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AP U.S. History
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1. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions
Valley Forge
Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Non-Intercourse Act
Election of 1960
2. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society
Albany Plan of Union
Dorothea Dix
Social Gospel movement
Karl Marx Das Kapital
3. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix
William H. Taft
Horace Mann
Great Migration
Henry Clay and the American System
4. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves
Cotton Gin
Jamestown
Martin Luther King Jr.
Oregon and 'Fifty-four Forty or Fight!'
5. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional
Marbury v. Madison
John C. Calhoun
Open Door Policy
Rosenbergs
6. Part of the New Left that envisioned 'participatory democracy' (individuals control life-affecting decisions) - end materialism - militarism - and racism; inspired by young black activists
Adams-Onis Treaty
Korean War
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Barbary Pirates
7. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress
March on Washington
Second Great Awakening
Religious Right
'Contract with America' (1994)
8. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'
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9. Alice Paul; shocked traditionalism - League of Women Voters supported; new organization of women who were now more independent
Herbert Hoover's Food Administration
'Graying of America'
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Jackson's Presidency
10. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification
Manifest Destiny
Five Civilized Tribes
Connecticut Compromise
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
11. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations
Roe v. Wade
Platt Amendment
Creel Committee
U-2 Incident
12. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))
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13. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763
Conscription policies
Monroe Doctrine
Navigation Acts
The Enlightenment
14. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers
William Penn and the Quakers
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Berlin Wall
Important WWII Battles
15. (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
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960
Camp David Accords
New Nationalism
Domino theory
16. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
'Atlanta Compromise'
Panic of 1893
Critics of FDR
17. Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans
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18. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)
Ngo Dinh Diem
Muckrakers
King James I - King Charles
Creel Committee
19. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'
The Great Awakening
Independent Treasury Bill
Indian Removal Act
The Alamo
20. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists
Black Panther Party
Deportations of Mexicans
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Mercantilism
21. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined
Adams-Onis Treaty
Coxey's Army
Strict vs. Loose interpretation of the Constitution
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)
22. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress
Lecompton Constitution
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
Secretary of State John Hay
Tories (Loyalists)
23. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
The Enlightenment
24. Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal of power from all of Eastern Europe - including Berlin (wall torn down - free movement - &c.)
Regionalist and naturalist writers
Iran Hostage Crisis - 1979
Battle of Saratoga
Fall of communism in Eastern Europe (1989)
25. Government compromised to buy and coin $2-4 million/month; government stuck to minimum and inflation did not occur (lower prices); economy grew
Bland-Allison Act (1878)
New Jersey Plan
Voting Rights Act of 1965
1968 as 'the year of shocks'
26. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
Panic of 1819
Social Darwinism
Social Gospel movement
27. Stressed role of church and religion to improve city life - led by preachers Walter Raushenbusch and Washington Gladen; influenced settlement house movement and Salvation Army
Fair Labor Standards Act
US economy since WWII (service economy)
Battle of Gettysburg
Social Gospel movement
28. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists
Rosenbergs
Election of 1960
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
Freeport Doctrine
29. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter
US acquisitions
Tea Act (1773)
Booker T. Washington
Boston Massacre
30. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
Causes of the depression
Marshall Court (all cases)
31. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote
Harpers Ferry (1859)
Virtual Representation
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Vertical and horizontal integration
32. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
James K. Polk
George Washington
Missouri Compromise (1820)
33. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer
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34. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney
'Contract with America' (1994)
Second Great Awakening
Frances Perkins - Secretary of Labor
Henry David Thoreau
35. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)
James Meredith
Navigation Acts
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
Domino theory
36. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation
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37. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)
Cuban Missile Crisis
Greenback Party
Domino theory
Henry Clay and the American System
38. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression
New Deal
James G. Blaine
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Fall of Soviet Union (1991)
39. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth
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40. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds
Andrew Mellon - secretary of the treasury
Transcendentalism
Supply-side economics - tax cuts
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
41. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself
Popular Sovereignty
Mikhail Gorbachev
Lodge Reservations
Treaty of Paris (1783)
42. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl
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43. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na
Stock market crash (1929)
Detente - realpolitik
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649
John Brown
44. Worked towards asylums for the mentally insane - worked alongside Mann
Yeoman Farmers
'Evil Empire' speech - 'Star Wars'
Dorothea Dix
Populist Party
45. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress
Alien and Sedition Acts
Herbert Hoover's Food Administration
Strict vs. Loose interpretation of the Constitution
Charles Lindbergh
46. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico
Stephen Austin
Townshend Act (1767)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
Virginia Resolves
47. Equal representation in unicameral congress
Marshall Court (all cases)
William and Mary
New Jersey Plan
Explosion of USS Maine
48. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
Dorothea Lange
Roger Williams
Northwest Passage
49. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks
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50. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners
Townshend Act (1767)
Yeoman Farmers
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Detente - realpolitik