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AP U.S. History

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

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2. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






3. 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






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






5. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






6. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






7. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






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






9. Led a slave rebellion in Virginia - attacked many whites - prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation

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10. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors






11. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






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






13. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






14. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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






16. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






17. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics






18. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






19. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






20. Often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange






21. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto

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22. 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






23. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






24. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






25. Despite near-guaranteed second term - campaign workers burglarized Democratic offices - cover-up unsuccessful - resigned to avoid impeachment






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






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






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






29. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






30. Exemplary Christian community - rich to show charity - held to Calvinistic beliefs

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31. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet

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32. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city






33. 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






34. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






35. Second youngest president - entered presidency as tensions of the Cold War increased; unable to get major initiatives through Congress due to conservative bloc; tax cuts (economic stimulation); reluctantly gets involved in civil rights; emphasizes Sp






36. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






37. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






38. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






39. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






40. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






41. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






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






43. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






44. (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






45. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent






46. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






47. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity






48. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






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






50. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors