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AP U.S. History

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1. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






2. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






3. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






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

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






6. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists






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






8. Exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more slaves from service in the Confederate Army; 'rich man's war but a poor man's fight'






9. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles






10. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






11. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution

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12. Exemplary Christian community - rich to show charity - held to Calvinistic beliefs

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13. 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)






14. 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)






15. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






16. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)






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






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






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






20. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






21. 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






22. Attacked people for being communist by association and unsubstantiated claims - against Truman - Marshall - and Ike; downfall came with attack on the military (condemned by Senate); led hysteria of the red scare






23. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany






24. 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






25. Kennedy vs. Nixon - Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)






26. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






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






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






29. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization

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30. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






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






32. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






33. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






34. 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'






35. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






36. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks






37. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)






38. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






39. 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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40. Fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military






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






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






43. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






44. Reagan called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack

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






46. Spread quickly; opposed everything that was not White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) (and conservative) - Stephenson's faults and jail sentence led to demise






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






48. 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






49. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane






50. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen