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AP U.S. History

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






2. (The Lonely Crowd) 'outer directed' Americans conforming to peer pressure on moral and social issues - rather than independently thinking on morals






3. Led architectural movement to create building designs that reflected buildings' functions - especially in Chicago






4. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






5. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






6. 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






7. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders






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






9. Started the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) — 'Back to Africa' movement for racial pride and separatism; inspired self-confidence in blacks






10. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect






11. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'






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






13. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






14. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






15. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






16. 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






17. Opposed Polk's high-handedness - avid Southern slave owner






18. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






19. 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






20. Kent State University students protesting against invasion of Cambodia - not allowed to demonstrate - violence (murder) caused by guardsmen






21. Nationalists against foreign non-English speaking workers (took jobs away from American men); encouraged to leave the U.S.






22. Beginnings of trusts (destruction of competition); vertical- controlling every aspect of production (control quality - eliminate middlemen - Rockefeller); horizontal- consolidating with competitors to monopolize a market (highly detrimental)






23. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






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






25. Warned against permanent foreign alliances and political parties - called for unity of the country - established precedent of two-term presidency

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






27. First female cabinet member






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






29. Risk of too many casualties and high costs for hand-to-hand combat/invasion - Japanese surrender unlikely






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

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31. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






32. 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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33. Japanese bombing of ships in harbor; resulted in FDR's request for declaration of war against Japan; Germany and Italy responded with declarations of war






34. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination






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






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






37. 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






38. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






39. Albert Fall accused of accepting bribes for access to government oil in Teapot Dome - Wyoming






40. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






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






42. Attacked public figures (Hollywood - New-Dealers - liberals) to root out communist spies






43. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






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






45. 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'






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






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






48. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier






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






50. Sets of cardboard box houses that epitomized the country's blame on Hoover for the cause of the Depression