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AP U.S. History

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1. Focused on skilled workers (harder to replace than unskilled) - coordinated crafts unions - supported 8¬hour workday and injury liability






2. Ike forced to send National Guard to escort black children to school to quell riots and resistance (first time since Reconstruction that troops used in the south to enforce Constitution); resistance by white community (private schools)






3. Upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war






4. Roosevelt and Pinchot sided on conservation rather than preservation (planned and regulated use of forest lands for public and commercial uses)






5. 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)






6. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






7. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






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






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






10. Nixon's domestic policy; federal revenues shared with states (revenue sharing) - minimum income proposed






11. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






12. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






13. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






14. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






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






16. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






17. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






18. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






19. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






20. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






21. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






22. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






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






24. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






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






26. Stronger union of states - equal and population-based representation - simple majority vote (with presidential veto) - regulation of foreign and interstate commerce - execution by president - power to enact taxes - federal courts - easier amendment p






27. 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






28. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists






29. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






30. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






31. 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






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






33. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






34. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






35. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






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






37. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming






38. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds






39. 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)






40. 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






41. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






42. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property - slaves as property)






43. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






44. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president






45. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate






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






47. Kennedy vs. Nixon - Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)






48. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






49. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






50. Prohibited discrimination in any government-related work; increased black employment