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AP U.S. History

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1. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






2. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






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






4. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






5. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






6. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






7. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






8. Fought for return to colonial rule - usually conservative (educated and wealthy






9. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






10. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






11. Due to threat of nuclear war - Soviets erected wall to separate East Berlin from West Berlin (end exodus of intellect to west); symbol of communist denial of freedom






12. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt






13. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






14. Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal of power from all of Eastern Europe - including Berlin (wall torn down - free movement - &c.)






15. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights






16. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






17. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways






18. Black rights leader - heavily influenced by Malcolm X (advocated black separatism rather than integration)






19. Repeat candidate for president - proponent of silver-backing (16:1 platform) - cross of gold speech against gold standard; Democratic candidate (1896)






20. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






21. Under JQ Adams - protectionist tariff - South considered it the source of economic problems - made Jackson appear to advocate free trade






22. Acquired Mexican Cession (future California - Arizona - and New Mexico); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas






23. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






24. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






25. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben






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






27. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






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






29. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






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






31. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






32. Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans

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33. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






34. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






35. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - hydroelectric power to river valley; brought social and economic development to very poor area






36. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






37. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






38. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






39. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






40. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






41. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate






42. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






43. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






44. 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






45. Small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company (consolidation) - cornered world petroleum market






46. National Liberation Front - guerilla militia from south Vietnam fighting alongside the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)






47. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






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






49. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






50. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions