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AP U.S. History

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1. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






2. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






3. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






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






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






7. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






8. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






9. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






10. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes






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






12. Darwinian (influenced by jazz age and new scientific ideas) against Fundamentalist (the Bible and Creationism); John Scopes convicted for teaching Darwinism (defended by Clarence Darrow); Scopes found guilty






13. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






14. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






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






16. 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)






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






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






19. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl

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20. Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt - Assumption highly controversial - pushed his plan through Congress - based on loose interpretation of Constitution






21. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






22. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






23. Offered a New Deal (reminiscent of FDR) of smaller government - reduced taxes - and free enterprise; Washington outsider






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






25. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city






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






27. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation






28. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






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






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






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






32. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






33. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)






34. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies






35. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






36. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






37. First African-American in major league baseball






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






39. 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






40. 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)






41. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






42. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






43. Worked towards asylums for the mentally insane - worked alongside Mann






44. Introduced the 'trickle-down' economics theory in order to promote business and increase money available for speculation






45. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






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






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






48. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






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






50. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na