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AP U.S. History
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1. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general
Citizen Genet
Civil Rights Cases
Ulysses S. Grant
Salvation Army
2. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty
Civil Rights Cases
Vertical and horizontal integration
Jane Addams
Camp David Accords
3. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories
Monroe Doctrine
Tammany Hall
Hoovervilles
Dawes Plan (1924)
4. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time
Alexander Hamilton
Stagflation
U-2 Incident
Harlem Renaissance
5. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'
Harriet Tubman
Battle of Yorktown
Jonathan Edwards
Macon's Bill No. 2
6. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president
William Henry Harrison
'Brain trust'
Compromise of 1877
Colonial strengths and weaknesses
7. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler
William Henry Harrison
CIA overthrow of Guatemala (1954)
Betty Friedan - The Feminine Mystique
Know-Nothing (American) Party
8. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity
'Red Scare' (1919)
The Enlightenment
Soviet atomic bomb
Bonus Army
9. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben
Marshall Plan
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Sons of Liberty
Valley Forge
10. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet
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11. 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
Civil Rights Cases
Berlin Wall
Clinton impeachment (1997)
'Baby Boom'
12. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt
William and Mary
National Origins Act (1924)
Virginia Resolves
Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
13. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society
Burned-Over District
Liberty Party
Proclamation of 1763
Harriet Tubman
14. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy
Impact of LBJ's Vietnam decision on 1968 election
Schenk v. U.S. Court case
Currency Act
Fair Deal
15. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence
Religious Right
Marbury v. Madison
George Kennan
Korean War
16. 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
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Malcolm X - Nation of Islam
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Virginia Resolves
17. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress
Indentured servants
Zoot Suit riots
Wilmot Proviso
'Affluent Society'
18. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics
'Silent Majority'
Yellow journalism
Stagflation
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) & National Recovery Administration (NRA)
19. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)
'Graying of America'
Mann Act
Betty Friedan - The Feminine Mystique
Farmers'Alliance movement
20. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies
Tea Act (1773)
William and Mary
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
21. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold
20-Negro Law
Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890)
Great Migration
Invasion of Iraq
22. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans
Booker T. Washington
Election of 1824
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
Roe v. Wade
23. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC
Truman Doctrine
Thomas Edison
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
Interstate Commerce Act
24. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)
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25. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks
Rachel Carson - Silent Spring
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
Hull House
The Homefront
26. Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere - Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas
Watergate Scandal
'Great Society'
A. Philip Randolph and the March on Washington
Monroe Doctrine
27. December 1814 - Opposed War of 1812 - called for one-term presidency - northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered next to those of southern and western states - supported nullification - end of Federalist Party
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Hartford Convention
Gains for women
Bull Moose Party
28. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)
Richard Nixon (R)
Election of 1960
Hull House
WEB DuBois - Souls of Black Folk
29. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)
New Jersey Plan
John L. Lewis
Election of 1800
Reasons for US to drop atomic bombs
30. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson
Election of 1824
'Silent Majority'
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Civil Rights Act of 1964
31. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
Zoot Suit riots
American society during the Revolution
Standard Oil Trust
32. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state
Butler v. U.S. Court case
Dred Scott v. Sandford
New Deal
Dixiecrats - 1948
33. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population
Connecticut Compromise
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Yeoman Farmers
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
34. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit
Munn v. Illinois
Causes of the depression
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Midnight judges
35. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights
Jamestown
Underground Railroad
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Judiciary Act of 1789
36. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular
Erie Canal
AFL-CIO (1955)
James Oglethorpe
Invasion of Mexico - Pancho Villa
37. 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.
Henry Clay and the American System
Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
Herbert Hoover - secretary of commerce
Spoils System
38. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland
Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890)
Fall of communism in Eastern Europe (1989)
Treaty of Paris (1783)
'Lost Generation'
39. 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
Midnight judges
Rachel Carson - Silent Spring
Indian Reorganization Act (1934)
Fall of Soviet Union (1991)
40. Kennedy vs. Nixon - Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)
Federalism
Dorothea Lange
Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
Election of 1960
41. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany
XYZ Affair
Potsdam Conference (1945)
Kent State Protest
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
42. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes
Hartford Convention
Articles of Confederation
Pet banks
Supply-side economics - tax cuts
43. Foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land
War hawks
Nativism
William Jennings Bryan
Mayflower Compact
44. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied
Harriet Tubman
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
President Ronald Reagan
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
45. American commander-in-chief; first president - set precedents for future presidents - put down Whiskey Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax) - managed first presidential cabinet - carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchial style rule
Rosie the Riveter
Eugene V. Debs
Declining death rate
George Washington
46. Women must gain economic rights in order to impact society (cf. rising divorce rates)
Bracero program
Changes in the Constitution from the Articles
Platt Amendment
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
47. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.
McCarthyism
Butler v. U.S. Court case
Stock market crash (1929)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
48. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution
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49. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury
Bland-Allison Act (1878)
Lowell mill/system
Pet banks
Herbert Croly - The Promise of American Life
50. Federal government to increase power over economy and society by means of progressive reforms - developed by Roosevelt (after presidency)
New Nationalism
'Graying of America'
Nicaraguan Contras
Spanish American War (1898)
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