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AP U.S. History

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






2. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






3. 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






4. Congress could tax imports but not exports






5. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






6. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






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






8. 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)






9. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






10. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






11. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






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






13. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






14. Republican candidate for president in 1884 - quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat Cleveland)






15. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






16. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






17. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






18. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's






19. Attempted to boost economy by making loans to banks and insurance companies - hoping to restart them






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






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






22. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






23. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment


24. Workers unable to escape (locked into factory) - all died; further encouraged reform movements for working conditions






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






26. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






27. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne






28. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported






29. American hostages taken by US hating Shiites upon Shah's flight from uprising - botched rescue attempts






30. 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






31. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






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






33. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






34. 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






35. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations






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






37. 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






38. 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


39. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






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






41. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






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






43. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






44. Prohibited use of any devices (e.g. - literacy tests) to deny the right to vote and enforced black suffrage rights






45. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats






46. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






47. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies






48. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






49. Led Pottawatomie Massacre - extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing God's work






50. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence