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AP U.S. History

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1. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






2. 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






3. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






4. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






5. December 1814 - Opposed War of 1812 - called for one-term presidency - northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered next to those of southern and western states - supported nullification - end of Federalist Party






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






7. 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)






8. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






9. Hamilton praised efficient factories with few managers over many workers - promote emigration - employment opportunities - applications of technology






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






11. Prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports - most controversial Jefferson legislation






12. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization






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






14. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state






15. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain






16. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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






18. 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






19. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






20. Depicted the evils of slavery (splitting of families and physical abuse); increased participation in abolitionist movement - condemned by South

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21. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations






22. 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)






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






24. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






25. Judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson - Marshall among those appointed






26. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






27. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






28. Northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age)

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29. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






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






31. 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)






32. Effects of pesticides on the environment; changed way Americans viewed their impact on nature






33. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






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






35. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






36. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






37. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






38. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets






39. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






40. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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41. To service economy in late 20 century (end of industrialism) - Higher focus on services (esp. education) rather than material products






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






43. Vetoed by Jackson on the count that government funds for the Maysville Road would only benefit one state






44. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






45. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






46. 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'






47. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






48. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






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






50. Small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company (consolidation) - cornered world petroleum market