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AP U.S. History

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1. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive






2. Economic recession (collapse of savings-and-loan industry - increasing deficit due to Reagan tax cuts - retail decreased - higher crime rate)

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3. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






4. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






5. Symbol of women workers during the war






6. Truman tested for communist alliances within government; government employees prohibited from taking part in remotely-communist activities

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7. 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)






8. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






9. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay






10. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






11. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25






12. Gore promising with experience - Bush appealing by family influence and plans for presidency (tax cuts - education reform - defense - &c.)






13. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






14. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






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






16. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






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

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18. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






19. Required of members of the Puritan Church; took the place of baptism required by the Catholic Church






20. Government to buy silver to back money in addition to gold






21. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






22. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






23. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






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






25. Established by 'General' William Booth - uniformed volunteers provided food - shelter - and employment to families - attracted poor with lively preaching and marching bands in order to instill middle-class virtues






26. 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






27. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






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






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






30. 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






31. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)






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






33. Fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military






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






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






36. The Jungle revealed unsanitary nature of meat-packing industry - inspired Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)






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






38. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






39. First African-American in major league baseball






40. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists






41. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






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






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






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






45. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






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






47. 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)






48. Killed the AAA - although FDR insisted on continuing by creating smaller state-level AAAs






49. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






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