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AP U.S. History

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






2. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






3. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






4. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet






5. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






6. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






7. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






8. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost






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






10. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






11. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






12. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






13. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations






14. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






15. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






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






17. 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






18. 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






19. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)






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






21. Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties - called for unity of the country - established precedent of two-term presidency

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22. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization






23. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






24. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






25. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government

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26. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






27. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






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






29. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






30. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts






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






32. Prohibited aiding of belligerent nations - banned civilian involvement; limited power of president during international war - built up armed forces






33. Created by John L. Lewis for unskilled labor - organized 'sit-down strike' against GM to work for recognition






34. Lowering of income taxes for wealthy (trickle-down economics) - refusal to create higher prices to help farmers (McNary-Haugen Bill)






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

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36. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War






37. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response






38. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






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






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






41. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






42. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






43. Ike forced to send National Guard to escort black children to school to quell riots and resistance (first time since Reconstruction that troops used in the south to enforce Constitution); resistance by white community (private schools)






44. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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45. Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy - proslavery group attacked Lawrence - Kansas - Pottawatomie Massacre

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






47. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






48. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent






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






50. '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