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AP US History
Review
Directions: Match the terms with the appropriate definitions.
__29_9-11 1. banned settlement west of the Appalachians
__4__Act of Toleration 2. brought about in part by The Jungle
__61__Adams-Onis Treaty 3. resulted from the Chesapeake Affair
__86__Andrew Jackson elected 4. provided a degree of religious freedom in Maryland
__38__Annexation of Texas 5. gave control of a canal to rightful owner
__119__Army McCarthy Hearings 6. gave U.S. southwestern quarter of today’s country
__39__Bacon’s Rebellion 7. provided the way by which territories become states
__11__Battles of Lexington/Concord 8. radical abolitionist newspaper
__33__Bay of Pigs 9. enunciated Wilson’s goal of peace without victory
__37__Boston Massacre 10. caused by the fall of Fort Sumter
__69__Brown v Board of education 11. where the “shot heard ‘round the world” was fired
__27__Burke-Wadsworth Act/ 12. John Smith helped it survive hard times
Selective Service Act
__70__Camp David Accords 13. opened up trade between North American countries
__75__Century of Dishonor 14. ultimately settled by maintaining 38th parallel
__110__Civil Rights Act/ 15. largely did away with the Dawes Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
__10__Civil War begins 16. reflective of squabbles in Massachusetts town
__82__Coercive/Intolerable Acts 17. Maine enters as a free state as part of this deal
__95__Completion of Transcontinental 18. turned many Americans from hawks to doves
Railroad
__94__Cuba goes communist 19. established as a “city on a hill”
__64__Dawes Act/ICC 20. divided old northwest into townships and sections
__67__D-Day 21. showed Soviet technological superiority over U.S.
__118__Declaration of Independence 22. it’s suppression showed the gov’t would enforce
its laws
__72__Dominion of New England 23. early South Carolina slave uprising
__62__Dred Scott case 24. granted “equal protection under the law”
__74__Eighteenth amendment/Red Scare 25. fundamentalism v scientific modernism
__34__Emancipation Proclamation 26. atomic bomb brought it about
__3__Embargo 27. first peacetime draft in U.S. history
__100__End of Reconstruction/ 28. discover by Salk and Sabine
Munn v Illinois
__103__Fair Labor Standards Act 29. catalyst for the War on Terror
__47__Federal Trade Commission Act 30. regulation of interstate commerce is an exclusive
federal right
__92__Fifteenth amendment 31. designed to send Indians to the Great American
Desert
__63__First Open Door Notes 32. Civil Service Act
__12__Founding of Jamestown 33. failed attempt to overthrow Castro
__9__Fourteen Points 34. altered the North’s moral cause in the Civil War
__24__Fourteenth amendment 35. overcoming yellow fever helped complete it
__113__French Alliance/ 36. this splendid little war
Battle of Saratoga
__114__French and Indian War/ 37. deaths led to useful colonial propaganda
Albany Plan
__46__Fundamental Orders 38. brought into the U.S. by joint resolution
__71__George H.W. Bush/Persian 39. increased fear of freed indentured servants in
Gulf War Virgina
__81__Great Awakening 40. “John Marshall has made his decision……”
__57__Halfway Covenant 41. Republicans replace Federalists, peacefully
__52__Hamilton’s Economic Plan/ 42. directly brought about by Lincoln’s election
Bill of Rights
__83__Hartford Convention 43. established the principle of judicial review
__66__Highway Act 44. “Star Wars”
__97__Homestead Act/ 45. War of 1812
Pacific Railway Act
__50__House of Burgesses 46.first colonial constitution
__31__Indian Removal Act 47. Wilson regulatory agency of big business
__15__Indian Reorganization Act 48. scandal over dirty tricks, among other things
__79__Iran-Contra Hearings 49. major Indian uprising in colonial New England
__109__Iranian Hostage Crisis 50. first representative assembly in the colonies
__89__Jay/Pinckney Treaties 51. Polk promised all of it or none
__84__Kansas-Nebraska Act 52. designed to strengthen the power of the nat’l gov’t
early
__78__Kennedy assassination 53. occasion of the “house divided” speech
__49__King Philip’s War 54. led to the formation of the Sons of Liberty
__14__Korean War 55. part of the Compromise of 1850
__20__Land Ordinance 56. gave U.S. land west to the Mississippi
__106__Lend Lease/ 57. resulted from a decline in visible saints
U.S. entry into WW II
__73__Lewis and Clark Expedition 58. opposed by anti-Federalists
__8__Liberator/Nat Turner’s Rebellion 59. early 20th century sign of unsafe working conditions
__53__Lincoln-Douglas debates 60. established the principle of majority rule
__101__Major Panics and Protests 61. gave the U.S. Florida for $5 million
__43__Marbury v Madison/ 62. said congress could not regulate slavery in the
Louisiana Purchase territories
__19__Massachusetts Bay 63. largely bluff, they improved U.S. position in China
__60__Mayflower Compact 64. attempt to break down tribal loyalty
__6__Mexican Cession 65. brought about by the NAWSA and the
congressional Union
__85__Midnight appointments 66. created an interstate system for defense purposes
__17__Missouri Compromise 67. Operation Overlord
__90__Monroe Doctrine 68. allowed the Federal gov’t to register blacks
__45__Mr. Madison’s War 69. “separate facilities are inherently unequal”
__13__NAFTA 70. established peace between Egypt and Israel
__112__National Defense Education Act 71. occurred when Iraq invaded Kuwait
__104__NATO 72. early attempt by Great Britain to end salutary
neglect
__77__New Deal begins 73. explored the American far west in 19th century
__65__Nineteenth amendment 74. the “noble experiment”
__107__Nixon resignation 75. chronicled gov’t violations of treaties with Native
Americans
__91__Northern Securities case decided 76. caused by “overt act” and unrestricted submarine
warfare
__7__Northwest Ordinance 77. the CCC, TVA, and AAA were part of it
__40__Nullification Crisis/ 78. led to Lyndon Johnson becoming president
Worcester v Georgia
__51__Oregon/Mexican-American War 79. resulted from major Reagan scandal
__35__Panama Canal begun by U.S. 80. Federalist restriction of civil liberties
__5__Panama Canal Treaty 81. Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield were part
of it
__32__Pendleton Act 82. British over-reaction to the Boston Tea party
__28__Polio Vaccine 83. led to the death of the Federalist party
__1__Proclamation Act 84. allowed popular sovereignty to determine slavery
__2__Pure Food and Drug Act 85. Adams’ attempt to keep Federalists in power
__116__Ratification of Articles 86. begins the “Age of Old Hickory”
of Confederation
__58__Ratification of the Constitution 87. established a precedent of non-involvement in
foreign wars
__41__Revolution of 1800 88. designed to encourage work rather than dole from
gov’t
__16__Salem Witch Trials 89. British troops out of NW/right of deposit
__105__SALT I 90. Western Hemisphere closed to European
colonization
__25__Scopes Trial 91. indication that Roosevelt would become a trust
buster
__44__SDI 92. granted black males suffrage
__115__Shays’ Rebellion 93. signaled the beginning of the Great Depression
__96__Sherman Anti-Trust Act 94. Fidel Castro overthrows Batista
__102__Sixteenth/Seventeenth 95. golden spike at Promontory Point, Utah
amendments
__42__South Carolina Secession 96. used more frequently against labor unions that big
business
__36__Spanish-American War 97. granted settlers 160 acres of land free
__21__Sputnik 98. post-WW I attempt at disarmament
__54__Stamp Act 99. made slavery unconstitutional
__93__Stock Market crash 100. Compromise of 1877
__23__Stono Rebellion 101. Homestead and Pullman strikes reflect its impact
__117__Tea Act/Boston Tea Party 102. income tax and direct election
__18__Tet Offensive 103. established minimum wage, maximum hours
__99__Thirteenth amendment 104. mutual defense alliance component of
containment
__55__Tougher Fugitive Slave Law/ 105. Nixon era disarmament agreement
CA free state
__56__Treaty of Paris (Am. Rev.) 106. designed to make the U.S. the great arsenal of
democracy
__59__Triangle Shirtwaist fire 107. caused by Supreme Court ruling that tapes must
be turned over
__108__Truman Doctrine 108. attempt to contain communism in Greece and
Turkey
__76__U.S. Entry into WW I 109. helped Reagan win the election of 1980
__26__VE/VJ Day 110. incident used to escalate the war in Vietnam
__68__Voting Rights Act 111. cornerstone pieces of Second New Deal
legislation
__30__Wabash Case 112. enacted because of fear caused by Sputnik
__111__Wagner Act/Social Security Act 113. turning point of the American Revolution
__98__Washington Naval Conference 114. early colonial attempt at colonial unity
__87__Washington’s Neutrality 115. fear from it led to constitutional convention
Proclamation
__48__Watergate Crisis 116. required that states give up western land claims
__88__Welfare Reform Act 117. designed to lower the cost of British East India
Company tea
__22__Whiskey Rebellion 118. ”we hold these truths to be self-evident…”
__80__XYZ Affair/ 119. communist witch hunt
Alien and Sedition Acts