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AP U.S. History

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

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






3. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state






4. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






5. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






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






7. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






8. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors






9. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






10. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union

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






12. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






13. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






14. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






15. Court case - unconstitutionalized all state laws prohibiting women's rights to have an abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy






16. Symbol of women workers during the war






17. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






18. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






19. Intended to save British East India Company from bankruptcy - could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with smuggled tea)






20. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






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






22. Stressed to the American people British maltreatment and emphasize a need for revolution; appealed to American emotions






23. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






24. 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






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






26. 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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27. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






28. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






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






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






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






32. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






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






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






35. 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






36. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






37. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






38. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






39. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






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






41. Defined process for territories to become states (population reached 60 -000) - forbade slavery in the new territories






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






43. 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






44. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl

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






46. Founded by Emerson - strong emphasis on spiritual unity (God - humanity - and nature) - literature with strong references to nature






47. Soviet-aided North Korea attack on South Korea; MacArthur named general on behalf of UN (excluded Russia) - US supplied majority of troops; recapture of South Korea and suppression of North forces to northern border; introduction of Chinese - MacArth






48. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na






49. Sought to encourage domestic American manufacturing






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