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AP U.S. History

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1. Law meant to evolve as society evolves - opposed conservative majority






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






3. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






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






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






6. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






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






8. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






9. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






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

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11. Created the Wisconsin Idea (as governor of Wisconsin) — regulated railroad - direct-primary system - increased corporate taxes - reference library for lawmakers






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






13. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






14. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






15. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






16. 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






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






18. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






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






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






21. 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)






22. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments






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






24. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






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






26. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






27. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






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






29. Due to threat of nuclear war - Soviets erected wall to separate East Berlin from West Berlin (end exodus of intellect to west); symbol of communist denial of freedom






30. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






31. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers

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32. First 'modern' president - moderate who supported progressivism (at times conservative) - bypassed congressional opposition (cf. Jackson) - significant role in world affairs






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






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






35. 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






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






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






38. 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






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






40. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization

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41. Symbol of women workers during the war






42. Led by Francis Willard - powerful 'interest group' following the civil war - urged women's suffrage - led to Prohibition

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43. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane






44. 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






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






46. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






47. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






48. 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)






49. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






50. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy

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