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AP U.S. History

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1. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






2. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






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






4. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






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






6. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights






7. Nationalists against foreign non-English speaking workers (took jobs away from American men); encouraged to leave the U.S.






8. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance






9. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






10. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






11. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers


12. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)






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


14. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)






15. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






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






17. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






18. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






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






20. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






21. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads






22. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






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






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






25. Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt - Assumption highly controversial - pushed his plan through Congress - based on loose interpretation of Constitution






26. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






27. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






28. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






29. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






30. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government


31. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






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






33. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers






34. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






35. Led Pottawatomie Massacre - extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing God's work






36. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






37. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






38. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






39. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






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






41. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






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






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






44. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






45. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments






46. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






47. First African-American in major league baseball






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


49. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






50. 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)