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AP U.S. History

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1. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - employed young jobless men with government projects on work relief and environment






2. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






3. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)






4. Prohibited exports (and imports) based in American ports - most controversial Jefferson legislation






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






6. 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






7. Destroyed by Jackson on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and too much power for a federal institution






8. 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.






9. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds






10. 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)






11. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






12. Brought in Mexicans for temporary jobs - concentrated in southern CA - given extremely poor working conditions (as they were not American citizens)






13. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory on 'Voyage of Discovery'






14. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






15. Americans who were forced out of their homes in Oklahoma and Arkansas (respectively) due to the dust storms and drought known as the Dust Bowl

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16. Newt Gingrich (Republican congressman) planned for success of Republican party in upcoming election by pledging tax cuts - congressional term limits - tougher crime laws - balanced budget amendment - popular reforms &c.

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17. Effectively ended spoils system and established civil service exams for all government positions - under Pres. Garfield






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






19. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants






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






21. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






22. Established colony of Georgia as a place for honest debtors






23. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






24. Hamilton's plan to solve Revolutionary debt - Assumption highly controversial - pushed his plan through Congress - based on loose interpretation of Constitution






25. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet






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






27. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






28. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






29. 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






30. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's






31. 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






32. Prohibited use of any devices (e.g. - literacy tests) to deny the right to vote and enforced black suffrage rights






33. First 'modern' president - moderate who supported progressivism (at times conservative) - bypassed congressional opposition (cf. Jackson) - significant role in world affairs






34. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






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

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36. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






37. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism






38. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






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






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






41. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie






42. Tweed Leader of Tammany Hall - gained large sums of money through the political machine - prosecuted by Samuel Tilden and sent to jail






43. Spurred by Great Migration - large-scale riots - lynchings - &c.

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






45. Exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more slaves from service in the Confederate Army; 'rich man's war but a poor man's fight'






46. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly






47. Political action for religion justified by decreased presence of religion in society; Pat Robertson's Christian Coalition to expand national influence






48. 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






49. 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






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