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AP U.S. History

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1. 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)






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






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






4. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal






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

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

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7. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






8. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






9. Intended to save British East India Company from bankruptcy - could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with smuggled tea)






10. 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)






11. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






12. 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






13. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






14. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks

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15. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion






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






17. 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






18. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive






19. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage






20. (peace btw Egypt and Israel) Followed years of tension - Israel would leave newly acquired lands from war - Egypt would respect Israel's other land claims; accords not completely followed - Sadat (Egypt) assassinated






21. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved






22. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






23. 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






24. Economic recession (collapse of savings-and-loan industry - increasing deficit due to Reagan tax cuts - retail decreased - higher crime rate)

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

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26. 'Rotation in office;' Jackson felt that one should spend a single term in office and return to private citizenship - those who held power too long would become corrupt and political appointments made by new officials was essential for democracy






27. Gore promising with experience - Bush appealing by family influence and plans for presidency (tax cuts - education reform - defense - &c.)






28. 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






29. Federal government to increase power over economy and society by means of progressive reforms - developed by Roosevelt (after presidency)






30. 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)






31. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful






32. 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






33. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






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

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






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






37. Despite near-guaranteed second term - campaign workers burglarized Democratic offices - cover-up unsuccessful - resigned to avoid impeachment






38. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






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






40. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






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






42. 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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43. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






44. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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45. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






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






47. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






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






49. Effects of pesticides on the environment; changed way Americans viewed their impact on nature






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