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AP U.S. History
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1. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers
Soviet atomic bomb
Pocahontas
New Deal
John C. Calhoun
2. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)
Midnight judges
James Madison
The Glorious Revolution
Mann Act
3. Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy - proslavery group attacked Lawrence - Kansas - Pottawatomie Massacre
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4. 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
The Homefront
Alexander Hamilton
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Conservative policies of Harding and Coolidge
5. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US
Marshall Plan
Immigration Act of 1965
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
Charles II - James II
6. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported
Specie
Forced busing
Second Great Awakening
Greenback Party
7. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items
Dorothea Dix
Consumerism
'New Left'
Henry George - Progress and Poverty
8. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes
Black Power - Stokely Carmichael
'Affluent Society'
Martin Luther King Jr.
Eugene V. Debs
9. To service economy in late 20 century (end of industrialism) - Higher focus on services (esp. education) rather than material products
Iran Hostage Crisis - 1979
Economic transition
Federal Reserve Act
Frederick Douglass
10. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet
Rosie the Riveter
CIA overthrow of Iran (1953)
Kitchen Cabinet
Charles Lindbergh
11. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention
William H. Taft
Essex case
Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Edward Bellamy - Looking Backwards
12. Congress authorized LBJ to repel and prevent aggression against US troops in Vietnam - used as a blank check (perhaps too much - caused protests)
Election of 1960
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Elastic Clause ('necessary and proper')
Haymarket Bombing
13. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Essex case
Suburbia
Desegregation of Armed Forces (1947)
14. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions
Wagner Act / National Labor Relations Act
Haymarket Bombing
New Lights vs. Old Lights
Declining death rate
15. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty
Church of England
Vietcong
Ike's Farewell Speech
Election of 1800
16. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas
Election of 1824
Battle of Saratoga
Gains for women
Kansas-Nebraska Act
17. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Pet banks
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Nat Turner's Rebellion
18. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression
Thorstein Veblen - The Theory of the Leisure Class
War hawks
China turns communist
Bay of Pigs invasion
19. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare
Conscription policies
Nativism
Social Security Act of 1935 (SSA)
Camp David Accords
20. 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
Open Door Policy
Berlin Wall
John Brown
Independent Treasury Bill
21. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen
Kent State Protest
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
Ulysses S. Grant
Macon's Bill No. 2
22. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly
Panic of 1819
Community on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
23. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization
Federalism
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Edward Bellamy - Looking Backwards
Humanitarian diplomacy
24. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity
National Origins Act (1924)
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC)
George Whitefield
U-2 Incident
25. Drafting extremely hated by Northerners - sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population - 500 lives lost - many buildings burned
Election of 1960
US economy since WWII (service economy)
New York City draft riots (1863)
Nativism
26. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'
Jonathan Edwards
Tammany Hall
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Assassination of JFK - Warren Commission
27. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures
William Seward
Shays's Rebellion
Haymarket Bombing
The Glorious Revolution
28. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne
Federalists and Republicans
Second Great Awakening
Barbary Pirates
Battle of Saratoga
29. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers
French and Indian War
Alliance for Progress (Marshall Plan of Latin America)
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Barbary Pirates
30. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers
Secretary of State John Hay
Frederick W. Taylor - Scientific Management
Colonial strengths and weaknesses
Bonus Army
31. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.
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32. American hostages taken by US hating Shiites upon Shah's flight from uprising - botched rescue attempts
Committees of Correspondence
Iran Hostage Crisis - 1979
Oregon and 'Fifty-four Forty or Fight!'
William H. Taft
33. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities
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34. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics
American society during the Revolution
Church of England
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
Stagflation
35. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)
Domino theory
Greenback Party
Yalta Conference (1945)
Civil Rights Cases
36. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
League of Nations
U-2 Incident
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987)
37. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it
President Franklin Roosevelt
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)
'Contract with America' (1994)
Alliance for Progress (Marshall Plan of Latin America)
38. 'No taxation without representation -' introduced by Patrick Henry
Panama Canal
National Road
Hoovervilles
Virginia Resolves
39. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie
Henry Ford's assembly line
Election of 1800
Nullification Controversy
Knights of Labor
40. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Upton Sinclair
Virtual Representation
Sputnik
41. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War
Conformity in the 1950s
James K. Polk
Explosion of USS Maine
Citizen Genet
42. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield
Conversion Experience
Assassination of JFK - Warren Commission
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Neutrality Acts - 1935-37
43. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats
Pet banks
The Homefront
Isolationism in 1920s & 1930s
Farm crisis
44. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion
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45. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals
Jazz
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on NYC & DC (2001)
The Loyal Nine
Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie - The Financier
46. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes
Desegregation of Armed Forces (1947)
Berlin Wall
Industrial Workers of the World
Harlem Renaissance
47. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617
Berlin Wall
Pocahontas
National Origins Act (1924)
Committees of Correspondence
48. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes
The Great Awakening
William T. Sherman
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
49. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Panic of 1893
Transportation Revolution
50. New Lights brought new ideas - rejected by Old Lights; both sought out institutions independent of each other
Bush v. Gore (2000)
New Lights vs. Old Lights
William T. Sherman
Report on Public Credit