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AP U.S. History

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1. Part of the New Left that envisioned 'participatory democracy' (individuals control life-affecting decisions) - end materialism - militarism - and racism; inspired by young black activists






2. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






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






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






5. US - Britain - Japan - France - and Italy to reduce naval tonnage and halt construction for 10 years; US and Japan to respect Pacific territorial holdings - Kellog-Briand Pact to 'outlaw war'






6. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - collective bargaining rights - closed shops permitted (where workers must join unions) - outlawed anti-union tactics






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

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8. National Liberation Front - guerilla militia from south Vietnam fighting alongside the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)






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






10. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's






11. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






12. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






13. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US






14. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






15. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






16. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






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






18. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






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






20. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






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






22. First female cabinet member






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

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24. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






25. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






26. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity






27. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






28. 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'






29. 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)






30. Intended to save British East India Company from bankruptcy - could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with smuggled tea)






31. 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






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






33. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






34. Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trusts - ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism (waited for Clayton Anti-Trust Act)






35. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






36. 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






37. Exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more slaves from service in the Confederate Army; 'rich man's war but a poor man's fight'






38. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






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






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






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






42. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






43. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president






44. Symbol of women workers during the war






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

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46. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






47. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






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






49. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment

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50. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes