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AP U.S. History

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






2. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






3. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans






4. 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






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






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






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






8. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






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






10. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






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






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






13. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






14. Part of the New Left that envisioned 'participatory democracy' (individuals control life-affecting decisions) - end materialism - militarism - and racism; inspired by young black activists






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






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

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






18. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






19. 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






20. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






21. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






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






23. 'No taxation without representation -' introduced by Patrick Henry






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






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






26. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






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






28. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






29. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






30. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks






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






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






33. Founded by Emerson - strong emphasis on spiritual unity (God - humanity - and nature) - literature with strong references to nature






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






35. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






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






37. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war

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38. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






39. 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






40. Economic recession (collapse of savings-and-loan industry - increasing deficit due to Reagan tax cuts - retail decreased - higher crime rate)

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41. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'

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






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






44. 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






45. Upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war






46. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






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






48. Westward migration of workers (new economic opportunities - esp. aircraft industry) - high rates of divorce and family/juvenile violence - women encouraged to work in factories - still held inferior to men






49. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response






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







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