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AP U.S. History

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1. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets






2. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






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

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4. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






5. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






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






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






8. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






9. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






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

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11. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles






12. 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.






13. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation

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14. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit






15. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






16. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






17. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden






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






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






20. Newt Gingrich (Republican congressman) planned for success of Republican party in upcoming election by pledging tax cuts - congressional term limits - tougher crime laws - balanced budget amendment - popular reforms &c.

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21. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain






22. Pushed for Assumption (federal government to assume state debts) - pushed creation of the National Bank (most controversial) - loose interpretation of Constitution - leader of Federalist Party






23. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






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






25. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians






26. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






27. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






28. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






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






30. 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






31. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






32. 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)






33. 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






34. Defined process for territories to become states (population reached 60 -000) - forbade slavery in the new territories






35. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






36. Removal of Saddam Hussein - 2003 - Iran - Iraq - and North Korea designated as the 'axis of evil -' institution of democratic government in Iraq to replace Hussein's dictatorship (return to spread and protection of democracy throughout the world - mo






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






38. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported






39. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






40. Focused on skilled workers (harder to replace than unskilled) - coordinated crafts unions - supported 8¬hour workday and injury liability






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






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






43. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






44. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






45. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)






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

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47. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






48. 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






49. Racism riots against Mexican laborers (imported for jobs)






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