Test your basic knowledge |

AP U.S. History

Subjects : history, ap
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks






2. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






3. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






4. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






5. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






6. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






7. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






8. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






9. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






10. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






11. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property - slaves as property)






12. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






13. 'No taxation without representation -' introduced by Patrick Henry






14. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation






15. Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






16. Relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws) - propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production - Prohibition


17. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






18. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






19. Started the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) — 'Back to Africa' movement for racial pride and separatism; inspired self-confidence in blacks






20. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






21. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






22. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US






23. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






24. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet


25. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






26. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






27. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






28. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






29. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






30. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






31. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






32. Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports) - attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs






33. Strong central government provided by power divided between state and national governments - checks and balances - amendable constitution






34. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






35. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






36. Raised tariffs extremely high on manufactured goods; benefited domestic manufacturers - but limited foreign trade






37. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






38. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks






39. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






40. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll


41. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






42. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






43. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






44. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






45. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






46. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






47. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






48. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






49. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






50. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment