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AP U.S. History

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1. Opposed strikes - producer-consumer cooperation - temperance - welcomed blacks and women (allowing segregation)






2. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






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






4. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






5. 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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6. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)






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






8. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved






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






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






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






12. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent






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

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






15. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






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






17. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






18. Hamilton praised efficient factories with few managers over many workers - promote emigration - employment opportunities - applications of technology






19. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease

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20. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






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






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






23. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






24. Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






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






26. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






27. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






28. (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






29. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






30. 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






31. Prohibited aiding of belligerent nations - banned civilian involvement; limited power of president during international war - built up armed forces






32. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






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






34. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts






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






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

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37. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet






38. Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England - led the Mayflower - and established the settlement at Plymouth






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






40. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






41. Newt Gingrich (Republican congressman) planned for success of Republican party in upcoming election by pledging tax cuts - congressional term limits - tougher crime laws - balanced budget amendment - popular reforms &c.

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42. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state






43. 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)






44. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






45. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






46. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






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






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






49. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






50. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again