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AP U.S. History

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1. Connected the colonies to Britain - opposed to unnecessary unfair taxation; strong influence on Albany Plan






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






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






4. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)






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






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






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






8. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






9. Sewer systems and purification of water






10. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






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






12. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system






13. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






14. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






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






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






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






18. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes






19. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet






20. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






21. Prohibited discrimination in any government-related work; increased black employment






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






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






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






25. American hostages taken by US hating Shiites upon Shah's flight from uprising - botched rescue attempts






26. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






27. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane






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






29. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






30. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






31. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






32. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






33. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






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






35. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury






36. 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






37. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






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






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






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






41. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






42. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






43. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress






44. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






45. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na






46. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity






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






48. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics






49. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






50. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US