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AP U.S. History
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1. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession
Fordney-McCumber Tariff and Smoot-Hawley Tariff 1922 and 1930
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
Lecompton Constitution
Berlin Airlift
2. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death
National Origins Act (1924)
Ho Chi Minh
Prohibition - rise of organized crime
Teapot Dome scandal
3. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil
Keynesian economics
Quarantine Speech - 1937
Energy Crisis - OPEC
Ulysses S. Grant
4. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier
Virginia Resolves
Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
Federal Reserve Act
Dred Scott v. Sandford
5. Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed
Stamp Act Congress
Shays's Rebellion
James Monroe
The Enlightenment
6. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation
'Contract with America' (1994)
Midnight judges
Dorothea Lange
Sons of Liberty
7. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government
Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
Bill of Rights
Monroe Doctrine
8. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming
Teapot Dome scandal
William T. Sherman
Palmer Raids
Dominion of New England
9. 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
Battle of Yorktown
National Organization of Women
Lodge Reservations
Virginia Resolves
10. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency
Social Reciprocity
Conservative backlash against liberalism
Battle of Tippecanoe
Adams-Onis Treaty
11. 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
Election of 1800
Causes of the depression
Vietnamization
Tammany Hall
12. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression
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13. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful
Stephen Austin
Conscription policies
Missouri Compromise (1820)
Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890)
14. 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
'Atlanta Compromise'
Battle of Saratoga
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) & National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Election of 1800
15. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war
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16. Bicameral congressional representation based on population
Roger Williams
Washington's Farewell Address
Alexander Hamilton
Virginia Plan
17. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine
James Meredith
Citizen Genet
Deists
'City on a Hill'
18. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts
GI Bill of Rights
Upton Sinclair
Gifford Pinchot
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) & National Recovery Administration (NRA)
19. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression
Stamp Act
Open Door Policy
New Deal
'Evil Empire' speech - 'Star Wars'
20. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks
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21. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Transportation Revolution
John Foster Dulles
Jim Crow laws
22. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler
Changes in the Constitution from the Articles
William Henry Harrison
GI Bill of Rights
Embargo Act (1807)
23. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)
CIA overthrow of Guatemala (1954)
Dixiecrats - 1948
Sugar Act
Citizen Genet
24. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported
Teapot Dome scandal
Fort Sumter
Greenback Party
Cotton Gin
25. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield
12th Amendment
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)
26. Newt Gingrich (Republican congressman) planned for success of Republican party in upcoming election by pledging tax cuts - congressional term limits - tougher crime laws - balanced budget amendment - popular reforms &c.
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27. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage
Industrial Workers of the World
Pet banks
John Humphrey Noyes/Oneida Community
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
28. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)
Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA & YWCA)
'Affluent Society'
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Dominion of New England
29. 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)
'Trail of Tears'
Little Rock Crisis (1957)
Woodrow Wilson
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
30. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations
Convict-lease system
Jingoism
Reasons for US to drop atomic bombs
Conversion Experience
31. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program
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32. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists
'Silent Majority'
American Federation of Labor
Alien and Sedition Acts
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
33. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Declining death rate
New Harmony
Nicaraguan Contras
34. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification
Watergate Scandal
Indian Removal Act
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Religious Right
35. Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trusts - ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism (waited for Clayton Anti-Trust Act)
Rosie the Riveter
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Elastic Clause ('necessary and proper')
Herbert Hoover - secretary of commerce
36. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers
George Washington
Charles II - James II
Secretary of State John Hay
Isolationism
37. Upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war
Schenk v. U.S. Court case
Spoils System
New Harmony
Manifest Destiny
38. Ended exclusion of homosexuals from military; due to controversy - compromise of 'don't ask - don't tell' instituted
Gays in the military
James Meredith
Berlin Wall
Economic transition
39. Republican candidate for president in 1884 - quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat Cleveland)
Albany Plan of Union
Populist Party
James G. Blaine
Stephen Austin
40. 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)
'Big BM' Haywood
Iran Hostage Crisis - 1979
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Prohibition - rise of organized crime
41. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely
Kitchen Cabinet
Reasons for US to drop atomic bombs
Berlin Airlift
Alliance for Progress (Marshall Plan of Latin America)
42. Worked towards asylums for the mentally insane - worked alongside Mann
Dorothea Dix
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Causes of the depression
National Origins Act (1924)
43. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)
Mercantilism
Citizen Genet
US economy since WWII (service economy)
Wilmot Proviso
44. Symbol of women workers during the war
Hoovervilles
Rosie the Riveter
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
45. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate
Andrew Mellon - secretary of the treasury
Pet banks
Republican Party
'Contract with America' (1994)
46. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors
March on Birmingham
Bracero program
Neutrality Act - 1939
Mayflower Compact
47. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago
Benjamin Franklin
Hull House
Jackie Robinson
20-Negro Law
48. Roosevelt's plan that aimed to regulate corporations (Anthracite coal strike - Dept. of Commerce and Labor - Elkins and Hepburn Acts) - protect consumers (meat sanitation) - and conserve natural resources (Newlands Reclamation Act)
Square Deal
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
Teapot Dome scandal
John C. Calhoun
49. 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
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Thorstein Veblen - The Theory of the Leisure Class
Republican Party
Pearl Harbor
50. Introduced the 'trickle-down' economics theory in order to promote business and increase money available for speculation
Conservatism
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin
Benjamin Franklin
Andrew Mellon - secretary of the treasury