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AP U.S. History

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1. Attacked public figures (Hollywood - New-Dealers - liberals) to root out communist spies






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






3. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






4. In response to Japanese discrimination in San Fran schools; Japanese to stop laborers into U.S. - Californians forbidden to ban Japanese from public schools

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






6. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






7. Focused on skilled workers (harder to replace than unskilled) - coordinated crafts unions - supported 8¬hour workday and injury liability






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






9. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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10. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






11. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






12. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






13. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






14. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






15. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






16. Sewer systems and purification of water






17. Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports) - attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs






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






19. Leader of IWW - from Western Federation of Miners

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20. Symbol of women workers during the war






21. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






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






23. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






24. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago






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






26. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






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






28. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased






29. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






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






31. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






32. Soviets cut Berlin off from the rest of Germany by blockade; US organized airlift to drop supplies into Britain; blockade lifted in May 1949






33. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






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






35. Removal of Saddam Hussein - 2003 - Iran - Iraq - and North Korea designated as the 'axis of evil -' institution of democratic government in Iraq to replace Hussein's dictatorship (return to spread and protection of democracy throughout the world - mo






36. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






37. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






38. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






39. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






40. Upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war






41. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






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






43. New generation of writers outside of Protestantism - resentment of ideals betrayed by society; Fitzgerald (despised materialism - Great Gatsby) - Hemingway (disillusionment - war experience) - Lewis (against upper class — Babbit and Mainstreet) - Fau

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44. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






45. Repeat candidate for president - proponent of silver-backing (16:1 platform) - cross of gold speech against gold standard; Democratic candidate (1896)






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






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






48. First African-American in major league baseball






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