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AP U.S. History

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1. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets






2. 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






3. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






4. 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






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






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






7. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






8. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






9. Destroyed by Jackson on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and too much power for a federal institution






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






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






12. Often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange






13. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






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






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






16. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






17. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)






18. 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)






19. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






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






21. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






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






23. Committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self¬government - cooperation between colonies






24. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






25. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






26. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






27. First female cabinet member






28. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






29. 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






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






31. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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32. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system






33. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury






34. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes






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






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






37. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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38. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






39. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere






40. Judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson - Marshall among those appointed






41. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






42. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






43. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






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






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






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






47. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






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






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






50. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts