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AP U.S. History

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






2. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






3. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






4. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






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






6. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






7. 'Rotation in office;' Jackson felt that one should spend a single term in office and return to private citizenship - those who held power too long would become corrupt and political appointments made by new officials was essential for democracy






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






9. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






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






11. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






12. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response






13. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






14. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






15. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways






16. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






17. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






18. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds






19. 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)






20. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain






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






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






23. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






24. Prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports - most controversial Jefferson legislation






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

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26. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






27. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






28. 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






29. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






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






31. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity






32. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president






33. 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






34. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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35. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation

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36. Fought for human rights in Africa - Panama Canal returned to Panama - relations with China resolved






37. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






38. 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






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






40. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






41. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






42. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






43. 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






44. Congress could tax imports but not exports






45. Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England - led the Mayflower - and established the settlement at Plymouth






46. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






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






48. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






49. 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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50. 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.