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AP U.S. History

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






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. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






4. 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






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






6. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






7. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army






8. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect






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






10. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






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






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






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






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






15. Workers unable to escape (locked into factory) - all died; further encouraged reform movements for working conditions






16. Connected the colonies to Britain - opposed to unnecessary unfair taxation; strong influence on Albany Plan






17. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






18. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)






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






20. 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






21. 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






22. Banned racial discrimination and segregation (public) - bias by federal government; enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission






23. 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






24. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






25. Introduced his 'New Deal -' won election by a relative landslide (he was not Hoover - whom the public now did not trust)






26. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






27. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






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






29. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






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






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






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






33. 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






34. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act






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






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






37. 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






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






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






40. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






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

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42. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






43. Known as 'wartime food czar;' created recreation policies and reintroduced leisure culture and conservation ethic to get Americans escaping the cities and improve tourism - etc.






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






45. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly






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






47. Led by Francis Willard - powerful 'interest group' following the civil war - urged women's suffrage - led to Prohibition

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






49. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






50. Defined process for territories to become states (population reached 60 -000) - forbade slavery in the new territories