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AP U.S. History
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AP U.S. History
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1. Opposed to all immigration - strongly anti-Catholic

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

3. Installed Shah as dictator - overthrew Moussadegh (communist interests) - in order to resist nationalization British oil holdings

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

5. Southern Christian Leadership Conference - Led boycott - became leader of civil rights movement; urged nonviolent resistance (cf. tactics of Ghandi);

6. Proslavery constitution in Kansas - supported by Buchanan - freesoilers against it (victorious) - denied statehood until after secession

7. Raised tariffs extremely high on manufactured goods; benefited domestic manufacturers - but limited foreign trade

8. Fear of Japanese-Americans as traitors - sent off (by law) to internment camps; removal of deemed threats in military areas

9. Ended the Dominion of New England - gave power back to colonies

10. Group of Bostonians in opposition to the Stamp Act - sought to drive stamp distributors from the city

11. Argued that states had the right to determine whether or not the laws passed by Congress were constitutional

12. Activist government to serve all citizens (cf. Alexander Hamilton); founded New Republic magazine

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

14. Led Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters: threatened a siege on DC if FDR did not agree to end discrimination in military

15. Executed for leaking atomic secrets to Soviets - avowed communists

16. Created the Wisconsin Idea (as governor of Wisconsin) — regulated railroad - direct-primary system - increased corporate taxes - reference library for lawmakers

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

18. Response to Berlin crisis - warned Moscow that threats would be answered with force; Warsaw Pact formed by Soviets in response

19. Strong patriotism and need to conform to try to avoid blame during red scare - non-churchgoers - unmarried - and critics suspected as communists

20. Introduced work ethic to Jamestown colony - sanitation - diplomat to local Native American tribes; had fought Spanish and Turks

21. 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

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

23. Banned racial discrimination in federal practices; To Secure These Rights called for desegregation - anti-lynching - end of poll taxes

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

25. Hired to photograph ordinary Americans experiencing the depression