it closed most of the
Louisiana Purchase to slavery
Monroe Doctrine maintained that European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the
Americas; stated that the Western Hemisphere was the hemisphere of the US and
not of Europe
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote the frontier thesis which states that the frontier experience played an
essential role in shaping the unique character of American society. It promotes
independence and individualism. It was a key factor in the development of
American individualism and democracy
transcendentalism Emerson and Thoreau. Argued for a mystical and intuitive way of thinking as a
means for discovering one's inner self and looking for the essence of God in
nature. Suggesting that artistic expression was more important than the pursuit of
wealth
Social Gospel late 19th century; preaching that all true Christians should be concerned with the
plight of immigrants and other poor residents of American cities and should
financially support efforts to improve the lives o there poor people---> settlement
houses
Jacob Riis involved in the reform movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries for
publicizing poor housing and sanitation in urban tenements; wrote "How the
Other Half Lives"
Cuban Missile Crisis Conflict between the US and Soviet Union over Soviet missiles discovered in
Cuba; Soviets eventually removed the missiles under American pressure; result:
Soviets gained none of their objectives while the US emerged victorious
Chesapeake Bay Area majority of migrants who moves there were indentured servants, economy based
on tobacco, few women, less democratic
Deism the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to operate through the
laws of nature
exodusters african americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction South in 1879 and
1880 to start a new in Kansas (west)
scalawags term used by southerners in the reconstruction era for fellow southerners who
either supported republican reconstruction policies or gained economically as a
result of these policies, A derogatory term for Southerners who were working with
the North to buy up land from desperate Southerners
new south advocates recovering from the devastation from the Civil War, promoted a self-sufficient
southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and
improved transportation--supported expansion of southern industry
open door policy policy that China should be open to trade with all of the major powers, including
the US, should have equal rights to trade there. This was the official position
toward China as announced by secretary of state john hay in 1899. To protect US
economic interests in China
Greenback Labor Party political party of the 1870s and early 1800s, supported that govt should put more
money in circulation and supported 8-hr work day and female suffrage. received
support from farmers. argued that more greenbacks should be put in circulation
to help farmers who were in debt
, socialist party 3rd party that gained popularity in the early 1900s. dedicated to the welfare of the
working class. called for more radical reforms than the progressives favored:
public ownership of the railroad, utilities, and even major industries such as oil and
steel
progressive party called for reforming city government, better conditions for urban workers, the
education of newly arrived immigrants, and the regulation of big businesses; use
government power to regulate industrial production and labor conditions
Palmer Raids related to the fear of communism and radicalism; part of the red scare; measure
to hunt out political radicals and immigrants who were potential threats to
American Security. These raids let to the arrest of nearly 5,000 people and the
deportation of nearly 400
Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring" 1962 book that helped launch the national environmental movement
Missouri Compromise an effort to maintain a balance between free and slave states; admitted Maine to
the Union as a free state, Missouri to the Union as a slave stated, and stated that
any part of the Louisiana Territory north of 36 degrees, 30 minutes would be non-
slave territory; a victory for antislavery advocates b/c it closed most of the
Louisiana Purchase to slavery
Monroe Doctrine maintained that European powers should not pursue any future colonization in the
Americas; stated that the Western Hemisphere was the hemisphere of the US and
not of Europe
Frederick Jackson Turner wrote the frontier thesis which states that the frontier experience played an
essential role in shaping the unique character of American society. It promotes
independence and individualism. It was a key factor in the development of
American individualism and democracy
transcendentalism Emerson and Thoreau. Argued for a mystical and intuitive way of thinking as a
means for discovering one's inner self and looking for the essence of God in
nature. Suggesting that artistic expression was more important than the pursuit of
wealth
Social Gospel late 19th century; preaching that all true Christians should be concerned with the
plight of immigrants and other poor residents of American cities and should
financially support efforts to improve the lives o there poor people---> settlement
houses
Jacob Riis involved in the reform movements of the late 19th and 20th centuries for
publicizing poor housing and sanitation in urban tenements; wrote "How the
Other Half Lives"
Cuban Missile Crisis Conflict between the US and Soviet Union over Soviet missiles discovered in
Cuba; Soviets eventually removed the missiles under American pressure; result:
Soviets gained none of their objectives while the US emerged victorious
