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AP U.S. History

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






2. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






3. Jackson was allowed to relocate Indian tribes in the Louisiana Territory






4. Relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws) - propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production - Prohibition

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5. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






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






7. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act






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






9. Ike forced to send National Guard to escort black children to school to quell riots and resistance (first time since Reconstruction that troops used in the south to enforce Constitution); resistance by white community (private schools)






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






11. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






12. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






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






14. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations






15. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






16. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






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






18. Offered a New Deal (reminiscent of FDR) of smaller government - reduced taxes - and free enterprise; Washington outsider






19. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury






20. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities






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






22. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier






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






24. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions






25. Roosevelt and Pinchot sided on conservation rather than preservation (planned and regulated use of forest lands for public and commercial uses)






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






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






28. Known as 'wartime food czar;' created recreation policies and reintroduced leisure culture and conservation ethic to get Americans escaping the cities and improve tourism - etc.






29. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






30. Leader of IWW - from Western Federation of Miners

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31. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






32. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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33. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






34. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






35. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






36. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War






37. 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






38. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






39. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






40. 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)






41. Vetoed by Jackson on the count that government funds for the Maysville Road would only benefit one state






42. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






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






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






45. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks






46. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






47. (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






48. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






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






50. Nixon agreed with USSR to achieve nuclear equality rather than the superiority that threatened the destruction of the world; further reduced tensions between the two countries