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AP U.S. History

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1. Ford's and Carter's presidencies experienced a recession and inflation simultaneously - solved by Keynesian economics






2. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






3. Party formed from Republican split by Roosevelt - more progressive values - leaving 'Republican Old Guard' to control Republican party






4. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.






5. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy

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6. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






7. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






8. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






9. Old immigrants from northern and western Europe came seeking better life; new immigrants came from southern and eastern Europe searching for opportunity to escape worse living conditions back home and often did not stay in the US






10. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






11. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






12. Contending communist politician in Vietnam - had more popularity than Diem - took power upon Diem's death






13. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






14. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South






15. Black rights leader - heavily influenced by Malcolm X (advocated black separatism rather than integration)






16. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






17. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






18. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






19. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






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






21. Territory split into Kansas and Nebraska - popular sovereignty (Kansas slave - Nebraska free); proposed by Stephen A. Douglas






22. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways






23. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians






24. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system






25. 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






26. 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






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






28. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression






29. Blacks denied admission to all-white school; overturned Plessy v. Ferguson - negating 'separate but equal' - ordered integration of schools as soon as possible; white southerners protested (refused to attend integrated schools)






30. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






31. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles






32. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






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






34. Ike forced to send National Guard to escort black children to school to quell riots and resistance (first time since Reconstruction that troops used in the south to enforce Constitution); resistance by white community (private schools)






35. 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






36. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






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






38. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






39. Depicted the evils of slavery (splitting of families and physical abuse); increased participation in abolitionist movement - condemned by South

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






41. Relied on voluntary compliance (no formal laws) - propaganda; high prices set on commodities to encourage production - Prohibition

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42. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported






43. 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






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






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






46. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






47. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)






48. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






49. 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






50. Under JQ Adams - protectionist tariff - South considered it the source of economic problems - made Jackson appear to advocate free trade