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AP U.S. History

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1. Panama Canal Treaty - diplomacy with China - end of recognition of Taiwan; little accomplished domestically due to conservative opposition - foreign policy more successful; Washington outsider - Experienced high interest rates - inflation - increased






2. Believed that God created the universe to act through natural laws; Franklin - Jefferson - Paine






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






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






5. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






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






7. Banned racial discrimination and segregation (public) - bias by federal government; enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission






8. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






9. To service economy in late 20 century (end of industrialism) - Higher focus on services (esp. education) rather than material products






10. Launched in 1958 by Ike; successful launch of American satellite (Explorer I); massive arms builup






11. Opposed strikes - producer-consumer cooperation - temperance - welcomed blacks and women (allowing segregation)






12. Drafting extremely hated by Northerners - sparked by Irish-Americans against the black population - 500 lives lost - many buildings burned






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






14. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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15. Small oil companies sold stock and authority to Rockefeller's Standard Oil Company (consolidation) - cornered world petroleum market






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






17. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






18. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






19. Slavery to be barred in all territory ceded from Mexico; never fully passed Congress






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






21. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






22. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






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






24. Committee on Public Information; aimed to sell America and the world on Wilson's war goals; propaganda - censorship - 'four-minute men' speeches - 'Liberty Leagues' (spy on community)






25. 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






26. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






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

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






29. South divided into 5 military districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify 14th amendment






30. Ideas of Wilson: small enterprise - states' rights - more active government - trust busting - left social issues up to the states






31. Mistreated farmers - fear of monocracy - forced people to think about central government

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32. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






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

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






35. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.






36. FDR encouraged democracies to quarantine their opponents (economic embargos); criticized by isolationists






37. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






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






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






40. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union

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41. 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'






42. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






43. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico






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






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






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






48. 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)






49. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






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







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