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AP U.S. History

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1. 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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2. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China






3. Worked towards asylums for the mentally insane - worked alongside Mann






4. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






5. 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






6. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






7. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War






8. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






9. 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






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






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






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






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






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






15. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






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






17. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






18. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






19. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






20. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress






21. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






22. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






23. Caused American hysteria (1957) - fear that Soviets were technologically superior; led Ike to order more rigorous education program to rival Soviets (National Defense Education Act)






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






25. First African-American in major league baseball






26. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied






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

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






29. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






30. 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)






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






32. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






33. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






34. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






35. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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






37. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






38. 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






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






40. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined






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






42. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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43. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






44. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






45. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto

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46. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne






47. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft

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48. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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49. Fought for human rights in Africa - Panama Canal returned to Panama - relations with China resolved






50. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks