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AP U.S. History

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1. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






2. Created Federal Reserve System - regional banks set up for twelve separate districts - final authority of each bank lay with the Federal Reserve Board - paper money to be issued 'Federal Reserve Notes'






3. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal






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






5. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






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






7. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






8. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






9. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity






10. Prohibited use of any devices (e.g. - literacy tests) to deny the right to vote and enforced black suffrage rights






11. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






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






13. 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






14. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






15. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






16. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency






17. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks

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18. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






19. Drafting extremely hated by Northerners - sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population - 500 lives lost - many buildings burned






20. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






21. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






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






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






24. Created the Wisconsin Idea (as governor of Wisconsin) — regulated railroad - direct-primary system - increased corporate taxes - reference library for lawmakers






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






26. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






27. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






28. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion






29. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






30. Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war






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






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






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






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






35. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






36. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






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

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38. 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






39. Editor of The Liberator (strongly abolitionist newspaper calling for immediate abolition of slavery) - fought for feminist movement ('Am I not a woman and a sister' picture of slave woman)






40. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles






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






42. Republican candidate for president in 1884 - quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat Cleveland)






43. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists






44. Support people oppressed by communism and non-democratic governments; worked with democratic governments in Greece - Turkey - and Israel






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






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






47. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)






48. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






49. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






50. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats