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AP U.S. History

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






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






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

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4. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






5. Government compromised to buy and coin $2-4 million/month; government stuck to minimum and inflation did not occur (lower prices); economy grew






6. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






7. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes






8. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






9. Racism riots against Mexican laborers (imported for jobs)






10. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere






11. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






12. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






13. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






14. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






15. FDR's inner circle of experts rather than just politicians in the cabinet

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






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






18. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763






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






20. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






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

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22. Used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers (esp. Mexican-Americans)






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






24. Northern factory workers who were discarded when too old to work (unlike the slaves who were still kept fed and clothed in their old age)

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






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






28. Dealt with Vietnam War - 'Great Society' program for improvement of American society - antipoverty and anti-discrimination programs






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

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






31. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






32. Lee's attack on Maryland in hopes that he could take it from the Union - bloodiest day of the war - stalemate - McClellan replaced by Burnside - stalemate - South would never be so close to victory again






33. Created Federal Reserve System - regional banks set up for twelve separate districts - final authority of each bank lay with the Federal Reserve Board - paper money to be issued 'Federal Reserve Notes'






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

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






36. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)






37. Banned racial discrimination and segregation (public) - bias by federal government; enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission






38. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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39. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






40. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






41. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






42. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






43. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne






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






45. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






46. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US






47. Introduced the 'trickle-down' economics theory in order to promote business and increase money available for speculation






48. U.S. would ensure that Cuba would be protected from European powers and maintain a place in Cuban affairs; provided coal and naval stations






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






50. Led by Francis Willard - powerful 'interest group' following the civil war - urged women's suffrage - led to Prohibition

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