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AP U.S. History

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1. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






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






3. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






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






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






6. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






7. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights






8. Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war






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






10. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts






11. Second youngest president - entered presidency as tensions of the Cold War increased; unable to get major initiatives through Congress due to conservative bloc; tax cuts (economic stimulation); reluctantly gets involved in civil rights; emphasizes Sp






12. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






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






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






15. Over Senate seat for Illinois (Douglas victor) - Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery






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






17. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased






18. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance






19. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






20. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






21. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






22. South divided into 5 military districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify 14th amendment






23. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion

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24. Withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations (especially Latin America) to improve international relations and unite western hemisphere; Clark Memorandum (rebukes the 'big stick'); peaceful resolution of Mexican oil fields






25. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na






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






27. 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






28. Similar to Navigation; raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes; led to Boston boycott of English luxuries






29. Alice Paul; shocked traditionalism - League of Women Voters supported; new organization of women who were now more independent






30. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






31. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments






32. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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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. American commander-in-chief; first president - set precedents for future presidents - put down Whiskey Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax) - managed first presidential cabinet - carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchial style rule






35. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






36. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






37. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






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






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






40. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






41. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






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






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






44. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






45. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics






46. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists






47. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






48. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






49. 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






50. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)







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