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AP U.S. History

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






2. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






3. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






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






5. 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)






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






7. 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






8. Prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports - most controversial Jefferson legislation






9. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






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






11. Hamilton praised efficient factories with few managers over many workers - promote emigration - employment opportunities - applications of technology






12. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






13. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






14. 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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15. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)






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

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17. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






18. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






19. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






20. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






21. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






22. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






23. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






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






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






26. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






27. Raised tariffs extremely high on manufactured goods; benefited domestic manufacturers - but limited foreign trade






28. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






29. 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)






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






31. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






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






33. 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)






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






35. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






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






37. 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






38. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






39. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






40. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft

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41. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion






42. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor






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






44. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes






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






46. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






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






48. 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






49. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'

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50. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased