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AP U.S. History

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1. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






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






3. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress






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






5. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






6. Created Federal Reserve System - regional banks set up for twelve separate districts - final authority of each bank lay with the Federal Reserve Board - paper money to be issued 'Federal Reserve Notes'






7. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers






8. 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)






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






10. Caused American hysteria (1957) - fear that Soviets were technologically superior; led Ike to order more rigorous education program to rival Soviets (National Defense Education Act)






11. 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






12. Catholic communist autocrat of Vietnam - assassinated (with aid of US)






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






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






15. Southern and Midwestern farmers expressing discontent - supported free silver and subtreasury plan (cash advance on future crop — farmers had little cash flow during the year) - criticized national banks

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16. Sewer systems and purification of water






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






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






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






20. Working class exploited for profit - proletariat (workers) to revolt and inherit all society






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






22. Exemplary Christian community - rich to show charity - held to Calvinistic beliefs

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23. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






24. Settled in Pennsylvania - believed the 'Inner Light' could speak through any person and ran religious services without ministers






25. Emphasis on personal salvation - emotional response - and individual faith; women and blacks; nationalism (Manifest Destiny)






26. Sets of programs geared towards minorities and oft-discriminated populations






27. Held in New York - agreed to not import British goods until Stamp Act was repealed






28. Strong central government - separation of powers - 'extended republic'






29. Lee invaded Pennsylvania - bloodiest battle of the war - Confederate Pickett's Charge (disastrous) - Lee forced to retreat (not pursued by Meade) - South doomed to never invade North again - Gettysburg Address given by Lincoln (nation over union)






30. Congress authorized LBJ to repel and prevent aggression against US troops in Vietnam - used as a blank check (perhaps too much - caused protests)






31. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain






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






33. Meant to provide evacuation opportunity for Americans in Cuba; internal accidental explosion blamed on Spanish mines - leading to Spanish¬ American War






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

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35. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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






37. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth






38. Mexicans held siege on the Alamo (in San Antonio) - Texans lost great number of people - 'Remember the Alamo'






39. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society






40. 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






41. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)






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






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






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






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






46. Symbol of women workers during the war






47. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures






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






49. Attempted to boost economy by making loans to banks and insurance companies - hoping to restart them






50. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration