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AP U.S. History

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1. Fought for return to colonial rule - usually conservative (educated and wealthy






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






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






4. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






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






6. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






7. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization

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8. 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)






9. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






10. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






11. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






12. Sewer systems and purification of water






13. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state






14. Exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more slaves from service in the Confederate Army; 'rich man's war but a poor man's fight'






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






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






17. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






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

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19. 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






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






21. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






22. Equal representation in unicameral congress






23. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup






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

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






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






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






28. Withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations (especially Latin America) to improve international relations and unite western hemisphere; Clark Memorandum (rebukes the 'big stick'); peaceful resolution of Mexican oil fields






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






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






31. Dealt with Vietnam War - 'Great Society' program for improvement of American society - antipoverty and anti-discrimination programs






32. Northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age)

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33. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






34. 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)






35. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






36. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






37. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






38. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






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

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40. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






41. First female cabinet member






42. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






43. New Lights brought new ideas - rejected by Old Lights; both sought out institutions independent of each other






44. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






45. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming






46. 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






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






48. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






49. 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






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