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AP U.S. History

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1. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






2. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






3. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






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






5. Formed by white progressives - adopted goals of Niagara Movement - in response to Springfield Race Riots






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






7. 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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8. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






9. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






10. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






11. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression






12. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






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






14. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






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






16. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






17. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






18. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






19. 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






20. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






21. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






22. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






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






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






25. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






26. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)






27. 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)






28. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






29. Editor of The Liberator (strongly abolitionist newspaper calling for immediate abolition of slavery) - fought for feminist movement ('Am I not a woman and a sister' picture of slave woman)






30. Sewer systems and purification of water






31. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






32. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






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






34. 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






35. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






36. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






37. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






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

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






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






41. Fought for return to colonial rule - usually conservative (educated and wealthy






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






43. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






44. 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






45. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






46. Intervention in Mexican Revolution (Madero overthrew dictator Diaz) to overthrow Madero out of fear of property confiscation - General Huerta (seen as 'brute' by Wilson - sought new leader) replaced Madero






47. 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'






48. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






49. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






50. 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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