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AP U.S. History

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1. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto


2. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






3. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent






4. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






5. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






6. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






7. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






8. Led Pottawatomie Massacre - extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing God's work






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






10. Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England - led the Mayflower - and established the settlement at Plymouth






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






12. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






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






14. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






15. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






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


17. Nixon's domestic policy; federal revenues shared with states (revenue sharing) - minimum income proposed






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






19. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






20. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






21. Congress could tax imports but not exports






22. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






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


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






25. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






26. First permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607) - along James River






27. 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'






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






29. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






30. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation


31. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






32. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






33. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president






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


35. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles






36. 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)






37. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






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






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






40. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property - slaves as property)






41. To service economy in late 20 century (end of industrialism) - Higher focus on services (esp. education) rather than material products






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






43. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






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






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






46. Attacked public figures (Hollywood - New-Dealers - liberals) to root out communist spies






47. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion


48. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost






49. Intervention in Mexican Revolution (Madero overthrew dictator Diaz) to overthrow Madero out of fear of property confiscation - General Huerta (seen as 'brute' by Wilson - sought new leader) replaced Madero






50. Attempted to boost economy by making loans to banks and insurance companies - hoping to restart them