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AP U.S. History

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1. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






2. Drafting extremely hated by Northerners - sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population - 500 lives lost - many buildings burned






3. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






4. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army






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






6. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






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






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






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






10. 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)






11. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl

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12. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state






13. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations






14. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






15. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






16. 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






17. 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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18. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act






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






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. Roosevelt's plan that aimed to regulate corporations (Anthracite coal strike - Dept. of Commerce and Labor - Elkins and Hepburn Acts) - protect consumers (meat sanitation) - and conserve natural resources (Newlands Reclamation Act)






22. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






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






24. Raised tariffs extremely high on manufactured goods; benefited domestic manufacturers - but limited foreign trade






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

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26. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas






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






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






29. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)






30. Nationalists against foreign non-English speaking workers (took jobs away from American men); encouraged to leave the U.S.






31. George Wallace vs. Nixon vs. Humphrey; very narrow popular vote triumph to Nixon (although he had clear majority of electoral votes)






32. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






33. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats






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






35. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






36. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






37. 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






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

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39. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






40. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






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






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






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






44. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






45. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






46. Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports) - attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs






47. Pushed for Assumption (federal government to assume state debts) - pushed creation of the National Bank (most controversial) - loose interpretation of Constitution - leader of Federalist Party






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






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






50. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes