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AP U.S. History

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1. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation






2. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






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

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4. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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5. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






6. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






7. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






8. Black rights leader - heavily influenced by Malcolm X (advocated black separatism rather than integration)






9. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas






10. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation

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11. Jackson was allowed to relocate Indian tribes in the Louisiana Territory






12. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






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






14. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






15. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






16. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






17. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






18. Kennedy vs. Nixon - Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)






19. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






20. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check






21. 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






22. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act






23. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks

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24. Equal representation in unicameral congress






25. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






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






27. Led Pottawatomie Massacre - extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing God's work






28. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics






29. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






30. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)






31. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






32. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations






33. Repeat candidate for president - proponent of silver-backing (16:1 platform) - cross of gold speech against gold standard; Democratic candidate (1896)






34. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






35. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






36. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






37. Editor of The Liberator (strongly abolitionist newspaper calling for immediate abolition of slavery) - fought for feminist movement ('Am I not a woman and a sister' picture of slave woman)






38. Committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self¬government - cooperation between colonies






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






40. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






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






42. Strong central government provided by power divided between state and national governments - checks and balances - amendable constitution






43. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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






45. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






46. Exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more slaves from service in the Confederate Army; 'rich man's war but a poor man's fight'






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






48. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






49. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






50. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them