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AP US History - US Presidents Flashcards

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9859745149George Washington1789-1797 Federalist Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act; Neutrality; Farewell Address0
9859745150John Adams1797-1801 Federalist XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts1
9859745151Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Marbury v. Madison; Louisiana Purchase; Embargo of 18072
9859745152James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican War of 1812; First Protective Tariff3
9859745153James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Missouri Compromise of 1820; Monroe Doctrine4
9859745154John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican "Corrupt Bargain"; "Tariff of Abominations"5
9859745155Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat Nullification Crisis; Bank War; Indian Removal Act6
9859745156Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat Trail of Tears; Specie Circular; Panic of 18377
9859745157William Henry Harrison1841 Whig "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"; First Whig President8
9859745158John Tyler1841-1845 Whig "His Accidency"; Webster-Ashburton Treaty9
9859745159James Polk1845-1849 Democrat Texas annexation; Mexican War10
9859745160Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig Mexican War hero and staunch Unionist11
9859745161Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 185012
9859745162Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase13
9859745163James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; Harpers Ferry raid14
9859745164Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican Secession and Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation15
9859745165Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat 13th and 14th amendments; Radical Reconstruction; Impeachment16
9859745166Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican 15th amendment; Panic of 187317
9859745167Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; labor unions and strikes18
9859745168James Garfield1881, Republican Brief resurgence of presidential authority; Increase in American naval power; Purge corruption in the Post Office19
9859745169Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican Standard Oil trust created Edison lights up New York City20
9859745170Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Act; Panic of 1893; Pullman Strike21
9859745171Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Closure of the frontier22
9859745172William McKinley1897-1901 Republican Spanish-American War; Open Door policy23
9859745173Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909 Republican Progressivism; Square Deal; Big Stick Diplomacy24
9859745174William Howard Taft1909-1913 Republican Dollar diplomacy NAACP founded25
9859745175Woodrow Wilson1913-1921 Democrat WWI; League of Nations; 18th and 19th amendments; Segregation of federal offices; First Red Scare26
9859745176Warren Harding1921-1923 Republican "Return to normalcy", return to isolationism; Tea Pot Dome scandal; Prohibition27
9859745177Calvin Coolidge1923-1929 Republican Small-government (laissez-faire) conservative28
9859745178Herbert Hoover1929-1933 Republican "American individualism"; Stock Market Crash; Dust Bowl; Hawley-Smoot Tariff29
9859745179Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933-1945 Democrat New Deal; WWII; Japanese Internment; "Fireside Chats"30
9859745180Harry Truman1945-1953 Democrat A-bomb; Marshall Plan; Korean War; United Nations31
9859745181Dwight Eisenhower1953-1961 Republican Brown v. Board of Education; Second Red Scare; Highway Act and suburbanization ("white flight"); Farewell Address warning of the military industrial complex32
9859745182John Kennedy1961-1963 Democrat Camelot; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Space program; Peace Corps33
9859745183Lyndon Johnson1963-1969 Democrat Civil and Voting Rights acts; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society34
9859745184Richard Nixon1969-1974 Republican Environmental Protection Act; China visit; Moon Landing; Watergate35
9859745185Gerald Ford1974-1977 Republican Pardoning of Nixon; OPEC crisis36
9859745186Jimmy Carter1977-1981 Democrat stagflation / energy crisis; Iran hostage crisis; Camp David Accords37
9859745187Ronald Reagan1981-1989 Republican Conservative revolution; Iran-Contra scandal38
9859745188George H. W. Bush1989-1993 Republican Persian Gulf War39
9859745189Bill Clinton1993-2001 Democrat NAFTA; Lewinsky scandal and impreachment40
9859745190George W. Bush2001-2008 Republican War on terrorism; Patriot Act; Tax cuts; "No Child Left Behind"41
9859745191Barack Obama2008-2017 Democrat Affordable Care Act42
9859745192Donald Trump2017-? Republican "Make America Great Again"43

AP US History Chapters 9-11 Flashcards

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7731734969Changes within society in the pursuit of equality- Changed forenames to Mr. and Mrs. - Master replaced with boss - Not many indentured servants - No primogeniture0
7731734970Society of the CincinattiLordly pretensions of the Continental Army officers who formed a hereditary order1
7731734971DisestablishedAnglican church was reformed and was named Protestant Episcopal Church and disestablished as the official religion2
7731734972Virginia Statute for Religious FreedomReligious freedom in Virginia - Established by Thomas Jefferson3
7731734973Abolitionist movements- Continental Congress abolished it with a positive response - No states south of Pennsylvania abolished slavery - discrimination continued - Any major abolitionist movement would have disrupted unity that was already fragile4
7731734974Women's "rights"- New Jersey allowed women to vote for a short time - Some disguised as men and served in the army - Generally didn't have many rights5
7731734975Civic virtue- Democracy depended on the unselfish commitment of each citizen to the public good - Mothers spread this to children6
7731734976Republican motherhood- Mothers taught their children civic virtue early on - People realized women were important and extended education to them7
7731734977Constitution making in the states - what did Congress call for?Called for colonies to rewrite their Constitutions - not everybody did it8
7731734978Massachusetts process for making a new state Constitution- When made - given to the people for ratification - Once adopted, only another specially called constitutional convention could change things - Future process9
7731734979Similarities among state constitutions- Defined government with authority from the people - Documents required annual elections - A bill of rights - A weak judiciary - Little executive power - Legislature had too much power10
7731734980Result of the loyalist estatesThey were cut up into smaller pieces -> spread economic democracy11
7731734981Nonimportation agreement effects on jobsIt stimulated *manufacturing* because there was a higher need for things that were originally supplied by England - *agriculture* was still the *leading* industry12
7731734982Positives and negatives of trading(+) Could trade freely with other countries (+) More items to be traded (-) Couldn't trade with Britain or British West Indies (-) Commercial outlets may have local restrictions13
7731734983Economic and social atmosphere at the time- Rich profiteers present more so than before - The previously rich were left destitute - General disrespect for the majesty of the law14
7731734984Issues with making a new government- No more Tories, which meant no more conservatives to balance and help with government - Patriots didn't have a common cause anymore - Hard to start a new government from scratch15
7731734985What did Britain do to American markets other than cut it off?They flooded it with lowered prices for goods that would cost more locally made16
7731734986Positives of making a new government- Functioned under similar constitutions - Political inheritance from Britain - High order leaders17
7731734987Articles of Confederation- First governing document of the US - Lacked strong central government - Needed 13 states to ratify - Translated into French to show they had a government18
7731734988When was the Articles of Confederation ratified (before what event)?8 months before the victory at Yorktown... coincidence?19
7731734989States that had land West of mountains - characteristics- Seven did - Didn't have to tax heavily - Pay off debt faster - Land-rich20
7731734990States that *didn't* have land West of mountains - characteristics- Had to tax more heavily - Took longer to pay off tax - Main reason states refused to sign the AOC21
7731734991Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation- Can't maintain armies without Congress' approval - Unanimous agreement needed to get articles passed - 9/13 needed for bills to be passed - One vote for each colony regardless of size - States collect the tax, give money to federal government - *usually "lost"* - No executive branch or strong court system - Congress was intentionally weak22
7731734992Why did most states have to join the Union?They couldn't get advantages of new land sales and couldn't "exist" without them23
7731734993Pioneers going West to get land- Got land from government (directly or indirectly) - Looked at national capital for "guidance" -> weakened local power - Uniform land policy made possible24
7731734994Issues with Congress1) No power to regulate commerce - different tariffs and navigation laws created by different states to attract money 2) No tax collection - *asked* them to contribute but usually only got 1/4 if lucky25
77317349951783 - march to Pennsylvania- Pennsylvania soldiers marched to Independence Hall - Members had to ask state for protection - Fled to Princeton26
7731734996Result of having a federation instead of a *con*federationNeeded to recast local government free to control all domestic affairs27
7731734997Old Northwest28
7731734998Land Ordinance of 1785- Acreage of the Old Northwest should be sold and that the proceeds should be used to pay off national debt - Land surveyed by six square miles per area - 16th district was for education29
7731734999Northwest Ordinance of 1787- Created the Northwest Territory - Allowed an area to be a state when it had 60,000 people in it - Prohibited slavery30
7731735000Lord SheffieldEnglishman who declared that Britain shouldn't have to try to get America to trade with them; commerce would follow old channels naturally31
7731735001British in America- Trading posts with fur trade by redcoats - The main purpose - keep Natives allied on attack on the USA32
7731735002Americans wanted ______ on British Parliament. Why?trade restrictions - because they were restricting their trade vice versa, but Congress couldn't control commerce33
7731735003Spanish in America- Closed Mississippi River in 1784 to Americans - Got land given to US - Schemed with the Natives34
7731735004French in Americademanded repayment of money loaned35
7731735005Dey of AlgiersNorth African pirates - Destroyed commerce and enslaved Yankees - Yankees came and forged British papers to pretend they were Britain36
7731735006Issues with some states in the mid 1780s- Some states refused to pay anything - Boundary issues caused minor battles, and there was no judicial branch - Making paper money - some states sanctioned making it37
7731735007Shays' Rebellion- West Massachusetts in 1786 - Backcountry farmers were losing property because of foreclosure and tax delinquencies - Captain Daniel Shays - leader - Wanted paper money, lighter taxes, and suspend property takeovers - Massachusetts made a small army in order to defend against them38
7731735008Results of Shays' Rebellion- Massachusetts passed debtor relief laws - Caused fear among elites - Created a mobocracy - civic virtue became insignificant *-Showed that America needed a strong central government that was not provided by the AOC*39
7731735009Biggest issue at the timeControlling commerce40
7731735010Annapolis Convention- Met because of controlling commerce - Virginia called for a meeting in Annapolis - 5 state reps - Alexander Hamilton called for a convention in Philadelphia the following year - Congress called a convention to *revise* A.O.C.41
7731735011Constitutional Convention- All states chose representatives by state legislatures and people — except Rhode Island - Met in secrecy in 1787 - Sentinels outside - Made men drop personal pursuits and focus on the country's needs - GW became chairman42
7731735012James Madison's nickname"Father of the Constitution"43
7731735013Goals of the Constitutional Convention- Wanted a firm, dignified, and respected government - Wanted to preserve the union - Forestall anarchy - Ensure security of life and property against dangerous uprisings by the mobocracy44
7731735014What did the Constitutional Convention do with the Articles of Confederation (AOC)?Scraped it completely45
7731735015Virginia PlanKnown as large-state plan - Both houses of Congress should be based on population - Gave big states the advantage46
7731735016New Jersey PlanKnown as the small-state plan - Equal representation of a one-branched Congress regardless of size and population - Feared larger states would override them47
7731735017The Great CompromiseKnown as the Connecticut Compromise - House of Representatives - representative assembly based on the number of districts in a state (all tax bills must originate from here - population counted more heavily) - Senate - Two representatives from each state48
7731735018Common LawUnnecessary to be specific about every conceivable detail49
7731735019Civil LawElaborate lengthy legal codes50
7731735020The new Constitution provided for an __________ branchexecutive51
7731735021Difference between powers of war in the president and CongressPresident could wage war, but Congress could declare war52
7731735022Electoral College"a body of people representing the states of the US, who formally cast votes for the election of the president and vice president" - Large states had advantage in first round of popular voting - Small states would get a larger voice if no candidate got majority of electoral votes and given to House of Representatives53
7731735023Three-Fifths Compromise- South wanted slaves to be voters - North didn't and would logically require more representation - Slaves would count as 3/5 of a person54
7731735024Agreements that were mutual among states- Demanded established money and private property - Strong government with three branches and having checks & balances - Suffrage for men55
7731735025Safeguards for conservatism- Barriers and safeguards against the mob - President indirectly elected by Electoral College - Senators were indirectly chosen by state legislatures - Judges appointed for life - Only House of Reps was direct56
7731735026End of Constitutional Convention- 17 weeks - Feared if the Constitution would be acceptable to the country57
7731735027How many states needed to ratify the Constitution for it to be accepted? Why9/13 because the Framers foresaw that hesitant states wouldn't comply58
7731735028Antifederalists- Consisted of poorer people, like debtors who feared to pay back all of their money - Opposed stronger federal government - Freedom of individuals was compromised, wanted annual elections, no standing army, feared no ref. to God, and disliked the ratification of 2/3 states needed59
7731735029Federalists- Favored stronger federal government - Wealthier, more organized, and had the press on their side - 100+ newspapers, only 12 supported anti-feds60
7731735030Massachusetts in the ratification of the Constitution- Originally majority antifederalist - Feds assured Bill of Rights to Constitution - Ratification - 187 to 16861
7731735031New Hampshire in the ratification of the Constitution- Originally anti fed - Feds arranged an adjournment and won waverers62
7731735032Virginia in the ratification of the Constitution- Fierce antifederalist opposition - Strong leaders influenced them - New Hampshire was about to ratify, so the Union would be made anyway - couldn't continue as independent - 89-79 ratification63
7731735033New York in the ratification of the Constitution- Anti-fed majority convention - Articles used as propaganda - State couldn't prosper without the Union - 30-27 - Approved 32 proposed amendments64
7731735034North Carolina in the ratification of the ConstitutionAdjourned convention without a vote65
7731735035Rhode Island in the ratification of the ConstitutionDidn't even call a convention and rejected it popularly66
7731735036T/F: All white males votedFalse, only about 1/467
7731735037The FederalistA book with Adams, Madison, and Jay's influential propaganda writings promoting the ratification of the Constitution68
7731735038Slave Trade CompromiseSlave trade can continue slave trade until the end of 1807 - Meant slaves increase more by procreation69
7731735039The Elastic ClauseCongress shall have the power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers70
7731735040Why did anti-feds later adopt the Constitution?The Federalists promised to add a Bill of Rights71
7731735041BicameralHaving two branches of a type of government72
7731735042UnicameralHaving one branch of a type of government73
7731735043Issues with the Federalists- Alien and Sedition Acts - Hamilton made a private pamphlet attacking Adams - published to the public - Adams refused to give them a war with France - taxes with no use74
7731735044Adams became known as...The Father of the American Navy75
7731735045Federalist accusations of Thomas Jefferson- Accused of robbing a widow and son - Sally Hemmings relationship - Separated church and state in VA - Alleged athiest76
7731735046Sally Hemmingsthe now-proven "wife" of Thomas Jefferson77
7731735047Jefferson winning the election- 73-65 - Won NY because of Aaron Burr - Won South states and West states because of male suffrage - 3/5 Compromise helped him - more representatives78
7731735048Revolution of 1800- Election of Jefferson was the original spirit of the Revolution - Believed Adams and Jefferson betrayed ideas of 1776 and 1787 - Peaceful transfer of power79
7731735049Goals of Jefferson's presidency- Restore Republican government - Check growth of government power - Stop decay of virtue under the Federalists80
7731735050T/F: There was an orderly transfer of power from Adams to JeffersonTrue81
7731735051"We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists"Jefferson's Inaugural Address82
7731735052Characteristics of Jefferson's presidency- Extended idea of seating without regard to rank - Sent messages to Congress to be read by a clerk - Didn't make public appearances - Didn't dismiss many public servants for political reasons83
7731735053Patronage"the power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges" by favoritism - Jeffersonians complained about Federalist appointees84
7731735054Democratic-Republican disunity- Opposition to Federalists was a uniting factor - As the Federalists faded, so did the unity85
7731735055Laws Jefferson undid by Federalists- Pardoned martyrs under Sedition Act - Remitted fines - Convinced Congress to repeal excise tax86
7731735056Naturalization Law of 1802Reduced citizen residency requirement from 14 to 5 years87
7731735057Albert Gallatin- Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson - Believed debt was bane88
7731735058Restraints in not repealing every law showed that...the defeated party doesn't have to be disastrous afterwards89
7731735059Judiciary Act of 1801- One of the last important laws passed by Federal Congress - Made up new federal judgeships and other judicial offices90
7731735060Midnight judges- Judges selected by Adams - Appointments continued to midnight - Stayed up until 9 pm in last day of office signing commissions91
7731735061Result of the Judiciary ActJeffersonians claimed that the Federalists attempted to entrench themselves in one branch of government92
7731735062Chief Justice John Marshall- Adams appointed to Supreme Court as 4th choice - Cousin of Thomas Jefferson - Served at Valley Forge93
7731735063Reasons John Marshall became a FederalistWhen he was in Valley Forge, he was impressed with the drawbacks of the weak federal government94
7731735064Marbury v. Madison 1803- William Marbury sued James Madison for shelving his commission - Marshall said that under the Judiciary Act of 1789 on which Marbury tried to base his case was unconstitutional. The Act attempted to assign Supreme Court powers the Constitution did not foresee - Marshall dismissed the case to avoid Jeffersonian rivalry too95
7731735065Judicial ReviewThe Supreme Court alone had the last word on the question of constitutionality96
7731735066Samuel Chase- Jefferson urged impeachment of him - Accused him of prejudice of Jeffersonians in sedition trials - Jefferson's attempt at judge breaking reassured the judiciary independence and separation of powers - *Political powers should not be abused*97
7731735067Jefferson's military- 2,500 men and officers - Wanted to set an example of the world - Jeffersonians distrusted large armies to prevent military dictatorship98
7731735068North African Barbary States- Made industry of blackmailing and plundering ships that came into the Meditteranean - Federalists earlier forced to pay for protection99
7731735069Tripolitan War- Pasha of Tripoli dissatisfied with share of money - Informally declared war on the US - Jefferson got a treaty after four years with a ransom of $60,000 for Americans100
7731735070Small gunboats- Called "Jeffs" or "mosquito fleet" - Jefferson believed they would be useful in defense and made 200 of them101
7731735071Explain the transfer of Louisiana from Spain to France- Napoleon had the king of Spain give up LA - Guaranteed to be true when warehouse privileges were taken away - Thomas would have to seek foreign ally help102
7731735072Event when Jefferson sent James Monroe to discuss the treaty- Joined Robert R. Livingston - Was to only pay $10 million for New Orleans and the rest of the East - If the proposal failed, they would ally with Britain103
7731735073Why did Napoleon sell Louisiana?- Haitian Revolution - End of the 20-month conflict with Britain - feared he might have to gift it to Britain104
7731735074Haitian Revolution- Led by Toussaint L'Ouverture - Inspired by the French Revolution - Revolt was broken, but mosquitoes with yellow fever killed French army - Santo Domingo not needed, so no need for Louisiana105
7731735075The event of the end of the 20-month conflict with Britain showed that...France hoped America would be a naval power in the future106
7731735076Louisiana Purchase- Livingston paid $15 million for all of Louisiana - Jefferson submitted treaties to Senate and admitted it was unconstitutional - 828,000 sq mi for 3¢ an acre107
7731735077Effects of the Louisiana Purchase- Larger power - Incorporation of states as one equal membership - Removed most of the Old World power - Avoided unnecessary alliances108
7731735078Corps of Discovery- Meriwether Lewis and William Clark sent by Jefferson to explore north part of LA - went by MS River - Assisted by Sacajawea109
7731735079Merriwether Lewis and William Clark- Lewis - personal secretary of Jefferson - Clark - army officer110
7731735080SacajaweaShoshone woman that helped Lewis and Clark111
7731735081Effects of the Corps of DiscoveryGreater scientific knowledge, maps, Indians in the region, wilderness adventure stories, and allowed other explorers venture like Zebulon M. Pike *Original purpose: find a path to the Pacific (MS River to the West)*112
7731735082Marias River- Lewis and three other men went to explore - Attacked by teen Blackfoot Indians and horses got stolen - Shot them and left the peace necklace on their neck113
7731735083Aaron Burr- Dropped from Cabinet second term - Joined group of Federalists to secede New England and NY - Hamilton exposed them - Burr challenged Hamilton to a duel and shot him114
7731735084General James Wilkinson- He and Burr planned to separate the West part of the US to expand - Burr and 60 followers went to him in Natchez - Jefferson learned of the plan - He fled to France and told Napoleon to make an alliance with Britain in America115
7731735085Effect of General James WilkinsonShowed it was hard for the US govt to govern that much land116
7731735086Battle of Trafalgar1805 Horatio Lord Nelson destroyed French and Spanish fleets off the coast of Spain117
7731735087Battle of Austerlitz1805 Napoleon crushed Austrian and Russian armies118
7731735088Orders in CouncilBegan in 1806 Series of edicts closing European ports unless stopped at a British port first119
7731735089Berlin Decree1806 Napoleon ordered seizure of all ships that entered British port120
7731735090Impressment- Forcible enlistment of sailors - 6,000 US citizens captured by British in 1808-1811121
7731735091Chesapeake Affair1807 - British demanded surrender of American deserters - American captain refused - British killed 3 Americans and wounded 18 *Led to resentment by Americans*122
7731735092Embargo Act of 1807- Passed so powers would be forced to respect its rights (they got food from them) - Forbade the export of all goods from the US whether in American or foreign ships123
7731735093If the Embargo Act worked, then... If it didn't work, then...-> Would point a new way for foreign affairs and show rights of neutral nations -> Republic would perish under European power124
7731735094Effects of the Embargo Act- Dead ships and harbor in New England - Unexportable cotton, grain, and tobacco in the South - Illicit trade - Revived Federalist party125
7731735095Non-Intercourse ActMarch 1, 1809, expired 1810 Formally reopened trade with the rest of the world other than Britain and France126
7731735096Why did the embargo collapse after 15 months?- Underestimated determination of British and overestimated the two nations' reliance on America - Latin America opened its ports - Unpopularity - Didn't continue on long enough127
7731735097The Embargo Act did allow Yankees in New England to...make a manufacturing industry128
7731735098Macon's Bill No. 2- Reopened trade with the rest of the world - Replaced Non-Intercourse Act - If either France or Britain would respect American shipping, US would cut off trade with the other129
7731735099Effect of Macon's Bill No. 2- Napoleon wanted an embargo on Britain, and Madison accepted - Gave Britain three months to repeal their acts, yet the didn't - Virtually guaranteed future conflict with Britain130
7731735100War Hawks- Name for the young hotheads from the N & S - Disliked impressment and British policy - West Warhawks wiped out Indians for the safety of pioneers131
7731735101Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa- Concluded it was time to end the conflict - Gathered tribes for a confederacy - Tecumseh said to never cede land to whites unless all Indians agreed132
7731735102Tenskwatawa was known asthe Prophet133
7731735103Battle of TippecanoeFall 1811 - William Henry Harrison - gov. of Indiana - gathered army - Advanced to Tecumseh's HQ - Tecumseh was absent b/c he was recruiting Southern support - Tenskwatawa attacked Harrison's army with small force of Shawnees134
7731735104Results of Tippecanoe- Harrison became a national hero - Killed and discredited Tenskwatawa - Drove Tecumseh into an alliance with Britain135
7731735105American war with Britain- Madison believed it was inevitable - Only the vigorous assertion of American rights could show nationhood and democracy136
7731735106War hawks wanted... Southern expansionists wanted...- Expansion in Canada - Florida137
7731735107Congress declaring warJune 1, 1812 - Showed division over wisdom of fighting - Support from S & W and Republicans in populous states (VA, PN) - Federalists in N & S disliked the war138
7731735108Federalists in New England regarding the war- Sympathized with Britain and disliked Napoleon - Disliked Canadian acquisition - more voting for Republicans139
7731735109Napoleon BonaparteFrench emporer who waged a series of wars against his neighbors on the European continent from 1800 until his final defeat at Waterloo in 1815. In 1803, having failed to put down the Haitian rebellion, Napoleon relinquished France's remaining North American possessions by selling Louisiana territory to the US for 15 million.140
7731735110Aaron BurrRevolutionary War soldier and Vice president under Thomas Jefferson, Burr is perhaps most famous for fatally wounding Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804. In 1806, Burr led a failed plot to separate the trans-Mississippi west from the United States. Narrowly acquitted for treason, Burr fled to France where he tried to convince Napoleon to ally with Britian against the U.S.141
7731735111Samuel ChaseFederalist supreme court justice who drew the ire of the Jeffersonian Republics for his biting criticism of Republican policies. In 1804, the House of Representatives brought charges of impeachment against him but failed to make the case that his unrestrained partisanship qualified as "high crimes and misdemeanors". Acquitted by the Senate, he served on the court until his death,142
7731735112William ClarkJoined Meriwether Lewis in leading the expedition of Louisiana territory from1804-1806. After the Expedition, Clark played a key role in shaping America's Indian policy, seeking to strengthen American relations with the Indians through trade.143
7731735113Albert GallatinSecretary of the Treasury from 1801-1813 under Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, Gallatin sought to balance the federal budget and reduce the national debt.144
7731735114Sally HemingsOne of Jefferson's slaves on his plantations in Monticello. DNA testing confirms that Thomas Jefferson fathered Sally Heming's children.145
7731735115Thomas JeffersonAuthor of the Declaration of Independence, ambassador to France, and third president of the United States. As one of the leaders of the Democratic-Republican party, Jefferson advocated a limited role for the national government, particularly in the area of finance. As President, however, Jefferson oversaw significant expansion of the federal state through the purchase of Louisiana Territory and the enactment of the Embargo of 1807.146
7731735116Meriwether LewisAmerican soldier and explorer who led the famous expedition through Louisiana territory from 1804-1806. After briefly serving as governor of upper Louisiana territory, Lewis died in an apparent suicide in 1809.147
7731735117Robert R. LivingstonAmerican statesman who served as minister to France 1801-1804 and negotiated the purchase of the Louisiana territory in 1803.148
7731735118Toussaint L'ouvertureHaitian revolutionary who led successful slave uprising an helped establish an independent Haiti in 1797. In 1802, L'overture was captured by a French by a French force sent to reestablish control over the island. Shipped back to France and imprisoned for treason, he succumbed to pneumonia.149
7731735119James MadisonPrincipal author of the Consitituion, co-author of THE Federalist, and fourth president of the United States. A leading advocate of a strong national government in the 1780s, Madison later joined Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans in advocating a more limited role for the federal state. As president, Madison inherited the conflict over trade with Britain and France, which eventually pushed him to declare war on Britain in 1812.150
7731735120John MarshallCheif Justice of the Supreme Court from 1801 until his death in 1835, Marshall strengthened the role of the courts by establishing the principle of "Judicial Review". During his tenure, the court also expanded the powers of the federal government through a series of decisions that established federal supremacy over the states.151
7731735121SacajaweaShoshone guide who led Meriwether Lewis and William Clark on their exploration of the American west.152
7731735122TecumsehAccomplished Shawnee warrir, Tecumseh sought to establish a confederacy of Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. He opposed individual tribes selling of land to the United States, arguing the land belonged to all the native people. After 1811, Tecumseh allied with the British frighting fiercely with his death until 1813.153
7731735123Tenskwatawa"The Prophet"; Shawnee religious leader, who led a spiritual revival emphasizing Indian unity and cultural renewal and urging Indians to limit contact with Americans. The prophet lost his following in 1811 after he and a small army of followers were defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe154
7731735124James WilkinsonMilitary governor of the Louisiana territory who conspired with Aaron Burr to separate from the United States and ally with Spanish controlled areas of the Americas.155
7731735125Characteristics of America at the time (late 1780s to 1790s)- Population doubling every 25 years - Still 90% rural - 5% lived West of Mountains - KY, TN, and OH resistive and not loyal because the Spanish and British agents offered them independence156
7731735126George Washington won the election _________unanimously157
7731735127George Washington's Cabinet- Constitution didn't mention it - Washington's administration - President "may require" written opinions of the heads of the executive branch departments158
7731735128Three department heads at the time- Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton - Secretary of War Henry Knox159
7731735129Anti-feds criticized the Constitution because of the lack of...guarantees of rights160
7731735130Two ways amendments could be added to the Constitution- New Constitutional Convention requested by 2/3 of the states - 2/3 vote of both houses of Congress161
7731735131James Madison- Feared a new convention might make the Federalists lose - Made the Bill of Rights - "Father of the Constitution"162
7731735132Bill of Rights1791 - First 10 Amendments - American principles like natural rights, jury, no cruel and unusual punishments, etc.163
77317351339th and 10th Amendment- 9th - Rights not listed in the Constitution are still rights - 10th - Anything the Constitution says Congress doesn't have is up to the states and the people164
7731735134Judiciary Act of 1789- Established a Supreme Court with a chief justice & five associates, federal districts & circuit courts, and an established office of the attorney general - John Jay became the first Chief Justice165
7731735135National debt at the time$75 million166
7731735136Economic plan of Alexander Hamilton- Wanted to shape policies of the government to favor wealthy groups - Would lend government monetary and political support - Prosperity would trickle down (BEFAT)167
7731735137Funding at parFederal government would pay off its debts at face value plus accumulated interest (would sell bonds from federal to state to ensure credibility)168
7731735138Why was funding at par made?There was no public funding for Alex because of the lack of confidence from the public169
7731735139Government bonds- People didn't trust the Treasury with his plan, so the value of them depreciated by 10 to 15¢ each - Some had many and bought more when Congress passed the plan170
7731735140Assumption- State debts regarded as national debt because of the Revolution - Would chain states more to the "federal chariot" - Would shift attachment of wealthy creditors from states to federal government171
7731735141Results of Assumption- States with heavy debt, like MA, appreciated it - States without tax, like VA, wanted some compensation172
7731735142The capital was moved because...Virginia in the assumption of debt wanted the DOC to be on Potomac River to gain commerce and prestige, so it was passed by Congress173
7731735143Why did Alexander Hamilton believe national debt was a blessing?More creditors the government owed money to meant more people with a personal stake in enterprise174
7731735144Hamilton's financial structure175
7731735145Tariff law- Revenues would pay for debt, and profits depended on foreign trade - 8% of value of imports - Also designed to put protection around smaller industries (not in Hamilton's original plan — he wanted it to be for larger manufacturers)176
7731735146Excise tax- Tax on a few domestic items, notably whiskey - 7¢ a gallon - Whiskey was used as currency because it flowed freely in the backcountry177
7731735147Explain the idea of the Bank of the United States- Hamilton took the model of the English bank - Private institution with government being the primary stockholder - Federal Treasury would keep its money - Federal funds would stimulate business by remaining in circulation - Could print money when needed178
7731735148Thomas Jefferson's rebuttal for Hamilton's bank idea- Said they had no power to make it — believed it was the states' rights - "Strict Constitution"179
7731735149Hamilton's response to Thomas Jefferson- Believed that Congress could pass anything necessary and proper - Government explicitly empowered to collect taxes and regulate trade - "Implied powers" or "loose constitution" - "Elastic clause"180
7731735150Responses to Hamilton from the public- Support from North because of commercial and financial centers - Opposition came from the South with agriculture181
7731735151Established bank of the US- Chartered for 20 years - 1791 in Philidelphia - Capital of $10 million - 1/5 owned by federal government - Stock thrown to the public - sold out in two hours182
7731735152Whiskey RebellionBy the Whiskey Boys in SW PN 1794 - Countrymen challenged national government - High excise tax was a burden on economic necessity - Made whiskey poles - like liberty poles - Tarred and feathered revenue officers - brought collections to a halt183
7731735153Reactions and results to the Whiskey Rebellion- GW summoned 13,000 militiamen - GW government gained a new respect for strength and authority - Brutal force to crush a small rebellion184
7731735154Emergence of political parties- Economic plan restored credibility but infringed upon states' rights - Madison and Jefferson made an opposition group to Hamiltonians - Originally supposed to be confined to Congress185
7731735155Loyal oppositionParty out of power balances wishes of their political party186
7731735156French Revolution- Against Louis XVI - Americans cheered for liberty - second part of their revolt - Only a few Federalists were hostile to them - France declared war on Austria - won and declared itself a republic187
7731735157Issues with the end of the French Revolution- King beheaded in 1793 - Church attacked - Reign of terror began188
7731735158Issues in America about the French Revolution- Federalist aristocrats feared Jeffersonian masses - "Lukewarm" Federalists approval of the revolution changed to disapproval - Jeffersonians disregarded bloodshed - thought a few thousand deaths were necessary for freedom189
7731735159George Washington in the war between France and Britain- Believed war had to be avoided at all costs - Nation was unstable and disunited - Strategy of delay allowed population to increase, stabilize the nation, and then assert its power190
7731735160Neutrality Proclamation1793 - GW proclaimed the government's official neutrality - Warned citizens to be impartial to armed camps191
7731735161Citizen Edmond Genêt- Came to Charleston, SC to negotiate - Fit out privateers and took advantage of alliance - Believed Neutrality Proclamation didn't reflect the true wishes of Americans - Recruited armies to invade Spanish Florida, Louisiana, and British Canada (in *America*!!!) - Threatened to appeal over the head of "Old Washington." - President demanded his withdrawal192
7731735162How was America useful to France by being neutral?It supplied the French West Indies needed foodstuffs. If they were in war, Britain would have blockaded the Yankees off193
7731735163Little Turtle- War Chief of Miamis - Defeated armies led by Josiah Harmar and Arthur St. Clair - Gave notice to the Miami Confederacy that there were divided borders194
7731735164Miami Confederacy- Alliance of eight Indian nations who terrorized Americans invading their lands - Received firearms and firewater from British agents195
7731735165Battle of Fallen Timbers1794 - New army under General "Mad Anthony" Wayne - British refused to shelter Indians - Treaty of Grenville offered196
7731735166Treaty of GrenvilleAugust 1795 - Confederacy gave up Old Northwest - Received $20k with $9k annually by Americans - Right to hunt lands - Recognition of status197
7731735167British Royal Navy- Struck the American ships giving supplies to French West Indies - Patriotic Americans wanted to fight George III - Federalists wanted peace — Hamilton's economic plan depended on trade with Britain198
7731735168Jay's Treaty- Britain would pay back for captured ships - Evacuate claims on US soil - Didn't say anything about future maritime seizures - Forced Jay to pay debts199
7731735169Why didn't the Jeffersonians like Jay's TreatyThey would have to pay their debts200
7731735170Pinckney's Treaty- Spain granted navigation of rivers - Warehouse rights at New Orleans - West Florida - Feared Anglo-American alliance201
7731735171Farewell Address- GW delivered it written out Four pieces of advice 1) Don't get involved in European affairs 2) Don't make "permanent alliances" in foreign affairs 3) Don't form political parties 4) Avoid sectionalism202
7731735172Results of George Washington's presidency- Established two-term tradition - Central government established - Expanded West - Merchant trading safer - Kept out of foreign affairs203
7731735173John Adams' presidency- Won presidential election 71-68 especially in New England - Jefferson became VP - No appeal to the masses - Couldn't fulfill GW's position as well204
7731735174XYZ Affair- John Adams sent three men to meet Charles Maurice de Tallyrand - Named X, Y, and Z - French asked for $250k to talk to them - Americans found it intolerable205
7731735175Charles Maurice de TallyrandMan who was at the XYZ affair meeting the American delegates206
7731735176"War" between France and America- Navy Department made - Three-ship Navy expanded - Marine Corps reestablished - 10,000 men army207
7731735177Results in France — the quarrel between America and France- Talleyrand realized another war would add another enemy - New American minister sent should be treated with respect208
7731735178Results in America — the quarrel between America and France- Adams got respect - Convention of 1800209
7731735179Convention of 1800- France agreed to end 22-year-old treaty - America agreed to pay damage claims210
7731735180Alien Laws- Federalists raised citizen requirement to be from 5 years to 14 years - President could deport foreigners in times of peace and deport/imprison them in times of hostility211
7731735181Sedition ActAnyone who hindered policies of government or defamed its officials would be liable to a heavy penalty and imprisonment212
7731735182Results of the Alien and Sedition Acts- 10 Jeffersonians brought to trial with Federalist judges - Made converts for Jeffersonians - Made expire in 1801 so it couldn't be used against them if they lost the election213
7731735183Congressman Matthew Lyon"Spitting Lion" - Spit in a Federalist's face and got the nickname - Was sent to jail for four months (not because of spitting)214
7731735184Kentucky Resolution- Jefferson feared Federalists were wiping out Jeffersonians and other rights - Made a series of resolutions approved by KY legislature215
7731735185Virginia ResolutionJames Madison made a similar but less extreme resolution approved by VA legislature216
7731735186The Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions- Made in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts - 13 states were individual judges of whether or not authority was abused - Tried to preserve union - Crystalize opposition to Federalists217
7731735187Results to the VA and KY Resolutions- 1st statement of states' rights - Opened for nullification controversy and secession later on218
7731735188Federalist vs Democratic-Republican (Google Doc)http://preview.tinyurl.com/comparison-of-parties219
7731735189Jeffersonian beliefs- Only educated whites should vote- - Believed slaves were essential - without them, poor whites would have to provide labor - Strong appeal to middle class and underprivileged220

AP US History - US Presidents Flashcards

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9911735709George Washington1789-1797 Federalist Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act; Neutrality; Farewell Address0
9911735710John Adams1797-1801 Federalist XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts1
9911735711Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Marbury v. Madison; Louisiana Purchase; Embargo of 18072
9911735712James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican War of 1812; First Protective Tariff3
9911735713James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Missouri Compromise of 1820; Monroe Doctrine4
9911735714John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican "Corrupt Bargain"; "Tariff of Abominations"5
9911735715Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat Nullification Crisis; Bank War; Indian Removal Act6
9911735716Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat Trail of Tears; Specie Circular; Panic of 18377
9911735717William Henry Harrison1841 Whig "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"; First Whig President8
9911735718John Tyler1841-1845 Whig "His Accidency"; Webster-Ashburton Treaty9
9911735719James Polk1845-1849 Democrat Texas annexation; Mexican War10
9911735720Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig Mexican War hero and staunch Unionist11
9911735721Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 185012
9911735722Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase13
9911735723James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; Harpers Ferry raid14
9911735724Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican Secession and Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation15
9911735725Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat 13th and 14th amendments; Radical Reconstruction; Impeachment16
9911735726Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican 15th amendment; Panic of 187317
9911735727Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; labor unions and strikes18
9911735728James Garfield1881, Republican Brief resurgence of presidential authority; Increase in American naval power; Purge corruption in the Post Office19
9911735729Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican Standard Oil trust created Edison lights up New York City20
9911735730Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Act; Panic of 1893; Pullman Strike21
9911735731Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Closure of the frontier22
9911735732William McKinley1897-1901 Republican Spanish-American War; Open Door policy23
9911735733Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909 Republican Progressivism; Square Deal; Big Stick Diplomacy24
9911735734William Howard Taft1909-1913 Republican Dollar diplomacy NAACP founded25
9911735735Woodrow Wilson1913-1921 Democrat WWI; League of Nations; 18th and 19th amendments; Segregation of federal offices; First Red Scare26
9911735736Warren Harding1921-1923 Republican "Return to normalcy", return to isolationism; Tea Pot Dome scandal; Prohibition27
9911735737Calvin Coolidge1923-1929 Republican Small-government (laissez-faire) conservative28
9911735738Herbert Hoover1929-1933 Republican "American individualism"; Stock Market Crash; Dust Bowl; Hawley-Smoot Tariff29
9911735739Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933-1945 Democrat New Deal; WWII; Japanese Internment; "Fireside Chats"30
9911735740Harry Truman1945-1953 Democrat A-bomb; Marshall Plan; Korean War; United Nations31
9911735741Dwight Eisenhower1953-1961 Republican Brown v. Board of Education; Second Red Scare; Highway Act and suburbanization ("white flight"); Farewell Address warning of the military industrial complex32
9911735742John Kennedy1961-1963 Democrat Camelot; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Space program; Peace Corps33
9911735743Lyndon Johnson1963-1969 Democrat Civil and Voting Rights acts; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society34
9911735744Richard Nixon1969-1974 Republican Environmental Protection Act; China visit; Moon Landing; Watergate35
9911735745Gerald Ford1974-1977 Republican Pardoning of Nixon; OPEC crisis36
9911735746Jimmy Carter1977-1981 Democrat stagflation / energy crisis; Iran hostage crisis; Camp David Accords37
9911735747Ronald Reagan1981-1989 Republican Conservative revolution; Iran-Contra scandal38
9911735748George H. W. Bush1989-1993 Republican Persian Gulf War39
9911735749Bill Clinton1993-2001 Democrat NAFTA; Lewinsky scandal and impreachment40
9911735750George W. Bush2001-2008 Republican War on terrorism; Patriot Act; Tax cuts; "No Child Left Behind"41
9911735751Barack Obama2008-2017 Democrat Affordable Care Act42
9911735752Donald Trump2017-? Republican "Make America Great Again"43

AP US History, Chapter 5 Flashcards

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8512778230Paxton Boys (1764)Armed march on Philadelphia by Scots-Irish frontiersmen in protest against the Quaker establishment's lenient policies toward Native Americans0
8512778231Regulator movement (1768-1771)—Eventually violent uprising of backcountry settlers in North Carolina against unfair taxation and the control of colonial affairs by the seaboard elite1
8512778232New York slave revolt (1712)Uprising of approximately two dozen slaves that resulted in the deaths of nine whites and the brutal execution of twenty-one participating blacks2
8512778233South Carolina slave revolt (Stono River) (1739)Uprising also known as the Stono Rebellion, of more than 50 South Carolina blacks along the Stono River; the slaves attempted to reach Spanish Florida but were stopped by the South Carolina militia3
8512778234Triangular trade—Exchange of rum, slaves, and molasses between the North American Colonies, Africa, and the West Indies. A small but immensely profitable subset of the Atlantic trade4
8512778235Molasses Act (1737)Tax on imported molasses passed by Parliament in an effort to squelch the North American trade with the French West Indies. It proved largely ineffective due to widespread smuggling5
8512778236ArminianismBelief that salvation is offered to all humans but is conditional on acceptance of God's grace. Different from Calvinism, which emphasizes predestination and unconditional election6
8512778237Great Awakening (1730s and 1740s)—Religious revival that swept the colonies. Participating ministers, most notably Jonathan Edwards and George Whitfield, placed an emphasis on direct, emotive spirituality. A Second Great Awakening arose in the nineteenth century7
8512778238Old LightsOrthodox clergymen who rejected the emotionalism of the Great Awakening in favor of a more rational spirituality8
8512778239New LightsMinisters who took part in the revivalist, emotive religious tradition pioneered by George Whitefield during the Great Awakening9
8512778240Poor Richard's Almanack (1732-1758)Widely read annual pamphlet edited by Benjamin Franklin. Best known for its proverbs and aphorisms emphasizing thrift, industry, morality, and common sense10
8512778241Zenger Trial (1734-1735)New York libel case against John Peter Zenger. Established the principle that truthful statements about public officials could not be prosecuted as libel11
8512778242Royal ColoniesColonies where governors were appointed directly by the King. Though often competent administrators, the governors frequently ran into trouble with colonial legislatures, which resented the imposition of control from across the Atlantic12
8512778243Proprietary ColoniesColonies—Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware—under the control of local proprietors, who appointed colonial governors13
8512778244Michel-Guillaume Jean de Crevecoeur (1735-1813)French settler whose essays depicted life in the North American colonies and described what he saw as a new American identity—an amalgam of multiple ethnicities and cultures14
8512778245Jacobus Arminius (1560-1609)Dutch theologian who rejected predestination, preaching that salvation could be attained through the acceptance of God's grace and was open to all, not just the elect15
8512778246Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)—New England minister whose fiery sermons helped touch off the First Great Awakening; Edwards emphasized human helplessness and depravity and touted that salvation could be attained through God's grace alone16
8512778247George Whitefield (1714-1770)—Iterant English preacher whose rousing sermons throughout the American colonies drew vast audiences and sparked a wave of religious conversion, the First Great Awakening; Whitefield's emotionalism distinguished him from traditional, "Old Light," ministers who embraced a more reasoned, stoic approach to religious practice17
8512778248John Trumbull (1756-1843)Connecticut-born painter who, like many of his contemporaries, traveled to England to pursue his artistic ambitions; Trumbull was best known for his depictions of key events in the American Revolution, including the signing of the Declaration of Independence18
8512778249John Singleton Copley (1738-1815)Massachusetts-born artist best known for his portraits of prominent colonial Americans, including Samuel Adams and Paul Revere; loyalist during the Revolutionary war, Copley spent the rest of his life in London, painting portraits of British aristocrats and depicting scenes from English history19
8512778250Phillis Wheatley (ca. 1753-1784)—African-American poet who overcame the barriers of slavery to publish two collections of her poems; as a young girl, Wheatley lived in Boston, and was later taken to England where she found a publisher willing to distribute her work20
8512778251John Peter Zenger (1697-1746)New York printer tried for seditious libel against the state's corrupt royal governor; his acquittal set an important precedent for freedom of the press21

pre-ap us history Flashcards

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5724835793beringialand bridge that the earliest native americans crossed0
5724869845maizeturned nomads into farmers1
5724875800365 day calendarmayan priests' interest in astronomy led to the creation of2
5724887618tenochtitlanaztec empire3
5724891108religionmaya and aztec organized societies around4
5724904914incalargest early american civilization5
5724908501hopewellpeople in ohio valley who built huge burial mounds6
5724920846a weak voice in governmentiroquois women did not have what in their communities7
5724942105incacivilization that built stone paved roads8
5725020814salmonmain food of the people on the northwest coast9
5725031377juan ponce de leonfirst spaniard to land on the mainland of north america10
5725039681bartholomeu diasthe explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of africa11
5725051610bartolome de las casaspublicly condemned the cruel treatment of native americans by the spanish12
5725061210northwest passage way to asiaengland, france, and netherlands hoped to discover this13
5725070527de champlainexplorers crew who founded quebec14
5725075649timbuktucity became an important center of islamic art and learning15
5725188872vasco de gamaexplorer that discover the long awaited eastern sea route to asia16
5725195217hernando de sototraveled as far west as oklahoma17
5725202097john cabotvoyage was used by england as the basis for its claims to north america18
5725355465falsevasco de gama and bartholomeu dias were early european explorers who sailed around africa - true or false19
5725373339falsetaxing of native americans by the spanish led to improved living conditions of the native americans20
5725516224falsenew york and pennsylvania grew cash crops21
5725539463truemost of the german immigrants who came to america during the colonial period settled in what is now new york22
5725562514truesouth carolina and georgia had the fastest growing economies in the colonies because or their large tobacco plantations23
5725573948cash croptype of farming practiced in new york24
5725582670militiaa group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies25
5725832108plantationtidewater26
5725834150small farmsback country27
5725872311writ of assistancea british customs officer presented this to search a colonists house28
5725882135patrick henrypersuaded the house of burgesses to take action against the stamp act29
5725898168declaratory actact that gave the British parliament the right have taxation without representation30
5725912506propagandacolonial leaders used the boston massacre as what31
5725920666lexington and concord"the shot heard around the world"32
5725927554john adamsgeorge washington was chosen commander of the continental army upon the recommendation of who33
5725954621falsewhen the congress printed millions of dollars worth of paper money, with little gold and silver to back it up, the price of goods in the colonies dropped34
5725965187truein the late 1770's, the british concentrated their attacks in the south, where there were many loyalists35
5726029763falseborder states such as virginia remained in the union but were divided over which side to support in the civil war36
5726085919falsepresident lincoln's main goal in the civil war was to eliminate slavery in all territory controlled by the united states37
5726247541battle of antietamthe bloodiest day of the entire Civil war38
5726265914gettysburgwhat battle began when the union cavalry surprised the rebel infantry raiding the town for shoes39
5726274730to reunite the countrythe main goal of the north at the beginning of the war was40
5726289808the first battle of bull rungeneral p g t beauregard fought against general irvin mcdowell at41

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 31 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 31 Challenges of the 21st Century, 2000-Present

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6716926913political polarizationIn the 2000s the political parties became regionally divided. Traditional, religious, and anti-government voters were often in rural and suburban areas and voted Republican. Liberals were commonly found in urban areas and voted Democrat. (p. 679)0
6716926914Southern white conservativesSoutherners Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, and Trent Lott took over the leadership of the Republican party, making it more conservative and partisan. (p. 679)1
6716926915gerrymandered "safe seats"Democrats and Republicans manipulated congressional districts to create "safe seats", which rewarded partisanship and discouraged compromise in Congress. (p. 679)2
6716926916election of 2000In this presidential race Al Gore won the popular vote, George W. Bush won the electoral vote. It was the closest election since 1876. The Supreme Court settled the election in Bush's favor. (p. 680)3
6716926917George W. BushHe won the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. He was the son of former president George H. W. Bush. (p. 680)4
6716926918Al GoreHe was Bill Clinton's vice president. In 2000 he lost a very close presidential election to George W. Bush. (p. 680)5
6716926919Bush v. GoreIn the 2000 election, Florida was the deciding state. George Bush led by 537 popular vote after a partial recount in that state. The Democrats asked for a manual recount. The Supreme Court majority ruled that the varying standards used in Florida's recount violated the Equal-Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Al Gore ended the election crisis by accepting the ruling. (p. 680)6
6716926920Bush tax cutsPresident George W. Bush cut taxes on the top tax bracket, gradually eliminated estate taxes, increased child tax credits, gave all taxpayers an immediate rebate. Bush pushed for tax cuts for stock dividends, capital gains, and married couples. (p. 680)7
6716926921No Child Left Behind ActThis act aimed to improve student performance and close the gap between rich students and poor students, gave students the right to transfer to better schools, stronger reading programs, and trained high-quality teachers. (p. 681)8
6716926922Enron, corporate corruptionThis large corporation falsified stated earnings and profits with the help of accounting companies. (p. 681)9
6716926923housing bubbleWhen the stock market gains turned down, many investors put their money into real estate, creating a speculative bubble that would burst in George W. Bush's second term. (p. 681)10
6716926924election of 2004In this presidential election George W. Bush was reelected, defeating Senator John Kerry. The Republicans energized their base of voters by focusing on the war against terrorism, more tax cuts, and opposition to gay marriage and abortion. (p. 684)11
6716926925John KerryIn 2004, this senator from Massachusetts was the Democratic presidential nominee. (p. 684)12
6716926926privatization of Social SecurityPresident Bush pushed Congress to privatize Social Security by encouraging Americans to invest part of their Social Security payroll deductions into various market investments. (p. 685)13
6716926927Hurricane KatrinaWhen the hurricane hit, FEMA failed to anticipate and respond to the crisis, resulting in more than 1,000 deaths, and tens of thousands of mostly poor people left in desperate conditions. (p. 685)14
6716926928corruption in CongressIn George W. Bush's second term, Republican's reputations were tarnished by scandals including, taking bribes from lobbyists, committing perjury and obstruction of justice, and having improper relations with congressional pages. (p. 685)15
6716926929John RobertsPresident George W. Bush appointed this conservative judge to the Supreme Court as chief justice. (p. 685)16
6716926930Samuel AlitoPresident George W. Bush appointed this conservative judge to the Supreme Court. (p. 685)17
6716926931Colin PowellThis general became George W. Bush's secretary of state, the first African American to hold the job. (p. 681)18
6716926932Islamic roots of anti-AmericanismAfter World War I, the Ottoman Empire, the last of Islamic empires, was replaced with Western-style secular nation states. The U.S. stationed troops in the Middle East after the Gulf War. Islamic religious fundamentalists objected to these actions. (p. 682)19
6716926933Al-Qaeda"The Base" preached jihad, which they defined as a holy war against "Jews and Crusaders", to restore an Islamic realm in the Middle East. (p. 682)20
6716926934Osama bin LadenThe founder of Al-Qaeda, the terrorist network responsible for the attacks of September 11, 2001, and other attacks. (p. 682)21
6716926935asymmetric warfareWarfare conducted by terrorists when combatants have highly unequal military capabilities, such as when terrorists or rebel groups fight strong states. (p. 682)22
6716926936bombing of U.S. embassiesIn 1998, terrorists bombed two U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The U.S. responded by bombing Al-Qaeda camps in Afghanistan and the Sudan. (p. 682)23
6716926937U.S.S. ColeIn 2000, two suicide bombers in a small rubber boat nearly sank a billion dollar warship docked in Yemen, the USS Cole. (p. 682)24
6716926938World Trade CenterA group of buildings in New York City. Two of the largest tower buildings were attacked and destroyed on September 11, 2001. (p. 682)25
6716926939September 11, 2001On this date, know as 9/11, Al-Qaeda terrorists flew planes into World Trade Center twin towers, the Pentagon, and crashed a jetliner into a field in Pennsylvanian. Nearly 3,000 people were killed in the attacks. The attacks galvanized public opinion as nothing since the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941. (p. 682)26
6716926940Afghanistan, TalibanPresident Bush declared he wanted Osama bin Laden and other Al-Qaeda leaders "dead or alive". The Taliban refused to turn them over, so in response the U.S. quickly overthrew the Taliban government in Afghanistan. U.S. led troops pursued bin Laden to the mountains bordering Pakistan, but were unable to catch him. (p. 682)27
6716926941Hamid KarzaiHe became the head of the Afghanistan government in Kabul with the U.S. backing. However, Afghanistan remained unstable and divided by the Taliban insurgency and tribal conflicts. (p. 682)28
6716926942Homeland Security DepartmentPresident George W. Bush created this new department by combining more than 20 federal agencies with 170,000 employees. The agencies including the Secret Service, Coast Guard, and customs and immigration agencies. Many questioned why the FBI and CIA were left out of the new department. (p. 683)29
6716926943connect the dotsIn 2004, a bipartisan commission on terrorism criticized the FBI, CIA, and the Defense Department for failing to work together to "connect the dots" that may have uncovered the 9/11 plot. Congress followed up on their recommendations, creating a Director of National Intelligence position. (p. 683)30
6716926944Director of National IntelligenceThis newly created position was responsible for coordinating the intelligence activities of all agencies. (p. 683)31
6716926945Kyoto AccordThe Bush administration refused to join this climate agreement to prevent global warming. (p. 683)32
6716926946Bush DoctrineThis doctrine argued that the old policies of containment and deterrence were no longer effective in a world of stateless terrorism. It stated that to protect itself, the United States should take preemptive action against terrorist threats to its national security. (p. 683)33
6716926947unilateralist approachThe United States would pursue its own defense policy with little or no cooperation with other nations. (p. 683)34
6716926948axis of evilIn his 2002 State of the Union Address, President George W. Bush used this term for the countries of North Korea, Iraq, and Iran. (p. 683)35
6716926949WMDsWeapons of Mass destruction (p. 683)36
6716926950Saddam HusseinHe was the Iraq dictator in Iraq who invaded Kuwait. He refused to let the U.N. into Iraq for WMD inspections. (p. 683)37
6716926951U.N. inspectionsU.N. inspections failed to find WMD's in Iraq. However, the Bush administration continued to present claims of their existence based on intelligence information that proved to be false. (p. 683)38
6716926952Operation Iraq FreedomIn early 2003, President Bush declared that Iraq had not complied with numerous U.N. resolutions, and that "the game was over". In March 2003 the United States launched air attacks on Iraq, and within 4 weeks U.S., British, and other allies captured the capital city, Baghdad. (p. 684)39
6716926953regime changeWhen U.S. forces could not find WMDs in Iraq, criticism of the "regime change" mounted. (p. 684)40
6716926954war of choiceA term used for the Iraq War because it was not clear that is was a war that was required. (p. 684)41
6716926955Sunni vs. ShiiteAfter Saddam Hussein's death, the Sunni and Shiites attacked each other, and millions of Iraqis fled the country or were displaced. The Bush administration was widely criticized for going into Iraq without sufficient troops to control the country and to disband the Iraqi army. (p. 684)42
6716926956Abu Ghraib prisonPictures of the barbaric treatment of prisoners by U.S. troops in this prison further diminished America's reputation in Iraq and around the world. (p. 684)43
67169269572007 troop surgeIn early 2007, President George W. Bush sent an additional 30,000 troops in a "surge" to establish order in Iraq. (p. 684)44
6716926958securitizationWall Street packaged the high risk housing loans into a variety of complex investments , then sold them to unsuspecting investors around the world. (p. 685)45
6716926959liquidity crisisWhen the housing market bubble burst, banks and financial institutions faced failure resulting in this crisis. Banks either lacked funds or were unable to make the loans to businesses and consumers necessary for the day-to-day functioning of the economy. (p. 685)46
6716926960Fannie May, Freddie MacIn early 2008 the federal government took over these two quasi-governmental mortgage institutions. (p. 685)47
6716926961Lehman BrothersIn September 2008, this large Wall Street investment bank declared bankruptcy, which led to a panic in the financial industry. (p. 685)48
6716926962Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP)The Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 created this controversial program. The federal government used $700 million to purchase failing assets, that included mortgages and mortgage-related securities, from financial institutions. Conservatives called it socialism, and liberals called it a bailout of the people who had caused the problems in the first place. (p. 685)49
6716926963poor regulation of financial institutionsThe causes of the Great Recession will be debated for years, causes include: Excessive deregulation of the financial industry Real estate bank fraud Federal Reserve kept interest rates too low Government efforts to promote home ownership (p. 685)50
6716926964election of 2008In this presidential election Democrats Barack Obama and Joseph Biden ran against Republicans John McCain and Sarah Palin. The Republican Bush administration was unpopular and the country faced was facing an economic crisis. Obama's message for change and his well-funded grassroots campaign led him to victory. (p. 686)51
6716926965Hillary ClintonIn 2008, this Democratic senator from New York was the early favorite in the Democrat primary race. (p. 686)52
6716926966Barack ObamaIn 2008, this young, charismatic, Democratic senator from Illinois became the first African American president of the United States. (p. 686)53
6716926967John McCainIn 2008, this Republican senator from Arizona was the Republican nominee for president. He was a Vietnam war hero who hoped to appeal to undecided voters. (p 686)54
6716926968Sarah PalinIn 2008, this Republican governor of Alaska was the vice presidential candidate, running with John McCain. (p. 686)55
6716926969effects of Great RecessionThe Great Recession started in late 2007. The stock market dropped dramatically but recovered by 2013, unemployment peaked at 10 percent in 2009 and stayed at 7 percent until 2013. Obama enacted a number of Keynesian programs to promote recovery. (p. 687)56
67169269702009 stimulus billThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided $787 billion economic stimulus package designed to create or save 3.5 billion jobs. It featured tax cuts, aid to state and local governments, and funding for construction projects, health care, education, and renewable energy. (p. 687)57
6716926971Dodd-Frank ActThis act was designed to improve regulations of banking and investment firms, and to protect taxpayers from future bailouts of "too big to fail" businesses. It also set up a Bureau of Consumer Protection to regulate mortgages and credit cards. (p. 687)58
6716926972aid to auto industryWith General Motors and and Chrysler near collapse, the Obama administration stepped in to help. The government temporarily took over General Motors while in bankruptcy, and guided the sale of Chrysler to Italian automaker Fiat. (p. 687)59
6716926973Affordable Care Act!in 2008, the U.S. "fee for service" medical system was the most expensive in the world, but produced mixed results. This healthcare act aimed to extend affordable health care insurance to more Americans through combinations of subsidies, mandates, and insurance exchanges while introducing medical and insurance reforms to control health care costs. Many Americans were confused by its complexity. (p. 687)60
6716926974budget deficitsThe Great Recession lowered federal income tax collected and increased spending on recovery programs. The annual federal deficit tripled to $1.75 trillion in 2009. The national debt rose to $16 trillion by 2012. (p. 688)61
6716926975Bowles-Simpson planThis plan would have eliminated the deficit by 2035 through $2 of spending cuts for every $1 increase in revenues. It was rejected by both parties. (p. 688)62
6716926976Tea PartyIn 2010, this group of loosely united conservatives and libertarians formed this movement. Many members focused on economic issues and limited government, but others focused on gun rights, prayer in schools, outlawing abortions, and preventing undocumented immigration. (p. 688)63
6716926977debt ceilingIn August 2011, as the debt ceiling closed in an agreement was reached to cut $900 billion in spending and cut an additional $1.4 trillion to be determined by a bipartisan committee. (p. 688)64
6716926978super-committeeThe bipartisan committee that was to determine what the $900 billion spending cuts were to be. (p. 688)65
6716926979U.S. credit ratingIn 2011, the uncertainty and gridlock in Washington led Standard & Poor's to downgrade the US AAA credit rating. (p. 688)66
6716926980election of 2012In this presidential election the Great Recession and Obamacare (new healthcare act) were the top issues. Barack Obama defeated Mitt Romney in this election. (p. 690)67
6716926981Mitt RomneyIn 2012, this conservative, Mormon, former governor of Massachusetts, was the Republican presidential candidate. (p. 690)68
6716926982Latino votersIn 2012, 1 in every 6 American voter was a Latino voter, and President Obama won 71 percent of the Latino votes in this election. (p. 690)69
6716926983sequester cutsIn 2013, Congress was unable to compromise on the budget so these cuts went into effect. (p. 690)70
67169269842013 shutdown of governmentIn October 2013, the Republican effort to defund the Affordable Care Act resulted in a shutdown of the government for 16 days, and threatened default on the national debt. The approval rating of Congress dropped to 10 percent. (p. 690)71
6716926985gun violenceMass shootings at a Colorado movie theater and a Connecticut school sparked another debate over guns. President Obama's proposals to tighten gun laws went nowhere because of gun rights advocates. (p. 690)72
6716926986Boston Marathon bombingFear of home-grown terrorism became real when two brothers set off two bombs at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing three and injuring more than 250 people. The young men who did the bombing seemed motivated by extremist Islamic beliefs. (p. 690)73
6716926987ban on tortureIn 2009, President Obama placed a formal ban on torture by requiring that Army field manuals be used as the guide for interrogating terrorist suspects. (p. 687)74
6716926988withdrawal from IraqIn early 2009, President Obama developed a plan to wind down US ground combat operations in Iraq. In 2011, the last of U.S. forces were withdrawn. However, Sunni and Al-Qaeda insurgents continued to terrorize the majority Shiite government. (p. 688)75
6716926989Afghanistan surgePresident Obama made fighting Al-Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan a priority. He sent an additional 47,000 troops to Afghanistan. The counter-terrorism surge proved effective in Afghanistan, but the increase in drone attacks on terrorists in Pakistan intensified anger against the U.S. (p. 689)76
6716926990death of bin LadenIn May 2011, he was killed by the U.S. in clandestine operation in Pakistan. (p. 689)77
6716926991drawdown in AfghanistanIn 2012, the U.S. and Afghanistan signed a long-term agreement which called for the U.S. to train and support the Afghanistan military, and for the U.S. to end combat missions by 2014. (p. 689)78
6716926992Arab SpringIn 2010, civil unrest and armed rebellion toppled governments in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and Yemen. (p. 689)79
6716926993fall of dictatorshipsArab spring, civil unrest and armed rebellions toppled dictatorships in North Africa and the Middle East. (p. 689)80
6716926994civil war in SyriaThe Syrian leader, Bashar al-Assad used poisonous gas on the people in the country who were rising up against him. Military action was avoided when the Syrians agreed to give up all their chemical weapons. (p. 691)81
6716926995"pivot" to AsiaEvents in the Middle East limited the president's planned "pivot" to Asia. The Obama administration realized that America's future would be closely tied to the Pacific Rim because within two decades the economies of Asia would soon be larger than the U.S. and Europe combined. (p. 689)82
6716926996euro crisisIn the early 2010s, the European Union was struggling with a debt crisis in Greece, Spain, and Ireland. It took German leadership to save the euro as a common currency. (p. 689)83
6716926997Sonia SotomayorPresident Obama appointed her to the Supreme Court in 2009. (p. 691)84
6716926998Elena KaganPresident Obama appointed her to the Supreme Court in 2010. (p. 691)85
6716926999Shelby County v. Holder (2013)In 2013, the Supreme Court struck down a key provision of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that required that certain states with a history of voter discrimination obtain federal approval of any changes in voting laws. (p. 691)86
6716927000repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"In 2010, Congress repealed the Clinton era "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to end discrimination of gays in the military. (p. 692)87
6716927001same-sex marriageIn 2013, the Supreme Court ruled that the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a California law, was unconstitutional. However the states remained divided, with fourteen allowing same sex marriage and thirty-five banning it (p. 692)88
67169270022nd Amendment and Heller caseIn 2008, the Supreme Court ruled that the 2nd amendment protects an individual's right to posses a firearm unconnected with service in a militia. (p. 692)89
6716927003campaign financingIn 2013, the Supreme Court heard arguments to overturn the federal limits on campaign contributions, which some worried would open the door to wider corruption of elected officials. (p. 691)90
6716927004Citizens UnitedIn 2010, the Supreme Court ruled that corporations were "legal persons" and had the same rights as individuals to buys ads to influence political elections. (p. 691)91
6716927005NFIB v. SebeliusIn 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government had the authority to require that individuals purchase health insurance because Congress had the authority to levy taxes. (p. 692)92

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 28 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 28 Promise and Turmoil, The 1960s

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6716929083Election of 1960In this election, Democrat John F. Kennedy ran against Republican Richard M. Nixon. Television was perhaps the most decisive factor in this very close race which Kennedy won. (p. 601)0
6716929084John F. KennedyIn 1960, this 43 year old senator from Massachusetts appeared more vigorous and comfortable on the first televised debates than Richard Nixon. He won the presidency in a very close election, that many Republicans including Nixon, said had been stolen by illegal voting in some Democrat controlled polls. (p. 601)1
6716929085New FrontierPresident Kennedy proposed new domestic programs such as aid to education, federal support of health care, urban renewal, and civil rights. These programs did not become law until many of them passed in the Lyndon Johnson administration. (p. 601)2
6716929086Jacqueline KennedyAs first lady in the early 1960s, she brought style, glamor, and appreciation of the arts to the White House. (p. 601)3
6716929087Robert KennedyHe was attorney general during his brother John Kennedy's administration. In 1964, he was elected as a senator in New York. In 1968, he decided to enter the presidential race after Eugene McCarthy's strong showing in New Hampshire. On June 5, 1968, he won a major victory in the California Democratic primary but was shot and killed just after his victory speech. (p. 616)4
6716929088race to the moonPresident Kennedy committed the U.S. to land on the moon by the end of the 1960s decade. (p. 602)5
6716929089assassination in DallasOn November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, after just two and a half years in office, President John Kennedy was shot and killed. (p. 603)6
6716929090Warren CommissionChief Justice Earl Warren headed this commission which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin in President Kennedy's murder. Many unanswered questions lead to various theories about the assassination. For many Americans, this marked the beginning of the loss of credibility in government. (p. 604)7
6716929091Peace CorpsIn 1961, President Kennedy set up this organization, which recruited young American volunteers to give technical aid to developing countries. (p. 602)8
6716929092Alliance for ProgressIn 1961, President Kennedy created this organization to promote land reform and economic development in Latin America. (p. 602)9
6716929093Trade Expansion ActIn 1962, this act authorized tariff reduction with the recently formed European Economic Community (Common Market) of Western European nations. (p. 602)10
6716929094Bay of PigsIn April 1961, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) trained Cuban exiles to attempt the invasion of Cuba and the overthrow of Fidel Castro. The invasion failed and Castro tightened his grip on Cuba. (p. 602)11
6716929095Berlin WallIn 1961, the East Germans, with Soviet backing built this wall around West Berlin to stop East Germans from escaping to West Germany. (p. 602)12
6716929096Cuban missile crisisIn October 1962 the United States discovered that the Soviets were building underground offensive missile sites in Cuba. President Kennedy responded by announcing a naval blockade of Cuba until the missiles were removed. Nuclear war seemed possible until Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev agreed to remove the missiles in exchange for a pledge that the U.S. would not invade Cuba and the U.S. would remove some missiles from Turkey. (p. 602)13
6716929097flexible responsePresident Kennedy increased spending on conventional arms and mobile military forces. This type of military force could be used in response to smaller wars in Africa and Southeast Asia and avoid the possibility of having to use nuclear weapons in these conflicts. (p. 603)14
6716929098Nuclear Test Ban TreatyIn 1963, the United States and 100 other nations signed this agreement to end the testing of nuclear weapons in the atmosphere. (p. 603)15
6716929099Lyndon JohnsonOn November 22, 1963, just two hours after John Kennedy's assassination he took presidential oath of office aboard an airplane at the Dallas airport. In the 1964 presidential election he easily defeated Senator Barry Goldwater. In 1968, he decided to not run for president again. (p. 604)16
6716929100Great SocietyPresident Lyndon Johnson was determined to expand the social reforms of the New Deal and passed a long list of new programs that would have a lasting effect on American society. (p. 604)17
6716929101War on PovertyIn 1964, President Johnson declared "an unconditional war on poverty". (p. 604)18
6716929102Michael Harrington, "The Other America"In 1962 this best-selling book that focused on the 40 million Americans living in poverty. (p. 604)19
6716929103Election of 1964In this presidential election, Democrats Lyndon Johnson and Hubert Humphrey ran against the very conservative Senator Barry Goldwater of Arizona. Johnson and Humphrey easily won, capturing 61 percent of the popular vote. (p. 605)20
6716929104Barry GoldwaterThe Republican presidential candidate in 1964. He was an Arizona Senator who advocated ending the welfare state, including TVA and Social Security. (p. 605)21
6716929105Medicare; MedicaidThis first program provides health insurance program for all people 65 years of age and older. This second program provides funds to states to pay for medical care for the poor and disabled. (p. 605)22
6716929106Elementary and Secondary Education ActThis 1965 act provided federal funds to poor school districts, funds for special education, and funds to expand Head Start. (p. 605)23
6716929107Immigrant ActThis 1965 act abolished discriminatory quotas based on national origins. (p. 605)24
6716929108National Foundation on the Arts and HumanitiesThis agency formed in 1965 provided federal funding for the arts and for creative and scholarly projects. (p. 605)25
6716929109DOT and HUDPresident Lyndon Johnson established the Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). (p. 606)26
6716929110Ralph Nader, "Unsafe at Any Speed"His 1965 book lead Congress to pass automobile industry regulations that would save thousands of lives. (p. 606)27
6716929111Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring"Her 1962 book exposed the use of pesticides and would lead Congress to pass clean air and water laws. (p. 606)28
6716929112Lady Bird JohnsonThis first lady contributed to improving the environment with her Beautify America campaign which lead to the Highway Beautification Act. (p. 606)29
6716929113Civil Rights Act of 1964This act made segregation illegal in all public facilities and gave the federal government additional powers to enforce school desegregation. (p. 606)30
6716929114Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionThis agency was created to end discrimination in employment on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national origin. (p. 606)31
671692911524th AmendmentIn 1964, this amendment abolished the practice of collecting a poll tax, one of the measures that discouraged poor people from voting. (p. 606)32
6716929116Voting Rights Act of 1965In 1965, this act ended literacy tests and provided federal registrars in areas in which blacks were kept from voting. (p. 606)33
6716929117James MeredithIn 1962, a young African American air force veteran who attempted to enroll in the University of Mississippi. President Kennedy sent 400 federal marshals and 3,000 troops to protect his rights to attend the university. (p. 607)34
6716929118George WallaceIn 1968, he was the American Independent party presidential candidate. The growing hostility of many whites to federal desegregation, antiwar protests, and race riots was tapped by his campaign. (p. 616)35
6716929119Martin Luther King Jr.In August 1963, he led 200,000 people in a peaceful March on Washington. (p. 607)36
6716929120March on WashingtonIn August 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King led one of the largest and most the successful demonstrations in U.S. history when about 200,000 blacks and whites took part in this peaceful march. The highlight was Dr. King's famous "I Have a Dream Speech" at the Lincoln Memorial. (p. 607)37
6716929121"I Have a Dream" SpeechThe greatest speech in American history (according to americanrhetoric.com). It was the highlight of the August 1963 March on Washington in which Dr. Martin Luther King in front of the Lincoln Memorial made an emotional appeal for the end of racial prejudice. (p. 607)38
6716929122March to MontgomeryIn 1965, this was a voting rights march from Selma Alabama to the capitol in Montgomery. Television showed protesters being beaten and tear gassed and the march was a turning point in the civil rights movement. President Johnson sent federal troops to protect the marchers. (p. 607)39
6716929123Black MuslimsTheir leader Elijah Muhammad preached black nationalism, separatism, and self-improvement. (p. 608)40
6716929124Malcom XHe acquired a reputation as the Black Muslim movement's most controversial voice. He criticized Martin Luther King as "an Uncle Tom" and advocated self-defense against white violence. (p. 608)41
6716929125Student Nonviolent Coordinating CommitteeThis civil rights organization of young blacks, influenced by Malcolm X, repudiated non-violence and advocated "black power" and racial separatism. (p. 608)42
6716929126Congress of Racial EqualityThis civil rights organization of young blacks was influenced by Malcolm X. (p. 608)43
6716929127Stokely CarmichaelThe leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) repudiated non-violence and advocated "black power" and racial separatism. (p. 608)44
6716929128Black PanthersIn 1966, this organization was founded by Huey Newton, Bobby Seale and other militants as a revolutionary socialist movement advocating self-rule for American blacks. (p. 608)45
6716929129Watts riots, race riotsIn the summer of 1965 the arrest of a black motorist in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles led to a six-day riot that resulted in the deaths of 34 people and the destruction of 700 buildings. (p. 608)46
6716929130de facto segregationSegregation and discrimination caused by racists attitudes in the North and the West. (p. 608)47
6716929131Kerner CommissionIn 1968, this federal investigation of many riots concluded that racism and segregation were chiefly responsible and that the U.S. was becoming "two societies, one black, one white-separate and unequal". (p. 608)48
6716929132King assassinationIn April 1968, while standing on a motel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee Martin Luther King was shot and killed by a white man. Riots erupted in hundreds of cities across the U.S. and resulted in 46 deaths. (p. 609)49
6716929133Warren CourtThe Supreme Court under Earl Warren. It had an impact on the nation comparable to that of the John Marshall Court. (p. 609)50
6716929134Mapp v. OhioIn 1961, this Supreme Court case ruled that illegally seized evidence cannot be used in court against the accused. (p. 609)51
6716929135Gideon v. WainwrightIn 1966, this Supreme Court case ruled that that state courts must provide counsel for poor defendants. (p. 609)52
6716929136Escobedo v. IllinoisIn 1964, the Supreme Court ruling that required the police to inform an arrested person of his or her right to remain silent. (p. 609)53
6716929137Miranda v. ArizonaIn 1966, the Supreme Court extended the ruling in Escobedo to include the right to a lawyer being present during questioning by the police. (p. 609)54
6716929138reapportionmentThe process of reallocating seats in the House of Representatives. (p. 609)55
6716929139Baker v. CarrIn 1962, the Supreme Court declared it was unconstitutional for one house of a state legislature to draw district lines that strongly favored rural areas, to the disadvantage of large cities. (p. 609)56
6716929140one man, one voteThis principle meant that election districts would have to be redrawn to provide equal representation for all of a state's citizens. (p. 609)57
6716929141Yates v. Unted StatesIn 1957, the Supreme Court ruled that the first amendment protected radical and revolutionary speech, even by Communists, unless it was a "clear and present danger" to the safety of the country. (p. 610)58
6716929142separation of church and stateEngel vs. Vitale ruled that state laws requiring prayers and Bible readings in the public schools violated the first amendments provision for this. (p. 610)59
6716929143Engel v. VitaleIn 1962, the Supreme Court ruled that state laws requiring prayers and Bible readings in the public schools violated the first amendment's provision for separation of church and state. (p. 610)60
6716929144Griswold v. ConnecticutIn 1965, the Supreme Court ruled that in recognition of a citizen's right to privacy, a state could not prohibit the use of contraceptives by adults. (p. 610)61
6716929145privacy and contraceptivesIn 1965, the Supreme Court ruled in Griswold v. Connecticut case that a citizen's had the right to privacy, and a state could not prohibit the use of contraceptives by adults. (p. 610)62
6716929146Students for a Democratic SocietyIn 1962, this group of radical students led by Tom Hayden issued a declaration of purposes known as the Port Huron Statement. It called for university decisions to be made through a participatory democracy. (p. 610)63
6716929147New LeftActivists and intellectuals who supported Tom Hayden's ideas. (p. 610)64
6716929148WeathermenThey were the most radical fringe of the SDS, they embraced violence and vandalism in their attacks on American institutions. (p. 611)65
6716929149countercultureExpressed by young people in their rebellious styles of dress, music, drug use, and for some, communal living. (p. 611)66
6716929150WoodstockIn the summer of 1969, about 500,000 million young people descended on upper New York State farm for what turned into a free music festival. In the early morning hours of the last day Jimi Hendrix played his jaw dropping version of the "Stars Spangled Banner" featuring amplifier feedback to convey bombs falling, jets overhead, and cries of human anguish. (p. 611)67
6716929151Alfred KinseyIn the late 1940s he did pioneering surveys of sexual practice. (p. 611)68
6716929152sexual revolutionOne aspect of counterculture that continued beyond the 1960s was a change in many Americans' attitudes toward sexual expression. (p. 611)69
6716929153women's movementThe increased education and employment of women in the 1950s, the civil rights movement, and the sexual revolution all contributed to a renewal of this movement in the 1960s. (p. 612)70
6716929154Betty Friedan, "The Feminine Mystique"She gave the women's movement a new direction by encouraging middle-class women to seek fulfillment in professional careers rather than confining themselves to the roles of wife, mother, and homemaker. (p. 612)71
6716929155National Organization for WomenIn 1966, this organization was formed. They adopted activist tactics of other civil rights movements to secure equal treatment of women, especially for job opportunities. (p. 612)72
6716929156Equal Pay ActIn 1963, this act prohibited discrimination in employment and compensation on the basis of gender. (p. 612)73
6716929157Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)This proposed constitutional amendment stated 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". It just missed being passed. (p. 612)74
6716929158military advisorsBy 1963, the United States was becoming more involved in helping South Vietnam. President Kennedy provided military advisors and 16,000 support troops, but not combat troops. (p. 613)75
6716929159fall of DiemIn 1963, South Vietnam's leader was overthrown and killed by South Vietnamese generals. (p. 613)76
6716929160Tonkin Gulf ResolutionIn 1964, North Vietnamese gunboats allegedly fired on U.S. warships off the coast of Vietnam. Congress gave approval for President Johnson to wage war in Vietnam. (p. 613)77
6716929161escalation of troopsIn April 1965, President Johnson used U.S. combat troops in Vietnam for the first time. Johnson continued a step-by-step escalation and by March 1969 there were 540,000 troops deployed to Vietnam. (p. 613)78
6716929162General WestmorelandCommander of U.S. armed forces in Vietnam. (p. 614)79
6716929163credibility gapThe media's term for President Johnson's reluctance to speak frankly with the American people about the scope and costs of the Vietnam war. (p. 614)80
6716929164Tet OffensiveIn January 1968, the Vietcong (North Vietnam troops) launched an all-out surprise attack on almost every provincial capital and American base in South Vietnam. The U.S. military counterattacked and recovered the lost territory. However, the destruction viewed on television in the United States, appeared as a setback for the U.S. efforts. (p. 615)81
6716929165hawks and dovesHawks believed that the Vietnam War was part of a Soviet-backed Communist master plan to conquer all of Southeast Asia. Doves believed it was a civil war, fought by Vietnamese nationalists and some Communists who wanted to unite their country by overthrowing a corrupt Saigon government. (p. 615)82
6716929166LBJ withdrawsOn March 23, 1968, President Johnson made a television address in which he said that the U.S. would limit bombing of North Vietnam and negotiate peace. He also announced that he would not run for president in 1968. (p. 615)83
6716929167Eugene McCarthyThe first antiwar candidate to challenge for the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination. (p. 615)84
6716929168RFK assassinationOn June 5, 1968, after he had won the California Democratic primary Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) was shot and killed by an Arab nationalist. (p. 616)85
6716929169Hubert HumphreyThe liberal Democratic candidate in the presidential election of 1968. He had been Lyndon Johnson's vice president. (p. 616)86
6716929170Chicago conventionThe 1968 Democratic Convention was held in Chicago. Television showed what looked like a "police riot" as antiwar protesters were brutally beaten. (p. 616)87
6716929171white backlashIn the 1968 presidential election, the growing hostility of many whites to federal desegregation, antiwar protests, and race riots was tapped by Governor George Wallace of Alabama. He became the American Independent party's presidential candidate. (p. 616)88
6716929172Richard NixonHe served as vice president under Eisenhower from 1953 to 1960. He was nominated as the Republican candidate for president in 1960, but lost the close election to John Kennedy. In 1968 he was elected president, and again in 1972. However, he was forced to resign the presidency in 1974. (p. 600)89

AMSCO AP US History Chapter 22 Flashcards

AMSCO United States History 2015 Edition, Chapter 22 World War I and its Aftermath, 1914-1920

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6716949394Allied PowersIn World War I, Great Britain, France, and Russia were known by this name. (p. 455)0
6716949395Central PowersIn World War I, Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Ottoman Empire were known by this name. (p. 455)1
6716949396neutralityA declaration of a country that it will not choose sides in a war. The Unites States was a neutral country at the beginning of World War I. (p. 455)2
6716949397submarine warfareGermany's greatest hope against British sea power was this new type of warfare. (p. 455)3
6716949398LusitaniaOn May 7, 1915 a British passenger ship was sunk by German torpedoes and 128 American passengers died. The sinking greatly turned American opinion against the Germans, and moved the country towards war. (p. 455).4
6716949399Sussex PledgeIn March 1916 an unarmed merchant ship, the Sussex, was sunk by the Germans. Germany made a pledge that they would not sink anymore merchant ships without warning. This kept the U.S. out of the war for a little while longer. (p. 456)5
6716949400propagandaBritain controlled the daily war news that was cabled to the United States. They supplied the American press with many stories of German soldier committing atrocities. (p. 457)6
6716949401ethnic supportIn the early part of World War I Americans supported neutrality. However, 30 per-cent were first or second generation immigrants and their support was usually based on their ancestry. (p. 456)7
6716949402preparednessThe United States was not prepared to fight a war and initial President Wilson resisted action. However, in late 1915 he pushed for an expansion of the armed forces. (p. 458)8
6716949403election of 1916Election between Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) and Charles Evans Hughes (Republican). Wilson won the election, his slogan was: "He kept us out of war". (p. 458)9
6716949404Robert LaFolletteThis Congressman was one of the few who voted against the World War I declaration of war. (p. 460)10
6716949405Jeanette RankinThe first woman to serve in Congress. She one of the few in Congress who voted against the World War I declaration of war. (p. 460)11
6716949406Edward HouseIn 1915, he was President Wilson chief foreign policy adviser. He traveled to London, Paris, and Berlin to negotiate a peace settlement, but was unsuccessful. (p. 459)12
6716949407Zimmermann telegramIn March 1917, the U.S. newspapers carried the story that Britain had intercepted a telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German support if Mexico declared war against the U.S. (p. 459)13
6716949408Russian RevolutionThe revolution against the autocratic tsarist government which led to the abdication of Nicholas II and the creation of a republic in March 1917. (p. 459)14
6716949409declaration of warIn April 1917, President Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. (p. 460)15
6716949410war industry boardsDuring World War I, they set production priorities and established centralized control over raw materials and prices. (P. 460)16
6716949411Food AdministrationDuring World War I, this government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food for overseas shipment to the troops. (p. 460)17
6716949412Railroad AdministrationDuring World War I, this agency took public control of the railroads to coordinate traffic and promote standard equipment. (p. 460)18
6716949413National War Labor BoardDuring World War I, former president William Howard Taft led this organization, which arbitrated disputes between workers and employers. (p. 461)19
6716949414taxes and bondsPresident Wilson raised $33 million in two years by increasing taxes and selling Liberty Bonds. (p. 461)20
6716949415Selective Service ActIn 1917, this law provided for the registration of all American men between the ages of 21 and 30 for a military draft. Men were chosen by lottery. Eventually, 2.8 million were called by lottery, in addition to the nearly 2 million who volunteered. (p. 462)21
6716949416service of African AmericansIn World War I, nearly 400,000 African Americans served in segregated military units. (p 462)22
6716949417Committee on Public InformationA propaganda organization that created numerous posters, short films, and pamphlets explaining the war to Americans and encouraging them to purchase war bonds to gain support for World War I. (p. 461)23
6716949418George CreelHead of the Committee on Public Information. He persuaded the nation's artists and advertising agencies to create thousands of paintings, posters, cartoons, and sculptures promoting the war. (p. 461)24
6716949419anti-German hysteriaDuring World War I, Germans were labeled as the cause of the war and targeted with negative ads and comments. (p. 461)25
6716949420Espionage ActIn 1917, this law imposed sentences of up to twenty years on anyone found guilty of aiding the enemy, obstructing recruitment of soldiers, or encouraging disloyalty. (p. 461)26
6716949421Sedition ActIn 1918, this law made it a crime to criticize the government or government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom of speech and freedom of the press, guaranteed by the First Amendment. About 1000 people were jailed because of the law, one of them was Eugene Debs. (p. 461)27
6716949422Eugene DebsHe was one of the founders of the Socialist party that was dedicated to the welfare of the working class. Starting in 1900, he was the Socialist party's presidential nominee in five elections. Around 1920, he was sentenced to ten years in federal prison for speaking out against World War I. (p. 440, 461)28
6716949423Schenck v. United StatesA 1919 Supreme Court case, in which the constitutionality of the Espionage Act was upheld in the case of a man who was imprisoned for distributing pamphlets against the draft. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes said the right to free speech could be limited when it represented a "clear and present danger" to public safety. (p. 461)29
6716949424wartime jobs for womenAs men joined the military many of their former jobs were taken by women. (p. 462)30
6716949425attitudes toward suffrageWomen's contribution to the war effort prompted President Wilson and Congress to support the 19th amendment. (p. 462)31
6716949426migration of blacks and HispanicsDuring World War I, many Mexicans crossed the border to take jobs in agriculture and mining. African Americans moved to the North for new job opportunities. (p. 462)32
6716949427Bolsheviks withdrawA second revolution in Russia by Bolsheviks (Communists) took it out of World War I. (p. 463)33
6716949428American Expeditionary ForceIn the summer of 1918, hundreds of thousands of American troops went to France as members of this force under General John J. Pershing. (p. 463)34
6716949429John J. PershingU.S. general who led the American Expeditionary Force into France in World War I. (p. 463)35
6716949430Western frontIn World War I, the region of Northern France where the forces of the Allied Powers and the Central Powers battled each other. (p. 463)36
6716949431November 11, 1918On this date, Germany signed a World War I armistice in which they agreed to surrender their arms, give up much of their navy, and evacuate occupied territory. (p. 463)37
6716949432peace without victoryIn January 1917, before the U.S. had entered the war, Woodrow Wilson said the the United States would insist on this. (p. 464)38
6716949433Fourteen PointsAfter the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson outlined a plan for achieving a lasting peace. It called for self-determination, freedom of the seas, free trade, end to secret agreements, reduction of arms, and a general association of nations. (p. 464)39
6716949434Wilson in ParisIn January 1919, President Wilson traveled to the World War I peace conference held at the Palace of Versailles outside Paris. (p. 464)40
6716949435Big FourThe term for the the four most important leaders (on the Allied side) during Word War I and at the Paris Peace Conference. They were Woodrow Wilson - United States, David Lloyd George - Great Britain, George Clemenceau - France, and Vittorio Orlando - Italy. (p. 465)41
6716949436Treaty of VersaillesThe World War I peace conference which included the victorious Allied Powers (United States, Great Britain, and France). The defeated Germany agreed to the following terms: 1) Germany had to disarm. 2) Germany had to pay war reparations. 3) Germany had to acknowledge guilt for causing the war. 4) Germany could not manufacture any weapons. 5) Germany had to accept French occupation of the Rhineland for 15 years. 6) Territories taken from Germany: Austria-Hungary, and Russia were given their independence (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Yugoslavia) 7) Signers joined the League of Nations which includes Article X; that each member nation would stand ready to protect the independence and territorial integrity of the other nations. (p. 465)42
6716949437self determinationIn World War I, territories one controlled by Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Russia were taken by the Allies. Applying the principle of self-determination, independence was granted to Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, and Poland; and the new nations of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were established. (p. 465)43
6716949438League of NationsInternational organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace and cooperation. However, it was greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join. (p. 466)44
6716949439Article XThe Treaty of Versailles required signers join the League of Nations. The League of Nations charter, Article X, called on each member nation to be ready to protect the independence and territorial integrity of the other nations. (p. 465)45
6716949440election of 1918In this mid-term congressional election Republicans gained control of both houses of Congress. This was a problem for Democrat President Woodrow Wilson because he need Republican votes to ratify the Treaty of Versailles. (p. 466)46
6716949441Henry Cabot LodgeIn 1919, after World War I, he led a group of senators known as the "reservationists", who would accept the U.S. joining the League of Nations if certain reservations were added to the agreement. The United States never ratified the Treaty of Versailles nor joined the League of Nations. (p. 466)47
6716949442IrreconcilablesIn 1919, senators who voted against the Treaty of Versailles because it required the United States to join the League of Nations. (p. 466)48
6716949443ReservationistsIn 1919, senators who pledged to vote in favor of the Treaty of Versailles if certain changes were made. They were led by Henry Cabot Lodge. (p. 466)49
6716949444Wilson's strokePresident Woodrow Wilson went on a speaking tour to rally public support for the Treaty of Versailles which required joining the League of Nations. In September 1919, he collapsed after delivering a speech in Colorado. He returned to Washington and a few days later suffered a massive stroke from which he never recovered. (p. 466)50
6716949445rejection of treatyThe Treaty of Versailles required the U.S. to join the League of Nations. It was never ratified by Congress. (p. 466)51
6716949446recession, loss of jobsIn 1921, the U.S. plunged into recession and 10 percent of the workforce was unemployed. (p. 467)52
6716949447falling farm pricesAfter World War I, European farm product came back on the market, farm prices fell, which hurt farmers in the United States. (p. 466)53
6716949448Red ScareAfter World War I, anti-communist hysteria caused this phenomenon. (p. 467)54
6716949449anti-radical hysteriaAfter World War I, xenophobia, (intense or irrational dislike of foreign people) increased. This lead to restrictions of immigration in the 1920s. (p. 467)55
6716949450Palmer raidsPrompted by a series of unexplained bombings, in 1920, this operation was coordinated by Attorney General Mitchell Palmer. Federal marshals raided the homes of suspected radicals and the headquarters of radical organizations in many cities. (p. 467)56
6716949451xenophobiaIntense or irrational dislike of foreign peoples. (p. 467)57
6716949452strikes of 1919Major strike in Seattle where 60,000 unionists held a peaceful strike for higher pay. Boston police went on strike to protest firing of police officers who tried to unionize and Governor Calvin Coolidge sent in National Guard. U.S. Steel Corporation had a strike, after considerable violence, the strike was broken by state and federal troops. (p. 467)58
6716949453Boston police strikeOfficers went on strike to protest the firing of a few officers because they tried to unionize. (p. 467)59
6716949454race riotsThe migration of African Americans to the north led to rioting in East St. Louis and Chicago, where 40 people were killed. (p. 467)60

AP US History - US Presidents Flashcards

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9911963095George Washington1789-1797 Federalist Whiskey Rebellion; Judiciary Act; Neutrality; Farewell Address0
9911963096John Adams1797-1801 Federalist XYZ Affair; Alien and Sedition Acts1
9911963097Thomas Jefferson1801-1809 Democratic-Republican Marbury v. Madison; Louisiana Purchase; Embargo of 18072
9911963098James Madison1809-1817 Democratic-Republican War of 1812; First Protective Tariff3
9911963099James Monroe1817-1825 Democratic-Republican Missouri Compromise of 1820; Monroe Doctrine4
9911963100John Quincy Adams1825-1829 Democratic-Republican "Corrupt Bargain"; "Tariff of Abominations"5
9911963101Andrew Jackson1829-1837 Democrat Nullification Crisis; Bank War; Indian Removal Act6
9911963102Martin Van Buren1837-1841 Democrat Trail of Tears; Specie Circular; Panic of 18377
9911963103William Henry Harrison1841 Whig "Tippecanoe and Tyler too!"; First Whig President8
9911963104John Tyler1841-1845 Whig "His Accidency"; Webster-Ashburton Treaty9
9911963105James Polk1845-1849 Democrat Texas annexation; Mexican War10
9911963106Zachary Taylor1849-1850 Whig Mexican War hero and staunch Unionist11
9911963107Millard Fillmore1850-1853 Whig Compromise of 185012
9911963108Franklin Pierce1853-1857 Democrat Kansas-Nebraska Act; Gadsden Purchase13
9911963109James Buchanan1857-1861 Democrat Dred Scott decision; Harpers Ferry raid14
9911963110Abraham Lincoln1861-1865 Republican Secession and Civil War; Emancipation Proclamation15
9911963111Andrew Johnson1865-1869 Democrat 13th and 14th amendments; Radical Reconstruction; Impeachment16
9911963112Ulysses Grant1869-1877 Republican 15th amendment; Panic of 187317
9911963113Rutherford Hayes1877-1881 Republican Compromise of 1877; labor unions and strikes18
9911963114James Garfield1881, Republican Brief resurgence of presidential authority; Increase in American naval power; Purge corruption in the Post Office19
9911963115Chester Arthur1881-1885 Republican Standard Oil trust created Edison lights up New York City20
9911963116Grover Cleveland1885-1889 (1st term), 1893-1897 (2nd term) Democrat Interstate Commerce Act; Dawes Act; Panic of 1893; Pullman Strike21
9911963117Benjamin Harrison1889-1893 Republican Sherman Anti-Trust Act; Closure of the frontier22
9911963118William McKinley1897-1901 Republican Spanish-American War; Open Door policy23
9911963119Theodore Roosevelt1901-1909 Republican Progressivism; Square Deal; Big Stick Diplomacy24
9911963120William Howard Taft1909-1913 Republican Dollar diplomacy NAACP founded25
9911963121Woodrow Wilson1913-1921 Democrat WWI; League of Nations; 18th and 19th amendments; Segregation of federal offices; First Red Scare26
9911963122Warren Harding1921-1923 Republican "Return to normalcy", return to isolationism; Tea Pot Dome scandal; Prohibition27
9911963123Calvin Coolidge1923-1929 Republican Small-government (laissez-faire) conservative28
9911963124Herbert Hoover1929-1933 Republican "American individualism"; Stock Market Crash; Dust Bowl; Hawley-Smoot Tariff29
9911963125Franklin Delano Roosevelt1933-1945 Democrat New Deal; WWII; Japanese Internment; "Fireside Chats"30
9911963126Harry Truman1945-1953 Democrat A-bomb; Marshall Plan; Korean War; United Nations31
9911963127Dwight Eisenhower1953-1961 Republican Brown v. Board of Education; Second Red Scare; Highway Act and suburbanization ("white flight"); Farewell Address warning of the military industrial complex32
9911963128John Kennedy1961-1963 Democrat Camelot; Bay of Pigs; Cuban Missile Crisis; Space program; Peace Corps33
9911963129Lyndon Johnson1963-1969 Democrat Civil and Voting Rights acts; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Great Society34
9911963130Richard Nixon1969-1974 Republican Environmental Protection Act; China visit; Moon Landing; Watergate35
9911963131Gerald Ford1974-1977 Republican Pardoning of Nixon; OPEC crisis36
9911963132Jimmy Carter1977-1981 Democrat stagflation / energy crisis; Iran hostage crisis; Camp David Accords37
9911963133Ronald Reagan1981-1989 Republican Conservative revolution; Iran-Contra scandal38
9911963134George H. W. Bush1989-1993 Republican Persian Gulf War39
9911963135Bill Clinton1993-2001 Democrat NAFTA; Lewinsky scandal and impreachment40
9911963136George W. Bush2001-2008 Republican War on terrorism; Patriot Act; Tax cuts; "No Child Left Behind"41
9911963137Barack Obama2008-2017 Democrat Affordable Care Act42
9911963138Donald Trump2017-? Republican "Make America Great Again"43

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