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AP U.S. History

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

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






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






4. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks






5. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas






6. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation






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






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






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






10. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - collective bargaining rights - closed shops permitted (where workers must join unions) - outlawed anti-union tactics






11. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






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






13. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






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






15. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






16. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






17. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






18. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






19. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization

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20. 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






21. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






22. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions






23. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






24. 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)






25. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined






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

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27. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






28. 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






29. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)






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






31. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






32. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben






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






34. Often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange






35. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government

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36. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






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






39. Kennedy vs. Nixon - Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)






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






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






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






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






44. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






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






46. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






47. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






48. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






49. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield






50. Spread quickly; opposed everything that was not White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) (and conservative) - Stephenson's faults and jail sentence led to demise