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AP U.S. History

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1. 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






2. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers

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






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

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5. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






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






7. Fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military






8. Soviet-aided North Korea attack on South Korea; MacArthur named general on behalf of UN (excluded Russia) - US supplied majority of troops; recapture of South Korea and suppression of North forces to northern border; introduction of Chinese - MacArth






9. 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






10. Sewer systems and purification of water






11. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes






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






13. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union

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14. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






15. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)






16. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet

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17. Court case - unconstitutionalized all state laws prohibiting women's rights to have an abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy






18. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






19. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






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






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






22. 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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23. 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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24. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






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

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26. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






27. 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)






28. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate






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






30. Opposed strikes - producer-consumer cooperation - temperance - welcomed blacks and women (allowing segregation)






31. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






32. 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






33. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West






34. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






35. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






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






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






38. 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)






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






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






41. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage






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






43. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






44. 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






45. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response






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






47. Soviets cut Berlin off from the rest of Germany by blockade; US organized airlift to drop supplies into Britain; blockade lifted in May 1949






48. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






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






50. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful