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AP U.S. History

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






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

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3. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






4. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied






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






6. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - Harold Icicles - provided public construction projects






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 Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






8. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






9. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






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






11. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






12. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






13. Over Senate seat for Illinois (Douglas victor) - Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery






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

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

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16. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






17. Alice Paul; shocked traditionalism - League of Women Voters supported; new organization of women who were now more independent






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






19. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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20. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US






21. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






22. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






23. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






24. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






25. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






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






27. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






28. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers






29. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






30. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways






31. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor






32. 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






33. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






34. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






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






36. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






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






38. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks

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39. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






40. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






41. First African-American in major league baseball






42. Acquired Mexican Cession (future California - Arizona - and New Mexico); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas






43. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts






44. Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy - proslavery group attacked Lawrence - Kansas - Pottawatomie Massacre

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45. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds






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






47. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






48. Attacked public figures (Hollywood - New-Dealers - liberals) to root out communist spies






49. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






50. First female cabinet member