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AP U.S. History

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1. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






2. First permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607) - along James River






3. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost






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






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






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






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






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






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






10. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






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






12. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






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






14. Congress authorized LBJ to repel and prevent aggression against US troops in Vietnam - used as a blank check (perhaps too much - caused protests)






15. Appealed to many conservatives - especially southerners (opposed massive protests and integration)






16. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






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






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






19. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






20. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy

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21. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






22. 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






23. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities






24. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






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






26. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






27. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






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






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






30. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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31. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation

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32. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






33. Darwinian (influenced by jazz age and new scientific ideas) against Fundamentalist (the Bible and Creationism); John Scopes convicted for teaching Darwinism (defended by Clarence Darrow); Scopes found guilty






34. First 'modern' president - moderate who supported progressivism (at times conservative) - bypassed congressional opposition (cf. Jackson) - significant role in world affairs






35. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






36. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage






37. Effects of pesticides on the environment; changed way Americans viewed their impact on nature






38. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






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

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40. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency






41. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






42. 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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43. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






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






45. (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






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






47. 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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48. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks






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






50. Stronger union of states - equal and population-based representation - simple majority vote (with presidential veto) - regulation of foreign and interstate commerce - execution by president - power to enact taxes - federal courts - easier amendment p