<p>I’m making a study thread for this year’s AP US History Exam. I’ll post a question, and the first person to reply should answer the question, and then make up their own question. Etc. etc. etc. So basically just write the answer to the previous question then write your own question to be answered. I hope this will help us all get 5’s on the exam…or whatever your goal is. </p>
<li>What was the issue with Citizen Genet, and what happened to him?</li>
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<p>Wasn’t he the guy who came to the US (hes from France) to talk to the US about allying with France in french and indian war? I’m not sure…Princeton review didn’t talk about that…</p>
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<li>What did the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctinre call for?</li>
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<p>Yea, Genet was the french guy who spoke directly to Americans and asked for help in the French Revolution (not the french and indian war, aka 7 years war).
<p>The Roosevelt Corollary said European nations shouldn’t interfere with the Western Hemisphere. It dealt with various European nations attempting to collect money from loans, mostly from Latin American countries. Roosevelt said that America would intervene and collect the money for them.</p>
<p>What the corollary boiled down to was this: European nations cannot bully Latin American countries; the United States is the only country that can bully Latin American countries.</p>
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<li>What were the main aspects of LBJ’s Great Society?</li>
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<p>Ok, I will keep that in mind for Genet. Roosevely Corollary made the US act like a “police force” in international affairs, etc. yea like collecting loans and ****…lol</p>
<p>I never heard of LBJ’s Great Society…oh w8 Lydon B johnson…yea we are not on that chapter yet, lol</p>
<p>Another question: Why didn’t FDR’s AAA agency work out? What is wrong with paying farmers not to farm?</p>
<p>@ canIHAZsumPIE - Farmers weren’t too keen on following it and hungry Americans were mad that farmers destroyed crops to raise prices when those crops could have fed millions. </p>
<p>Don’t ask a question unless you answer the previous one though</p>
<p>@ SwaGGeReR - Use the government to increase welfare programs and help unemployed workers find education and work. the two main policies were Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the Civil Rights Act</p>
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<li>How was the Civil Rights movement in the Roaring 20’s ?</li>
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<p>The blacks didn’t achieve much. Race riot occurred in the North, and the rebirth of the KKK occurred in the South.</p>
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<li>What did Truman achieve during his presidency?</li>
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<p>Which Roosevelt are you referring to? If FDR, then he battled the Great Depression with his 1st new deal and 2nd New Deal. He tried to isolate U.S. from WWII, but eventually, following the attack on pearl harbor by imperialist Japan, U.S. was pushed into war. Due to his experience and strategies, we won, idk lol <–is what i wrote correct (besides for the winning the war part)</p>
<p>We need to ask more specific questions, not just broad questions</p>
<p>Why was Andrew Jackson (i think it was this guy) impeached from the presidency…what exactly did he do? (hint. tenure act) (once again, i forget if it was jackson or some other guy…pretty sure it was jackson)</p>
<p>Lol that was Johnson ^. Andrew JOHNSON was impeached over the Tenure of Office Act. He fired Secretary of War Edwin Stanton which was made illegal by the Tenure act. The act said that individuals appointed to federal office, once they had been approved by the senate, could not be fired without senate approval. (I think it was the Senate)</p>
<p>There was also another impeachment attempt before this I think; pretty sure it was over corruption or scandals or something like that. Ended up failing though.</p>
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<li>Describe the difference between the “old immigrants” and the “new immigrants.”</li>
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<li>New immigrants came later, mostly from Eastern Europe. Old immigrants included British, German, and French people from West Europe, who were generally wealthier and adapted to the ideals of democracy, etc. </li>
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<li>What was the Marbury vs. Madison case about?</li>
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<p>Marbury wanted to be a supreme court justice but the secretary of state was screwing him over or sumtin. Anyway, int his case, Supreme Court established the doctrine of judicial review, which granted supreme court to declare constitutionality of stuff lol</p>
<p>How did Hoover view big business?</p>
<p>How did he view big business… well we know that he was somewhat of a Progressive that didn’t fully subscribe to Calvin Coolidge’s laissez-faire approach, but neither did he go as far in intervening in the economy as Franklin Roosevelt. I’d say he called for regulation of big business, but in a moderate extent.</p>
<p>What was the Truman Doctrine and how was it related to George F. Kennan?</p>
<p>The Truman doctrine was the plan instigated to aid any country in active resistance to communism. It was first utilized when Truman requested congress to grant almost $400 million to help Greece and Turkey. It relates to George F. Kennan because it marks an active effort towards his policy of containment which he states to be the only way to get rid of communism. A contained communism will crumble under its own weight, and if countries are given aid to resist communism, this will further Kennan’s policy of containment.</p>
<p>How did Nixon’s policy of detente contrast vividly with Reagan’s resurgence of “big stick” diplomacy?</p>
<p>"@ canIHAZsumPIE - Farmers weren’t too keen on following it and hungry Americans were mad that farmers destroyed crops to raise prices when those crops could have fed millions. "
ehh thats wrong the AAA didn’t work because it was ruled unconstituional…</p>
<p>It was ruled unconstitutional in 1935 I think. However, society was mad over the fact that farmers were underplowing while people were starving.</p>
<p>The agency was working, it was just under criticism. It didn’t work out because it was ruled unconstitutional on the grounds that it taxed one group to pay another</p>
<p>Oh shoot, I don’t know much 1900 onwards. But hey, it’s worth a shot for me to try.</p>
<p>“How did Nixon’s policy of detente contrast vividly with Reagan’s resurgence of “big stick” diplomacy?”</p>
<p>Detente was the policy of relieving tensions between America and Communist nations. During the presidency of Truman and Eisenhower US-Soviet relations were tense because after the Yalta Conference, in which the Soviet Union agreed to allow free elections in Poland but never carried them out, America grew distrustful of the Soviet Union. America believe that Communism was monolithic, which means that it believed that Chinese communists behaved in the same manner and had the exact same aspirations as Soviet communists, which made communism seem especially dangerous. However, this was not the case. During Truman’s presidency the Soviet Union was analogized to a wind-up toy car which would not stop unless America stopped it through containment. </p>
<p>Now getting to answering the question, lol. See, this is why I fail, I go off on tangents.</p>
<p>During Nixon’s presidency Nixon traveled to China and as a result of the trip America finally acknowledged the legitimacy of communist China as a nation. This action shocked many anti-communist Americans. In contrast, Reagan adopted the Big Stick policy which stated that America must eliminate communism because it is a threat to democracy(?) and the first day of his presidency those held hostage in the US embassy in Iran were finally freed after 444 days. Reagan exclaimed that he would retrieve the hostages and take a proactive stance towards eliminating communism; this is what his election platform was based off of. </p>
<p>Okay, that had nothing to do with communism. Whatever, here’s my question:</p>
<p>What were some means through which Southerners prevented Blacks from voting in the post-Reconstruction era?</p>
<p>Southern states issued black codes. Also, there were literacy tests, grandfather clauses, etc which prohibited them from voting. The KKK also tried to intimidate black voters by tar and feathering, lynching, etc. Also, there was sharecropping (this is stretching it a bit) that forced blacks into a ‘vicious cycle of debt’ which prevented them from gaining economic freedom, as advocated by Booker T washington, and all around limited their rights.<br>
Describe the strengths and weakness in the Articles of Confederation and describe other forms of early colonial government.</p>
<p>Clearly the most important success of the Articles of Confederation was its ability to arbitrate between the sometimes conflicting interests of the States, as evident in the Northwest Ordinance. In spite of its lack of power, the Continental Congress was able to abolish all State claims to the Northwest Territory, thereby establishing the precedent under which the Federal government, and not the States, would directly control new territories. It also created the precedent under which new territories would be organized and new States would be admitted into the Union. Most importantly, the Articles of Confederation served as a building step for the further unification of the Colonies.</p>
<p>Among its general failures were the absolute lack of centralization of the Federal government and its lack of Executive power (and its consequent failure, as evident by Shays’ Rebellion), the inability of the Continental Congress of levying taxes directly (thus leading to its general lack of funding), and its inability to regulate commerce and interstate trade (leading to a disruptive and ineffective trade system).</p>
<p>Other forms of colonial government? At least in Royal Colonies (iirc), you have 1) a Governor acting as the Executive and representative of the King, 2) a Council that serves as an advisory body to the Governor, and 3) an elected colonial legislature that held (most importantly) the power of the purse.</p>