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AP U.S. History

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






2. Reagan called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack

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3. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






4. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






5. 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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6. Created by John L. Lewis for unskilled labor - organized 'sit-down strike' against GM to work for recognition






7. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto

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






9. Law meant to evolve as society evolves - opposed conservative majority






10. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






11. Republican candidate for president in 1884 - quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat Cleveland)






12. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






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






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






15. In response to Japanese discrimination in San Fran schools; Japanese to stop laborers into U.S. - Californians forbidden to ban Japanese from public schools

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16. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






17. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






18. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






19. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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20. Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere - Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas






21. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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22. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






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






24. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






25. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






26. Drafting extremely hated by Northerners - sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population - 500 lives lost - many buildings burned






27. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors






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






29. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth

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30. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)






31. Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war






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






33. Exemplary Christian community - rich to show charity - held to Calvinistic beliefs

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34. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






35. Dealt with Vietnam War - 'Great Society' program for improvement of American society - antipoverty and anti-discrimination programs






36. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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37. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






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






39. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






40. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities






41. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






42. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities

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43. First attempt of Cherokees to gain complete sovereign rule over their nation






44. To service economy in late 20 century (end of industrialism) - Higher focus on services (esp. education) rather than material products






45. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






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






47. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






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






49. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






50. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments







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