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AP U.S. History

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1. Often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange






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






3. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity






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






5. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






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






7. 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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8. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union

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9. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






10. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






11. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)






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






13. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






14. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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15. 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






16. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city






17. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






18. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






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






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






21. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)






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






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






24. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






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






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






27. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






28. Fought for human rights in Africa - Panama Canal returned to Panama - relations with China resolved






29. 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






30. Philosophy that deficit spending during a depression would increase purchasing power and stimulate economy; FDR disagreed with the policy at first and borrowed money to cover deficits






31. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






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






33. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






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






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






36. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






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






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






39. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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40. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights






41. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






42. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






43. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






44. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets






45. Repeat candidate for president - proponent of silver-backing (16:1 platform) - cross of gold speech against gold standard; Democratic candidate (1896)






46. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






47. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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






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






50. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen