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AP U.S. History

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






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






3. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)






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






5. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






6. Gore promising with experience - Bush appealing by family influence and plans for presidency (tax cuts - education reform - defense - &c.)






7. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






8. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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9. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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10. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






11. 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)






12. 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






13. Fought for human rights in Africa - Panama Canal returned to Panama - relations with China resolved






14. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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15. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






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






17. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






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






19. Symbol of women workers during the war






20. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes






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






22. 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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23. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






24. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






25. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






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






27. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






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






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






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






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






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






33. Formed by white progressives - adopted goals of Niagara Movement - in response to Springfield Race Riots






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






36. Nationalists against foreign non-English speaking workers (took jobs away from American men); encouraged to leave the U.S.






37. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.






38. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






39. 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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40. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






41. Vetoed by Jackson on the count that government funds for the Maysville Road would only benefit one state






42. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






43. Committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self¬government - cooperation between colonies






44. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






45. Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans

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46. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






47. Opposed BTW's accommodation policies - called for immediate equality - formed Niagara Movement to support his ideas






48. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's






49. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






50. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem