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AP U.S. History

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1. 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






2. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






3. Banned racial discrimination and segregation (public) - bias by federal government; enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission






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






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






6. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






7. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government

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8. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






9. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






10. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal






11. Led by Francis Willard - powerful 'interest group' following the civil war - urged women's suffrage - led to Prohibition

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12. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






13. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






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






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






16. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






17. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution

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18. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






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






20. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






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






22. 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






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






24. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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25. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






26. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union

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27. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas






28. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






29. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






30. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)






31. (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






32. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






33. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






34. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






35. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation






36. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists






37. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






38. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)






39. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






40. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






41. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South






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






43. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






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






45. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






46. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






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

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49. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)






50. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - banned child labor - established minimum wage