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AP U.S. History

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






2. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






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






4. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






5. Prohibited discrimination in any government-related work; increased black employment






6. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






7. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






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






9. Appealed to many conservatives - especially southerners (opposed massive protests and integration)






10. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization

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11. 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






12. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






13. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression

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

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15. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






16. Caused American hysteria (1957) - fear that Soviets were technologically superior; led Ike to order more rigorous education program to rival Soviets (National Defense Education Act)






17. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






18. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)






19. 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






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

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21. Opposed BTW's accommodation policies - called for immediate equality - formed Niagara Movement to support his ideas






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






23. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






24. 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






25. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress






26. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress






27. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)






28. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






29. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






30. 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






31. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






32. Destroyed by Jackson on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and too much power for a federal institution






33. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






34. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






35. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt






36. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






37. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






38. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit






39. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers






40. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet






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






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






43. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






44. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






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






46. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






47. 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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48. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)






49. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






50. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US







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