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AP U.S. History

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1. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait despite peace treaty and refusal to abandon Iraqi occupation

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2. Educational and residential segregation; inferior facilities allotted to African-Americans - predominantly in South






3. Created by John L. Lewis for unskilled labor - organized 'sit-down strike' against GM to work for recognition






4. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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5. Defined process for territories to become states (population reached 60 -000) - forbade slavery in the new territories






6. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






7. Prohibited colonies from issuing paper money - destabilized colonial economy






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. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






10. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






11. American U-2 spy plane shot down over USSR (Ike: 'for national security); US suspended further flights - Krushchev demanded apology (refused)






12. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity






13. Influence of African-American blues - music of the younger generation (gap between them and their parents)

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14. 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






15. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)






16. Severe immigration laws to discourage and discriminate against foreigners - believed to erode old-fashioned American values






17. Sought to eliminate spheres of influence and avoid European monopolies in China; unaccepted by the powers in mind






18. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists






19. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism






20. Court case - unconstitutionalized all state laws prohibiting women's rights to have an abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy






21. 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






22. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






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






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






25. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






26. 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'






27. Speech symbolized polarization between conservatives and liberals

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28. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






29. President to offer military supplies to nations 'vital to the defense of the US'; ended US neutrality (economic war against Germany); Hitler began to sink American ships (limited scale)






30. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers






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






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






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






34. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act






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






36. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






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






38. Issued by Lincoln following Antietam (close enough to a victory to empower the proclamation) - declared slaves in the Confederacy free (did not include border states) - symbolic gesture to support Union's moral cause in the war






39. Appealed to many conservatives - especially southerners (opposed massive protests and integration)






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

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41. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights






42. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






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






44. Known as 'wartime food czar;' created recreation policies and reintroduced leisure culture and conservation ethic to get Americans escaping the cities and improve tourism - etc.






45. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






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






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






48. Huerta's enemy - reluctantly supported by U.S.; U.S. sought Villa's submission due to terrorism - eventually assassinated; Wilson's policy highly unpopular






49. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US






50. Loose interpretation allowed for implied powers of Congress (such as the National Bank) - strict interpretation implied few powers to Congress