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AP U.S. History

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1. Worked alongside Josiah Henson to make repeated trips to get slaves out of the South into freedom






2. Helped lead settlement house movement - co-founded NAACP - condemned war and poverty






3. 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)






4. Belief in minimal government so as to allow the people their own free reign - lower taxes to stimulate economy - &c.






5. Highest peacetime deficit in US history (due to lower tax rates for high-income taxpayers - spent too much money attempting to reduce price supports to farmers)






6. Foundation for self-government laid out by the first Massachusetts settlers before arriving on land






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






8. Despite CIA-sponsored Soviet resistance - Afghanistan taken by Soviet Union; ended detente between USSR and US






9. Emerged from Farmers' Alliance movement (when subtreasury plan was defeated in Congress) - denounced Eastern Establishment that suppressed the working classes; Ignatius Donnelly (utopian author) - Mary E Lease - Jerry Simpson






10. Part of 'First' New Deal Program (1933-1935) - Harold Icicles - provided public construction projects






11. Drastic cutbacks in regulation of business by the federal government (banks - transportation - communications






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






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






14. Protected rights of individual from the power of the central government






15. Interracial group of protestors who aimed to dramatize the violations of the call for desegregation; harsh treatment by southern whites provoked Kennedy to more strictly enforce desegregation






16. Ensured trade with mother country - nationalism; too restrictive on colonial economy - not voted on by colonists






17. '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






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






19. 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






20. Reluctant to give colonists their own government - preferred to appoint royal governors






21. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession






22. Formed in response to Kansas-Nebraska Act - banned in the South - John C Fremont first presidential candidate






23. 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






24. Attempted to centralize production of war materials; ineffective due to American desire for laissez-faire government






25. Worked to reform the American education system - abolitionist - prison/asylum reform with Dorothea Dix






26. States could refuse to enforce the federal laws they deemed unconstitutional






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






28. 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)






29. Clay and Calhoun - eager for war with Britain (War of 1812)






30. First female cabinet member






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






32. Emphasized importance of private charities to help the depression

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33. American general Horatio Gates was victorious over British general Burgoyne






34. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas






35. Opposed to slavery and secession - but stayed loyal to Virginia - despite offer for command of Union Army






36. Stronger union of states - equal and population-based representation - simple majority vote (with presidential veto) - regulation of foreign and interstate commerce - execution by president - power to enact taxes - federal courts - easier amendment p






37. Decisive victory to Reagan due to his appeal over Carter (now unpopular due to lack of success in the presidency






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






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






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






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

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42. McKinley reluctant; armed intervention to free Cuba from Spain; Roosevelt's 'Rough Riders' made attack on Spanish at Cuba






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






44. Organized and controlled resistance against Parliamentary acts in less violent ways (strength of martyrdom) - advocated nonimportation






45. Challenged New England Calvinist ministers' authority - as they taught the good works for salvation of Catholicism






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






47. Lee's chief lieutenant and premier cavalry officer

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48. Reduced quota - reduced numbers from eastern and southern Europe - Asians banned - Canadians and Latin Americans exempt






49. 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






50. 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