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AP U.S. History

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1. Relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws) - propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production - Prohibition

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2. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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3. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






4. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






5. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






6. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights






7. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes






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






9. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






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






11. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect






12. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617






13. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






14. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






15. Exemplary Christian community - rich to show charity - held to Calvinistic beliefs

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16. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






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






18. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






19. Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations






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






21. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






22. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






23. 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






24. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






25. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






26. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






27. Prohibited aiding of belligerent nations - banned civilian involvement; limited power of president during international war - built up armed forces






28. 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)






29. Newt Gingrich (Republican congressman) planned for success of Republican party in upcoming election by pledging tax cuts - congressional term limits - tougher crime laws - balanced budget amendment - popular reforms &c.

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






31. 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)






32. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance






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






34. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)






35. Philosophy that deficit spending during a depression would increase purchasing power and stimulate economy; FDR disagreed with the policy at first and borrowed money to cover deficits






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






37. Equal representation in unicameral congress






38. 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






39. Despite near-guaranteed second term - campaign workers burglarized Democratic offices - cover-up unsuccessful - resigned to avoid impeachment






40. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






41. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






42. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






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






44. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)






45. First African-American in major league baseball






46. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






47. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






48. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






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






50. 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)