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AP U.S. History

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1. 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






2. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






3. 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






4. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)






5. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






6. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






7. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






8. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






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






10. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






11. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






12. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






13. Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt - Assumption highly controversial - pushed his plan through Congress - based on loose interpretation of Constitution






14. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






15. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






16. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






17. Westward migration of workers (new economic opportunities - esp. aircraft industry) - high rates of divorce and family/juvenile violence - women encouraged to work in factories - still held inferior to men






18. Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans

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19. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






20. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






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






22. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






23. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights






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






25. In response to Japanese discrimination in San Fran schools; Japanese to stop laborers into U.S. - Californians forbidden to ban Japanese from public schools

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26. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






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






28. 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)






29. 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






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






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






32. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






33. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






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






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. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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37. 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






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






39. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






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






41. 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






42. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization

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






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






45. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






46. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






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






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






49. 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






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