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AP U.S. History

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1. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






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






3. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






4. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






5. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.






6. 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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7. 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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8. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive






9. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War






10. Network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom






11. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






12. Attacked people for being communist by association and unsubstantiated claims - against Truman - Marshall - and Ike; downfall came with attack on the military (condemned by Senate); led hysteria of the red scare






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






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

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15. Ended exclusion of homosexuals from military; due to controversy - compromise of 'don't ask - don't tell' instituted






16. 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






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






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






19. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






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






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






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






23. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763






24. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






25. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






26. 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'






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

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






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






30. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






31. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






32. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






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






34. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane






35. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






36. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






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






38. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






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






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






41. Foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land






42. First female cabinet member






43. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






44. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






45. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na






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






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






48. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






49. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






50. Ideas of Wilson: small enterprise - states' rights - more active government - trust busting - left social issues up to the states