AP U.S. History
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1. Proclamation of 1793 response to French attempts for alliance with US

2. Planes hijacked by terrorists for destruction; blame pinned on Al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden - sought out in attempt to completely destroy terrorism

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

4. 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

5. Black rights leader - heavily influenced by Malcolm X (advocated black separatism rather than integration)

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

7. Roosevelt and Pinchot sided on conservation rather than preservation (planned and regulated use of forest lands for public and commercial uses)

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

9. Gorbachev decreased nuclear arsenals - Communist Party lost power - Boris Yeltsin (president of Russian Republic) led Muscovites to take control

10. Tax cuts to increase population spending (help economy) - drastic cutting back on government programs due to lack of funds

11. First African-American in major league baseball

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

13. Peaceful destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor by colonists disguised as Indians

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

15. The Union planned a blockade that would not allow supplies of any sort into the Confederacy; control the Mississippi and Atlantic/Gulf of Mexico

16. Established world organization; Soviet Union pledged to allow democratic procedures in Eastern Europe; pledge broken - led to Cold War

17. 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

18. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence

19. Marbury v. Madison (judicial review) - McChulloch v. Maryland (loose Constitutional interpretation - constitutionality of National Bank - states cannot control government agencies) - Gibbons v. Ogden (interstate commerce controlled by Congress) - Fle

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

21. British passenger liner secretly carrying ammunition sunk by German u-boat - included American passengers

22. Victorian standards confined women to the home to create an artistic environment as a statement of cultural aspirations

23. 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

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

25. Powerful speaker - toured the country and inspired many into Christianity