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AP U.S. History

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1. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






2. 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






3. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






4. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






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






6. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617






7. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)






8. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)






9. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield






10. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






11. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






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






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






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






15. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'






16. Congress authorized LBJ to repel and prevent aggression against US troops in Vietnam - used as a blank check (perhaps too much - caused protests)






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






18. Fought for return to colonial rule - usually conservative (educated and wealthy






19. Over Senate seat for Illinois (Douglas victor) - Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery






20. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






21. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






22. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






23. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)






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






25. 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






26. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






27. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination






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






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






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






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






32. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






33. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)






34. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans






35. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful






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






37. Nationalists against foreign non-English speaking workers (took jobs away from American men); encouraged to leave the U.S.






38. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






39. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






40. 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






41. Foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land






42. 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)






43. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






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






45. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






46. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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47. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






48. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization

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49. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






50. Sewer systems and purification of water