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AP US History Important Dates Flashcards

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72206663501492Columbus comes to the Americas0
72206665741607Jamestown founded1
72206667981676Bacon's Rebellion & King Philip's War2
72206675651754-1763French & Indian/7 Years' War3
72206681691773-1774Boston Tea Party & Coercive/Intolerable Acts4
72206691931776Declaration of Independence5
72206695321783End of war of American Revolution6
72206699811787-1788Constitution created and ratified7
72206707441789-1797President George Washington8
72206715091797-1801President John Adams9
72206715101800Election of 180010
72206723411801-1809President Thomas Jefferson11
72206729201809-1817President James Madison12
72206731901812-1815War of 181213
72206733951819-1821Missouri Crisis and Compromise14
72206737921823Monroe Doctrine15
72206737931828Election of 182816
72206748711829-1837President Andrew Jackson17
72206752001831The Liberator's initial publication and Nat Turner Rebellion18
72206793631845-1849President James Polk19
72206799231846-1848Mexican War20
72206800731848Seneca Falls Convention21
72206803681854Kansas Nebraska Act22
72206806941860Election of 186023
72206810361861-1865President Abraham Lincoln & Civil War24
72206812721865Abolition of slavery/13th amendment ratified25
72206821771868Definition of citizenship & equal protection of the laws/14th amendment ratified26
72206828131870Black male suffrage/15th amendment ratified27
72206834031877Compromise of 1877, Great Railroad Strike of 187728
72206842101893-1897Economic depression29
72206842111896Election of 189630
72206852691897-1901President William McKinley31
72206858911898-1902Spanish-American-Filipino War32
72206861781901J.P. Morgan bought Carnegie Steel/U.S. Steel33
72206872541901-1909President Theodore Roosevelt34
72206880951913-1921President Woodrow Wilson35
72206884521917-1918USA military involvement in WWI36
72206888061920Women's suffrage/19th amendment ratified37
72206892041929Great Depression began38
72206901651933-1945President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR)39
72206907551935Social Security created40
72206909941941Pearl Harbor41
72206911461941-1945USA involvement in WWII (ended during Truman Presidency)42
72206917271945-1953President Harry Truman43
72206920191947Truman Doctrine & Marshall Plan44
72206925461950-1953Korean War (ended during Eisenhower Presidency)45
72206931461953-1961President Dwight Eisenhower46
72206934821954Brown decision47
72206938011955-1956Montgomery Bus Boycott48
72206945751964-1968Civil Rights Legislation (Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, and Open Housing Act of 1968); end of legalized racism49
72206961821965-1973Vietnam War w/ U.S. ground troops50
72206973091968Foreign (TET Offensive) & domestic turmoil; presidential election51
72207001121969-1974President Richard Nixon52
72207005851972Nixon visited Communist China53
72207016781973Watergate scandal escalates; oil shocks, stagflation, end of mass post WWII prosperity54
72207024121974Nixon resigns from presidency55
72207027461979Stagflation & foreign policy turmoil; Iranian hostage crisis56
72207052531980Election of 198057
72207054571981-1989President Ronald Reagan58
72207059591987INF Treaty59
72207059601989Fall of Berlin Wall60
72207061581990sInternet as a mass product61
722070642220019/11 attacks62
72207067172001-presentAfghanistan War63
72207069322003-2011Iraq War64
72207069332008Election of 200865

AP US History Prep-Presidents Flashcards

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7086852318George Washington1789-1797, No Political Party0
7086852319John Adams1797-1801, Federalist1
7086852320Thomas Jefferson1801-1809, Democratic-Republican2
7086852321James Madison1809-1817, Democratic-Republican3
7086852322James Monroe1817-1825, Democratic-Republican4
7086852323John Quincy Adams1825-1829, National-Republican5
7086852324Andrew Jackson1829-1837, Democrat6
7086852325Martin Van Buren1837-1841, Democrat7
7086852326William H. Harrison1841, Whig8
7086852327John Tyler1841-1845, Whig9
7086852328James Knox Polk1845-1849, Democrat10
7086852329Zachary Taylor1849-1850, Whig11
7086852330Millard Fillmore1850-1853, Whig12
7086852331Franklin Pierce1853-1857, Democrat13
7086852332James Buchanan1857-1861, Democrat14
7086852333Abraham Lincoln1861-1865, Republican15
7086852334Andrew Johnson1865-1869, Republican16
7086852335Ulysses S. Grant1869-1877, Republican17
7086852336Rutherford B. Hayes1877-1881, Republican18
7086852337James A. Garfield1881, Republican19
7086852338Chester A. Arthur1881-1885, Republican20
7086852339Grover Cleveland1885-1889, Democrat21
7086852340Benjamin Harrison1889-1893, Republican22
7086852341Grover Cleveland1893-1897, Democrat23
7086852342William McKinley1897-1901, Republican24
7086852343Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909, Republican25
7086852344William Howard Taft1909-1913, Republican26
7086852345Woodrow Wilson1913-1921, Democrat27
7086852346Warren G. Harding1921-1923, Republican28
7086852347Calvin Coolidge1923-1929, Republican29
7086852348Herbert Hoover1929-1933, Republican30
7086852349Franklin D. Roosevelt1933-1945, Democrat31
7086852350Harry S. Truman1945-1953, Democrat32
7086852351Dwight D. Eisenhower1953-1961, Republican33
7086852352John F. Kennedy1961-1963, Democrat34
7086852353Lyndon B. Johnson1963-1969, Democrat35
7086852354Richard M. Nixon1969-1974, Republican36
7086852355Gerald R. Ford1974-1977, Republican37
7086852356James Earl Carter1977-1981, Democrat38
7086852357Ronald Reagan1981-1989, Republican39
7086852358George H. W. Bush1989-1993, Republican40
7086852359William J. Clinton1993-2001, Democrat41
7086852360George W. Bush2001-2009, Republican42
7086852361Barack H. Obama2009-2017, Democrat43
7086852362Donald J. Trump2017-Present, Republican44

AP US History Chapter 24 Flashcards

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5823784732Wabash, St. Louis &Pacific Railroad Company v. Illinois-a Supreme Court decision that prohibited states from regulating the railroads because the Constitution grants Congress the power to regulate interstate commerce; -as a result, reformers turned their attention to the federal government, which now held the sole power to regulate the railroad industry0
5823784733Interstate Commerce Act-in 1887; -congressional legislation that established the Interstate Commerce Commission, compelled railroads to publish standard rates, and prohibited rebates and pools; -railroads quickly became adept at using the Act to achieve their own ends, but the Act gave the government an important means to regulate big business1
5823784734vertical integration-the practice of perfected by Andrew Carnegie of controlling every step of the industrial production process in order to increase efficiency and limit competition2
5823784735horizontal integration-the practice perfected by John D. Rockefeller of dominating a particular phase of the production process in order to monopolize a market often by forming trusts and alliance with competitors3
5823784736trust-a mechanism by which one company grants control over its operations, through ownership of its stock, to another company; -the Standard Oil Company became known for this practice in the 1870s as it eliminated its competition by taking control of smaller oil companies4
5823784737interlocking directorates-the practice of having executives or directors from one company serve in the Board of Directors of another company; -J.P. Morgan introducing this practice to eliminate banking competition in the 1890s5
5823784738Standard Oil Company-from 1870-1911; -John D. Rockefeller's company, formed in 1870 which came to symbolize the trusts and monopolies of the Gilded Age; -by 1877 Standard Oil controlled 95% of the oil refineries in the U.S.; -it was also one of the first multinational corporations, and at sene production outside the U.S.; -by the turn of the century it had become a target for trust-busting reformers, and in 1911 the Supreme Court ordered it to break up into several dozen smaller companies6
5823784739Social Darwinists-believed in the idea, popular in the late nineteenth century, that people gained wealth by "survival of the fittest"; -therefore, the wealthy had simply won a natural competition and owed nothing to the poor, and indeed service to the poor would interfere with this organic process; -some of these people also applied this theory to whole nations and races, explaining that powerful peoples were naturally endowed with gifts that allowed them to gain superiority over others; -this theory provided one of the popular justifications for U.S. imperial ventures like the Spanish-American war7
5823784740Sherman Anti-Trust Act-in 1890; -a law that forbade trusts or combinations in business, this act provided federally financed instruction in maternal and infant health care and expanded the role of government in family welfare8
5823784741National Labor Union-from 1866-1872; -this first national labor organization in U.S. history was founded in 1866 and gained 600,000 members from many parts of the work-force, although it limited the participation of Chinese, women, and blacks; -the organization devoted much of its energy to fighting for an eight-hour workday before it dissolved in 18729
5823784742Knights of Labor-the second national labor organization, organized in 1869 as a secret society and opened for public membership in 1881; -they were known for their efforts to organize all workers, regardless of skill level, gender, or race; -after the mid-1880s their membership declined for a variety of reasons, including their participation in violent strikes and discord between skilled and unskilled members10
5823784743Haymarket Square-in 1886; -a May Day rally that turned violent when someone threw a bomb into the middle of the meeting, killing several dozen people; -eight anarchists although evidence linking them to the bombing was thin; -four were executed, one committed suicide, and three were pardoned in 189311
5823784744American Federation of Labor-a national federation of trade unions that included only skilled workers, founded in 1886; -led by Samuel Gompers for nearly four decades, the AFL sought to negotiate with employers for a better kind of capitalism that rewarded workers fairly with better wages, hours, and conditions; -the AFL's membership was almost entirely white and male until the middle of the twentieth century12
5823784745closed shop-a union-organized term that refers to the practice of allowing only unionized employees to work for a particular company; -the AFL became known for negotiating closed-shop agreements with employers, in which the employer would agree not to hire non-union members13

AP US History Chapter 24 Flashcards

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5457641522New DealA series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.0
5457641523"social welfare" liberalismis a political ideology that believes individual liberty requires a level of social justice.1
5457641524Fireside ChatsThe informal radio conversations Roosevelt had with the people to keep spirits up. It was a means of communicating with the people on how he would take on the depression.2
5457643959Brain TrustA small group of young reform-minded intellectuals responsible for writing FDR's speeches and authoring much of the New Deal legislation.3
5457643960"Hundred Days"Period that Congress received and enacted 15 major proposals from FDR; established CCC, TVA, AAA, emergency banking act, NRA, and other organizations that had the purpose of combating socioeconomic problems.4
5457647690Bank HolidayAll the banks were ordered to close until new laws could be passed. An emergency banking law was rushed through Congress. The Law set up new ways for the federal government to funnel money to troubled banks It also required the Treasury Department to inspect banks before they could re-open.5
5457647691Emergency Banking ActA government legislation passed during the depression that dealt with the bank problem. The act allowed a plan which would close down insolvent banks and reorganize and reopen those banks strong enough to survive.6
5457650328Glass Steagall ActEstablished the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and included banking reforms, some of which were designed to control speculation.; were both reactions of the U.S. government to cope with the economic problems which followed the Stock Market Crash of 1929.7
5457650329FDICFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation: A federal guarantee of savings bank deposits initially of up to $2500, raised to $5000 in 1934, and frequently thereafter; continues today with a limit of $100,000.8
5457650330Home Owners Loan CorporationAs part of the Hundred Days that understood the nation's tragedy of foreclosed mortgages, the HOLC refinanced American home mortgages. This effort allowed one-fifth of all U.S. mortgages to become refinanced which would prevent another Great Depression.9
5457656037Civilian Conservation CorpsHired young, unemployed people to do restoration projects throughout the country, employed over 3 million people.10
5457656038Tennessee Valley AuthorityA relief, recovery, and reform effort that gave 2.5 million poor citizens jobs and land. It brought cheap electric power, low-cost housing, cheap nitrates, and the restoration of eroded soil.11
5457656039Agricultural Adjustment ActIn 1933 and 1938 , Helped farmers meet mortgages. Unconstitutional because the government was paying the farmers to waste 1/3 of their products. Created by Congress in 1933 as part of the New Deal this agency attempted to restrict agricultural production by paying farmers subsidies to take land out of production.12
5457658297Southern Tenant Farmer's UnionFounded in 1934 as a civil farmer's union to further organize the tenant farmers in the Southern United States. Originally set up during the Great Depression in the United States, the reasons for the establishment are numerous, although they are all largely centered upon money and working conditions.13
5457658298National Industrial Recovery ActPermitted all workers to join unions of their choice, allowed workers to bargain collectively for wage increases and benefits, allowed workers to go on strike to try to force employers to meet their demands.14
5457661274National Recovery AdministrationGovernment agency that was part of the New Deal and dealt with the industrial sector of the economy. It allowed industries to create fair competition which were intended to reduce destructive competition and to help workers by setting minimum wages and maximum weekly hours.15
5457661275Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationRelieved household unemployment by creating new unskilled jobs.16
5457662923Public Works Administration1935 Created for both industrial recovery and for unemployment relief. Headed by the Secretary of Interior Harold L. Ickes, it aimed at long-range recovery and spent $4 billion on thousands of projects that included public buildings, highways, and parkways.17
5457662924Civil Works AdministrationThis act was not intended to be permanent. It put 4 million people to work including some teachers. Most of its money was spent on wages.18
5457665586Securities & Exchange CommissionAn independent agency of the gov. that regulates financial markets and investment companies.19
5457667692Margin transactionsBorrowing cash to buy securities and using the securities themselves as collateral.20
5457669714Banking Act of 1935Created seven-member board to regulate the nation's money supply and the interest rates on loans.21
5457669715Liberty LeagueConservatives who did not agree with Roosevelt, they wanted government to let business alone and play a less active role in the economy22
5457669716Schechter v United States1935 Also known as the Schechter Poultry case and the "Sick Chicken Case." The Schechter Poultry Company violated the code for the industry established under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933. The U.S. Supreme Court declared the NIRA unconstitutional because it gave excessive legislative powers, such as the writing of industrial codes of fair competition, to the executive branch of government. In addition, these codes regulated intrastate as well as interstate industries.23
5457674892Second New Deal(1935) a new set of programs in the spring of 1935 including additional banking reforms, new tax laws, new relief programs24
5457674893Revenue Act of 1935"soak the rich" tax, a tax reform bill that increased estate and corporate taxes and instituted higher personal income tax rates in the top brackets, very controversial.25
5457674894Wagner Act1935; established National Labor Relations Board; protected the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted activity in support of their demands.26
5457677681National Labor Relations BoardA 1935 law, also known as the Wagner Act, that guarantees workers the right of collective bargaining sets down rules to protect unions and organizers, and created the National Labor Relations Board to regulate labor-management relations.27
5457680086Social Security Act1935, guaranteed retirement payments for enrolled workers beginning at age 65; set up federal-state system of unemployment insurance and care for dependent mothers and children, the handicapped, and public health.28
5457682776Works Progress AdministrationNew Deal agency that helped create jobs for those that needed them. It created around 9 million jobs working on bridges, roads, and buildings.29
5457682777National Housing Act1934 , June 28, 1934- It created the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. It was designed to stop the tide of bank foreclosures on family homes, it instead gave loans30
5457682778Fair Labor Standards ActThis (1935) act gave workers the right to join labor unions. A minimum wage was established, and the maximum hours that one could work.31
5457684988Deficit spendingGovernment practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes.32
5457684989Keynesian EconomicsTheory based on the principles of John Maynard Keynes, stating that government spending should increase during business slumps and be curbed during booms.33
5457684990Congress of Industrial OrganizationsA federation of labor union for all unskilled workers. It provided a national labor union for unskilled workers, unlike the AFL, which limited itself to skilled workers.34
5457710618John L. LewisHe was a miner known for creating the United Mine Workers. He helped found the CIO and was responsible for the Fair Labor Standards Act.35
5457710619Sit down strikesA tactic that consisted of striking workers remaining idle inside the plant rather than walking off their jobs.36
5457712533Eleanor RooseveltFDR's Wife and New Deal supporter. Was a great supporter of civil rights and opposed the Jim Crow laws. She also worked for birth control and better conditions for working women.37
5457714614Scottsboro Case 1931Hastily convicted 9 black youths, ranging from thirteen to twenty-one, of raping two white women while riding a freight train headed to Memphis. 8 sentenced to death before cheering white audience.38
5457641525"Great Migration"(1920s) occurred over a series of decades, where we witnessed the relocation of approximately 1.5 million African Americans from their southern homes to northern metropolises. It took a long time for that many people to move, but it was the single most dramatic, most powerful example or evidence of an African American agency in the 20th century because this was not an organized movement.39
5457705953Indian Reorganization Act 19351934 - Restored tribal ownership of lands, recognized tribal constitutions and government, and provided loans for economic development.40
5457705954César Chavez1927-1993. Farm worker, labor leader, and civil-rights activist who helped form the National Farm Workers Association, later the United Farm Workers.41
5457700483Dust BowlA drought in the 1930s that turned the Great Planes very dry.42
5457702239"Okies"Farm families who had lost everything began heading west to California, hoping to find work. Because so many of the migrants were from. Oklahoma, the CA residents called the migrants by this name.43
5457698657Rural Electrification AdministrationAn agency established in 1935 to promote nonprofit farm cooperatives that offered loans to farmers to install power lines.44
5457694560"Federal One"is the collective name for a group of projects under the Work Projects Administration, a New Deal program in the United States.45
5457689021Federal Art ProjectNew deal program that funded large murals; division of the works progress administration that hired unemployed artists to create artwork for public buildings and sponsored art-education programs and exhibitions46
5457692603Federal Writer's ProjectFederal government project to fund written work and support writers during the Great Depression.47
5457692604Federal Theatre ProjectEstablished in 1935 by Congress as part of the Works Progress Administration; goal was to employ theater artists under the guidelines of the WPA.48

AP US History Chapter 29 Flashcards

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5640458257Richard Nixon1968 and 1972; Republican; Vietnam: advocated "Vietnamization" , but also bombed Cambodia/Laos, created a "credibility gap," Paris Peace Accords ended direct US involvement; economy-took US off gold standard, was president during first moon landing; SALT I and new policy of detente between US and Soviet Union; Watergate scandal: became first and only president to resign.0
5640458258New FederalismA policy in 1969, that turned over powers and responsibilities of some U.S. federal programs to state and local governments and reduced the role of national government in domestic affairs.1
5640455833Family Assistance PlanA welfare reform proposal, approved by the House of Reps in 1970 but defeated in the Senate, that would have guaranteed an income to welfare recipients who agreed to undergo job training and to accept work.2
5640460922Environmental Protection AgencyRespecting pollution prevention and the protection of the environment and human health in order to contribute to sustainable development.3
5640460923Occupational Safety and Health AdministrationAct that established the first national policy for safety and health and continues to deliver standards that employers must meet to guarantee the health and safety of their employees.4
5640464772DetenteA lessening of tensions between U.S. and Soviet Union. Besides disarming missiles to insure a lasting peace between superpowers, Nixon pressed for trade relations and a limited military budget. The public did not approve.5
5640464773Henry KissingerAwarded 1973 Nobel Peace Prize for helping to end Vietnam War and withdrawing American forces. Heavily involved in South American politics as National Security Adviser and Secretary of State. Condoned covert tactics to prevent communism and fascism from spreading throughout South America.6
5640464774Nixon's trip to ChinaThis historic event was when President Richard Nixon made a trip to Communist China in February 1972 and ended thirty years of Sino-American hostility. He met with China's leader, Mao Zedong, and both agreed the the Russians should not be able to expand in Asia.7
5640467309Nixon's Soviet tripDuring a week of summit meetings with Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and other Soviet officials, the United States and the USSR reached a number of agreements, including one that laid the groundwork for a joint space flight in 1975. On May 26, Nixon and Brezhnev signed the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT), the most significant of the agreements reached during the summit.8
5640467310SALT ITreaty signed in 1972 between the U.S. and the USSR. This agreement limited the number of missiles in each nation and led to the SALT II discussions and a slowdown of the arms race between the two countries.9
5640473217RealpolitikPolitical realism or practical politics, especially policy based on power rather than on ideals.10
5640473218VietnamizationA war policy in Vietnam initiated by Nixon in June of 1969. This strategy called for dramatic reduction of U.S. troops followed by an increased injection of S. Vietnamese troops in their place. A considerable success, this plan allowed for a drop in troops to 24,000 by 1972. . This policy became the cornerstone of the so-called "Nixon Doctrine".11
5640473219Mobilization DayName given to Nov. 15, 1969 by which hundreds of thousands of anti-war protests took to the streets of major cities demanding and immediate withdrawal of all u.s. troops in Vietnam.12
5640477460Kent State/Jackson StateKent is an Ohio college, where an anti-war protest got way out of hand, the Nat'l Guard was called in and killed 3 students (innocent & unarmed,wounded 9) in indiscriminate fire of M-1 rifles. Jackson was a Black Mississippi College, anti war demonstrators seize women's dorm, unprovoked state police open fire, kill 2 (innocent & unarmed, wound 12)13
5640477461My Lai Massacre1968, in which American troops had brutally massacred innocent women and children in the village of My Lai, also led to more opposition to the war.14
5640480288Weather UndergroundUS radical left group consisting of splintered -off member and leader of the student for a democratic society which formed on the campus of University of Michigan in 1960.15
5640480289Paris Peace Accords1973 peace agreement between the United States, South Vietnam, North Vietnam, and the Vietcong that effectively ended the Vietnam War.16
5640480290Jesse JacksonA black candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 1988 election who attempted to appeal to minorities, but eventually lost the nomination to Michael Dukakis.17
5640482914Watergate, June 17, 19721972; Nixon feared loss so he approved the Commission to Re-Elect the President to spy on and espionage the Democrats. A security guard foiled an attempt to bug the Democratic National Committee Headquarters, exposing the scandal. Seemingly contained, after the election Nixon was impeached and stepped down.18
5640482915CREEPRichard Nixon's committee for re-electing the president. Found to have been engaged in a "dirty tricks" campaign against the democrats in 1972. They raised tens of millions of dollars in campaign funds using unethical means. They were involved in the infamous Watergate cover-up.19
5640486796Pentagon PapersA 7,000-page top-secret United States government report on the history of the internal planning and policy-making process within the government itself concerning the Vietnam War.20
5640486797PlumbersGroup working for President Nixon to fix "leaks" coming out of the White House.21
5640486798Woodward & BernsteinTwo reporters for the Washington Post who uncover the Watergate scandal by constant digging and tips from "Deep Throat" bring down Nixon in 1974.22
5640489279Deep ThroatBob Woodward's anonymous source to the Watergate scandal; eventually revealed himself to be Mark Felt, the Deputy Director of the FBI.23
564048928018 1⁄2 minute gapA key segment of the June 23rd tape, in which Nixon met with advisers to discuss the arrests of the Watergate defendants; was mysteriously erased from the tapes; Nixon's secretary claimed she did it by accident during transcription.24
5640492734Nixon's ResignationAugust 8th, 1974; only president to ever resign; resigned because of the tapes and he would have been impeached anyways.25
5640492761Gerald FordSolely elected by a vote from Congress. He pardoned Nixon of all crimes that he may have committed. Evacuated nearly 500,000 Americans and South Vietnamese from Vietnam, closing the war. He runs again and debates Jimmy Carter. At the debate he is asked how he would handle the communists in eastern Europe and he said there were none and this apparently sealed his fate.26
5640496258NOWNational Organization of Women, 1966, Betty Friedan first president, wanted Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforce its legal mandate to end sex discrimination.27
5640496259Women's LiberationistsThe group who established the first rape crisis centers in the early 1970s. They were admired SNCC members and black girls housing SNCC.28
5640496260"consciousness raising"The activity of seeking to make people more aware of personal, social, or political issues.29
5640504835Title IXA United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."30
5640504836Equal Rights AmendmentA constitutional amendment originally introduced in Congress in 1923 and passed by Congress in 1972, stating that "equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex." Despite public support, the amendment failed to acquire the necessary support from three-fourths of the state legislatures.31
5640504837Phyllis Schlafly1970s; a new right activist that protested the women's rights acts and movements as defying tradition and natural gender division of labor; demonstrated conservative backlash against the 60s.32
5640508241Stonewall riotBrian the spark a new sense of collective identity among many gays and lesbians and touched off a new movement for both civil rights and liberation.33
5640508242Kerner CommissionA group that was appointed by President Johnson to study the causes of urban violence and that recommended the elimination of de facto segregation in American society.34
5640510491Affirmative ActionA policy in educational admissions or job hiring that gives special attention or compensatory treatment to traditionally disadvantaged groups in an effort to overcome present effects of past discrimination.35
5640510492Allan Bakke & reverse discriminationWhite student who was denied admission to University of California medical school because slots were reserved for minority students--brought his case to the supreme court. (Reverse Discrimination is using race or sex to give preferential treatment to some people)36
5640512675Earl WarrenChief Justice during the 1950's and 1960's who used a loose interpretation to expand rights for both African-Americans and those accused of crimes.37
5640512676Roe v WadeThe 1973 Supreme Court decision holding that a state ban on all abortions was unconstitutional. The decision forbade state control over abortions during the first trimester of pregnancy, permitted states to limit abortions to protect the mother's health in the second trimester, and permitted states to protect the fetus during the third trimester.38
5640512677OPECAn international oil cartel originally formed in 1960. Represents the majority of all oil produced in the world. Attempts to limit production to raise prices. It's long name is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.39
5640518807EnvironmentalismAn organized movement of concerned citizens, businesses, and government agencies designed to protect and improve people's current and future living environment.40
5640518808Silent SpringA book written to voice the concerns of environmentalists. Launched the environmentalist movement by pointing out the effects of civilization development.41
5640518809Earth DayA holiday conceived of by environmental activist and Senator Gaylord Nelson to encourage support for and increase awareness of environmental concerns; first celebrated on April 22, 1970.42
56405213943 Mile IslandNuclear reactor accident in PA, caused U.S. to strengthen nuclear regulatory laws.43
5640521395Ralph NaderA leftist American politician who promotes the environment, fair consumerism, and social welfare programs. His book Unsafe at Any Speed brought attention to the lack of safety in American automobiles.44
5640523719StagflationDuring the 60's and 70's, the U.S. was suffering from 5.3% inflation and 6% unemployment. Refers to the unusual economic situation in which an economy is suffering both from inflation and from stagnation of its industrial growth.45
5640526125Rust BeltThe northern industrial states of the United States, including Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, in which heavy industry was once the dominant economic activity. In the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, these states lost much of their economic base to economically attractive regions of the United States and to countries where labor was cheaper, leaving old machinery to rust in the moist northern climate.46
5640526126Proposition 13Also known as the "tax revolt", it was a Californian ballot measure in 1978 that slashed property taxes and forced deep cuts in government services.47
5640526127Jimmy Carter(1977-1981), Created the Department of Energy and the Department of Education. He was criticized for his return of the Panama Canal Zone, and because of the Soviet war in Afghanistan, he enacted an embargo on grain shipments to USSR and boycotted the 1980 Olympics in Moscow and his last year in office was marked by the takeover of the American embassy in Iran, fuel shortages, and the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan, which caused him to lose to Ronald Reagan in the next election.48
5640528687DeregulationThe lifting of restrictions on business, industry, and professional activities for which government rules had been established and that bureaucracies had been created to administer.49
5640528849Camp David Accords(1978) were negotiated at the presidential retreat of Camp David by Egypt's Anwar Sadat and Israel Menachem Begin; they were brokered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter. They led to a peace treaty the next year that returned the Sinai Peninsula to Egypt, guaranteed Israeli access to the Red Sea and Suez Canal, and more-or-less normalized diplomatic and economic relations between the two countries. This isolated Egypt from the other Arab countries and led to Sadat's assassination in 1981.50
5640531177SALT II(JEC) 1979, Second Strategic Arms Limitations Talks. A second treaty was signed on June 18, 1977 to cut back the weaponry of the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. because it was getting too competitive. Set limits on the numbers of weapons produced. Not passed by the Senate as retaliation for U.S.S.R.'s invasion of Afghanistan, and later superseded by the START treaty.51
5640531178Shah Muhammad Reza PahlaviThe person who fled Iran in 1979 as millions protested his government.52
5640531179Ayatollah Ruhollah KhomeiniAn Iranian religious leader and politician, and leader of the Iranian Revolution which saw the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Following the revolution and a national referendum, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader—a position created in the constitution as the highest ranking political and religious authority of the nation—until his death.53
5640390889Iranian Hostage CrisisIn 1979, Iranian fundamentalists seized the American embassy in Tehran and held fifty-three American diplomats hostage for over a year. The Iranian hostage crisis weakened the Carter presidency; the hostages were finally released on January 20, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan became president.54

AP US History 1 Chapter 2 Vocabulary Terms Flashcards

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6978473735bufferIn politics, a territory between two antagonistic powers, intended to minimize the possibility of conflict between them. In British North America, Georgia was established as a buffer colony between British and Spanish territory.0
6978473736charterLegal document granted by a government to some group or agency to implement a stated purpose, and spelling out the attending rights and obligations. British colonial charters guaranteed inhabitants all the rights of Englishmen, which helped solidify colonists' ties to Britain during the early years of settlement.1
6978473738House of BurgessesRepresentative parliamentary assembly created to govern Virginia, establishing a precedent for government in the English colonies.2
6978473739Iroquois ConfederacyBound together five tribes—the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, and the Senecas—in the Mohawk Valley of what is now New York State.3
6978473741joint-stock companyShort-term partnership between multiple investors to fund a commercial enterprise; such arrangements were used to fund England's early colonial ventures.4
6978473742primogenitureLegal principle that the oldest son inherits all family property or land. Landowner's younger sons, forced to seek their fortunes elsewhere, pioneered early exploration and settlement of the Americas.5
6978473747squatterA Frontier farmer who illegally occupied land owned by others or not yet officially opened for settlement.6
6978499414nationalismFervent belief and loyalty given to the political unit of the nation-state.7
6978506037censusAn official count of population, often also including other information about the population.8
6978512837feudalConcerning the decentralized medieval social system of personal obligations between rulers and ruled.9
6978562560indentured servantA poor person obligated to a fixed term of unpaid labor, often in exchange for a benefit such as transportation, protection, or training.10
6978573069tolerationOriginally, religious freedom granted by an established church to a religious minority.11
6978578408melting potPopular American term for an ethnically diverse population that is presumed to be "melting" toward some eventual commonality.12
7056934175proprietora person who was granted charters of ownership by the king:13
7056934715yeomanAn owner and cultivator of a small farm14
7056945757starving timeThe name for thewinter of 1609 to 1610 in the colony of Virginia in which only sixty members of the original four hundred colonists survived.15

AP US History Period 4 (1800-1848) Flashcards

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8433898085FederalistPolitical party created in the 1790s led by Alexander Hamilton; favored a stronger national government; supported primarily by the bankers and moneyed interests0
8433898086Democratic-RepublicansPolitical party created in the 1790's; led by Thomas Jefferson; favored limited government and state rights; supported primarily by the "common man"1
8433898087Election of 1800(AKA Revolution of 1800) election that led to a peaceful transfer of power from the Federalist party to the Democratic Republican Party2
8433898088Hartford Convention, 1814Meeting of Federalists during the War of 1812 discuss strategy to gain more power in government; viewed as unpatriotic by many; as a result, the Federalist Party was no longer a significant force in American politics3
8433898089Era of Good FeelingsTerm used to describe the time period after the 2nd Party System in the United States after the Federalist Party fell from the national stage, leaving only the Democratic Party; associated with the presidency of James Monroe4
8433898090DemocratsPolitical party that brought Andrew Jackson into office in 1829; part of the 2nd Party System of the United States; supported Jeffersonian ideas of limited government and individualism; drew its support from the "common Man"5
8433898091Whig PartyPolitical Party created in 1834 as a coalition of anti-Jackson political leaders and dedicated to internal improvements funded by the national government6
8433898092Andrew JacksonLeader of the Democrats who became the seventh president of the US (1829-1837); known for his opposition to the 2nd Bank of the US, the Indian Removal Act, and opposition to nullification7
8433898093Henry ClayLeader of the Whig Party who proposed an "American System" to make the United States economically self-sufficient, mostly through protective tariffs; worked to keep the Union together through political compromise8
8433898094Nullification Crisis (1832-1833)After South Carolina declared the federal tariff null and void, President Jackson obtained a Force Bill to use military actions against South Carolina; ended with a compromise to lower tariffs over an extended time; overall significance was the challenge of states to ignore federal law (later on with laws regarding slavery).9
8433898095John C. CalhounSouth Carolina political leader who defended slavery as a positive good and advocated the doctrine of nullification, a policy in which state could nullify federal law.10
8433898096John MarshallAppointed to the Supreme Court by John Adams in 1801; served as a chief justice until 1835; legal decisions gave the Supreme Court more power, strengthened the federal government, and supported protection of private property.11
8433898097Cotton BeltSouthern region in the US where most of the cotton is grown/deep; stretched from South Carolina to Georgia to the new states in the southwest frontier; had the highest concentration of slaves12
8433898098Judicial ReviewThe power of the Supreme Court to review the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress13
8433898099Market EconomyEconomic system based on the unregulated buying and selling of goods and services; prices are determined by the forces of supply and demand14
8433898100Embargo Act (1807)Passed by President Jefferson in order to pressure Britain and France to stop impressment and support the American rights to free trade with the other; a government-order ban on international trade; went into effect in 1808 and closed down virtually all U.S. trade with foreign nations; led to steep depression in the economy15
8433898101Panic of 1819Financial panic that began when the Second Bank of the US tightened credit and recalled government loans after the price of cotton dropped16
8433898102Second Bank of the United States (1816)Privately owned bank that operated as both a commercial and fiscal agent for the US government; established in 1816 under a charter that was supposed to last 20 years; Andrew Jackson was critical of the bank and its potential for corruption; ended when Jackson vetoed the extension of its charter and won reelection in the process17
8433898103Tariff of 1816First protective tariff in US history; designed primarily to help America's textile industry18
8433898104Tariff of Abominations 1828Tariff with such high rates that it set off tension between northerners and southerners over tariff issues (called the Nullification Crisis)19
8433898105Panic of 1837Economic collapse caused primarily by President Jackson's destruction of the Second Bank of the United States20
8433898106Slave CodesLaws that established the status of slaves denying them basic rights and classifying them as the property of slaveholders21
8433898107Second Great AwakeningAn upsurge in religious activity that began around 1800 and was characterized by emotional revival meetings; led to several reform movements (temperance, abolition) designed to perfect society with religious morals22
8433898108Charles FinneyPresbyterian minister who is credited and is known as the "Father of modern Revivalism"; advocated the abolition of slavery and equal education for women and African Americans23
8433898109Elizabeth Cady StantonAdvocate of women right's, including the right to vote; organized (with Lucretia Mott) the first women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, NY24
8433898110Dorothea DixPioneer in the moment for special treatment for the mentally ill25
8433898111Horace MannMassachusetts educator who called for publicly funded education for all children; called the "Father of Public Education in America"26
8433898112Utopian CommunitiesIdealistic reform movement based on the belief that a perfect society could be created on Earth; significant Utopian experiments were established at New Harmony, Indiana, Book Farm, Massachusetts and the Oneida Community in New York; usually such attempts were short-lived27
8433898113American Colonization Society (established 1817)Organization established to end slavery gradually by helping individual slave owners liberate their slaves and then transport the freed slaves to Africa (Liberia)28
8433898114William Lloyd GarrisonRadical abolitionist in Massachusetts who published the liberator, an antislavery newspaper29
8433898115Sojourner TruthFormer slave (freed in 1827) who became a leading abolitionist and feminist30
8433898116Hudson River School 1825-1875The first native school of painting in the US; painted primarily landscapes; themes included deep nationalism, grandeur of nature, and transcendentalism31
8433898117TranscendentalismPhilosophical and literary movement that believed God existed within human being and nature; believed intuition was the highest source of knowledge; advocated for introspection by surrounding oneself with nature32
8433898118Ralph Waldo EmersonPhilosopher, writer, and poet who became a central figure in the Transcendalist movement in American33
8433898119Henry David ThoreauWriter and naturalist; with Ralph Waldo Emerson, he was one of America's best known transcendentalists34
8433898120Richard AllenAfrican American minister who established the first independent African American denomination in the US, the African Methodist Episcopalian Church35
8433898121Samuel SlaterKnown as the "Father of the American Industrial Revolution"; brought British textile technology to the United States to create the first factory36
8433898122John DeereInvented the steel plow in 1837, which revolutionized farming; the steel plow broke up soil without the soil getting stuck to the plow37
8433898123Lowell SystemMethod of factory management that evolved in the textile mills of Lowell, MA38
8433898124Erie Canal (1817-1825)350 mile canal built by the state of NY that stretched from Buffalo to Albany; the canal revolutionized shipping in NY and opened up new markets (evidence of the Market Revolution)39
8433898125National Road (1811)AKA Cumberland Road; first significant road built in the US at the expense of the federal government; stretched from the Potomac River to the Ohio River40
8433898126Mason-Dixon LineBoundary between PA and MD that marked the division between free and slave states before the Civil War41
8433898127Cult of DomesticityThe belief that a woman's proper role in life was found in domestic pursuits (raising children, taking care of the house); strongly believed by many throughout the 19th century42
8433898128Louisiana Purchase (1803)U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million, doubling the size of the U.S. and giving the U.S. full control of the Mississippi River43
8433898129Lewis and Clark expedition (1804-1806)Expedition to explore the Louisiana Territory led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark44
8433898130War HawksMembers of Congress from the West and South elected in 1810 who wanted war with Britain in the hopes of annexing new territory and ending British trade with the Indians of the Northwest45
8433898131War of 18121812-1815, War between the U.S. and Great Britain caused primarily by the perceived British violation of American neutral rights on the high seas (impressment); ended with an agreement of "status quo ante" (a return to how things were before the war)46
8433898132Adams-Onis Treaty (1819)Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that ceded Florida to the U.S47
8433898133Monroe Doctrine (1823)President Monroe's unilateral declaration that the Americas would be closed to further European colonization and that the U.S. would not allow European interference in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere; in return the U.S. pledged to stay out of European conflicts and affairs; significant foreign policy state that lasted through most of the 19th century48
8433898134Oregon Treaty of 1846After years of conflict over ownership of the Pacific Northwest, the U.S. and England established the boundary at 49° latitude, essentially splitting the Oregon Country down the middle49
8433898135Manifest DestinyPopular belief amongst early-19th century Americans that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent, that this belief was obvious, and that God willed it to take place50
8433898136TecumsehShawnee leader who attempted to establish an Indian confederacy among tribes from around the continent that he hoped would be a barrier to white expansion; defeated at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 by U.S. forces led by General William Henry Harrison, slowing the momentum of Pan-Indian unity51
8433898137Indian Removal Act (1830)Law that provided for the removal of all Indian tribes east of the Mississippi and the purchase of Indian lands for white resettlement52
8433898138Worcester v. Georgia (1832)A Supreme Court ruling that declared a state did not have the power to enforce laws on lands that were not under state jurisdiction; John Marshall wrote that the state of Georgia did not have the power to remove Indians; this ruling was largely ignored by President Andrew Jackson53
8433898139Trail of Tears (1838)Forced march of the Cherokee people from Georgia to Indian Territory in the winter; a large percentage of Cherokee died on the journey54
8433898140American Anti-Slavery SocietyAbolitionist society founded by William Lloyd Garrison - included Frederick Douglass as a significant leader of the society55
8433898141RomanticismAn artistic and intellectual movement characterized by its emphasis on emotion and individualism as well as glorification of all the past and nature, preferring the medieval rather than the classical56
8433898142The American SystemConsisted of three mutually reinforcing parts: (1) a tariff to protect and promote American industry; (2) a national bank to foster commerce; (3) federal subsidies for roads, canals, and other "internal improvements" to develop profitable markets for agriculture; supported heavily by Henry Clay57
8433898143Missouri Compromise (1820)Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state, maintaining the balance between slave and free states in representation in the federal government; established a geographic line that would determine whether new states (made from the western territories) would be added to the union as slave or free states58
8433898144Spoils SystemPublic offices given as a reward for political support. Most iconically used by Andrew Jackson after his first election, which then became a precedent for future federal leaders.59
8433898145Marbury v. Madison (1803, Marshall)The Court established its role as the arbiter of the constitutionality of federal laws, the principle is known as judicial review.60
8433898146McCulloch v. Maryland (1819, Marshall)The Court ruled that states cannot tax the federal government, i.e. the Bank of the United States; the phrase "the power to tax is the power to destroy"; confirmed the constitutionality of the Bank of the United States.61
8433898147Johnson v. McIntosh (1823, Marshall)Established that Indian tribes had rights to tribal lands that preceded all other American law; only the federal government could take land from the tribes.62
8433898148Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831, Marshall)"The conditions of the Indians in relation to the United States is perhaps unlike that of any two people in existence," Chief Justice John Marshall wrote, "their relation to the United States resembles that of a ward to his guardian. . .(they were a) domestic dependent nation." Established a "trust relationship" with the tribes directly under federal authority.63
8433898149interchangeable partsParts that were identical and which could be substituted for one another; developed by Eli Whitney for the manufacturing of muskets; became a hallmark of the American factory system64
8433898150turnpikeA road in which tolls were collected at gates set up along the road65
8433898151tariffA tax imposed on imported goods and services. Tariffs are used to restrict trade, as they increase the price of imported goods and services, making them more expensive to consumers.66
8433898152sectionalistPerson devoted to the cause of a particular section of the country (usually North or South), as opposed to the nation as a whole67
8433898153embargoA government order prohibiting commerce in or out of a port68
8433898154nationalismA strong devotion to the nation as the central political entity, often in a narrow or aggressive fashion; usually involves feelings of superiority over other nations or ideaologies69
8433898155internal improvementsThe basic public works, such as roads and canals, that create the structure for economic development.70
8433898156depressionIn economics, a severe and often prolonged period of declining economic activity, rising unemployment, and falling wages and prices.71
8433898157boomIn economics, a period of sudden, spectacular expansion of business activity or prices.72
8433898158constituentsThe body of voters or supporters in a district, regarded as a group.73
8433898159hard moneyGold and Silver coins, as distinguished from paper money.74
8433898160deferenceThe yielding of opinion to the judgment of someone else.75
8433898161subversiveTending to corrupt, overthrow, or destroy something established.76
8433898162puritanicalExtremely or excessively strict in matters of morals or religion.77
8433898163usurpationThe act of seizing, occupying, or enjoying the place, power, or functions of someone without right.78
8433898164mudslingingMalicious, unscrupulous attacks against an opponent.79
8433898165machineA political organization, often controlled through patronage or spoils.80
8433898166incumbentThe person currently holding an office.81
8433898167impostA tax, particularly a tariff or duty on imported goods.82
8433898168appeasementThe policy of giving in to demands of a hostile of dangerous power in hope of avoiding conflict.83
8433898169prejudiceUnreasonable suspicion, bias, or hatred directed at members of a group.84
8433898170ritualA set form or system of ceremonies, often but not necessarily religious.85
8433898171evangelicalConcerning religious belief, commonly Protestant, that emphasizes personal salvation, individual and voluntary religious commitment, and the authority of Scripture.86
8433898172platformA statement of the principles or positions of a political party.87
8433898173denominationsIn American religion, the major branches of Christianity, organized into separate national churches structures; e.g., Presbyterians, Baptists, Disciples of Christ.88
8433898174prolificProducing a large number of something.89
8433898175temperanceModeration, or sometimes total abstinence, as regards drinking alcohol.90
8433898176nativistOne who advocates favoring native-born citizens over aliens or immigrants.91
8433898177factoryAn establishment for the manufacturing of goods, including buildings and substantial machinery.92
8433898178liabilityLegal responsibility for loss or damage.93
8433898179incorporationThe formation of individuals into a legally organized group, usually a business.94
8433898180labor unionAn organization of workers—usually wage-earning workers—to promote the interests and welfare of its members, often by collective bargaining with employers.95
8433898181strikeAn organized work stoppage by employees in order to obtain better wages, working conditions, and so on.96
8433898182capitalistAn individual or group who uses private property to produce goods for profit in an open market.97
8433898183posterityLater descendants or subsequent generations.98
8433898184productivityIn economics, the relative capacity to produce goods and services, measured in terms of the number of workers and machines needed to create goods in a certain length of time.99
8433898185transientReferring to a person without a fixed or long-term home or job; a migrant.100
8433898186polygamyThe practice or condition of having two or more spouses at one time.101
8433898187theocracyLiterally, rule by God, the term is often applied to a state where religious leaders exercise direct or indirect political authority.102
8433898188zealotOne who is carried away by a cause to an extreme or excessive degree.103
8433898189communisticReferring to the theory or practice in which the means of production are owned by the community as a whole.104
8433898190nonconformistOne who refuses to follow established or conventional ideas or habits; often referred to as part of a "counter-culture".105
8433898191providence (providencial)Under the care and direction of God or other benevolent natural or supernatural forces.106

AP US History Period 6 (1865-1898) Flashcards

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8823606587The Gilded AgeThe late 19th century, from the 1870s to about 1900. era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold gilding of economic progress.0
8823606591Plessy v. Ferguson1896 - Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."1
8823606597lockoutthe refusal by an employer to allow employees to work unless they agree to his or her terms2
8823606607bimetallismthe use of both gold and silver as a basis for a national monetary system3
8823606608Wabash v. Illinois (1886)Declared state-passed Granger laws that regulated interstate commerce were unconstitutional.4
8823606611Land Grantsland given by government to universities and railroad companies5
8823606615Vertical IntegrationStrategy to maximize profits by attempting to own every step of the manufacturing process (ex. Carnegie Steel)6
8823606616Horizontal IntegrationStrategy to maximize profits by attempting to purchase competing companies in the same industry; monopoly-building (ex. Rockefeller's Standard Oil)7
8823606617Knights of LaborLabor organization in the 1880s led by Terence Powderly. Organized all workers into 1 union.8
8823606618Haymarket Riot1886 Labor dispute in Chicago that ended with a bomb being thrown at police resulting in many deaths. Led to an unfavorable public opinion of organized labor especially the Knights of Labor9
8823606619American Federation of Labor (AFL)An organization of various trade unions that fought for bread and butter reforms: better wages, fewer hours, safer working conditions. Founded by Samuel Gompers10
8823606620Homestead Steel StrikesViolent labor conflict in Carnegie's mills Henry Frick (manager) announced pay cut Strike had to be put down by state militia11
8823606626Pendleton Civil Service Act, 1883Standardized an exam for federal employees so that people were awarded jobs on merit rather than political affiliations Made it illegal to remove federal employees without just cause.12
8823606627Sherman Antitrust ActOutlawed monopolistic business practices not effective initially without a strong progressive federal government that would enforce it.13
8823606628Grange MovementGrassroots movements that attempted to address the plight of farmers in the late 1800s; attempted to regulate railroads and enlarge opportunity for credit.14
8823606629William Jennings BryanDemocratic presidential hopeful that was a member of the Populist Party free silver advocate "Do not crucify mankind on a cross of gold".15
8823606632Laissez-FairePhilosophy begun by Adam Smith in his book, that stated that business and the economy would run best with no interference from the government. This economic thought dominated most of the time period of the Industrial Revolution.16
8823606633New SouthAfter the Civil War, southerners promoted a new vision for a self-sufficient southern economy built on modern capitalist values, industrial growth, and improved transportation. In reality, this growth was fairly slow.17
8823606636Interstate Commerce ActFirst federal legislation to regulate corporations (railroads) in 1887. Ineffective because government failed to enforce it.18
8823606637Andrew CarnegieA Scottish-born American industrialist and philanthropist who dominated the American steel industry.19
8823606638Transcontinental RailroadOpened new markets and helped spur the Industrial Revolution Completed in 1869 at Promontory, UT20
8823606640Standard OilJohn D. Rockefeller's company that gained a monopoly over the world petroleum market with the practice of trusts and swift elimination of competition. By 1890, owned 90% of the US oil market21
8823606645Central Pacific RailroadStarted in CA & pushed eastward Eventually connected with the Union Pacific RR in Promontory Point, UT Hired Chinese laborers to complete the work22
8823606646Union Pacific RailroadRR that started in Omaha, NE Connected with Central Pacific RR in Promontory Point, UT Hired inexpensive Irish laborers23
8823606650Panic of 1873Financial panic in which banks closed and the stock market crashed24
8823606651US SteelLargest company in the world. Created by JP Morgan by merging with Carnegie Steel25
8823606652Bessemer ProcessWay to manufacture steel quickly & cheaply26
8823606655Great Railway Strike of 1877RR workers initiated a strike in 1877 when they were told there would be a pay cut 10%; President Hayes sent in army to re-open some lines.27
8823606657James GarfieldPresident in elected in 1880; Assassinated after only 4 months28
8823606658JP MorganBanker known for financing major corporate mergers. Sat on Board of Directors of many leader corporations linking them together.29
8823606659Captains of IndustryOwners & mangers of large industrial enterprises who wielded great political & economic power in a way that benefited the nation.30
8823606660Robber BaronsRefers to industrialists or big business owners who gained huge profits by paying employees low wages Drove competition out of business by selling goods much cheaper31
8846920327PinkertonsMercenary group used by Frick to put down strike at Homestead Steel with excessive force.32
8846938875GrangePatrons of Husbandry; group of farmers that fought for laws that would regulate the railroad company.33
8847094216Denis KearneyCA labor leader who advocated anti-Chinese campaign that led to ban in 1882.34
8847127952Thomas Nastpolitical cartoonist who helped bring down Boss Tweed35
8847133266Credit Mobiliera construction company involved in a political and financial scandal with the Union Pacific Railroad36
8847138022PatronageThe giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected37
8847158780Jim Crow LawsState laws in the South that legalized segregation.38
8847165227Waving the Bloody ShirtThe symbol of the Republican political tactic of attacking Democrats with reminders of the Civil War39
8847173727Cornelius VanderbiltA railroad baron, he controlled the New York Central Railroad.40
8847185032Gospel of WealthPhilosophy asserted by Carnegie that the rich had to be philanthropic41
8847193289Mother JonesAnother name for Mary Harris; prominent organizer in women's labor movement. Fought for miners' rights and against child labor42
8847211407Social Darwinist"'Survival of the fittest' applies to society as well as to biological evolution."43
8847227665Horatio AlgerA novelist who wrote about characters who succeeded through hard work; rags to riches stories that inspired many.44
8847246897Thomas EdisonAmerican inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb and forever changing the world of work45
8847250423Christopher Sholesinvented the typewriter in 1867 and changed the world of work46

AP US History Cold War Flashcards

Chapters 36-40

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6497047396Taft-Hartley ActOutlawed "closed" (all-union) shop, made unions liable for damages that resulted from jurisdictional disputes among themselves, and required union leaders to take a noncommunist oath0
6497047398GI Bill(Also known as GI Bill of Rights/ Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944) Sent former soilders to school to help them further their education.1
6497047400Sunbeltfifteen-state area that when from Virginia, through Florida and Texas, to Arizona and California. It increased population rate nearly double2
6497047401LevittownStarted on New York's Long Island in the 1940s. Many builders revolutionized the techniques of home construction.3
6497047402baby boomhuge leap in the birthrate in the decade and a half after 1945. More than 50 million babies were born by the end of the 1950s.4
6497047406United Nations (U.N.)an organization of independent states formed in 1945 to promote international peace and security5
6497047410Truman DoctrinePresident Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology6
6497047411Marshall PlanUnited States program of economic aid for the reconstruction of Europe (1948-1952)7
6497047412North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)signed April 4, 1949. twelve original signatories pledged to regard an attack on one as an attack on all and promised to respond with "armed forces if necessary.8
6497047413House Un-American Activites Committee (HUAC)The House Committee on Un-American Activities was an investigating committee which investigated what it considered un-American propaganda,9
6497047414Fair DealTruman's extension of the New Deal that increased min wage, expanded Social Security, and constructed low-income housing10
6497047416Korean WarThe conflict between Communist North Korea and Non-Communist South Korea. The United Nations (led by the United States) helped South Korea.11
6497047417The Feminine MystiqueClassic feminist protest literature, written by Betty Friedan, that helped launch the modern women's movement; an indictment of the "stifling boredom" of suburban housewifery.12
6497047420McCarthyismTerm for the dangerous forces of unfairness and fear that a democratic society can unleash; refers to the ruthless red-hunting of Senator McCarthy, who destroyed countless careers by feeding on the America's fears of communist infiltration, damaging the American traditions of fair play and free speech.13
6497047422Jim Crow LawsRigid set of antiquated segregation laws that governed all aspects of southern blacks' existence, keeping them economically inferior and politically powerless.14
6497047423Montgomery bus boycottYearlong boycott sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks for violating the city's Jim Crow statues by sitting in the "whites only" section of a city bus.15
6497047424Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KansasUnanimous Supreme Court decision which ruled that segregation in public schools was "inherently unequal" and thus unconstitutional and that desegregation should go ahead with "all deliberate speed"; reversed the 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson decision that had ruled that "separate but equal" facilities were allowable under the Constitution.16
6497047425Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC)Formed in 1960 by impassioned southern black students to give more focus and force to the wave of "sit-in" protests organized to compel equal treatment in restaurants, transportation, employment, housing, and voter registration; members lost patience with the tactics of Dr. King's SCLC and the NAACP.17
6497047427Federal Highway Act of 1956Act that authorized a $27 billion public works project to build 42,000 miles of modern, multilane roads across the nation; created countless jobs but speed up sub-urbanization, with disastrous consequences for cities; also led to concerns about environmental impact and energy consumption.18
6497047431Suez crisisWhen Egyptian president Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal, British, French, and Israeli forces staged a joint assault on Egypt, cutting off Western Europe's oil supply; when the United States, who had been kept in the dark about the plan, refused to release emergency oil supplies, the allies were compelled to withdraw troops and the United Nations was forced to intervene.19
6497047432OPrganization of Petroleum Exporting Countires (OPEC)Organization formed by Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Iran, and Venezuela in 1960 to protect their oil interests; developed a stranglehold on the Western economies over the next two decades, as America went from being an "oil power" to becoming a net oil importer.20
6497047433SputnikSoviet satellite launched into orbit in 1957, astounding the world and rattling America's self-confidence regarding scientific superiority and military security; Eisenhower established NASA and set aside billions for missile development.21
6497047435New FrontierPresident Kennedy's nickname for his domestic policy agenda. Buoyed by youthful optimism, the program included proposals for the Peace Corps and efforts to improve education and health care22
6497047436Peace Corpsa federal agency created by President Kennedy in 1961 to promote voluntary service by Americans in foreign countries, it provides labor power to help developing countries improve their infrastructire, health care, educational systems, and other aspects of their societies. Part of Kennedy's New Frontier vision, the organization represented an effort by postwar liberals to promote American values and influence through productive exchanges across the world23
6497047438Berlin Wallfortified and guarded barrier between East and West Berlin erected on orders from Soviet Permier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961 to stop the flow of people to the West; until its destruction in 1989, the wall was a vivid symbol of the divide between the communist and capitalist worlds24
6497047440Bay of Pigs invasionCIA plot in 1961 to overthrow Fidel Castro by training Cuban exiles to invade and supporting them with American air power; the mission failed and became a public relations disaster early in JFK's presidency25
6497047441Cuban missle crisisstandoff between JFK and Khrushchev in October 1962 over Soviet plans to install nuclear weapons in Cuba. Although the crisis was ultimately settled in American's favor and represented a foreign policy triumph for Kennedy, it brought the world's superowers perilously close to brink of nuclear confrontation26
6497047442Freedom Ridersorganized mixed-race groups who rode interstate buses deep into the South to draw attention to and protest racial segregation, beginning in 1961. This effort by northern young people to challenge racism proved a political and public relations success for the Civil Rights Movement27
6497047444March on Washingtonmassive civil rights demonstration in August 1963 in support of Kennedy-backed legislation to secure legal protections for American blacks. One of the most visually impressive manifestations of the Civil Rights Movement, it was the occasion of Martin Luther King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech28
6497047445Civil Rights Act of 1964federal law that banned racial discrimination in public facilities and strengthened the federal government's power to fight segregation in schools. Title VII of the act prohibited employers from discriminating based on race in their hiring practices, and empowered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to regulate fair employment29
6497047446affrimation actionprogram designed to redress historic racial and gender imbalances in jobs and education, the term grew from an executive order issued by JFK in 1961 mandating that projects paid for with federal funds could not discriminate based on race in their hiring practices. In the 1960s, President Nixon's Philadelphia Plan changed the meaning of administrative action to require attention to certain groups, rather protect indiviudals against discrimination30
6497047447Great SocietyPresident Lyndon Johnson's term for his domestic agenda that was billed as a successor to the New Deal, it aimed to extend the postwar prosperity to all people in American society by promoting civil rights and fighting poverty, including programs such as the War on Poverty (expanded the Social Security system by creating Medicare and Medicaid to provide health care for the aged and poor). Johnson also signed laws protecting consumers and empowering community organizations to combat poverty at grassroots level31
6497047448Freedom Summera voter registration drive in Mississippi spearheaded by the collaboration of civil rights groups, the campaign drew the activism of thousands of black and white civil rights workers, many of whom were students from the north, and was marred by the abduction and murder of three such workers at the hands of white racists32
6497047449Mississippi Freedom Democratic partypolitical party organized by civil rights activists to challenge Mississippi's delegation to the Democratic National Convention, who opposed the civil rights planks in the party's platform. Claiming a mandate to represent the true voice of Mississippi, where almost no black citizens could vote, it demanded to be seated at the convention but were denied by party bosses. The effort was both a setback to civil rights activism in the south and a motivation to continue to struggle for black voting rights33
6497047450Voting Rights Act of 1965legislation pushed through Congress by President Johnson that prohibited ballot-denying tactics, such as literacy tests and intimidation. It was a successor to the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and sought to make racial disenfranchisement explicitly illegal34
6497047451Black Panther partyorganization of armed black militants formed in Oakland, California, in 1966 to protect black rights. They represented a growing dissatisfaction with the non-violent wing of the civil rights movement, and signaled a new direction to that movement after the legislative victories of 1964-196535
6497047456Vietnamizationpolicy of equipping and training of the South Vietnamese to fight for themselves36
6497047457Nixon Doctrinethe U.S. will not do the majority of fighting in countries threatened by communism, will provide aid37
6497047459My Lai MassacreIn 1968 American troops massacred women and children in the Vietnamese village of My Lai; this deepened American people's disgust for the Vietnam War.38
6497047460Kent State Universityshooting of students(protesting invasion of cambodia) by members of the Ohio National Guard39
6497047461pentagon Papers1971 story leaked by a Pentagon official to the NY Times that documented the blunders and deceptions of Kennedy and Johnson administrations which provoked the North Vietnameses attack on Tonkin in 1964.40
6497047462detenteEra of relaxed tension between the two Communist powers China and USSR which produced several agreements in 1972.41
6497047465environmental Portection Agency (EPA)A governmental organization signed into law by Richard Nixon in 1970 designed to regulate pollution, emissions, and other factors that negatively influence the natural environment. The creation of the it marked a newfound commitment by the federal government to actively combat environmental risks and was a significant triumph for the environmentalist movement.42
6497047468War Powers ActLaw passed by Congress limiting the President's ability to wage war without Congressional approval. The act required the President to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing troops to a foreign conflict. An important consequence of the Vietnam War, this piece of legislation sought to reduce the President's unilateral authority in military matters.43
6497047469WatergateSeries of scandals that resulted in President Richard Nixon's resignation amid calls for his impeachment. The episode sprang from a failed burglary attempt at Democratic party headquarters in Washington's Watergate Hotel during the 1972 election.44
6497047471Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)declared full constitutional equality for women. Although it passed both houses of Congress in 1972, a concerted grassroots campaign by anti-feminists led by Phyllis Schlafly persuaded enough state legislatures to vote against ratification. The amendment failed to become part of the Constitution.45
6497047472Roe v. WadeLandmark Supreme Court decision that forbade states from barring abortion by citing a woman's constitutional right to privacy. Seen as a victory for feminism and civil liberties by some, the decision provoked a strong counter-reaction by opponents to abortion, galvanizing the Pro-Life movement.46
6497047474Salt IIStrategic Arms Limitation Treaty agreement between Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev and American president Jimmy Carter. Despite an accord to limit weapons between the two leaders, the agreement was ultimately scuttled in the U.S. Senate following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979.47
6497047475Iranian hostage crisisThe 444 days in which American embassy workers were held captive by Iranian revolutionaries after young Muslim fundamentalists overthrew the oppressive regime of the American-backed shah, forcing him into exile. These revolutionaries triggered an energy crisis by cutting off Iranian oil. The crisis began when revolutionaries stormed the American embassy, demanding that the United States return the shah to Iran for trial. The episode was marked by botched diplomacy and failed rescue attempts by the Carter Administration. After permanently damaging relations between the two countries, the crisis ended with the hostage's release the day Ronald Reagan became president48
6497047478perestroikaAn economic policy adopted in the former Soviet Union. Intended to increase automation and labor efficiency but it led eventually to the end of central planning in the Russian economy.49
6497047483Marshall Plan-give financial aid to western europe (mainly west germany, britain, and france)50

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