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AP U.S. History

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1. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






2. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup






3. 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)






4. 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






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

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6. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






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






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






9. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






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






11. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






12. Law meant to evolve as society evolves - opposed conservative majority






13. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease

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14. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






15. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy

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16. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






17. Equal representation in unicameral congress






18. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth

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






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






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






22. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






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

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25. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West






26. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






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






28. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






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






30. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)






31. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






32. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas






33. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






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






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






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






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

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






39. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






40. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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






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






43. 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






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






45. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






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






47. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






48. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






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







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