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AP U.S. History
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1. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality
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2. (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
Compromise of 1850
Battle of Saratoga
James Madison
Assassination of JFK - Warren Commission
3. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce
Peace Corps
Berlin Airlift
Convict-lease system
United States vs. EC Knight Company
4. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)
'Evil Empire' speech - 'Star Wars'
Fair Deal
Yeoman Farmers
Religious Right
5. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence
Cuban Missile Crisis
National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA)
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
The Half-Way Covenant
6. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads
George Whitefield
Munn v. Illinois
Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Martin Luther King Jr.
7. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved
Ku Klux Klan
Impact of LBJ's Vietnam decision on 1968 election
Knights of Labor
American society during the Revolution
8. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks
Emergency Banking Relief Act
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Tea Act (1773)
Isolationism in 1920s & 1930s
9. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft
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10. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)
Critics of FDR
Assassination of JFK - Warren Commission
Convict-lease system
Frances Perkins - Secretary of Labor
11. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic
'Brain trust'
The Loyal Nine
Know-Nothing (American) Party
Voting Rights Act of 1965
12. Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war
William Henry Harrison
A. Philip Randolph and the March on Washington
Roe v. Wade
Pearl Harbor
13. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth
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14. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost
Vietnamization
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
Malcolm X - Nation of Islam
'Yellow dog contracts'
15. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights
Community on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Olive Branch Petition
Vietcong
16. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind
National Origins Act (1924)
Open Door Policy
Underground Railroad
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on NYC & DC (2001)
17. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention
Election of 1824
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
GI Bill of Rights
Essex case
18. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism
Warren Court
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
Valley Forge
Thomas Nast
19. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas
Townshend Act (1767)
Japanese internment
Farm crisis
Gays in the military
20. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists
Citizen Genet
Alien and Sedition Acts
Compromise of 1850
Pearl Harbor
21. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming
Second Great Awakening
Teapot Dome scandal
Frances Perkins - Secretary of Labor
Nullification
22. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - hydroelectric power to river valley; brought social and economic development to very poor area
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts)
Reaganomics
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
23. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
Judiciary Act of 1789
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
Supply-side economics - tax cuts
24. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia
Henry George - Progress and Poverty
Zoot Suit riots
John C. Calhoun
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
25. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
Secretary of State John Hay
Popular Sovereignty
Greenback Party
26. Fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
Espionage Act and Sedition Act
Boston Massacre
Stephen Austin
27. (peace btw Egypt and Israel) Followed years of tension - Israel would leave newly acquired lands from war - Egypt would respect Israel's other land claims; accords not completely followed - Sadat (Egypt) assassinated
Liberty Party
Camp David Accords
Lend-Lease Act (1941)
Pocahontas
28. 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
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960
Creel Committee
Cuban Missile Crisis
Panic of 1893
29. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress
Rock `n' Roll
Wilmot Proviso
McCarthyism
Jazz
30. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures
Butler v. U.S. Court case
The Glorious Revolution
Seneca Falls Convention of 1848
CIA overthrow of Guatemala (1954)
31. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'
Nativism
John Winthrop
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
Second Great Awakening
32. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'
Peace Corps
Free silver
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Regionalist and naturalist writers
33. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied
Rosie the Riveter
Sacco and Vanzetti Trial
Zoot Suit riots
Kent State Protest
34. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail
Thomas Edison
Mann Act
Hudson River School
William Marcy
35. 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
The Federalist Papers
Pan-Americanism
War hawks
Proclamation of 1763
36. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll
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37. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt
Wagner Act / National Labor Relations Act
Court Packing
Gays in the military
Mercantilism
38. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago
Conscription policies
Louis Sullivan
Era of Good Feelings
Underground Railroad
39. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies
Panama Canal
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
William and Mary
Fugitive Slave Act
40. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general
Ulysses S. Grant
Espionage Act and Sedition Act
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Jingoism
41. Government compromised to buy and coin $2-4 million/month; government stuck to minimum and inflation did not occur (lower prices); economy grew
Frederick Douglass
Women's Christian Temperance Union
William Seward
Bland-Allison Act (1878)
42. Founded by Emerson - strong emphasis on spiritual unity (God - humanity - and nature) - literature with strong references to nature
Fall of Soviet Union (1991)
National Origins Act (1924)
Transcendentalism
Isolationism
43. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present
American Federation of Labor
Vietnamization
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
Assassination of JFK - Warren Commission
44. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)
Naval battle in Manila Bay - Philippines
New Harmony
Religious Right
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
45. Drafting extremely hated by Northerners - sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population - 500 lives lost - many buildings burned
New York City draft riots (1863)
Espionage Act and Sedition Act
Maysville Road Veto
William Jennings Bryan
46. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler
Berlin Airlift
William Henry Harrison
Rosenbergs
Roger Williams
47. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763
March on Washington
Gulf War - 'Operation Desert Storm' (1991)
Dominion of New England
Navigation Acts
48. Prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports - most controversial Jefferson legislation
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
'Red Summer -' race riots (1919)
Embargo Act (1807)
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
49. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects
'Red Scare' (1919)
Hoovervilles
Gays in the military
Hudson River School
50. Ended exclusion of homosexuals from military; due to controversy - compromise of 'don't ask - don't tell' instituted
Upton Sinclair
Gays in the military
Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
Nicaraguan Contras
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