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AP U.S. History
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1. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists
Domino theory
Good Neighbor Policy
Conformity in the 1950s
'Atlanta Compromise'
2. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence
Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)
Karl Marx Das Kapital
Whigs (Patriots)
Judiciary Act of 1789
3. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants
Henry David Thoreau
US acquisitions
Bombing and invasion of Cambodia
Samuel Gompers
4. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation
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5. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote
Virtual Representation
Free silver
Teapot Dome scandal
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
6. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine
Charles II - James II
Spanish American War (1898)
Herbert Croly - The Promise of American Life
Cotton Gin
7. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)
War hawks
Essex case
New Nationalism
Dorothea Dix
8. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists
Rationing
'Red Scare' (1919)
Isolationism in 1920s & 1930s
Mercantilism
9. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Louis Sullivan
William Marcy
George Whitefield
10. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism
Religious Right
9/11 Terrorist Attacks on NYC & DC (2001)
Reaganomics
1968 Presidential Election
11. December 1814 - Opposed War of 1812 - called for one-term presidency - northern states threatened to secede if their views were left unconsidered next to those of southern and western states - supported nullification - end of Federalist Party
President Ronald Reagan
Monroe Doctrine
Conformity in the 1950s
Hartford Convention
12. 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
Watergate Scandal
Malcolm X - Nation of Islam
President Franklin Roosevelt
Federalism
13. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)
John L. Lewis
Butler v. U.S. Court case
Jackie Robinson
Schenk v. U.S. Court case
14. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain
Clinton impeachment (1997)
Worcester v. Georgia
Suffolk Resolves
Vietnamization
15. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle
Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom (1786)
Marshall Court (all cases)
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
16. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's
Hudson River School
Invasion of Afghanistan (2002)
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987)
Muckrakers
17. Warned of dangerous military-industrial complex (newly-found power of the military to affect the path of democracy)
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18. Established free trade zone between Canada - United States and Mexico - net gain in jobs due to opening of Mexican markets
Andrew Carnegie
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA (1994)
Worcester v. Georgia
Hoover's policy of voluntarism
19. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury
National Road
Pet banks
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Fugitive Slave Act
20. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Stagflation
National Organization of Women
Election of 1824
21. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago
Black Panther Party
Hull House
Monroe Doctrine
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
22. Led Pottawatomie Massacre - extreme abolitionist who believed he was doing God's work
Wagner Act / National Labor Relations Act
Ulysses S. Grant
John Brown
First American strategy in WWII
23. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens
Five Civilized Tribes
Whigs (Patriots)
Civil Rights Cases
Richard Nixon (R)
24. (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
National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) & National Recovery Administration (NRA)
Prohibition - rise of organized crime
Camp David Accords
Monroe Doctrine
25. Stronger union of states - equal and population-based representation - simple majority vote (with presidential veto) - regulation of foreign and interstate commerce - execution by president - power to enact taxes - federal courts - easier amendment p
David Riesman
Little Rock Crisis (1957)
Changes in the Constitution from the Articles
Dominion of New England
26. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies
Farmers'Alliance movement
Bland-Allison Act (1878)
William and Mary
Ho Chi Minh
27. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
Dixiecrats - 1948
Hudson River School
Erie Canal
28. Anti-immigrant - especially against Irish Catholics
Nativism
Okies' and 'Arkies'
Eugene V. Debs
Isolationism in 1920s & 1930s
29. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind
Open Door Policy
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987)
Harriet Beecher Stowe - Uncle Tom's Cabin
Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists
30. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy
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31. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government
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32. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen
Mikhail Gorbachev
Lewis and Clark expedition
Kent State Protest
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
33. Western Pennsylvanian farmers' violent protest against whiskey excise tax - Washington sent large army to put down revolt - protests to be limited to non-violent
Whiskey Rebellion
Washington Disarmament Conference (1921)
Yellow journalism
Standard Oil Trust
34. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury
James K. Polk
Boston Tea Party
Preservationism vs. Conservationism
Sugar Act
35. 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
'Brain trust'
John C. Calhoun
The Homefront
Andrew Carnegie
36. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state
Dred Scott v. Sandford
Regionalist and naturalist writers
US economy since WWII (service economy)
Keynesian economics
37. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt
British strengths and weaknesses
Election of 1800
Coxey's Army
Spanish American War (1898)
38. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming
Teapot Dome scandal
Nullification
Indentured servants
Impact of LBJ's Vietnam decision on 1968 election
39. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)
1992 Election
Jamestown
Warren Court
Keynesian economics
40. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system
Social Gospel movement
Neutrality Acts - 1935-37
Indentured servants
March on Washington
41. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression
Ralph Waldo Emerson
1968 as 'the year of shocks'
Dorothea Lange
The Federalist Papers
42. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates
Currency Act
12th Amendment
March on Birmingham
James G. Blaine
43. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'
Yeoman Farmers
Angelina and Sarah Grimke
Pet banks
Impressment
44. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence
20-Negro Law
Religious Right
Lusitania
Articles of Confederation
45. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act
Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans
Ho Chi Minh
Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
Woodrow Wilson
46. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - hydroelectric power to river valley; brought social and economic development to very poor area
Haymarket Bombing
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
John D. Rockefeller
Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC)
47. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations
Underground Railroad
Affirmative Action
British strengths and weaknesses
Anne Hutchinson
48. Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; purchase of Alaska 'Seward's Folly'
William Seward
President Lyndon B. Johnson
William T. Sherman
Watergate Scandal
49. Caused American hysteria (1957) - fear that Soviets were technologically superior; led Ike to order more rigorous education program to rival Soviets (National Defense Education Act)
Sputnik
XYZ Affair
Plessy v. Ferguson
Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
50. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem
Black Power - Stokely Carmichael
Election of 1800
Andrew Carnegie
Upton Sinclair