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What was the major conflict that led to the French and Indian War?
What was the major conflict that led to the French and Indian War?
- Competition over fur trade (correct)
- Cultural misunderstandings
- Religious differences
- Disagreements over land ownership
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
- To encourage colonial self-sufficiency
- To promote free trade between the colonies and Europe
- To limit the power of colonial merchants
- To regulate colonial trade and increase revenue for England (correct)
What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
What was the significance of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
- It established the first US Constitution
- It ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence (correct)
- It established the principle of judicial review
- It granted land to Native American tribes
What was the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What was the purpose of the Alien and Sedition Acts?
What was the outcome of the Mexican War?
What was the outcome of the Mexican War?
What was the major cause of the Civil War?
What was the major cause of the Civil War?
What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?
What was the purpose of the Dawes Severalty Act?
What was the goal of the Progressive Era?
What was the goal of the Progressive Era?
Flashcards
Columbian Exchange
Columbian Exchange
The widespread exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and cultures between the Americas and the Afro-Eurasian world following Columbus' voyages.
Stamp Act
Stamp Act
A 1765 British law imposing a tax on all printed materials in the American colonies.
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase
The 1803 acquisition of the Louisiana territory from France by the United States.
Compromise of 1850
Compromise of 1850
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Republican Party
Republican Party
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Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution
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Progressive Era
Progressive Era
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Study Notes
AP US History Final Exam Review Summary
I: The Colonial Era
- Spanish model of colonization
- Columbian Exchange
- English Reformation
- Steps taken to develop precept of black inferiority
- Navigation Acts
- Colonial culture
- Great Awakening
- French & Indian War
II: Revolutionary Era
- Real vs. Virtual Representation
- Revenue Acts (+ Currency Act)
- Stamp Act
- Townshend Acts
- Coercive (intolerable) Acts
- Continental Congress
- British assumptions about war
- Second Continental Congress
- Varieties of republicanism
- Major battles of the Revolutionary War
- Treaty of Paris of 1783
III: A New State
- Confederation Congress
- NW Territories
- Philadelphia Convention
- Ratification
- Washington's Cabinet, Hamilton's plans
- First party system
- Foreign affairs
- Alien & Sedition Acts
- Judicial Review
- Louisiana Purchase
- Further Foreign Affairs (Quagmire?)
- The War of 1812
- Early industrialism
- Era of Good Feelings
- Henry Clay's American System
IV: Development
- Panic of 1819
- Separate Spheres Ideology
- 2nd Great Awakening
- Election of 1824
- King Andrew I
- Election of 1832
- Indian Removal
- Cherokees & Marshall's court
- Democrats v. Whigs
- Mexican War: 1846 - 1848
V: Civil War
- Compromise of 1850
- Kansas Nebraska Act
- Republican Party
- Dred Scott Case
- States secede
- Battles of the Civil War
- War transforms the South
- Northern economy
- Emancipation Proclamation
VI: Reconstruction
- Presidential (Lincoln) v. congressional reconstruction
- Presidential (Johnson) v. Congressional Reconstruction
- Reconstruction Acts
- U.S government policy
- Resistance & Indian Wars
- Dawes Severalty Act
- How the West was won (government/big business cooperation)
- Water
- New states
- Farming the plains
- "New" South?
- Patricia Limerick, "The Legacy of Conquest"
- Exodusters: African Americans in the West
- Mormons in the West
VII: The Gilded Age
- Key factors in the industrial revolution
- Democratization of convenience
- New corporate organization
- Dissent? To capitalism?
- Changing nature and status of labor
- Freedom of contract & the S.C
- Labor Unions & Strikes
- Strikes
- "New Immigrants"
- New problems / new solutions
- Gilded Age Politics
- Democrats v. Republicans
- Democrats v. Whigs
- Police powers & opposition
- Railroads/pensions/civil service/tariffs/money supply
- Tariffs/Gold v. Silver Monetary Policy
- Gilded Age Presidents
VIII: The Progressive Era
- What is progressivism?
- Problems
- Solutions
- Changing electorate
- Muckrakers & middle class reform
- Working class reform
- Socialism
- Government and legislative reform
- Progressive challenges to racial discrimination
- "Social Housekeeping" / Birth Control / Suffrage and Feminism
IX: Imperialism
- Anti-Imperialists
- Foreign policy elite
- Expansion
- Hawaii
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Test your knowledge of American history with our AP US History Final Exam Review Summary quiz! From the colonial era to imperialism, this quiz covers everything you need to know for your final exam. Challenge yourself with questions on key events, battles, and policies that have shaped America's past. Don't forget to brush up on your knowledge of the Gilded Age, Reconstruction, and the Progressive Era. Whether you're studying for your AP exam or just want to test your knowledge, this quiz is the perfect way
