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AP U.S. History
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1. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined
Battle of Antietam
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987)
Adams-Onis Treaty
Truman Doctrine
2. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'
Ku Klux Klan
Proclamation of 1763
Stagflation
Lewis and Clark expedition
3. 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)
Fugitive Slave Act
Panic of 1819
Free silver
Atlantic slave trade
4. 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
George Whitefield
Citizen Genet
Manifest Destiny
Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans
5. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo
President Bill Clinton
Thomas Nast
Church of England
Battle of Gettysburg
6. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup
Charles Lindbergh
National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA)
Affirmative Action
National Origins Act (1924)
7. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists
Jonathan Edwards
Conformity in the 1950s
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA (1994)
8. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
British strengths and weaknesses
Dawes Plan (1924)
Ulysses S. Grant
9. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system
Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty (1987)
Indentured servants
Mikhail Gorbachev
'Evil Empire' speech - 'Star Wars'
10. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis
Conservatism
Neutrality Act - 1939
Battle of Antietam
Vietnam War
11. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - banned child labor - established minimum wage
Know-Nothing (American) Party
Henry David Thoreau
Fair Labor Standards Act
Bacon's Rebellion
12. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control
Truman Doctrine
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Fall of Soviet Union (1991)
Yalta Conference (1945)
13. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways
New Harmony
Separatist vs. non-Separatist Puritans
Erie Canal
Terence V. Powderly Knights of Labor leader
14. American commander-in-chief; first president - set precedents for future presidents - put down Whiskey Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax) - managed first presidential cabinet - carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchial style rule
Andy Warhol
George Washington
Five Civilized Tribes
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
15. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals
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16. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect
Albany Plan of Union
William Henry Harrison
Federal Reserve Act
Coxey's Army
17. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress
Hoover's policy of voluntarism
Strict vs. Loose interpretation of the Constitution
Roger Williams
Black Panther Party
18. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer
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19. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans
Korean War
Black Panther Party
Booker T. Washington
Great Migration
20. Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties - called for unity of the country - established precedent of two-term presidency
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21. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely
AFL-CIO (1955)
Freeport Doctrine
Reasons for US to drop atomic bombs
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
22. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union
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23. 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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24. Decided to punish war crimes - established program for de-Nazification of Germany
Robert E. Lee
Election of 1980
Immigration Act of 1965
Potsdam Conference (1945)
25. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Hull House
United States vs. EC Knight Company
'Hundred days'
26. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)
Kent State Protest
New immigrants vs. old immigrants
U-2 Incident
GI Bill of Rights
27. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army
William Penn and the Quakers
Robert E. Lee
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
Adams-Onis Treaty
28. Meant to keep government unquestioned by critics - particularly of the Federalists
Stamp Act
Rationing
Alien and Sedition Acts
Kent State Protest
29. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain
French and Indian War
Frederick W. Taylor - Principles of Scientific Management
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
Jay's Treaty
30. Attacked public figures (Hollywood - New-Dealers - liberals) to root out communist spies
Deregulation
War hawks
Community on Un-American Activities (HUAC)
Benjamin Franklin
31. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization
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32. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)
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33. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)
Quebec Acts
Bill of Rights
Forced busing
Plessy v. Ferguson
34. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency
Battle of Tippecanoe
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I)
Square Deal
Vietcong
35. Introduced the 'trickle-down' economics theory in order to promote business and increase money available for speculation
Atlantic slave trade
Burned-Over District
Assassination of JFK - Warren Commission
Andrew Mellon - secretary of the treasury
36. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation
Freedom Riders (Congress of Racial Equality - CORE)
Northwest Passage
Spoils System
National Origins Act (1924)
37. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)
Non-conformity
John Brown
Industrial Workers of the World
Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie - The Financier
38. Led railroad workers in Pullman Strike - arrested; Supreme Court (decision in re Debs) legalized use of injunction (court order) against unions and strikes
Lowell mill/system
Eugene V. Debs
Neutrality
Important WWII Battles
39. 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
William H. Taft
Elastic Clause ('necessary and proper')
Immigration Act of 1965
Muckrakers
40. Public treaties - free trade - free seas - reduced armament burdens - anti-imperialism - independence to minorities - international organization
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41. George Wallace vs. Nixon vs. Humphrey; very narrow popular vote triumph to Nixon (although he had clear majority of electoral votes)
Proclamation of 1763
New Lights vs. Old Lights
1968 Presidential Election
'Baby Boom'
42. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items
20-Negro Law
'New Left'
Consumerism
Kent State Protest
43. Darwinian (influenced by jazz age and new scientific ideas) against Fundamentalist (the Bible and Creationism); John Scopes convicted for teaching Darwinism (defended by Clarence Darrow); Scopes found guilty
Scopes Trial
Herbert Hoover's Food Administration
March on Washington
Burned-Over District
44. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church
Roger Williams
Farmers'Alliance movement
William Penn and the Quakers
Fort Sumter
45. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress
Tories (Loyalists)
Pottawatomie Creek (May 1856)
New Nationalism
Hudson River School
46. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
Robert La Follette
Rush-Bagot Treaty (1817)
Compromise of 1877
47. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.
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48. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)
Interstate Commerce Act
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
Horace Mann
49. 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
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
George Whitefield
The Great Awakening
Clinton impeachment (1997)
50. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden
Thomas J. 'Stonewall' Jackson
Invasion of Afghanistan (2002)
Battle of Gettysburg
Federalism