AP U.S. History
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1. Detectives hired by employers as private police force - often used to end strikes

2. Another black separatist movement; known for peaceful demonstrations - but more for police shootouts

3. John Brown and his sons slaughtered five men as a response to the election fraud in Lawrence and the caning of Sumner in Congress

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

5. Strong central government provided by power divided between state and national governments - checks and balances - amendable constitution

6. Most numerous in New England - fought for independence

7. Part of transportation revolution - from Cumberland MD to Wheeling WVa - toll road network; stimulated Western expansion

8. Mass migration northward; mainly blacks migrating from the southern states into the north hoping for less discrimination

9. First shots are fired at Charleston - North Carolina

10. Considered a hero for his solo crossing of the Atlantic by plane

11. Vetoed by Jackson on the count that government funds for the Maysville Road would only benefit one state

12. Family farmers who hired out slaves for the harvest season - self-sufficient - participated in local markets alongside slave owners

13. Single tax on speculated land to ameliorate industrialization misery

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

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

16. Symbol of women workers during the war

17. Challenged New Englanders to completely separate Church from State - as the State would corrupt the church

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

19. William and Mary kicked James II out of England (exiled into France) - allowed more power to the legislatures

20. CIA attempt to institute Cuban support to overthrow Castro; cover-up uncovered - became representation of Cuban resistance to American aggression

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

22. Desegregation (Brown v. Board of Ed) - rights of the accused (Miranda v. Arizona) - voting reforms (Wesberry v. Sanders - Reynolds v. Sims - Katzenbach v Morgan)

23. 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

24. South divided into 5 military districts; states to guarantee full suffrage for blacks; ratify 14th amendment

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