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AP U.S. History

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






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






3. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)

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4. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






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

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6. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






7. Rejection of negative portrayals of women (language - entertainment) - increased quality and use of education - more job opportunities - acceptance into military






8. Small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company (consolidation) - cornered world petroleum market






9. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






10. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






11. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






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






13. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion






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






15. Secretary of state - policy to liberate captive people in Eastern Europe by political pressure and propaganda; massive retaliation to counter SovietlChinese aggression with nuclear weapons; brinksmanship to be persistent to solve crises (even to the






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






17. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






18. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






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






20. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






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






22. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)






23. Roosevelt and Pinchot sided on conservation rather than preservation (planned and regulated use of forest lands for public and commercial uses)






24. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - provided more funds to state and local relief efforts






25. Philippines - Hawaii - Puerto Rico - Guam: granted to U.S. at the end of Spanish-American War; Philippines were captured after treaty - and thus not part of spoils - but kept as territory with an inevitable movement for independence; Philippines and






26. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






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






28. Intervention in Mexican Revolution (Madero overthrew dictator Diaz) to overthrow Madero out of fear of property confiscation - General Huerta (seen as 'brute' by Wilson - sought new leader) replaced Madero






29. Racism riots against Mexican laborers (imported for jobs)






30. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






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






32. 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






33. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






34. Prohibited aiding of belligerent nations - banned civilian involvement; limited power of president during international war - built up armed forces






35. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






36. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






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






38. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






39. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






40. 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)






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






42. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain






43. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane






44. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes






45. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






46. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






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






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






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






50. 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







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