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AP U.S. History

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

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






3. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






4. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






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






6. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks






7. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies






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






9. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben






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






11. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






12. 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)






13. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress






14. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






15. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne






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

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17. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






18. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds






19. Created by John L. Lewis for unskilled labor - organized 'sit-down strike' against GM to work for recognition






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






21. 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






22. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






23. 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)






24. 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)






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






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






27. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






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






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






30. Depicted the evils of slavery (splitting of families and physical abuse); increased participation in abolitionist movement - condemned by South

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31. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






32. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






33. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






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






35. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






36. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






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






38. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit






39. 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






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






41. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






42. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763






43. 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)






44. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians






45. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






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






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






48. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






49. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






50. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)