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AP U.S. History

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






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






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






4. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government

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






6. 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)






7. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






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

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9. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






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

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11. 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






12. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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13. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes






14. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West






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






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






17. 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






18. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth

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19. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






20. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)






21. 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)






22. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






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






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






25. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






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






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






28. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






29. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






30. US - Britain - Japan - France - and Italy to reduce naval tonnage and halt construction for 10 years; US and Japan to respect Pacific territorial holdings - Kellog-Briand Pact to 'outlaw war'






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






32. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






33. Lowering of income taxes for wealthy (trickle-down economics) - refusal to create higher prices to help farmers (McNary-Haugen Bill)






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






35. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






36. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






37. Rejection of negative portrayals of women (language - entertainment) - increased quality and use of education - more job opportunities - acceptance into military






38. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






39. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






40. Banned racial discrimination and segregation (public) - bias by federal government; enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission






41. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain






42. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






43. Judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson - Marshall among those appointed






44. Equal representation in unicameral congress






45. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)






46. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






47. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






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






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






50. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers







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