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AP U.S. History

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1. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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






3. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne






4. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






5. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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






7. Editor of The Liberator (strongly abolitionist newspaper calling for immediate abolition of slavery) - fought for feminist movement ('Am I not a woman and a sister' picture of slave woman)






8. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






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 Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






10. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






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






12. December 1814 - Opposed War of 1812 - called for one-term presidency - northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered next to those of southern and western states - supported nullification - end of Federalist Party






13. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






14. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






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






16. 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)






17. Vetoed by Jackson on the count that government funds for the Maysville Road would only benefit one state






18. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






19. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






20. First female cabinet member






21. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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






23. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution

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






25. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






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






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






28. Formed by white progressives - adopted goals of Niagara Movement - in response to Springfield Race Riots






29. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






30. 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






31. 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






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






33. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful






34. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)






35. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






36. Congress could tax imports but not exports






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






38. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






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






40. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






41. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






42. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






43. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles






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






45. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress






46. First African-American in major league baseball






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






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






49. Introduced his 'New Deal -' won election by a relative landslide (he was not Hoover - whom the public now did not trust)






50. Appealed to many conservatives - especially southerners (opposed massive protests and integration)