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AP U.S. History

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1. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported






2. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves






3. Government compromised to buy and coin $2-4 million/month; government stuck to minimum and inflation did not occur (lower prices); economy grew






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

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5. Four-day banking holiday to create controlled inflation - followed by reopening of sound banks - and reorganization of unsound banks






6. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






7. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)






8. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)






9. Roosevelt's plan that aimed to regulate corporations (Anthracite coal strike - Dept. of Commerce and Labor - Elkins and Hepburn Acts) - protect consumers (meat sanitation) - and conserve natural resources (Newlands Reclamation Act)






10. French threat at the borders was no longer present - therefore the colonies didn't need English protection; more independent stand against Britain






11. 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'






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






13. Combined Massachusetts - New Hampshire - Connecticut - Rhode Island - and Plymouth (and later Jersey and New York) into one 'supercolony' governed by Sir Edmond Andros - a 'supergovernor'






14. Required separate and distinct ballots for presidential and vice presidential candidates






15. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks






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






18. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






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






20. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






21. Racism riots against Mexican laborers (imported for jobs)






22. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






23. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military






24. Due to threat of nuclear war - Soviets erected wall to separate East Berlin from West Berlin (end exodus of intellect to west); symbol of communist denial of freedom






25. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers






26. Blacks who went to prison taken out and used for labor in slave-like conditions - enforced southern racial hierarchy






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






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

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29. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






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






31. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance






32. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






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






34. Organized Seneca Falls Convention - founded (with Anthony) National Women Suffrage Organization






35. 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'






36. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner






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






38. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market






39. 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






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






41. Runaway slave - well-known speaker on the condition of slavery - worked with Garrison and Wendell Phillips - founder of The North Star






42. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






43. Storage of Soviet missiles in Cuba (threat of nuclear war); Krushchev demanded that US never invade Cuba and remove forces from Turkey; mutual compliance with each other's demands






44. 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)






45. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






46. George Wallace vs. Nixon vs. Humphrey; very narrow popular vote triumph to Nixon (although he had clear majority of electoral votes)






47. 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






48. Goods able to be transferred from New York to New Orleans by inland waterways






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






50. Leader of IWW - from Western Federation of Miners

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