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AP U.S. History

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






2. Due to parents unhappy with encouraged segregation of schools - Supreme Court instituted forced busing policies (using school buses as a method of integration)






3. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - banned child labor - established minimum wage






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






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






6. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






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






8. Government ensured readjustment rights to GIs after WWI unrest - loans to veterans for higher education and mortgages (contributed to economic prosperity)






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






10. All English subjects are represented in Parliament - including those not allowed to vote






11. Civil Rights Act of 1875 declared unconstitutional by Supreme Court - as the fourteenth amendment protected people from governmental infringement of rights and had no effect on acts of private citizens






12. Roosevelt and Pinchot sided on conservation rather than preservation (planned and regulated use of forest lands for public and commercial uses)






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






14. 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)






15. 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






16. Stated the United States was destined to span the breadth of the entire continent with as much land as possible - advocated by Polk






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






18. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control






19. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion






20. 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






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






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






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






24. Mass production of the Model-T - workers as potential consumers (raise wages) - supported other industries and raised employment

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25. 'Trustbuster' (busted twice as many as Roosevelt) - conservation and irrigation efforts - Postal Savings Bank System - Payne-Aldrich Tariff (reduction of tariff - caused Republican split)






26. 8000 businesses collapsed (including railroads); due to stock market crash - overbuilding of railroads - heavy farmer loans - economic disruption by labor efforts - agricultural depression; decrease of gold reserves led to Cleveland's repeal of Sherm






27. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements






28. Lowering of income taxes for wealthy (trickle-down economics) - refusal to create higher prices to help farmers (McNary-Haugen Bill)






29. Agricultural depression as precursor to the depression; unheeded omen of problems in the economic structure (prices too low — too much supply for the demand)






30. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians






31. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle






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






33. Reagan called the Soviet Union an 'evil empire'; Korean passenger plane shot down near Moscow (increased anti-Soviet rhetoric); Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI) used space-based lasers as defense from nuclear attack

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






35. Unprecedented sudden growth spurt of American population (especially urban and suburban areas)

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36. Paper money; specie circular decreed that the government would not accept specie for government land






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






38. Settlers to pay the expenses of a servant's voyage and be granted land for each person they brought over; headright system






39. Pushed through northern Georgia - captured Atlanta - 'march to the sea' (total war and destruction) - proceeded to South Carolina






40. Increased already high rate of inflation by quadrupling the price of crude oil






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






42. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners






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






44. United States aided South Vietnam in its war of power struggle against North Vietnam - the Vietcong - USSR - and China






45. 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






46. Part of Nixon's tri-faceted plan to honorably remove troops from Vietnam; wean the South Vietnamese off of American support - gradually reducing number of American troops present






47. Upheld constitutionality of Espionage Act; Congress right to limit free speech during times of war






48. Advocated by Roger Sherman - proposed two independently-voting senators per state and representation in the House based on population






49. John Marshall declared that the Supreme Court could declare federal laws unconstitutional






50. Unconstitutionalized the NRA due to delegation of legislative authority from Congress to executive