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AP U.S. History

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1. Racism riots against Mexican laborers (imported for jobs)






2. Achieved an abnormal rise in class system (steel industry) - pioneered vertical integration (controlled Mesabie Range to ship ore to Pittsburgh) - opposed monopolies - used partnership of steel tycoons (Henry Clay Frick as a manager/partner) - Bessem






3. 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)






4. Allowed Parliament to completely legislate over the colonies - limited colonists' say






5. 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






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






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






8. Guerilla army sponsored by CIA to attack procommunist revolutionaries in Nicaragua; fear of another Vietnam






9. Cherokee tribe forced to move from southern Appalachians to reservations in current-day Oklahoma - high death toll

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10. Southern states (especially South Carolina) believed that they had the right to judge federal laws unconstitutional and therefore not enforce them






11. Pushed for Assumption (federal government to assume state debts) - pushed creation of the National Bank (most controversial) - loose interpretation of Constitution - leader of Federalist Party






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






13. Prohibited settlements west of Appalachian - restriction on colonial growth






14. First female cabinet member






15. States joined for foreign affairs - Congress reigned supreme (lacked executive and judicial) - one vote per state - 2/3 vote for bills - unanimous for amendments; too much power to states - unable to regulate commerce or taxes






16. Craft unions that left the Knights (1886) - led by Gompers - women left out of recruitment efforts






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






18. Oregon Territory owned jointly with Britain - Polk severed its tie to Britain - forced to settle for compromise south of 49° rather than 54°40'

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






21. River traffic - road building - canals (esp. Erie) - rise of NYC






22. Established federal district courts that followed local procedures - Supreme Court had final jurisdiction; compromise between nationalists and advocates for states' rights






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






24. Supreme Court legalized the 'separate but equal' philosophy






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






26. Written anonymously by Hamilton - Jay - and Madison; commentary on Constitution - republicanism extended over large territory






27. Congress could tax imports but not exports






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






29. Pop art - mass production of art by screening






30. Mao Zedong (communist) defeated nationalist forces of Kai-Shek (supported by US); seen as defeat for US - not officially fully recognized until 1973






31. Standard Oil Company - Ruthless business tactics (survival of the fittest)






32. Democratic political machine in NYC - 'supported' immigrants and poor people of the city - who were needed for Democratic election victories






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






34. Proponent of gradual gain of equal rights for African-Americans






35. British Navy would take American sailors and force them to work for Britain






36. Douglas was able to reconcile the Dred Scott Decision with popular sovereignty; voters would be able to exclude slavery by not allowing laws that treated slaves as property






37. 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






38. Judiciary Reorganization Bill; FDR's attempt to put in extra judges who would support him without doubt






39. Government would hold its revenues rather than deposit them in banks - thus keeping the funds away from private corporations; 'America's Second Declaration of Independence'






40. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic






41. 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






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






43. Halted sale of tribal lands - enabled tribes to regain unallocated lands; repealed Dawes Severalty Act of 1887; helped secure Indians' entry into New Deal associations; led by John Collier






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






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






46. LBJ's flood of proposals to Congress for the beautification and amelioration of American society (War on Poverty - Medicare - public education spending - public television (PBS) - National Endowments for the Humanities and Arts (NEH - NEA))

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47. 'Corrupt bargain' and backroom deal for JQ Adams to win over Jackson






48. Preservation of New Deal - attempt at additions; raised minimum wage - public housing - old-age insurance extension - agricultural price supports (lowering of farm price)






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






50. 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)