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AP U.S. History

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1. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas






2. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program


3. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion






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






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






6. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks


7. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






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






9. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






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






11. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state






12. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






13. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






14. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier






15. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment


16. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






17. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






18. Led a slave rebellion in Virginia - attacked many whites - prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation


19. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost






20. 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






21. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






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






23. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






24. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






25. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






26. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






27. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






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






29. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities


30. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






31. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






32. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






33. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






34. 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






35. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






36. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - banned child labor - established minimum wage






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






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






39. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






40. Stressed role of church and religion to improve city life - led by preachers Walter Raushenbusch and Washington Gladen; influenced settlement house movement and Salvation Army






41. Created the Wisconsin Idea (as governor of Wisconsin) — regulated railroad - direct-primary system - increased corporate taxes - reference library for lawmakers






42. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






43. 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)






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






45. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






46. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth


47. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






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






49. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






50. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives