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AP U.S. History

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






2. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check






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






4. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






5. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists






6. US ambassador to Russia - notified Truman of Soviet ambitions to expand empire and overthrow other political forces; established concern for Soviet policy in Eastern Europe - Germany - and the Middle East






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






8. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






9. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system






10. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






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






12. Upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war






13. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






14. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






15. 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






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






17. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






18. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor






19. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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20. 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






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






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. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






24. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)






25. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago






26. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)






27. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






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






29. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






30. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






31. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






32. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






33. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation






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






35. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent






36. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






37. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






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






39. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






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






41. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






42. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






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

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






45. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






46. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






47. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






48. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






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






50. Led Pottawatomie Massacre - extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing God's work







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