Us history ch - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 25Good Neighbor Policy - correct answers President Franklin Roosevelt's foreign policy of promoting better relations with Latin America by using economic influence rather than military force in the region. (p. 523) Manchuria - correct answers In September 1931, Japanese troops invaded this area on China's eastern seaboard. The League of Nations passed a resolution condemning the action but did not take action. (p. 521) fascism - correct answers A political sys...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 26Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944 (GI Bill) - correct answers Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 22, 1944, it was also known as the GI Bill. It provided veterans of the Second World War with funds for college education, unemployment insurance, and housing. (p. 557) early marriages - correct answers One sign of confidence in post-World War II era was an explosion of marriages at a younger age and new births. (p. 558) baby boom - cor...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 4 Patrick Henry - correct answers Young Virginian lawyer who coined the phrase "No taxation without representation" in his speech to the House of Burgesses. (p. 73) Stamp Act Congress - correct answers Representatives from nine colonies met in New York in 1765 and decided that only their own elected representatives had the power to approve taxes. (p. 73) Sons and Daughters of Liberty - correct answers Secret society organized to intimidated tax agents. Someti...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 23Warren Harding - correct answers In November 1920, he was elected the 29th president of the United States. He was a Republican whose slogan was: "Return to Normalcy". His term was marked by scandals and corruption, although he was never implicated in any of the scandals. In August 1923, he died while traveling in the West. (p. 475-476) Charles Evans Hughes - correct answers A former presidential candidate and Supreme Court justice who was appointed secretary of...

native americans; land bridge CORRECT ANSWER the first people to settle north america arrived as much as 40,000 years ago and came from asia; they adapted to the varied environments of the regions that they found renaissance CORRECT ANSWER a rebirth of classical learning and an outburst of artistic and scientific activity in europe compass; printing press; gunpowder CORRECT ANSWER one aspect of the renaissance was a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change; europea...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 27elections of 1952, 1956 - correct answers In these two presidential elections Dwight Eisenhower and Richard Nixon defeated Adlai Stevenson quite easily. (p. 580-581) Dwight Eisenhower - correct answers The United States general who supervised the invasion of Normandy and the defeat of Nazi Germany. In the election of 1952 he became the the 34th President of the United States. (p. 579) Adlai Stevenson - correct answers An Illinois governor and the Democratic pr...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 2Cecil Calvert, Second Lord Baltimore - correct answers In 1634, Cecil Calvert (Second Lord Baltimore) was the son of George Calvert (First Lord Baltimore). Cecil Calvert set about making his father's dream of a Maryland colony that would be a haven for Catholics in America. (p. 27) Act of Toleration - correct answers The first colonial statue granting religious freedom to all Christians, but it called for death of all non-Christians. It was created to provide a s...

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 21Progressives - correct answers Most of this were urban middle-class men and women. They included: doctors, lawyers, ministers, storekeepers, office workers, and middle managers. They hoped to create an idealistic American society cured of its social, political, and economic ills. (p. 432) Lincoln Steffans - correct answers He wrote "The Shame of the Cities" (1904) which described in detail the corruption that characterized big-city politics. (p. 434) Ida Tar...

SANE P Exam 78 Questions with Verified Answers The SANE is called to see a 4-yo patient brought to the ED by her mother with complaints of sexual abuse by a male relative. Which of the following answers best identifies an age-appropriate patient-centered approach? A. Get through the exam as quickly as possible. B. Don't explain each step of the exam process so as not to scare the chile. C. Ask a nonoffending parent/guardian to wait outside the room during the exam process. D. Limit expos...

Amsco AP US History Chapter 1 (2023/2024) Already Passed native americans; land bridge the first people to settle north america arrived as much as 40,000 years ago and came from asia; they adapted to the varied environments of the regions that they found renaissance a rebirth of classical learning and an outburst of artistic and scientific activity in europe compass; printing press; gunpowder one aspect of the renaissance was a gradual increase in scientific knowledge and technological change;...