AP U.S. History
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AP U.S. History
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1. Symbol of women workers during the war

2. Founded by William Sylvis (1866); supported 8-hour workday - convict labor - federal department of labor - banking reform - immigration restrictions to increase wages - women; excluded blacks

3. Nixon agreed with USSR to achieve nuclear equality rather than the superiority that threatened the destruction of the world; further reduced tensions between the two countries

4. Efficient working methods to increase productivity; usually resulted in lower wages (hated by workers) - power to managers

5. No further introduction of slaves into Missouri - all children born to slaves to become free at 25

6. Philosophy that deficit spending during a depression would increase purchasing power and stimulate economy; FDR disagreed with the policy at first and borrowed money to cover deficits

7. Electric light - phonograph - mimeograph - Dictaphone - moving pictures

8. Brown aimed to create an armed slave rebellion and establish black free state; Brown executed and became martyr in the North

9. Georgia cannot enforce American laws on Indian tribes

10. Supported expanded money supply - health/safety regulations - benefits for workers and farmers - granger (farmer)-supported

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

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

13. Society naturally punishes criminals indiscriminantly

14. North African Muslim rulers solved budget problems through piracy and tributes in Mediterranean - obtained fees from most European powers

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

16. Elvis Presley - Marilyn Monroe - James Dean - Beatniks — rebelled against conservative conformity of the rest of the country (esp. targeted youth)

17. Parliament took minor actions in the colonies - allowing them to experiment with and become accustomed to self-government - international trade agreements

18. Democratic candidate 1912 - stood for antitrust - monetary change - and tariff reduction; far less active than Roosevelt - Clayton Anti-trust Act (to enforce Sherman) - Child Labor Act

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

20. Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot; focus on stagnancy of economy and problems of middle class (Clinton)

21. James G. Blaine sought to open up Latin American markets to the U.S.; rejected by Latin America due to fear of U.S. dominance and satisfaction with European market

22. Monroe presidency - national unity behind Monroe - post-war boom (foreign demand for cotton - grain - and tobacco) - Depression of 1819 (cheap British imports - tightened credit - affected West the most)

23. Natural selection applied to human competition - advocated by Herbert Spencer - William Graham Sumner

24. Runaway slaves could be caught in the North and be brought back to their masters (they were treated as property — running away was as good as stealing)

25. Intercepted by Britain; Germany proposed alliance with Mexico - using bribe of return of TX - NM - and AZ; Japan included in alliance