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AP U.S. History

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1. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






2. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






3. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






4. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






5. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






6. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






7. New Lights brought new ideas - rejected by Old Lights; both sought out institutions independent of each other






8. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






9. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation






10. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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11. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly






12. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






13. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






14. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






15. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved






16. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)






17. Workers unable to escape (locked into factory) - all died; further encouraged reform movements for working conditions






18. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






19. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






20. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate






21. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






22. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






23. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben






24. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






25. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






26. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






27. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






28. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






29. Anti-Federalists wanted states' rights - bill of rights - unanimous consent - reference to religion - more power to less-rich and common people; Federalists wanted strong central government - more power to experienced - separation of church and state






30. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






31. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






32. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






33. Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal of power from all of Eastern Europe - including Berlin (wall torn down - free movement - &c.)






34. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






35. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state






36. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






37. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






38. First permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607) - along James River






39. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






40. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)






41. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






42. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth

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43. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






44. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






45. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






46. Worked towards asylums for the mentally insane - worked alongside Mann






47. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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48. Led by Francis Willard - powerful 'interest group' following the civil war - urged women's suffrage - led to Prohibition

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49. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet

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50. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)