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AP U.S. History

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






2. Often debtors sold to slave traders by African kings seeking riches; Columbian Exchange






3. British citizenship outnumbered colonies' - large navy and professional army; exhausted resources (Hessians hired) - national debt






4. Belligerent nationalism against other threatening nations






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






6. Father Charles Coughlin (benefited only wealthy people and corporations) - Huey Long ('share our wealth') - Francis Townshend (Old Age Revolving Pension)






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






8. Part of 'Second' New Deal Programs (1935-1938) - used withheld money from payrolls to provide aid to the unemployed - industrial accident victims - and young mothers; principle of government responsibility for social welfare






9. Former French subjects in Canada allowed to keep Catholicism - while American colonists expected to participate in the Church of England






10. Republican candidate for president in 1884 - quintessence of spoils system; highly disgusted the mugwumps (many Republicans turned to Democrat Cleveland)






11. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






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






13. 'Rotation in office;' Jackson felt that one should spend a single term in office and return to private citizenship - those who held power too long would become corrupt and political appointments made by new officials was essential for democracy






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






15. Republican - popular hero of WWII; 'dynamic conservatism' as a middle ground btw. Rep. and Dem.; Interstate Highway System (ulterior motive of weapons transportation); St. Lawrence Seaway opened Great Lakes to Atlantic Ocean via locks; Depts. Of Heal






16. Private property subject to government regulation when property is devoted to public interest; against railroads






17. 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)






18. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response






19. Full American independence - territory west of Appalachian ceded to America - loyalists to be compensated for seized property - fishing rights off of Newfoundland






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






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






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






23. Black Muslim worked to raise black spirits and pride (cf. Marcus Garvey); emphasized black institutions rather than mere desegregation - blacks to gain freedom at any cost






24. Gorbachev announced Soviet withdrawal of power from all of Eastern Europe - including Berlin (wall torn down - free movement - &c.)






25. Young women employed by Lowell's textile company - housed in dormitories






26. First attempt of Cherokees to gain complete sovereign rule over their nation






27. 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






28. Military hero from War of 1812; elected president 1840 - died of pneumonia a month later - gave presidency to Tyler






29. In Brook Farm Community - literary nationalist - transcendentalist (nascent ideas of God and freedom) - wrote 'The American Scholar'






30. (peace btw Egypt and Israel) Followed years of tension - Israel would leave newly acquired lands from war - Egypt would respect Israel's other land claims; accords not completely followed - Sadat (Egypt) assassinated






31. September 1949 - US no longer held monopoly; two atomic powers






32. Selective Service Act to require men to register with few exceptions; women and blacks drafted/enlisted - highly successful






33. 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)






34. 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'






35. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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36. Equal representation in unicameral congress






37. Colonies proposed colonial confederation under lighter British rule (crown-appointed president - 'Grand Council'); never took effect






38. Commission on civil rights to attempt to guarantee the ballot to blacks; showed government's changing views of race relations






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






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






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






42. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery






43. Federal government to increase power over economy and society by means of progressive reforms - developed by Roosevelt (after presidency)






44. Sewer systems and purification of water






45. 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)






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






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






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






49. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures






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

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