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AP U.S. History

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1. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






2. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






3. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






4. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






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






6. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check






7. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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8. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats






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






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






11. 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)






12. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression

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13. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany






14. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






15. Exemplary Christian community - rich to show charity - held to Calvinistic beliefs

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16. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army






17. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors






18. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






19. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






25. To service economy in late 20 century (end of industrialism) - Higher focus on services (esp. education) rather than material products






26. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






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






28. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






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






30. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






31. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






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






33. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






34. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






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






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






37. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)

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38. Provided for evacuation of English troops from posts in the Great Lakes

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






40. 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






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






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






43. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763






44. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War






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






46. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)






47. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly






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






49. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






50. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional