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AP U.S. History

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






2. 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






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






4. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






5. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






6. Leader of IWW - from Western Federation of Miners

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7. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations






8. 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'






9. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)






10. Fought for return to colonial rule - usually conservative (educated and wealthy






11. Judges appointed to Supreme Court by Adams in the last days of his presidency to force them upon Jefferson - Marshall among those appointed






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






13. 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






14. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






15. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






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






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

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18. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






19. Withdrawal of American troops from foreign nations (especially Latin America) to improve international relations and unite western hemisphere; Clark Memorandum (rebukes the 'big stick'); peaceful resolution of Mexican oil fields






20. 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)






21. Under JQ Adams - protectionist tariff - South considered it the source of economic problems - made Jackson appear to advocate free trade






22. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






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






24. Destroyed by Jackson on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and too much power for a federal institution






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






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






27. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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






29. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






30. 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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31. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






32. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






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






34. Gives Congress the power to pass laws it deems necessary to enforce the Constitution

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35. 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






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






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






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






39. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






40. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation






41. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics






42. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






43. Focused on the 'Common Man;' removal of Indians - removal of federal deposits in BUS - annexation of territory - liberal use of veto

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44. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)






45. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






46. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






47. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






48. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied






49. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)






50. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies







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