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AP U.S. History

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1. Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties - called for unity of the country - established precedent of two-term presidency


2. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress






3. Spread quickly; opposed everything that was not White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) (and conservative) - Stephenson's faults and jail sentence led to demise






4. Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal of power from all of Eastern Europe - including Berlin (wall torn down - free movement - &c.)






5. Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England - led the Mayflower - and established the settlement at Plymouth






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






7. 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






8. US - Britain - Japan - France - and Italy to reduce naval tonnage and halt construction for 10 years; US and Japan to respect Pacific territorial holdings - Kellog-Briand Pact to 'outlaw war'






9. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






10. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






11. 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)






12. Alice Paul; shocked traditionalism - League of Women Voters supported; new organization of women who were now more independent






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






14. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)






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






16. Government would protect America's foreign investments with any force needed; under president Taft


17. Tet Offensive in Vietnam - assassination of MLK and Robert Kennedy (presidential candidate) - Riot of Democratic National Convention (Chicago police beat antiwar protestors) - Black Panthers


18. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks






19. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






20. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






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






22. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined






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






24. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






25. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






26. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation


27. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies






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






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






30. National Liberation Front - guerilla militia from south Vietnam fighting alongside the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)






31. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






32. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






33. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






34. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois


35. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






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






37. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






38. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans






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






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


41. Equal representation in unicameral congress






42. Network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom






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






44. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






45. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






46. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit






47. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression






48. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers






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


50. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society