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AP U.S. History

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1. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination






2. Lowering of income taxes for wealthy (trickle-down economics) - refusal to create higher prices to help farmers (McNary-Haugen Bill)






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






4. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






5. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'






6. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






7. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






8. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)






9. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas






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






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






12. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






13. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization

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14. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






15. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain






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






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






18. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






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






20. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






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






22. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers

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






24. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists






25. Vetoed by Jackson on the count that government funds for the Maysville Road would only benefit one state






26. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






27. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






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






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






30. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






31. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






32. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined






33. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






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






35. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists






36. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






37. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






38. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds






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






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






41. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden






42. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






43. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






44. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






45. Introduced his 'New Deal -' won election by a relative landslide (he was not Hoover - whom the public now did not trust)






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






47. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy

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48. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






49. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






50. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions