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AP U.S. History

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1. Opposed BTW's accommodation policies - called for immediate equality - formed Niagara Movement to support his ideas






2. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






3. Kennedy vs. Nixon - Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)






4. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






5. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






6. Committees appointed from different colonies to communicate on matters; asserted rights to self¬government - cooperation between colonies






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






8. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)

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9. Bomb thrown at protest rally - police shot protestors - caused great animosity in employers for workers' unions






10. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






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






12. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities






13. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






14. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress






15. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






16. King hosted myriad nonviolent protesting activities to fill jail with protestors - Bill Connor (police commissioner) began violent resistance to protestors






17. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield






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






19. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






20. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






21. Made it illegal to transport women across state borders for 'immoral purposes -' violated by black boxer Jack Johnson (w/ white woman)






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






23. 'No taxation without representation -' introduced by Patrick Henry






24. First female cabinet member






25. 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






26. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






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






28. 'Dark horse' Democratic candidate; acquired majority of the western US (Mexican Cession - Texas Annexation - Oregon Country) - lowered tariffs - created Independent Treasury






29. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






30. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






31. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful






32. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)






33. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






34. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






35. 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






36. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






37. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






38. Led a slave rebellion in Virginia - attacked many whites - prompted non-slaveholding Virginians to consider emancipation

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39. 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






40. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect






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

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42. Supported Socialists - militant unionists and socialists - advocated strikes and sabotaging politics - aimed for an umbrella union similar to Knights of Labor - ideas too radical for socialist cause






43. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






44. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West






45. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






46. Support people oppressed by communism and non-democratic governments; worked with democratic governments in Greece - Turkey - and Israel






47. Similar to Navigation; raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes; led to Boston boycott of English luxuries






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






49. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes






50. 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