APUSH AP EXAM | 166 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2025/26 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Chesapeake Bay Area Answer - majority of migrants who moves there were
indentured servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less democratic
Deism Answer - the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to
operate through the laws of nature
exodusters Answer - african americans who fled the violence of the
Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in Kansas (west)
scalawags 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 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 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 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 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 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 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" Answer - 1962 book that helped launch the
national environmental movement
Missouri Compromise 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
, Monroe Doctrine 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
Frederick Jackson Turner 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 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 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 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 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 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
2025/26 UPDATE | WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION!!
Chesapeake Bay Area Answer - majority of migrants who moves there were
indentured servants, economy based on tobacco, few women, less democratic
Deism Answer - the belief that God had created the world but allowed it to
operate through the laws of nature
exodusters Answer - african americans who fled the violence of the
Reconstruction South in 1879 and 1880 to start a new in Kansas (west)
scalawags 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 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 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 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 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 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 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" Answer - 1962 book that helped launch the
national environmental movement
Missouri Compromise 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
, Monroe Doctrine 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
Frederick Jackson Turner 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 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 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 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 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 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
