APUSH AP EXAM QUESTIONS &
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
Chesapeake Bay Area - correct answer ✔✔majority of migrants who moves there were
indentured servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less democratic
Deism - correct answer ✔✔the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to operate
through the laws of nature
exodusters - correct answer ✔✔african americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction
South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in Kansas (west)
scalawags - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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" - correct answer ✔✔1962 book that helped launch the national
environmental movement
Monroe Doctrine - correct answer ✔✔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
Missouri Compromise - correct answer ✔✔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
Frederick Jackson Turner - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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
Taft- Hartley Act - correct answer ✔✔limited the powers of labor unions; presidents of some
industries can declare an 80-day cooling off period before a strike could actually take place;
allowed owners to sure unions over broken contracts and forced union leaders to sign
anticommunist oaths
Black Panthers - correct answer ✔✔emphasized developing a greater sense of Black nationalism
and solidarity; protect blacks from police harassment; promoted militant black power;
Nation of Islam - correct answer ✔✔also emphasized developing a greater sense of Black
nationalism and solidarity; preached Islamic principles along with black pride and black
separatism
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS
ALREADY GRADED A+
Chesapeake Bay Area - correct answer ✔✔majority of migrants who moves there were
indentured servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less democratic
Deism - correct answer ✔✔the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to operate
through the laws of nature
exodusters - correct answer ✔✔african americans who fled the violence of the Reconstruction
South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in Kansas (west)
scalawags - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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" - correct answer ✔✔1962 book that helped launch the national
environmental movement
Monroe Doctrine - correct answer ✔✔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
Missouri Compromise - correct answer ✔✔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
Frederick Jackson Turner - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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 - correct answer ✔✔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
Taft- Hartley Act - correct answer ✔✔limited the powers of labor unions; presidents of some
industries can declare an 80-day cooling off period before a strike could actually take place;
allowed owners to sure unions over broken contracts and forced union leaders to sign
anticommunist oaths
Black Panthers - correct answer ✔✔emphasized developing a greater sense of Black nationalism
and solidarity; protect blacks from police harassment; promoted militant black power;
Nation of Islam - correct answer ✔✔also emphasized developing a greater sense of Black
nationalism and solidarity; preached Islamic principles along with black pride and black
separatism
