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AP U.S. History

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1. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate






2. 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


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






4. Depicted the evils of slavery (splitting of families and physical abuse); increased participation in abolitionist movement - condemned by South


5. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights






6. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






7. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






8. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






9. Black rights leader - heavily influenced by Malcolm X (advocated black separatism rather than integration)






10. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






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


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






13. Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations






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






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


16. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






17. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






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






19. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






20. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






21. Scarce supplies (food and clothing) - army motivated by von Steuben






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






23. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - collective bargaining rights - closed shops permitted (where workers must join unions) - outlawed anti-union tactics






24. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






25. First African-American in major league baseball






26. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






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






28. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






29. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists






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






31. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government


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






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






34. Symbol of women workers during the war






35. Left primary open to Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy - both promising to end the controversial war


36. Offered a New Deal (reminiscent of FDR) of smaller government - reduced taxes - and free enterprise; Washington outsider






37. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury






38. 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






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






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






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






42. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






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






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






45. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






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






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






48. First permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607) - along James River






49. Rebels felt the governor of Virginia failed to protect the frontier from the Native Americans


50. 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