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AP U.S. History

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






2. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






3. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






4. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists






5. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






6. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup






7. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






8. Fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military






9. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






10. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency






11. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






12. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






13. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






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






15. 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






16. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization

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17. 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)






18. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






19. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






20. Symbol of women workers during the war






21. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions






22. Anti-Federalists wanted states' rights - bill of rights - unanimous consent - reference to religion - more power to less-rich and common people; Federalists wanted strong central government - more power to experienced - separation of church and state






23. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie






24. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






25. Created Federal Reserve System - regional banks set up for twelve separate districts - final authority of each bank lay with the Federal Reserve Board - paper money to be issued 'Federal Reserve Notes'






26. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






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






28. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive






29. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave-owner (right to own property - slaves as property)






30. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






31. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity






32. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago






33. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






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






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






36. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






37. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield






38. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






39. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






40. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






41. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)






42. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






43. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers






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






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






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






47. Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






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

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49. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






50. 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