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AP U.S. History

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1. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






2. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - collective bargaining rights - closed shops permitted (where workers must join unions) - outlawed anti-union tactics






3. 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






4. New generation of writers outside of Protestantism - resentment of ideals betrayed by society; Fitzgerald (despised materialism - Great Gatsby) - Hemingway (disillusionment - war experience) - Lewis (against upper class — Babbit and Mainstreet) - Fau

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5. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






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






7. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights






8. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






9. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes






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






11. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






12. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






13. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks






14. State-run economy to provide conflict-free society






15. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






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






17. Prohibited use of any devices (e.g. - literacy tests) to deny the right to vote and enforced black suffrage rights






18. 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.






19. Nixon agreed with USSR to achieve nuclear equality rather than the superiority that threatened the destruction of the world; further reduced tensions between the two countries






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






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

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






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






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






25. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






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






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






28. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






29. Formed by white progressives - adopted goals of Niagara Movement - in response to Springfield Race Riots






30. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency






31. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






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






33. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






34. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






35. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






36. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






37. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






38. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






39. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts






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






41. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






42. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






43. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






44. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






45. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






46. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






47. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






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






49. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






50. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom