The AP US History Study Thread

<p>was it "fifty four forty forever?"</p>

<p>What was the most important economic legislature btw the Civil War and the New deal?</p>

<p>Clayton Anti-Trust Act?</p>

<p>What settlement house did Jane Addams found?</p>

<p>hull-house</p>

<p>Who prosecuted Scopes???</p>

<p>William Jennings Bryan</p>

<p>What nativist 3rd party from the 1800s got its nickname from what its members said when they were asked about its secret meetings?</p>

<p>Know-nothing party!</p>

<p>Whose railroad ambitions led him to support Kansas-Nebraska Act and therefore indirectly led to the Civil War?</p>

<p>Stephen Douglass? Im not sure though</p>

<p>What cabinet member was convicted of illegally using navy oil reserves in the Tea Pot Dome scandal?</p>

<p>Interior Secretary Fall (anyone else looking some of these up?)</p>

<p>He was considered the first Dark Horse presidential canidate.</p>

<p>^^^^^Federal Reserve Act(Wilson)</p>

<p>Was it Jackson?</p>

<p>He founded the colony of Georgia.</p>

<p>Nope, good guess on the dark horse. It was actually Polk.</p>

<p>What doctrine did Abraham Lincoln suspend during the Civil War?</p>

<p>Ah, i thought he was the second.</p>

<p>Writ of Habeas Corpus for the Lincoln question.</p>

<p>Thoreau and Emerson were part of what 1800s philosophical and literary movement?</p>

<p>what is a dark horse candidate...i remember reading that but never knew what it meant</p>

<p>and ^^^^transcendentalism^^^^</p>

<p>seem as the cause of the 1979 Iranian Hostage Crisis</p>

<p>HOW CAN I CRAM/STUDY AP WORLD HISTORY IN 6 WEEKS?</p>

<p>P.S.- I have never taken any ap world history courses at school, so this would be completely a new subject for me, and I want to get at least a 4 on the may exam. How can I do this?</p>

<p>P.P.S- I have however already taken and studied the SAT World History Subject Tests. Can this help?</p>

<p>Bump!! </p>

<p>As for dark horse:</p>

<p>1 a : a usually little known contender (as a racehorse) that makes an unexpectedly good showing b : an entrant in a contest that is judged unlikely to succeed</p>

<p>No idea on your questions. We're only up to WWII.</p>

<p>At what conference did the "Big 3" agree to partition Germany?</p>

<p>yalta conference</p>

<p>Q: What was the most valuable export from the U.S. in 1860?</p>

<p>cotton</p>

<p>Who was the first significant third-party candidate in a presidential election?</p>

<p>A: William Jennings Bryan?</p>

<p>Q: Significance of Promontory Point, UT.</p>

<p>i think the answer to lily's question is actually Teddy Roosevelt, when he joined the rough riders group after he felt taft wasn't doing the right thing.</p>

<p>as for eightmagnets question, no idea, but i'll guess it's where the mormons first went? not sure, not gonna post a question.</p>

<p>if i'm right about both questions, someone can go ahead and post a new question in my place.</p>

<p>Answer to eightmagnets' question I think is that the place is where the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroads met.</p>