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AP U.S. History

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1. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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2. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






3. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






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






5. 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)






6. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks






7. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






8. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






9. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased






10. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






11. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






12. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






13. 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)






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






15. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






16. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






17. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization

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






19. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






20. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






21. Hamilton praised efficient factories with few managers over many workers - promote emigration - employment opportunities - applications of technology






22. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






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






24. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






25. 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)






26. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






27. Pushed for Assumption (federal government to assume state debts) - pushed creation of the National Bank (most controversial) - loose interpretation of Constitution - leader of Federalist Party






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






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






30. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






31. Gore promising with experience - Bush appealing by family influence and plans for presidency (tax cuts - education reform - defense - &c.)






32. Led a slave rebellion in Virginia - attacked many whites - prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation

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






35. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






36. Due to threat of nuclear war - Soviets erected wall to separate East Berlin from West Berlin (end exodus of intellect to west); symbol of communist denial of freedom






37. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






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






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






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






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






42. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China






43. December 1814 - Opposed War of 1812 - called for one-term presidency - northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered next to those of southern and western states - supported nullification - end of Federalist Party






44. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities

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






46. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






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






48. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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49. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






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







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