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AP U.S. History

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1. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity






2. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






3. Attempted to boost economy by making loans to banks and insurance companies - hoping to restart them






4. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






5. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads






6. Soviets cut Berlin off from the rest of Germany by blockade; US organized airlift to drop supplies into Britain; blockade lifted in May 1949






7. 'No taxation without representation -' introduced by Patrick Henry






8. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






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






10. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier






11. 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)






12. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






13. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






14. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






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

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16. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na






17. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






18. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






19. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






20. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






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






22. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage






23. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






24. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






25. Reagan called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack

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26. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






27. (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






28. Introduced his 'New Deal -' won election by a relative landslide (he was not Hoover - whom the public now did not trust)






29. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats






30. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






31. Prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports - most controversial Jefferson legislation






32. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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33. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation






34. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






35. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






36. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






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






38. 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






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






40. 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






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

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






43. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






44. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






45. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China






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






47. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






48. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






49. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






50. Dealt with Vietnam War - 'Great Society' program for improvement of American society - antipoverty and anti-discrimination programs