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AP U.S. History

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1. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South






2. 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






3. 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






4. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






5. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






6. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






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






8. 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






9. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






10. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming






11. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






12. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






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






14. '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






15. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






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






17. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






18. Over Senate seat for Illinois (Douglas victor) - Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery






19. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






20. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






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


22. Nixon agreed with USSR to achieve nuclear equality rather than the superiority that threatened the destruction of the world; further reduced tensions between the two countries






23. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'






24. 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






25. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






26. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






27. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany






28. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






29. Foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land






30. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






31. Nationalists against foreign non-English speaking workers (took jobs away from American men); encouraged to leave the U.S.






32. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






33. Opposed BTW's accommodation policies - called for immediate equality - formed Niagara Movement to support his ideas






34. Prohibited discrimination in any government-related work; increased black employment






35. 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






36. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






37. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft


38. Spread quickly; opposed everything that was not White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) (and conservative) - Stephenson's faults and jail sentence led to demise






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






40. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






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






42. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal






43. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation






44. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)






45. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






46. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination






47. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






48. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - hydroelectric power to river valley; brought social and economic development to very poor area






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






50. Soviets cut Berlin off from the rest of Germany by blockade; US organized airlift to drop supplies into Britain; blockade lifted in May 1949