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AP U.S. History
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1. British-occupied cities - new governments - fighting by any with experience - loaned money - African-Americans and Native Americans involved
American society during the Revolution
National Origins Act (1924)
Potsdam Conference (1945)
Rachel Carson - Silent Spring
2. Intervention in Mexican Revolution (Madero overthrew dictator Diaz) to overthrow Madero out of fear of property confiscation - General Huerta (seen as 'brute' by Wilson - sought new leader) replaced Madero
League of Nations
Moral Diplomacy
Marcus Garvey
Judiciary Act of 1789
3. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence
Herbert Croly - The Promise of American Life
Pocahontas
Whigs (Patriots)
The Federalist Papers
4. 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
Theodore Roosevelt
New Jersey Plan
Non-Intercourse Act
National Organization of Women
5. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks
Berlin Airlift
King James I - King Charles
Cuban Missile Crisis
John Smith
6. US ambassador to Russia - notified Truman of Soviet ambitions to expand empire and overthrow other political forces; established concern for Soviet policy in Eastern Europe - Germany - and the Middle East
Bush v. Gore (2000)
Tories (Loyalists)
George Kennan
WEB DuBois - Souls of Black Folk
7. Anti-communist crusades due to fear of radicalism spurred by Bolshevik rebellion
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8. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists
Nativism
Rosenbergs
Martin Luther King Jr.
Berlin Airlift
9. 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
Tallmadge Amendment
Tet Offensive (1968)
Colonial strengths and weaknesses
Jackie Robinson
10. Political muckraking cartoonist - refused bribes to stop criticism
'Silent Majority'
Public Works Administration (PWA)
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Nast
11. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt
Frances Perkins - Secretary of Labor
South Carolina Exposition and Protest
Boston Tea Party
Court Packing
12. Allowed for faster processing of cotton - invented by Eli Whitney - less need for slaves
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Lodge Reservations
Karl Marx Das Kapital
Cotton Gin
13. Ex-Lincoln secretary; worked to gain Open Door Notes' acceptance from the major powers
Tet Offensive (1968)
Secretary of State John Hay
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Federal Reserve Act
14. Nixon led movement to Hiss's indictment; convicted of perjury - Nixon gained national prominence
Bush v. Gore (2000)
John Smith
Tet Offensive (1968)
Richard Nixon - Alger Hiss
15. Organize militia - end trade with Britain - refuse to pay taxes to Britain
Stamp Act Congress
Suffolk Resolves
California Gold Rush
Wilson's 14 points
16. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants
Cotton Gin
GI Bill of Rights
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
Henry David Thoreau
17. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)
California Gold Rush
Regionalist and naturalist writers
Thorstein Veblen - The Theory of the Leisure Class
Conformity in the 1950s
18. FDR asked for increased authority to aid Britain; freedom of speech/expression - of religion - from want - from fear; resulted in Lend-Lease
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19. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)
1992 Election
Federalism
Virtual Representation
Japanese internment
20. Mandated the toleration of all Christian denominations in Maryland - even though Maryland was founded for Catholics (but majority was protestant)
Maysville Road Veto
Maryland Act of Religious Toleration (1649
Theodore Roosevelt
'Gentlemen's Agreement' (1908)
21. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.
Conservatism
Impact of LBJ's Vietnam decision on 1968 election
Little Rock Crisis (1957)
Energy Crisis - OPEC
22. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba
Spanish American War (1898)
Macon's Bill No. 2
Creel Committee
Coxey's Army
23. First attempt of Cherokees to gain complete sovereign rule over their nation
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
The Enlightenment
Bull Moose Party
Dred Scott v. Sandford
24. French foreign minister (Talleyrand) demanded bribe in order to meet with American peace commission - made Adams unpopular among the people
XYZ Affair
Marshall Plan
Critics of FDR
Jackson's Presidency
25. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)
Tammany Hall
Civil Rights Acts of 1957 and 1960
Fair Deal
George Whitefield
26. Accomplished great number of relief - recovery - and reform efforts; sought practical solutions to the problems by experimentation
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27. 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)
Battle of Yorktown
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tallmadge Amendment
Sputnik
28. Religious movements - traveling 'meetings -' rise of Baptist and Methodist ministries; Charles G. Finney
Navigation Acts
Second Great Awakening
Panama Canal
George Washington
29. Detente achieved with USSR and China by withdrawal from Vietnam; realpolitik shed the use of doctrines and policies - instead using China and USSR in alternative ways to achieve other goals (pitting China and USSR against each other - as communist na
Pearl Harbor
Consumerism
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Detente - realpolitik
30. Supported abolition - broke off of Anti-Slavery Society
Liberty Party
Suffolk Resolves
Lecompton Constitution
Indian Removal Act
31. 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)
Stephen Austin
Bonus Army
Monroe Doctrine
United States vs. EC Knight Company
32. Intended to save British East India Company from bankruptcy - could sell directly to consumers rather than through wholesalers (lowered prices to compete with smuggled tea)
Tea Act (1773)
Salutary Neglect
William and Mary
Neutrality Acts - 1935-37
33. 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
Harriet Tubman
Cuban Missile Crisis
Conformity in the 1950s
Okies' and 'Arkies'
34. Hamilton praised efficient factories with few managers over many workers - promote emigration - employment opportunities - applications of technology
Compromise of 1877
James G. Blaine
Harpers Ferry (1859)
Report on Manufactures (tariffs)
35. Adams - Jefferson - and Burr: Adams lost - Jefferson and Burr tied - Hamilton convinced other Federalists to vote for Jefferson to break the tie
Election of 1800
Declaratory Act
Bank of the United States
Cuban Missile Crisis
36. 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)
Battle of Gettysburg
Immigration Act of 1965
Writs of Assistance
Theodore Dreiser - Sister Carrie - The Financier
37. Calvinist - devised concept of 'city on a hill' ('A Model of Christian Charity'); founded highly successful towns in Massachusetts Bay
Battle of Gettysburg
Kent State Protest
Tallmadge Amendment
John Winthrop
38. Fought for old Southern way of life (states' rights) - attempted to gain higher standing within Democratic party; aimed to deny Truman enough electoral votes to avoid his reelection by nominating Strom Thurmond (SC governor)
Bull Moose Party
Wilmot Proviso
Indian Removal Act
Dixiecrats - 1948
39. Gold discovery in Sutter's Mill in 1848 resulted in huge mass of adventurers in 1849 - led to application for statehood - opened question of slavery in the West
California Gold Rush
Articles of Confederation
Okies' and 'Arkies'
Tories (Loyalists)
40. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth
Declaratory Act
Peace Corps
Bracero program
Proclamation of 1763
41. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles
Citizen Genet
Burned-Over District
Jackson's Presidency
Colonial strengths and weaknesses
42. Last major battle; surrender of Cornwallis - led King George III to officially make peace with the colonies
Impressment
Battle of Yorktown
'Big BM' Haywood
Explosion of USS Maine
43. Forbade restraint of trade and did not distinguish good from bad trusts - ineffective due to lack of enforcement mechanism (waited for Clayton Anti-Trust Act)
David Riesman
William Henry Harrison
Conservative backlash against liberalism
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
44. Tried to rule as absolute monarchs without using Parliament - little to no sympathy for colonial legislatures
Immigration Act of 1965
Charles II - James II
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Lecompton Constitution
45. Court case - unconstitutionalized all state laws prohibiting women's rights to have an abortion performed during the first trimester of pregnancy
Roe v. Wade
Isolationism in 1920s & 1930s
Lewis and Clark expedition
The Half-Way Covenant
46. Fearing the rise of labor unions - corporations forced new employees to sign and promise not to be part of a union
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47. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers
George Wallace - American
Compromise of 1877
Frederick W. Taylor - Scientific Management
Pet banks
48. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil
National Labor Union
Thorstein Veblen - The Theory of the Leisure Class
Church of England
Energy Crisis - OPEC
49. Began by Edwards to return to Puritanism - increased overall religious involvement - gave women more active roles in religion - more and more ministers sprouted up throughout the country; mainly affected towns and cities
The Great Awakening
Court Packing
Gulf War - 'Operation Desert Storm' (1991)
Hudson River School
50. Politely demanded from the king a cease¬fire in Boston - repeal of Coercive Acts -. guarantee of American rights
Panic of 1819
Olive Branch Petition
Roe v. Wade
Report on Public Credit