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AP U.S. History

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1. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






2. Americans at home reminded to conserve materials in all aspects of life to support the military; resulted in saving up of money to cause economic boom after war






3. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






4. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






5. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






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






7. 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






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






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






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






11. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






12. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






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






14. 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






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






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






17. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination






18. 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)






19. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






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






21. Part of the New Left that envisioned 'participatory democracy' (individuals control life-affecting decisions) - end materialism - militarism - and racism; inspired by young black activists






22. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






23. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






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






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






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






27. Republican candidate for president in 1884 - quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat Cleveland)






28. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union

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29. Led by Francis Willard - powerful 'interest group' following the civil war - urged women's suffrage - led to Prohibition

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






31. 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)






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






33. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation

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34. Second youngest president - entered presidency as tensions of the Cold War increased; unable to get major initiatives through Congress due to conservative bloc; tax cuts (economic stimulation); reluctantly gets involved in civil rights; emphasizes Sp






35. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






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






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






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






39. Judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson - Marshall among those appointed






40. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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41. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






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






43. 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)






44. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






45. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities

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46. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






47. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






48. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






49. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






50. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie