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AP US History Review III
Economics!
Question: This economic theory is based on the concept of the private ownership of the means of production.
Answer: Capitalism
Question: October 29, 1929 was the day the stock market crashed. It also is known by this nickname.
Answer: Black Tuesday
Question: This tariff sought to protect and promote US manufacturing during the Great Depression, but probably just ended up making the Depression worse.
Answer: Hawley-Smoot Tariff
Question: This term refers to a business style that sees a company control every aspect of its product, from manufacturing to distribution.
Answer: Vertical integration
Question: This term refers to the practice of members of a corporate board of directors serving on the boards of multiple corporations.
Answer: Interlocking directorates
Wars!
Question: After the patriotic fervor of WWI died down, the US had to resort to this method to fulfill its army's need for manpower.
Answer: Conscription/the draft
Question: After the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War, this parcel of land was taken over by the United States.
Answer: Mexican Cession
Question: This German navy policy ultimately wound up causing the United States to join the Allied side in WWI.
Answer: Unrestricted submarine warfare
Question: This brief conflict represented the anger "backcountry" Virginians felt towards the Tidewater elite in their colony.
Answer: Bacon's Rebellion
Question: This armed conflict between Native Americans and settlers in Massachusetts ultimately resulted in the elimination of Native Americans as a viable "threat" to colonists in New England.
Answer: Pequot War
Territory!
Question: This territory, gained from Spain after the Spanish-American War, rebelled against American rule, ultimately resulting in the loss of over 600,000 lives.
Answer: The Philippines
Question: Seeking religious freedom and the separation of church and state, Roger Williams led his followers away from Massachusetts and formed this colony.
Answer: Rhode Island
Question: This piece of legislation created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska and repealed the Missouri Compromise by allowing those territories to vote on the issue of slavery through popular sovereignty.
Answer: Kansas-Nebraska Act
Question: This territory was created to mediate many interstate disputes after Congress decided that existing states would not be able to lay claim to additional territory.
Answer: Northwest Territory
Question: This bit of territory was bought from Mexico in 1854 and added additional land to New Mexico and Arizona.
Answer: Gadsden Purchase
Colonial Times!
Question: These mostly-ignored acts became troublesome after the French and Indian War, when Great Britain decided to start enforcing them with greater consistency.
Answer: Navigation Acts
Question: This series of skirmishes near Boston marked the official beginning of fighting in the American Revolution.
Answer: Battles of Lexington and Concord
Question: This territory was originally intended to be a safe haven for English Catholics.
Answer: Maryland
Question: Tensions over the distribution of farmland, political representation, and income disparity wound up splitting this territory in two.
Answer: Carolina
Question: This conflict between Great Britain and Spain in the early-mid 1700s was ostensibly caused by Spanish coast guards boarding a British merchant vessel and disfiguring the captain.
Answer: War of Jenkins' Ear
Native Americans!
Question: This confederation of Virginian tribes were helpful to the Jamestown settlers before the relationship soured.
Answer: Powhatan
Question: The Wounded Knee Massacre occurred after the United States Army was called in to put a stop to this relatively new Native American religion.
Answer: Ghost Dance
Question: This act forced the "Five Civilized Tribes" to move off their land and into Indian Territory in the west.
Answer: Indian Removal Act
Question: This legislation passed by Congress offered US citizenship to Native Americans if they would settle onto farms, live apart from their tribes, and "assimilate" into American culture.
Answer: Dawes Severalty Act
Question: This British edict, issued shortly after the end of the French and Indian War, sought to stabilize relations with Native Americans by forbidding white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Answer: Proclamation of 1763