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AP U.S. History

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






2. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)






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






4. 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






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






6. 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'






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






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






9. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






10. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






11. Known as 'wartime food czar;' created recreation policies and reintroduced leisure culture and conservation ethic to get Americans escaping the cities and improve tourism - etc.






12. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






13. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na






14. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






15. Opposed strikes - producer-consumer cooperation - temperance - welcomed blacks and women (allowing segregation)






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






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

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18. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






19. First attempt of Cherokees to gain complete sovereign rule over their nation






20. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






21. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






22. Offered a New Deal (reminiscent of FDR) of smaller government - reduced taxes - and free enterprise; Washington outsider






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






24. Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt - Assumption highly controversial - pushed his plan through Congress - based on loose interpretation of Constitution






25. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






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






27. Focused on skilled workers (harder to replace than unskilled) - coordinated crafts unions - supported 8¬hour workday and injury liability






28. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)






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






30. Foreshadowed in 14 points - hoped to guarantee political independence and integrity of all countries






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






32. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






33. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






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

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






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






37. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617






38. Soviet-aided North Korea attack on South Korea; MacArthur named general on behalf of UN (excluded Russia) - US supplied majority of troops; recapture of South Korea and suppression of North forces to northern border; introduction of Chinese - MacArth






39. 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






40. Symbol of women workers during the war






41. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






42. Created by John L. Lewis for unskilled labor - organized 'sit-down strike' against GM to work for recognition






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






44. Caused American hysteria (1957) - fear that Soviets were technologically superior; led Ike to order more rigorous education program to rival Soviets (National Defense Education Act)






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






46. 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






47. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






48. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South






49. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






50. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)