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AP U.S. History

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






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






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






4. 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)






5. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






6. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






7. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






8. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






9. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'






10. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






11. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






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






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






14. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina






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






16. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






17. Stressed role of church and religion to improve city life - led by preachers Walter Raushenbusch and Washington Gladen; influenced settlement house movement and Salvation Army






18. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






19. Avoided league of Nations - opposed Latin American involvement






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






21. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people






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

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23. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






24. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






25. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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26. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease

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27. First African-American in major league baseball






28. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers






29. 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'






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






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






32. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






33. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'

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34. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






35. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






36. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - Harry Hopkins; provide work for unemployed and construct public works - &c. through Emergency Relief Appropriation Act; much like Civil Works Administration






37. Congress authorized LBJ to repel and prevent aggression against US troops in Vietnam - used as a blank check (perhaps too much - caused protests)






38. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






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






40. Authors included Langston Hughes - McKay - Zora Neale Hurston - Countee Cullet — praise and expression of black culture of the time






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

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






43. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






44. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






45. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






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






47. 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






48. For women's rights - organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton - modeled requests after the Declaration of Independence






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






50. Puritan minister - led revivals - stressed immediate repentance - wrote 'Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God'