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AP U.S. History

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1. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






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

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3. 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






4. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






5. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War






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






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






8. Started the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) — 'Back to Africa' movement for racial pride and separatism; inspired self-confidence in blacks






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






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






11. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






12. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






13. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






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






15. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain






16. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany






17. Leader of IWW - from Western Federation of Miners

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18. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination






19. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state






20. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






21. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers






22. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






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






24. Black rights leader - heavily influenced by Malcolm X (advocated black separatism rather than integration)






25. Stronger union of states - equal and population-based representation - simple majority vote (with presidential veto) - regulation of foreign and interstate commerce - execution by president - power to enact taxes - federal courts - easier amendment p






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






27. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






28. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






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






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






31. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






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






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






34. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






35. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






36. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






37. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






38. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






39. Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England - led the Mayflower - and established the settlement at Plymouth






40. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






41. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






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






43. 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






44. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)






45. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft

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46. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






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






48. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)






49. 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






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