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AP U.S. History
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1. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices
United States vs. EC Knight Company
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Creel Committee
Andrew Carnegie
2. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress
Strict vs. Loose interpretation of the Constitution
Karl Marx Das Kapital
Pet banks
XYZ Affair
3. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane
Charles Lindbergh
CIA overthrow of Iran (1953)
Deportations of Mexicans
Transcendentalism
4. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) & National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Election of 1980
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
5. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England
Quebec Acts
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Gifford Pinchot
Lusitania
6. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives
Cult of domesticity
Stamp Act
Currency Act
Monroe Doctrine
7. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt
Tet Offensive (1968)
Pan-Americanism
National Origins Act (1924)
Free silver
8. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden
Camp David Accords
Townshend Act (1767)
Invasion of Afghanistan (2002)
Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie - The Financier
9. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights
The Glorious Revolution
Square Deal
Olive Branch Petition
Mikhail Gorbachev
10. Sewer systems and purification of water
Pet banks
James Meredith
Bill of Rights
Declining death rate
11. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
Battle of Yorktown
March on Washington
Report on Public Credit
12. National Liberation Front - guerilla militia from south Vietnam fighting alongside the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)
Harlem Renaissance
Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie - The Financier
Jane Addams
Vietcong
13. Congress could tax imports but not exports
Commerce Compromise
Isolationism
Jazz
Little Rock Crisis (1957)
14. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government
Jackson's Presidency
John C. Calhoun
War Industries Board
Treaty of Paris (1783)
15. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll
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16. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)
Mikhail Gorbachev
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649
James K. Polk
Munn v. Illinois
17. 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
Wagner Act / National Labor Relations Act
Tet Offensive (1968)
Bacon's Rebellion
Dorothea Dix
18. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's
Pocahontas
Muckrakers
Pearl Harbor
Young Men's and Young Women's Christian Association (YMCA & YWCA)
19. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
Robert E. Lee
China turns communist
John D. Rockefeller
20. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617
Teapot Dome scandal
Pocahontas
'Silent Majority'
Tallmadge Amendment
21. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions
Five Civilized Tribes
AFL-CIO (1955)
1992 Election
The Enlightenment
22. Roosevelt's plan that aimed to regulate corporations (Anthracite coal strike - Dept. of Commerce and Labor - Elkins and Hepburn Acts) - protect consumers (meat sanitation) - and conserve natural resources (Newlands Reclamation Act)
Northwest Passage
Square Deal
Moral Diplomacy
Neutrality
23. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)
John C. Calhoun
March on Birmingham
Mann Act
Cult of domesticity
24. Ike forced to send National Guard to escort black children to school to quell riots and resistance (first time since Reconstruction that troops used in the south to enforce Constitution); resistance by white community (private schools)
Battle of Tippecanoe
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin
Economic transition
Little Rock Crisis (1957)
25. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit
Community on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
Critics of FDR
Compromise of 1850
Potsdam Conference (1945)
26. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)
GI Bill of Rights
Dixiecrats - 1948
Fugitive Slave Act
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin
27. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago
William T. Sherman
1968 as 'the year of shocks'
Louis Sullivan
Albany Plan of Union
28. First female cabinet member
Monroe Doctrine
'Evil Empire' speech - 'Star Wars'
Standard Oil Trust
Frances Perkins - Secretary of Labor
29. Anti-Federalists wanted states' rights - bill of rights - unanimous consent - reference to religion - more power to less-rich and common people; Federalists wanted strong central government - more power to experienced - separation of church and state
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Impressment
1992 Election
Muckrakers
30. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft
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31. 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
Essex case
Berlin Wall
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
John Humphrey Noyes/Oneida Community
32. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor
Free silver
Theodore Roosevelt
Thomas Paine - Common Sense
Henry Clay and the American System
33. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie
Vertical and horizontal integration
'Bleeding Kansas'
Election of 1800
Cotton Gin
34. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
March on Washington
Jackie Robinson
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
35. 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
Unrestricted submarine warfare
Deists
California Gold Rush
Second Great Awakening
36. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC
Transportation Revolution
Freeport Doctrine
Butler v. U.S. Court case
Gays in the military
37. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine
New Jersey Plan
David Riesman
Five Civilized Tribes
Deists
38. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks
National Labor Union
Greensboro sit-in (1960)
Bland-Allison Act (1878)
Energy Crisis - OPEC
39. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion
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40. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks
Tea Act (1773)
President Harry Truman
Election of 1960
John Smith
41. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress
Marshall Court (all cases)
March on Washington
Pocahontas
Supply-side economics - tax cuts
42. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians
Stock market crash (1929)
Alexander Hamilton
Tammany Hall
Boston Tea Party
43. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Bay of Pigs invasion
Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
44. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico
Impressment
Interstate Commerce Act
National Organization of Women
Anaconda plan
45. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis
Battle of Gettysburg
Lincoln-Douglas Debates (1858)
Writs of Assistance
Nativism
46. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself
Lodge Reservations
Domino theory
Roe v. Wade
Terence V. Powderly Knights of Labor leader
47. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty
The Alamo
Gulf War - 'Operation Desert Storm' (1991)
Marcus Garvey
Church of England
48. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Ike's Farewell Speech
Fordney-McCumber Tariff and Smoot-Hawley Tariff 1922 and 1930
'Red Summer -' race riots (1919)
49. Despite near-guaranteed second term - campaign workers burglarized Democratic offices - cover-up unsuccessful - resigned to avoid impeachment
Watergate Scandal
French and Indian War
Farm crisis
President Jimmy Carter
50. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
Lewis and Clark expedition
Robert E. Lee
Plessy v. Ferguson