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AP U.S. History

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1. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






2. Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war






3. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






4. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






5. Second youngest president - entered presidency as tensions of the Cold War increased; unable to get major initiatives through Congress due to conservative bloc; tax cuts (economic stimulation); reluctantly gets involved in civil rights; emphasizes Sp






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






7. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






8. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






9. Opposed BTW's accommodation policies - called for immediate equality - formed Niagara Movement to support his ideas






10. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks






11. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






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

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13. Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt - Assumption highly controversial - pushed his plan through Congress - based on loose interpretation of Constitution






14. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






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

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16. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






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






18. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto

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19. Created Federal Reserve System - regional banks set up for twelve separate districts - final authority of each bank lay with the Federal Reserve Board - paper money to be issued 'Federal Reserve Notes'






20. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






21. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity






22. Acquired Mexican Cession (future California - Arizona - and New Mexico); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas






23. 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






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






25. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






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






27. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






28. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






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






30. Judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson - Marshall among those appointed






31. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






32. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






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






34. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






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






36. 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)






37. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






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






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






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






41. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies






42. 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






43. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






44. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






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

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46. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






47. 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'






48. Relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws) - propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production - Prohibition

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49. Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere - Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas






50. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city







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