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AP U.S. History

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1. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






2. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






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

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4. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






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

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






7. Due to threat of nuclear war - Soviets erected wall to separate East Berlin from West Berlin (end exodus of intellect to west); symbol of communist denial of freedom






8. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






9. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






10. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






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






12. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






13. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state






14. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists






15. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






16. Philosophy that deficit spending during a depression would increase purchasing power and stimulate economy; FDR disagreed with the policy at first and borrowed money to cover deficits






17. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






18. Sewer systems and purification of water






19. Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports) - attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs






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






21. 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'






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






23. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






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






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






26. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities

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27. Destroyed by Jackson on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and too much power for a federal institution






28. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






29. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






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






31. 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






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






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






34. Northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age)

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

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36. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






37. Small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company (consolidation) - cornered world petroleum market






38. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution

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39. 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






40. 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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41. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






42. Anti-Federalists wanted states' rights - bill of rights - unanimous consent - reference to religion - more power to less-rich and common people; Federalists wanted strong central government - more power to experienced - separation of church and state






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






44. Fought for human rights in Africa - Panama Canal returned to Panama - relations with China resolved






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






46. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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






48. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






49. Network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom






50. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers