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AP U.S. History

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1. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






2. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






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






4. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






5. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






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






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






8. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






9. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






10. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft

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11. Started the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) — 'Back to Africa' movement for racial pride and separatism; inspired self-confidence in blacks






12. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






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






14. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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15. Fought for return to colonial rule - usually conservative (educated and wealthy






16. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain






17. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit






18. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression






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






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






21. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor






22. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West






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






24. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






25. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization






26. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation

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27. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






28. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






29. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






30. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






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






32. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






33. Introduced the 'trickle-down' economics theory in order to promote business and increase money available for speculation






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






35. 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






36. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






37. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






38. First 'modern' president - moderate who supported progressivism (at times conservative) - bypassed congressional opposition (cf. Jackson) - significant role in world affairs






39. 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






40. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






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






42. 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)






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






44. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






45. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






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






47. Connected the colonies to Britain - opposed to unnecessary unfair taxation; strong influence on Albany Plan






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






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






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