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AP U.S. History

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1. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






2. 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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3. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






4. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property - slaves as property)






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






6. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






7. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






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






9. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations






10. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






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






12. 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






13. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






14. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions






15. Raised tariffs extremely high on manufactured goods; benefited domestic manufacturers - but limited foreign trade






16. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






17. Acquired Mexican Cession (future California - Arizona - and New Mexico); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas






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

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19. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






20. Despite near-guaranteed second term - campaign workers burglarized Democratic offices - cover-up unsuccessful - resigned to avoid impeachment






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






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






23. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






24. Sewer systems and purification of water






25. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






26. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






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

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28. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






29. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






30. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






31. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation

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32. Strong central government provided by power divided between state and national governments - checks and balances - amendable constitution






33. 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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34. 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)






35. Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal of power from all of Eastern Europe - including Berlin (wall torn down - free movement - &c.)






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

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37. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt






38. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup






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






40. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617






41. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






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






43. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






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

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45. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit






46. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






47. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben






48. Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations






49. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






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