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AP U.S. History

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1. Workers unable to escape (locked into factory) - all died; further encouraged reform movements for working conditions






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






3. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency






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






5. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)






6. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas






7. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)






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






9. Foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land






10. 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






11. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






12. Lowering of income taxes for wealthy (trickle-down economics) - refusal to create higher prices to help farmers (McNary-Haugen Bill)






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






14. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)






15. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






16. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






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

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18. 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






19. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased






20. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






21. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






22. 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)






23. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






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






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






26. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere






27. George Wallace vs. Nixon vs. Humphrey; very narrow popular vote triumph to Nixon (although he had clear majority of electoral votes)






28. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers

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29. 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)






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






31. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






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






33. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






34. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost






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






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






37. Attacked people for being communist by association and unsubstantiated claims - against Truman - Marshall - and Ike; downfall came with attack on the military (condemned by Senate); led hysteria of the red scare






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






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






40. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






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






42. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






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






44. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China






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






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






47. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






48. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






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

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







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