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AP U.S. History

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1. Worked towards asylums for the mentally insane - worked alongside Mann






2. In reaction to the Boston Tea Party; closing of Boston Harbor - revocation of Massachusetts charter (power to governor) - murder in the name of royal authority would be tried in England or another colony






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






4. Formed by white progressives - adopted goals of Niagara Movement - in response to Springfield Race Riots






5. FDR and Churchill agreed to defeat Germany first rather than concentrate on Japan






6. Written by Calhoun - regarding tariff nullification






7. Another part of Nixon's out-of-Vietnam plan - destroy supply routes to North Vietnam through Cambodia






8. Capitalism would become productive when uninhibited by taxes and regulation






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

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10. Founded by Betty Friedan - Bella Abzug - and Aileen Hernandez; lobbied for equal opportunity where the EEOC was lacking (gender discrimination); lawsuits and mobilization of public opinion






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






12. Allowed sale of weaponry to democracies on 'cash-and-carry' basis - avoided full-blown war; danger zones proclaimed; solved American unemployment crisis






13. Attacked people for being communist by association and unsubstantiated claims - against Truman - Marshall - and Ike; downfall came with attack on the military (condemned by Senate); led hysteria of the red scare






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






15. 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






16. Editor of The Liberator (strongly abolitionist newspaper calling for immediate abolition of slavery) - fought for feminist movement ('Am I not a woman and a sister' picture of slave woman)






17. Proposed by Hamilton to repair war debts; selling of securities and federal lands - assumption of state debts - set up the first National Bank






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






19. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings






20. Cherokees - Choctaws - Creeks - Chickasaws - and Seminoles; 'civilized' due to their intermarriage with whites - forced out of their homelands by expansion






21. Prohibited testing of nuclear bombs above ground to slow the nuclear arms race and the release of nuclear fallout into the atmosphere






22. 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'






23. Nixon's domestic policy; federal revenues shared with states (revenue sharing) - minimum income proposed






24. Congressional support to raid houses of radicals believed to have connections to communism






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






26. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






27. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






28. The two political parties that formed following Washington's presidency; Federalists for stronger central government - Republicans for stronger state governments






29. Won battles in the West and raised northern morale (esp. Shiloh - Fort Henry - and Fort Donelson) - made Union commanding general






30. Americans could now spend what they had been told to save during the war (disposable income); increased purchasing of luxury items






31. Decision under Sherman Anti-Trust Act shot down by Supreme Court — sugar refining was manufacturing rather than trade/commerce






32. Stock prices fell drastically; without buyers - the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes - &c.






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






34. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional






35. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






36. Uncovered the 'dirt' on corruption and harsh quality of city/working life; heavily criticized by Theodore Roosevelt; Ida Tarabell (oil companies) - David Graham Phillips (Senate) - Aschen School (child labor — photography) - mass magazines McClure's






37. Black veteran escorted to be enrolled in Univ. of Miss. by military (school reluctant - cf. Little Rock Nine)






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






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






40. Abolished national origins quotas - dramatically increased immigration (especially from Asia and Latin America)






41. First permanent English settlement in the Americas (1607) - along James River






42. Attacked public figures (Hollywood - New-Dealers - liberals) to root out communist spies






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






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






45. First African-American in major league baseball






46. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives






47. Americans feared Soviet infiltration into Latin America - placed secret police and military forces to prevent it






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






49. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)






50. Fought for women's rights and abolition - 'Men and women are CREATED EQUAL!'