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AP U.S. History

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1. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation






2. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






3. New generation of writers outside of Protestantism - resentment of ideals betrayed by society; Fitzgerald (despised materialism - Great Gatsby) - Hemingway (disillusionment - war experience) - Lewis (against upper class — Babbit and Mainstreet) - Fau

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4. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






5. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






6. Removal of Saddam Hussein - 2003 - Iran - Iraq - and North Korea designated as the 'axis of evil -' institution of democratic government in Iraq to replace Hussein's dictatorship (return to spread and protection of democracy throughout the world - mo






7. Government compromised to buy and coin $2-4 million/month; government stuck to minimum and inflation did not occur (lower prices); economy grew






8. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property - slaves as property)






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






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






11. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






12. 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)






13. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check






14. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied






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

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






17. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






18. Committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self¬government - cooperation between colonies






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






20. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






21. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






22. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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23. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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

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






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

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






28. Sewer systems and purification of water






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






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

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31. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






32. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






33. 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






34. 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






35. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






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






37. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






38. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






39. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






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






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






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






43. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China






44. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression






45. 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)






46. Symbol of women workers during the war






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






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






49. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






50. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress