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AP U.S. History

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1. Prohibited aiding of belligerent nations - banned civilian involvement; limited power of president during international war - built up armed forces






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






3. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






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






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






6. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






7. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






8. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






9. Foreshadowed in 14 points - hoped to guarantee political independence and integrity of all countries






10. 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






11. 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






12. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)






13. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity






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






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






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






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






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






19. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden






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






21. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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22. Congress authorized LBJ to repel and prevent aggression against US troops in Vietnam - used as a blank check (perhaps too much - caused protests)






23. Network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom






24. 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)






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






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






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






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






30. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)






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






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






33. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






34. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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35. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






36. Americans at home reminded to conserve materials in all aspects of life to support the military; resulted in saving up of money to cause economic boom after war






37. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






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






39. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






40. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'

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






42. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






43. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation






44. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






45. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl

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46. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






47. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago






48. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






49. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






50. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)







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