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AP U.S. History

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






2. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






3. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes






4. Support people oppressed by communism and non-democratic governments; worked with democratic governments in Greece - Turkey - and Israel






5. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers






6. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






7. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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8. 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






9. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution

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






11. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






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






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






14. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl

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






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






17. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






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






19. Leader of IWW - from Western Federation of Miners

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20. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government

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






22. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






23. 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






24. US - Britain - Japan - France - and Italy to reduce naval tonnage and halt construction for 10 years; US and Japan to respect Pacific territorial holdings - Kellog-Briand Pact to 'outlaw war'






25. Effects of pesticides on the environment; changed way Americans viewed their impact on nature






26. 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






27. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






28. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






29. 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






30. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






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

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33. South divided into 5 military districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify 14th amendment






34. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes






35. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






36. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act






37. Depicted the evils of slavery (splitting of families and physical abuse); increased participation in abolitionist movement - condemned by South

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38. Created Federal Reserve System - regional banks set up for twelve separate districts - final authority of each bank lay with the Federal Reserve Board - paper money to be issued 'Federal Reserve Notes'






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

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40. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






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






42. Acquired Mexican Cession (future California - Arizona - and New Mexico); Mexico acknowledged American annexation of Texas






43. 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)






44. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)






45. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






46. Anti-Federalists wanted states' rights - bill of rights - unanimous consent - reference to religion - more power to less-rich and common people; Federalists wanted strong central government - more power to experienced - separation of church and state






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






48. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






49. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






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