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AP U.S. History
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1. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate
Anaconda plan
Nullification Controversy
Social Gospel movement
Tet Offensive (1968)
2. Northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age)
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3. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors
Declining death rate
William Lloyd Garrison
King James I - King Charles
Worcester v. Georgia
4. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North
Karl Marx Das Kapital
Election of 1824
Harpers Ferry (1859)
Humanitarian diplomacy
5. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China
Bill of Rights
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Vietnam War
James K. Polk
6. Westward migration of workers (new economic opportunities - esp. aircraft industry) - high rates of divorce and family/juvenile violence - women encouraged to work in factories - still held inferior to men
Roe v. Wade
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Homefront
7. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence
Second Great Awakening
Whigs (Patriots)
A. Philip Randolph and the March on Washington
Ku Klux Klan
8. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation
Sons of Liberty
Vietnamization
Desegregation of Armed Forces (1947)
'Red Summer -' race riots (1919)
9. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Booker T. Washington
Gifford Pinchot
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
10. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military
A. Philip Randolph and the March on Washington
Berlin Wall
Karl Marx Das Kapital
'Silent Majority'
11. 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
Essex case
The Half-Way Covenant
Dorothea Lange
Upton Sinclair
12. South divided into 5 military districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify 14th amendment
Explosion of USS Maine
William Penn and the Quakers
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
National Organization of Women
13. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
Causes of the depression
Cotton Gin
14. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion
Neutrality Acts - 1935-37
National Organization of Women
Economic transition
New Federalism
15. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy
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16. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Stagflation
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
March on Washington
17. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression
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18. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia
Federal Reserve Act
March on Washington
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
1968 Presidential Election
19. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960
TR mediates Russo-Japanese War
Panama Canal
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
20. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city
Ulysses S. Grant
The Loyal Nine
Cotton Gin
Hoovervilles
21. Relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws) - propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production - Prohibition
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22. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Stephen Austin
23. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes
Rosenbergs
Mayflower Compact
British strengths and weaknesses
Worcester v. Georgia
24. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks
Cuban Missile Crisis
Bracero program
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
25. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time
Fall of communism in Eastern Europe (1989)
Clinton impeachment (1997)
Harlem Renaissance
Stephen Austin
26. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization
Boston Tea Party
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
James Oglethorpe
27. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Washington's Farewell Address
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
28. Withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations (especially Latin America) to improve international relations and unite western hemisphere; Clark Memorandum (rebukes the 'big stick'); peaceful resolution of Mexican oil fields
'Brain trust'
Good Neighbor Policy
Five Civilized Tribes
Tories (Loyalists)
29. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
The Glorious Revolution
Virtual Representation
30. Attempted to boost economy by making loans to banks and insurance companies - hoping to restart them
Populist Party
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Woodrow Wilson
31. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself
Louis Sullivan
Jane Addams
Lodge Reservations
Neutrality Act - 1939
32. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Jim Crow laws
33. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans
Washington Disarmament Conference (1921)
Dawes Plan (1924)
Whigs (Patriots)
Samuel Gompers
34. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land
Dorothea Lange
George Whitefield
Essex case
Specie
35. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal
'Affluent Society'
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Emancipation Proclamation
French and Indian War
36. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions
Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Rosie the Riveter
Andrew Carnegie
37. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)
Stagflation
Henry Clay and the American System
US acquisitions
Virginia Resolves
38. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl
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39. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities
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40. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency
The Alamo
Frederick W. Taylor - Principles of Scientific Management
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Industrial Workers of the World
41. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
Four Freedoms' speech
Gays in the military
Tea Act (1773)
42. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit
'Atlanta Compromise'
Theodore Roosevelt
Townshend Act (1767)
Compromise of 1850
43. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease
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44. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor
Wagner Act / National Labor Relations Act
Free silver
Nullification
Vietcong
45. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion
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46. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere
The Loyal Nine
Malcolm X - Nation of Islam
Terence V. Powderly Knights of Labor leader
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
47. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes
Benjamin Franklin
The Glorious Revolution
Election of 1980
Articles of Confederation
48. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers
Secretary of State John Hay
New Jersey Plan
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
49. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)
Interstate Commerce Act
Watergate Scandal
Greensboro sit-in (1960)
Richard Nixon (R)
50. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US
Civil Rights Cases
Marshall Plan
Horace Mann
'Yellow dog contracts'
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