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AP U.S. History

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1. Nonviolent protest to college students (NC) being refused lunch service; part of 'sit-in' movement to integrate all aspects of life (hotels - entertainment - &c.)






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






3. Denounced the 'housewife trap' which caused educated women to hold even themselves inferior to men






4. 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)






5. Similar to Navigation; raised money to pay colonial officials by American taxes; led to Boston boycott of English luxuries






6. 'I have a dream' 25 -000 people (including whites) convened for political rally - MLK's speech to historical event; attempted to push civil rights bill through Congress






7. Stressed role of church and religion to improve city life - led by preachers Walter Raushenbusch and Washington Gladen; influenced settlement house movement and Salvation Army






8. Banned racial discrimination and segregation (public) - bias by federal government; enforced by Equal Employment Opportunity Commission






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






10. 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






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






12. John Noyes - New York; utopian society for communalism - perfectionism - and complex marriage






13. American who settled in Texas - one of the leaders for Texan independence from Mexico






14. Taught American landscape painting rather than Classical subjects






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






16. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies






17. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence






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






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






20. Economic prosperity of American society following WWII; doubling of national income - jobs to women - defense industry's support of economy


21. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);






22. 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






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






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






25. Satirized wealthy captains of industry - workers and engineers as better leaders of society






26. First Utopian society - by Robert Owen






27. New generation of writers outside of Protestantism - resentment of ideals betrayed by society; Fitzgerald (despised materialism - Great Gatsby) - Hemingway (disillusionment - war experience) - Lewis (against upper class — Babbit and Mainstreet) - Fau


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






29. US - Britain - Japan - France - and Italy to reduce naval tonnage and halt construction for 10 years; US and Japan to respect Pacific territorial holdings - Kellog-Briand Pact to 'outlaw war'






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






31. 10-year moratorium on Chinese immigration to reduce competition for jobs (Chinese willing to work for cheap salaries)






32. Attacked industrial elite - called for business regulation - publisher refused works breaking with Victorian ideals






33. Heavily evangelized to the point there were no more people left to convert to other religions - upstate New York - home to the beginning of Smith's Mormonism movement






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






35. Maine as free state - Missouri as slave state - slavery prohibited north of 36°30'






36. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine






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






38. Edmond Genet contributed to polarization of the new nation by creating his American Foreign Legion in the south - which was directed to attack Spanish garrisons in New Orleans and St. Augustine






39. The principle that a state should decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery






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






41. Admiral Dewey defeated Spanish initially; American troops (aided by Aguinaldo's insurgents) captured Manila - leading to annexation






42. Conservatives like Reagan benefited from denouncing the New Left and excessive antiwar protests; gave him political prominence






43. Head of federal Division of Forestry - contributed to Roosevelt's natural conservation efforts






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






45. U.S. felt it was its duty to 'watch out' for the interests of other countries in the Western hemisphere; provided justification for invasions of Latin America.






46. Supported by women and churches - instituted by Volstead Act - lacked enforcement; bootlegging and speakeasies - Al Capone and John Dillinger — gangsters and organized crime (casual breaking of the law)






47. Believed in expanding federal power on economy - encouraged industrial development; could only gain power on the local level - led by Henry Clay (anti-Jackson)






48. 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






49. Federalist cause leading up to Hartford Convention






50. Roosevelt's plan that aimed to regulate corporations (Anthracite coal strike - Dept. of Commerce and Labor - Elkins and Hepburn Acts) - protect consumers (meat sanitation) - and conserve natural resources (Newlands Reclamation Act)