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AP U.S. History

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1. Sewer systems and purification of water






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






3. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






4. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






5. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations






6. First African-American in major league baseball






7. Appealed to many conservatives - especially southerners (opposed massive protests and integration)






8. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






9. Effects of pesticides on the environment; changed way Americans viewed their impact on nature






10. 14 formal amendments to the treaty for the League of Nations; preserved Monroe Doctrine - Congress desired to keep declaration of war to itself






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






12. 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






13. Alice Paul; shocked traditionalism - League of Women Voters supported; new organization of women who were now more independent






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






15. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






16. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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






18. To make German reparations from WWI more accessible to Germans; evacuation of troops from Germany - reorganization of the Reichsbank - and foreign loans






19. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment

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






21. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






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






23. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






24. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






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






27. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)






28. Prohibited discrimination in any government-related work; increased black employment






29. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)






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






31. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






32. Connected the colonies to Britain - opposed to unnecessary unfair taxation; strong influence on Albany Plan






33. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - insured deposits < $5000 - reassured American public of the worth of banks






34. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)






35. 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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36. Social ideals to be encouraged in public school (stress on social interaction) - learning by doing






37. 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






38. Network of safe houses of white abolitionists used to bring slaves to freedom






39. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






40. 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






41. Known as 'wartime food czar;' created recreation policies and reintroduced leisure culture and conservation ethic to get Americans escaping the cities and improve tourism - etc.






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






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






44. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)






45. Formed by white progressives - adopted goals of Niagara Movement - in response to Springfield Race Riots






46. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






47. 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






48. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






49. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






50. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery







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