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AP U.S. History

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1. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






2. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






3. Jackson was allowed to relocate Indian tribes in the Louisiana Territory






4. Support people oppressed by communism and non-democratic governments; worked with democratic governments in Greece - Turkey - and Israel






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






6. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church






7. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






8. New Lights brought new ideas - rejected by Old Lights; both sought out institutions independent of each other






9. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






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






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






12. The Man Nobody Knows - glorification of business - Jesus as a businessman - relationship between religion and manufacturing






13. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






14. 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






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






16. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'

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






18. Bank tightened loan policies - depression rose throughout the country - hurt western farmers greatly






19. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane






20. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence






21. Created Interstate Commerce Commission to require railroads to publish rates (less discrimination - short/long haul) - first legislation to regulate corporations - ineffective ICC






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






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






24. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)






25. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






26. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






27. Reagan and Gorbachev agree to remove and destroy nuclear weapons from Eastern and Western Europe; eased international tension and allowed Soviet domestic reforms to take place






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






29. Repeat candidate for president - proponent of silver-backing (16:1 platform) - cross of gold speech against gold standard; Democratic candidate (1896)






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






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






32. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






33. NLF attacked numerous South Vietnamese cities and American embassies - eventually repulsed; spoiled LBJ's record to reelection - resulted in massive protests in US to end the war; atrocities such that war could only end in stalemate






34. Soviet-aided North Korea attack on South Korea; MacArthur named general on behalf of UN (excluded Russia) - US supplied majority of troops; recapture of South Korea and suppression of North forces to northern border; introduction of Chinese - MacArth






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

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36. Rejection of negative portrayals of women (language - entertainment) - increased quality and use of education - more job opportunities - acceptance into military






37. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)

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






39. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






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






41. Ended exclusion of homosexuals from military; due to controversy - compromise of 'don't ask - don't tell' instituted






42. 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)






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






44. 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)






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

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46. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






47. Speech given by BTW to ease whites' fears of integration - assuring them that separate but equal was acceptable - ideas challenged by DuBois

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48. First African-American in major league baseball






49. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






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







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