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AP U.S. History

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1. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures






2. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






3. 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






4. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






5. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations






6. 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






7. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






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






9. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights






10. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






11. Pushed for Assumption (federal government to assume state debts) - pushed creation of the National Bank (most controversial) - loose interpretation of Constitution - leader of Federalist Party






12. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






13. Gore promising with experience - Bush appealing by family influence and plans for presidency (tax cuts - education reform - defense - &c.)






14. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






15. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






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






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






18. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'






19. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






20. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army






21. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats






22. Provided for evacuation of English troops from posts in the Great Lakes

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23. 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






24. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






25. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






26. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased






27. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






28. Populists campaigned for silver-backed money rather than gold-backed - believed to be able to relieve working conditions and exploitation of labor






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






30. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease

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31. 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






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






33. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






34. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion

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35. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






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






37. 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






38. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






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






40. 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






41. FDR's plan (although vague during the campaign) to restart the economy and pull America out of the Great Depression






42. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






43. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful






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






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






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






47. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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48. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






49. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression

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50. Economic recession (collapse of savings-and-loan industry - increasing deficit due to Reagan tax cuts - retail decreased - higher crime rate)

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