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AP U.S. History

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1. 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






2. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






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






4. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






5. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






6. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans






7. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






8. Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere - Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas






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






10. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






11. 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






12. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks






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






15. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






16. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






17. 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)






18. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






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






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






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






22. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






23. Workers unable to escape (locked into factory) - all died; further encouraged reform movements for working conditions






24. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads






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






26. 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






27. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






28. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






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






30. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






31. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






32. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






33. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft

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34. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






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






36. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion

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37. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent






38. 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)






39. First permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607) - along James River






40. 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






41. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






42. 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






43. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






44. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






45. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






46. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






47. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






48. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






49. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






50. 'Rotation in office;' Jackson felt that one should spend a single term in office and return to private citizenship - those who held power too long would become corrupt and political appointments made by new officials was essential for democracy