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AP U.S. History

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1. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






2. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers






3. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






4. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






5. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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6. Darwinian (influenced by jazz age and new scientific ideas) against Fundamentalist (the Bible and Creationism); John Scopes convicted for teaching Darwinism (defended by Clarence Darrow); Scopes found guilty






7. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






8. 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)






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






10. Led a slave rebellion in Virginia - attacked many whites - prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation

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11. First African-American in major league baseball






12. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'






13. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






14. First attempt of Cherokees to gain complete sovereign rule over their nation






15. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






16. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






17. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






18. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors






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

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20. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






21. Committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self¬government - cooperation between colonies






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

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23. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






24. 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






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






27. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere






28. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






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






30. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






31. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming






32. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






33. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment

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34. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)






35. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






36. Americans at home reminded to conserve materials in all aspects of life to support the military; resulted in saving up of money to cause economic boom after war






37. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






38. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease

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39. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






40. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie






41. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain






42. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






43. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation

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






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






46. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






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






48. Started the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) — 'Back to Africa' movement for racial pride and separatism; inspired self-confidence in blacks






49. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






50. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression