AP U.S. History
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1. Veterans from WWI sought their pensions before they were too old to use them; they were denied and were run out of Washington (violently - by MacArthur)

2. Fair amount of troops - short guerilla tactics - strong leaders (Washington); nonprofessional army that could not handle long battles

3. Protestant church led by the king of England - independent of Catholic Church; tended toward Catholicism during reign of Catholic royalty

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

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

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

7. Prohibited discrimination in any government-related work; increased black employment

8. In Brook Farm Community - lived in seclusion for two years writing Walden and On Civil Disobedience - proved that man could provide for himself without materialistic wants

9. 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)

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

11. Through CIO - led three coal mine strikes (some of the very few strikes during the time period)

12. Overthrew Pres. Guzman after he nationalized American fruit fields and accepted arms from USSR (communist sympathies)

13. Equal representation in unicameral congress

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

15. Foundation for First Amendment - offered free choice of religion - not influenced by state

16. American commander-in-chief; first president - set precedents for future presidents - put down Whiskey Rebellion (enforced Whiskey Tax) - managed first presidential cabinet - carefully used power of executive to avoid monarchial style rule

17. Taxes on all legal documents to support British troops - not approved by colonists through their representatives

18. 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

19. First president to show positive response to civil rights movement; worked heavily on keeping Soviet spread of communism in check

20. Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald (hated his anti-Cuban policies); LBJ instituted Warren Commission to investigate assassination (headed by Chief Justice Earl Warren)

21. US provided financial assistance to recover economies in Europe; aimed towards anti-communist governments in France - Italy - and Germany; Eastern European nations prohibited from receiving help from US

22. Writing took a more realistic approach on the world - regionalist writers focused on local life (Sarah Orne Jewett) - naturalist writers focused on economy and psychology (Stephen Crane)

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

24. Middle class; white flight from urban areas due to black migration; government supported insurance for homeowners and builders

25. (1) California admitted as free state - (2) territorial status and popular sovereignty of Utah and New Mexico - (3) resolution of Texas-New Mexico boundaries - (4) federal assumption of Texas debt - (5) slave trade abolished in DC - and (6) new fugit

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