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AP U.S. History

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1. Bicameral congressional representation based on population






2. 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






3. Only English and American ships allowed to colonial ports; dissent began in 1763






4. Dance music - slave spirituals adapted into improvisation and ragtime; jazz migrated along with blacks in the Great Migration






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






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






7. South to gain removal of last troops from Reconstruction; North wins Hayes as president






8. Over Senate seat for Illinois (Douglas victor) - Lincoln stated the country could not remain split over the issue of slavery






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






10. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - prevented extreme competition - labor management disputes - and over-production; federally coordinated consensus of business leaders (Hugh Johnson) to regulate businesses (wages - limits - working condit






11. Fines and imprisonment for aiding the enemy or hindering U.S. military; forbade any form of criticism of the government and military






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






13. Germany announced that it would sink all (including American) ships - attempt to involve U.S. in war






14. Created in 1961 as example of liberal anticommunism in third world countries; 'reform-minded missionaries of democracy'






15. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)






16. Part of 'First' New Deal Program - subsidies to farmers to decrease production and thus increase prices






17. First African-American in major league baseball






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






19. Removal of Saddam Hussein - 2003 - Iran - Iraq - and North Korea designated as the 'axis of evil -' institution of democratic government in Iraq to replace Hussein's dictatorship (return to spread and protection of democracy throughout the world - mo






20. President has power to cease trade with any foreign country that violated American neutrality

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21. (free speech movement) Youth activists (often liberal arts students) spoke out against Vietnam War - supported widespread liberalization

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22. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression






23. 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






24. 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






25. New Englanders who did not wish to relate their conversion experiences could become half-way saints so that their children would be able to have the opportunity to be saints






26. Jane Addams's pioneer settlement house (center for women's activism and social reform) in Chicago






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






28. American hostages taken by US hating Shiites upon Shah's flight from uprising - botched rescue attempts






29. Agreement between US and Britain to remove armed fleets from the Great Lakes






30. Helped approval ratings - not removed from office despite all the efforts of Republican congressmen






31. Destroyed by Jackson on the grounds that it was unconstitutional and too much power for a federal institution






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






33. Small state banks set up by Jackson to keep federal funds out of the National Bank - used until funds were consolidated into a single treasury






34. Founded by Uriah Stephens (1869); excluded corrupt and well-off; equal female pay - end to child/convict labor - employer-employee relations - proportional income tax; 'bread and butter' unionism (higher wages - shorter hours - better conditions)






35. For women's rights - organized by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton - modeled requests after the Declaration of Independence






36. Exempted those who owned or oversaw twenty or more slaves from service in the Confederate Army; 'rich man's war but a poor man's fight'






37. Scholarly - welfare-reform - 'Contract with America -' impeachment over Monica Lewinski Scandal - War in Kosovo






38. Unemployment jitters; expelled Teamster union (resorted to gangsterism); height of power of workers' unions






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






40. 'Southern Strategy' lured many southern Democrats to the Republican party (esp. due to southern opposition to Civil Rights Act of 1964)






41. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - hydroelectric power to river valley; brought social and economic development to very poor area






42. Gore promising with experience - Bush appealing by family influence and plans for presidency (tax cuts - education reform - defense - &c.)






43. Search warrants on shipping to reduce smuggling; challenged by James Otis






44. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check






45. Midway (US Signal Corps - turning point of war in the Pacific) - D-Day (Eisenhower's amphibious invasion of Normandy - led to depletion of German forces) - Stalingrad (Russians defeated Germans - saved Moscow and Leningrad - turning point in Europe)






46. 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)






47. Law meant to evolve as society evolves - opposed conservative majority






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






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






50. Believed to provide shortcut from Atlantic to Pacific - searched for by Giovanni de Verrazano for Francis I in the race to Asian wealth