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AP U.S. History

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1. Congress could tax imports but not exports






2. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






3. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways






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






5. 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)






6. Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports) - attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs






7. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






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






9. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






10. Dealt with Vietnam War - 'Great Society' program for improvement of American society - antipoverty and anti-discrimination programs






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

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12. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






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

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






15. Pushed for Assumption (federal government to assume state debts) - pushed creation of the National Bank (most controversial) - loose interpretation of Constitution - leader of Federalist Party






16. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - banned child labor - established minimum wage






17. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup






18. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






19. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






20. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden






21. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






22. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






23. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






24. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment

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25. Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations






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






27. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South






28. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics






29. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






30. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth

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31. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians






32. For women's rights - organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton - modeled requests after the Declaration of Independence






33. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






34. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






35. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






36. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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






38. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






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






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

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41. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)






42. Over Senate seat for Illinois (Douglas victor) - Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery






43. Federal government to increase power over economy and society by means of progressive reforms - developed by Roosevelt (after presidency)






44. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






45. Nixon's domestic policy; federal revenues shared with states (revenue sharing) - minimum income proposed






46. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






47. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






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

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49. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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







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