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AP U.S. History

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






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






3. Introduced the 'trickle-down' economics theory in order to promote business and increase money available for speculation






4. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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5. South divided into 5 military districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify 14th amendment






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






7. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






8. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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9. Soviets cut Berlin off from the rest of Germany by blockade; US organized airlift to drop supplies into Britain; blockade lifted in May 1949






10. American commander-in-chief; first president - set precedents for future presidents - put down Whiskey Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax) - managed first presidential cabinet - carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchial style rule






11. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






12. 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






13. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






14. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






15. US ambassador to Russia - notified Truman of Soviet ambitions to expand empire and overthrow other political forces; established concern for Soviet policy in Eastern Europe - Germany - and the Middle East






16. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






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






18. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming






19. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






20. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






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






22. Ideas of Wilson: small enterprise - states' rights - more active government - trust busting - left social issues up to the states






23. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






24. First attempt of Cherokees to gain complete sovereign rule over their nation






25. Created by John L. Lewis for unskilled labor - organized 'sit-down strike' against GM to work for recognition






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






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






28. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






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. Part of the New Left that envisioned 'participatory democracy' (individuals control life-affecting decisions) - end materialism - militarism - and racism; inspired by young black activists






31. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






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






33. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






34. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly






35. 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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36. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






37. '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






38. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






39. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






40. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






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






42. 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






43. Congress could tax imports but not exports






44. 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






45. American hostages taken by US hating Shiites upon Shah's flight from uprising - botched rescue attempts






46. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






47. 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






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






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






50. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'