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AP U.S. History

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1. Jackson was allowed to relocate Indian tribes in the Louisiana Territory






2. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield






3. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






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






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






6. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






7. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






8. Ideas of Wilson: small enterprise - states' rights - more active government - trust busting - left social issues up to the states






9. Increased tariff on sugar (and other imports) - attempted to harder enforce existing tariffs






10. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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






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






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






14. Second youngest president - entered presidency as tensions of the Cold War increased; unable to get major initiatives through Congress due to conservative bloc; tax cuts (economic stimulation); reluctantly gets involved in civil rights; emphasizes Sp






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






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






17. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






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

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19. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






20. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive






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






22. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






23. Spread quickly; opposed everything that was not White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) (and conservative) - Stephenson's faults and jail sentence led to demise






24. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






25. 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






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






27. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






28. Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy - proslavery group attacked Lawrence - Kansas - Pottawatomie Massacre

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29. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities






30. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






31. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto

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






33. 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






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






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






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






37. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






38. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






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






40. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads






41. Nixon agreed with USSR to achieve nuclear equality rather than the superiority that threatened the destruction of the world; further reduced tensions between the two countries






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






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






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






45. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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46. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






47. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






48. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






49. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






50. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression