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AP U.S. History

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1. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






2. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression

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






4. George Wallace vs. Nixon vs. Humphrey; very narrow popular vote triumph to Nixon (although he had clear majority of electoral votes)






5. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






6. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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7. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress






8. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)

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9. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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






11. 'No taxation without representation -' introduced by Patrick Henry






12. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






13. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






14. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






15. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






16. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization






17. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






18. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies






19. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






20. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet

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21. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






22. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check






23. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






24. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)






25. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






26. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






27. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






28. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians






29. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






30. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






31. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






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






33. Small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company (consolidation) - cornered world petroleum market






34. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763






35. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt






36. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






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






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






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






40. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






41. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






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






43. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






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






45. 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






46. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






47. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






48. Border ruffians in election on issue of slavery incited controversy - proslavery group attacked Lawrence - Kansas - Pottawatomie Massacre

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49. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






50. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)