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AP U.S. History

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1. Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties - called for unity of the country - established precedent of two-term presidency


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






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






4. US - Britain - Japan - France - and Italy to reduce naval tonnage and halt construction for 10 years; US and Japan to respect Pacific territorial holdings - Kellog-Briand Pact to 'outlaw war'






5. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






6. 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






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






8. 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






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


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






11. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






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






13. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






14. Strong central government provided by power divided between state and national governments - checks and balances - amendable constitution






15. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






16. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit






17. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






18. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






19. 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






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






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






22. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers


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






24. Lowering of income taxes for wealthy (trickle-down economics) - refusal to create higher prices to help farmers (McNary-Haugen Bill)






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






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






27. Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy - proslavery group attacked Lawrence - Kansas - Pottawatomie Massacre


28. 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)






29. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






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






31. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






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






33. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






34. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






35. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance






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






37. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy


38. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'






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






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






41. 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






42. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






43. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






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






45. 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'






46. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






47. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






48. 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)






49. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system






50. 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