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AP U.S. History

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1. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






2. Europeans should not interfere with affairs in Western Hemisphere - Americans to stay out of foreign affairs; supported Washington's goal for US neutrality in Americas






3. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






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






5. Reagan called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack

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






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






8. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






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






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






11. British soldiers shot into crowd of snowball fight; two of nine soldiers (defended by John Adams) found guilty of manslaughter






12. Increase working output by standardizing procedures and rewarding those who worked fast; efficiency






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






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






15. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression






16. 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)






17. Decisive victory in the War of 1812 by Harrison over Tecumseh - used in Harrison's campaign for presidency






18. Overthrow of the Taliban - in search of bin Laden






19. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments






20. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






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

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22. 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






23. 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'






24. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






25. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)






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






27. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads






28. Nixon's domestic policy; federal revenues shared with states (revenue sharing) - minimum income proposed






29. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty






30. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






31. 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)






32. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






33. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president






34. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






35. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney






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






37. Parks arrested for refusing to give up bus seat to white man - African American leaders called for city-wide boycott of bus system (lasted almost 400 days); Supreme Court ruled segregated buses unconstitutional






38. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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39. Provided housing and recreation to city youth - imposing Protestant morals - unable to reach out to all youth

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40. Northern Securities Company (JP Morgan and James G. Hill - railroads) seen by Roosevelt as 'bad' trust - Supreme Court upheld his first trust-bust






41. 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






42. 'Rotation in office;' Jackson felt that one should spend a single term in office and return to private citizenship - those who held power too long would become corrupt and political appointments made by new officials was essential for democracy






43. Created by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst; aimed to excite American imperialist interests; media bias - subjective representation of events






44. Coxey and unemployed followers marched on Washington for support in unemployment relief by inflationary public works program

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45. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






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

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48. Offered a New Deal (reminiscent of FDR) of smaller government - reduced taxes - and free enterprise; Washington outsider






49. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






50. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists