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AP U.S. History

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 Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






2. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






3. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






4. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






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






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






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






8. 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






9. Roosevelt's plan that aimed to regulate corporations (Anthracite coal strike - Dept. of Commerce and Labor - Elkins and Hepburn Acts) - protect consumers (meat sanitation) - and conserve natural resources (Newlands Reclamation Act)






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

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






12. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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13. US ambassador to Russia - notified Truman of Soviet ambitions to expand empire and overthrow other political forces; established concern for Soviet policy in Eastern Europe - Germany - and the Middle East






14. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.






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

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






17. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






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






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






20. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression

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21. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit






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






23. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






24. Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations






25. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities






26. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






27. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage






28. Intended to save British East India Company from bankruptcy - could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with smuggled tea)






29. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






30. 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






31. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt






32. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden






33. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






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






35. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






36. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






37. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






38. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






39. Created the Wisconsin Idea (as governor of Wisconsin) — regulated railroad - direct-primary system - increased corporate taxes - reference library for lawmakers






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






41. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






42. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






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






44. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






45. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






46. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






47. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






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






50. 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)