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AP U.S. History

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






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






3. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)






4. Henry Clay aimed to make the US economically independent from Europe (e.g. - support internal improvements - tariff protection - and new national bank)






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






6. 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






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






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

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9. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US






10. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit






11. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






12. Network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom






13. 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






14. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






15. 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






16. Westward migration of workers (new economic opportunities - esp. aircraft industry) - high rates of divorce and family/juvenile violence - women encouraged to work in factories - still held inferior to men






17. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly






18. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






19. 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






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






21. Americans at home reminded to conserve materials in all aspects of life to support the military; resulted in saving up of money to cause economic boom after war






22. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






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






24. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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25. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






26. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






27. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






28. 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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29. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






30. Focused on skilled workers (harder to replace than unskilled) - coordinated crafts unions - supported 8¬hour workday and injury liability






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






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






33. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers






34. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






35. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






36. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






37. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






38. 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






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






40. Key to English-Native American relationship - died in England in 1617






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






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






43. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






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

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45. Reagan called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack

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






47. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






48. Similar to Navigation; raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes; led to Boston boycott of English luxuries






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






50. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas