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AP U.S. History
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1. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
'Red Summer -' race riots (1919)
Henry Clay and the American System
Jane Addams
2. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany
Potsdam Conference (1945)
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Lodge Reservations
Nativism
3. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)
'Big BM' Haywood
Non-conformity
Tet Offensive (1968)
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
4. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)
Midnight judges
Battle of Yorktown
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Betty Friedan - The Feminine Mystique
5. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
Stephen Austin
Indentured servants
Writs of Assistance
6. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures
John L. Lewis
Spanish American War (1898)
Rationing
Charles II - James II
7. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory
'Trail of Tears'
New Lights vs. Old Lights
Jonathan Edwards
The Federalist Papers
8. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
Richard Nixon (R)
'Yellow dog contracts'
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
9. Attempted to boost economy by making loans to banks and insurance companies - hoping to restart them
Fort Sumter
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Free silver
10. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional
Lusitania
Marbury v. Madison
Know-Nothing (American) Party
Dawes Plan (1924)
11. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks
Embargo Act (1807)
Macon's Bill No. 2
Non-Intercourse Act
John Smith
12. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on NYC & DC (2001)
Eugene V. Debs
Reasons for US to drop atomic bombs
Scopes Trial
13. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved
American society during the Revolution
Virtual Representation
Election of 1980
Civil Rights Act of 1964
14. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind
Social Gospel movement
'Graying of America'
Humanitarian diplomacy
Open Door Policy
15. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency
Berlin Airlift
Vietcong
Battle of Tippecanoe
Boston Tea Party
16. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois
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17. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation
'Hundred days'
Mayflower Compact
Freedom Riders (Congress of Racial Equality - CORE)
Anaconda plan
18. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion
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19. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing
Bruce Barton
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
President Bill Clinton
Plessy v. Ferguson
20. 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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21. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization
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22. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617
Pocahontas
Fair Deal
Salutary Neglect
Rationing
23. Bicameral congressional representation based on population
French and Indian War
Bay of Pigs invasion
Virginia Plan
Samuel Gompers
24. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West
The Glorious Revolution
Compromise of 1850
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
California Gold Rush
25. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society
The Loyal Nine
Thorstein Veblen - The Theory of the Leisure Class
Sputnik
Deregulation
26. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage
Explosion of USS Maine
Connecticut Compromise
John Humphrey Noyes/Oneida Community
Compromise of 1877
27. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll
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28. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Jingoism
Jim Crow laws
US economy since WWII (service economy)
29. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments
Stock market crash (1929)
Federalists and Republicans
Knights of Labor
Thomas Nast
30. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism
Battle of Gettysburg
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on NYC & DC (2001)
Writs of Assistance
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
31. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet
New Freedom
Monroe Doctrine
Domino theory
Kitchen Cabinet
32. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)
Impressment
Greensboro sit-in (1960)
Jackson's Presidency
Invasion of Afghanistan (2002)
33. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine
Marbury v. Madison
National Labor Union
Citizen Genet
Deists
34. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago
Louis Sullivan
'Lost Generation'
Stamp Act Congress
President Bill Clinton
35. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
'Brain trust'
Charles II - James II
'Baby Boom'
36. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt
'New Left'
'Red Scare' (1919)
Court Packing
Pinkertons
37. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity
Cult of domesticity
George Whitefield
James Monroe
New Lights vs. Old Lights
38. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US
George Wallace - American
Supply-side economics - tax cuts
Salutary Neglect
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
39. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)
Harriet Tubman
Court Packing
John L. Lewis
William and Mary
40. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance
Zimmerman Note
Bill of Rights
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Sons of Liberty
41. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'
Fort Sumter
The Alamo
President Lyndon B. Johnson
Invasion of Mexico - Pancho Villa
42. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
War hawks
Great Migration
Embargo Act (1807)
Upton Sinclair
43. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)
Jackson's Presidency
Nicaraguan Contras
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
44. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
Bland-Allison Act (1878)
China turns communist
James Meredith
45. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Henry Clay and the American System
Secretary of State John Hay
Emancipation Proclamation
46. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)
'Silent Majority'
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Election of 1960
47. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories
Open Door Policy
TR mediates Russo-Japanese War
'Red Summer -' race riots (1919)
Tammany Hall
48. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment
Emancipation Proclamation
Keynesian economics
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
William Penn and the Quakers
49. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets
Henry Clay and the American System
Ku Klux Klan
Lecompton Constitution
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA (1994)
50. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities
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