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AP U.S. History

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1. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal






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






3. 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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4. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






5. Support people oppressed by communism and non-democratic governments; worked with democratic governments in Greece - Turkey - and Israel






6. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect






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






8. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






9. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






10. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion

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






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

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






14. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






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






16. Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






17. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






18. Alice Paul; shocked traditionalism - League of Women Voters supported; new organization of women who were now more independent






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

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20. 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)






21. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)






22. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers

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23. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks






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






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






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






27. Repeat candidate for president - proponent of silver-backing (16:1 platform) - cross of gold speech against gold standard; Democratic candidate (1896)






28. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






29. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






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






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






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

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33. Known as 'wartime food czar;' created recreation policies and reintroduced leisure culture and conservation ethic to get Americans escaping the cities and improve tourism - etc.






34. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)






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






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






37. Caused American hysteria (1957) - fear that Soviets were technologically superior; led Ike to order more rigorous education program to rival Soviets (National Defense Education Act)






38. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks






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






40. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






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






42. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression






43. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






44. George Wallace vs. Nixon vs. Humphrey; very narrow popular vote triumph to Nixon (although he had clear majority of electoral votes)






45. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






46. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






47. Ideas of Wilson: small enterprise - states' rights - more active government - trust busting - left social issues up to the states






48. Opposed strikes - producer-consumer cooperation - temperance - welcomed blacks and women (allowing segregation)






49. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






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







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