AP US History - Memory Aids
Memory Aid for Events Leading up to the Revolution:
Pretty
Proclamation of 1763
Silly
Stamp Act, 1765
Tammy
Townshend Acts, 1767
Baked
Boston Massacre, 1770
Tea
Tea Act, 1773
Cookies
Committees of Correspondence
Inside
“Intolerable Acts,” 1774
Freshly
First Continental Congress
Layered
Lexington and Concord
Spicy
Second Continental Congress
Dough
Declaration of Independence
MEMORY AID: "ARTICLES"
A nnapolis Convention, 1786
R atification debate between Federalists and Antifederalists
T reaty of Paris, 1783
I nternational challenges from England, Spain, France and Barbary Corsairs
C onstitutional Convention, 1787
L and legislation (Land Ordinance of 1785; NW Ordinance of 1787)
E conomic depression (no regulation of interstate commerce)
S hays’ Rebellion
Memory Aid: Federalist Era:
Big
Jolly
Hamilton
Finds
Nervous
Jefferson
Entering
X-rated
Quarters
Angering
White
Republicans
Bill of Rights, 1791
Judiciary Act of 1789
Hamilton's Financial Plan (BE FAT)
French Revolution
Neutrality Proclamation, 1793
Jay Treaty, 1795
Election of 1796
XYZ Affair, 1797
Quasi-War, 1798-1800
Alien and Sedition Acts, 1798
Washington's precedents
"Revolution of 1800"
MEMORY AID: JEFFERSONIAN DEMOCRACY
“G” allatin – secretary of the treasury who reduces the national debt
I mpeachment of Samuel Chase
H amilton’s plan kept by Jefferson (except excise taxes)
A grarian empire (westward expansion)
T ripolitan War
E mbargo Act, 1807
L ouisiana Purchase, 1803
A rmy reduced in size (Federalists lose major center of power)
M arbury vs. Madison, 1803
B urr Conspiracies (1804 in New York and 1806 in the West)
Memory Aid for Henry Clay’s American System: “BIT”
B ank of the U.S. (BUS)
I nternal Improvements
T ariff of 1816
Memory Aid for Jacksonian Democracy: “New KNICKS"
New Democracy
K illing of the BUS
N ullification Crisis of 1832
I ndian Removal
C reation of 2-party system (Democrats & Whigs)
K itchen Cabinet/Cabinet Crisis (break between Jackson & Calhoun)
S poils System
Memory Aids
1st Industrial Revolution (1814-1860):
TRIC -- Textiles, Railroads, Iron, Coal
2nd Industrial Revolution (post-Civil War):
ROSE -- Railroads (transcontinental), Oil, Steel, Electricity
Memory Aid: Reform Movements of Early 1800s
A Totally Wicked Elephant Made People Devour Worms
Abolition of slavery
Temperance
Women’s rights
Education reform
Mental institutions (sought improvements)
Prison reform (sought reformatories rather than punitive institutions)
Debtors prisons (sought to end imprisonment for debt)
War (sought to end all wars)
Memory Aid for Manifest Destiny:
“TOM” -- Texas, Oregon, Mexican War
Memory Aid for Polk's Presidency:
“COIL” California, Oregon, Independent Treasury System, and Lower tariff
Memory Aid for Compromise of 1850: “PopFACT”
Popular Sovereignty in Mexican Cession
Fugitive Slave Law
Abolition of slave trade in Washington, D.C.
California admitted as a state
Texas given $10 million for disputed Mexican territory.
MEMORY AID: SUCCESS OF REPUBLICAN AGENDA DURING CIVIL WAR
A
P
H istory
M akes
Me
Nauseous
Aboliton of slavery (13th Amendment)
Pacific Railway Act
Homestead Act
Morrill Tariff
Morrill Land Grant Act
National Banking Act
Memory Aid for Populist Ideas:
Fried
Free unlimited coinage of silver
Green
Graduated income tax
Gummy bears
Government ownership of railroads
Invade
Initiative
Really
Referendum
Really
Recall
Silly
Subtreasury plan
People
Postal savings banks
Memory Aid for La Follette’s Wisconsin Experiment: “DIG CID”
Direct election of Senators
Initiative, referendum & recall
Gov’t regulation of business
Civil service reform
Income tax (state)
Direct primary
TR’s program embraced “Three C’s”:
1. Regulation of Corporations
2. Consumer protection
3. Conservation of natural resources
Wilson’s Program: “CUFF”:
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Underwood Tariff Bill
Federal Reserve Act
Federal Trade Commission
Memory Aid for Progressive Reforms:
Silly
Socialism (anti)
Purple
Political machines (anti)
Turkeys
Trusts (anti)
Chase
Consumer protection
Very
Voting reform
White
Working/living conditions (incl. child labor)
Chickens
Conservation
While
Women’s Rights
Fighting
Federal Reserve System
Pink
Prohibition
Iguanas
Income Tax
Memory Aid for Conservative Politics in the 1920s: “HALT”
H igher tariffs
A nti-Union
L aissez faire
T rickle-down tax policies
Memory Aid for Cold War under President Truman:
Truman’s
Muscles
Brought
Nasty
China
Across
Korea
Truman Doctrine, 1947
Marshall Plan, 1947
Berlin Crisis, 1948-49
NATO, 1948
China becomes communist, 1949
Atomic bomb exploded by Soviets, 1949
Korean War, 1950-53
Civil Rights Movement: Memory Aid
B rave
Brown v. Board of Education, 1954
M artin
Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955
L eads
Little Rock Crisis, 1957
G reen
Greensboro sit-in, 1960
F reedom
Freedom Riders, 1961
J unkies
James Meredith, 1962
U ntil
University of Alabama, 1962
B irmingham Birmingham March, 1963
M archers
March on Washington, 1963
C laim
Civil Rights Act of 1964
V ictory
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A gainst
Affirmative Action
B igoted
Black Power (Malcolm X, Carmichael, Black Panthers)
F reaks
Forced busing, 1971