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AP U.S. History

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1. 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






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






3. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






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






5. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






6. 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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7. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






8. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






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






10. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






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






12. 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






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






14. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






15. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






16. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets






17. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






18. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






19. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






20. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






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






22. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






23. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






24. Court case - unconstitutionalized all state laws prohibiting women's rights to have an abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy






25. Intervention in Mexican Revolution (Madero overthrew dictator Diaz) to overthrow Madero out of fear of property confiscation - General Huerta (seen as 'brute' by Wilson - sought new leader) replaced Madero






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






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






28. 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






29. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state






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

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31. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






32. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization

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33. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive






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






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






36. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






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






38. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






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






40. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






41. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)






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






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

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44. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






45. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






46. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






47. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






48. Prohibited use of any devices (e.g. - literacy tests) to deny the right to vote and enforced black suffrage rights






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






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