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AP U.S. History

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1. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North






2. Provided country with a break from partisan politics - Missouri Compromise - issued Monroe Doctrine






3. Strong central government provided by power divided between state and national governments - checks and balances - amendable constitution






4. 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.


5. Depicted the evils of slavery (splitting of families and physical abuse); increased participation in abolitionist movement - condemned by South


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






8. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation






9. Anti-Federalists wanted states' rights - bill of rights - unanimous consent - reference to religion - more power to less-rich and common people; Federalists wanted strong central government - more power to experienced - separation of church and state






10. Prejudiced jury sentenced them to death - caused riots around the world - new trial denied






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






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






13. 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


14. Despite near-guaranteed second term - campaign workers burglarized Democratic offices - cover-up unsuccessful - resigned to avoid impeachment






15. One country that falls into communism will cause surrounding nations to also fall 'like dominos'; spurred by Southeast Asia regimes (esp. Vietnam)






16. Fought for human rights in Africa - Panama Canal returned to Panama - relations with China resolved






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






18. 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






19. Radical Calvinists against the Church of England; Separatists (Pilgrims) argued for a break from the Church of England - led the Mayflower - and established the settlement at Plymouth






20. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






21. Rise in stock prices and speculation - decline of construction industry - mistaken 'trickle-down' economics - reliance on credit






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






23. Jackson used personal friends as unofficial advisors over his official cabinet






24. Needed to protect new Pacific acquisitions - U.S. took over the project from the French after overcoming Clatyton¬ Bulwer Treaty (prohibited exclusive control of canal) with the Hay¬ Pauncefote Treaty






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






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






27. Slaves could not sue in federal courts (blacks no longer considered citizens) - slaves could not be taken from masters except by the law - Missouri Compromise unconstitutional - Congress not able to prohibit slavery in a state






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






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






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






31. Soviet leader undergoing tensions on superpower and domestic level






32. Nixon agreed with USSR to achieve nuclear equality rather than the superiority that threatened the destruction of the world; further reduced tensions between the two countries






33. Secretly sponsored peace negotiations so as to prevent Japanese or Russian monopoly on Asia; concerned with safety of Philippines






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






35. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






36. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






37. Americans concerned with economic depression; sought to avoid European involvement - no apparent immediate threats






38. Remainder of Florida sold by Spain to US - boundary of Mexico defined






39. Support people oppressed by communism and non-democratic governments; worked with democratic governments in Greece - Turkey - and Israel






40. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






41. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'


42. National Liberation Front - guerilla militia from south Vietnam fighting alongside the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam)






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






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






45. Emphasis on human reason - logic - and science (acquired - not nascent - knowledge); increased followers of Christianity






46. Founded by Emerson - strong emphasis on spiritual unity (God - humanity - and nature) - literature with strong references to nature






47. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit






48. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






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






50. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city