89 Cards in this Set
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World War I
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-US remains neutral for a while
-US= most powerful nation in world
end of progressive reformers
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Allied powers
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-france
-russia
-italy
-japan
-great britian
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Central powers
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-germany
-austria-hungary
-turkey
-bulgaria
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trench warefare
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-dig trenches and hold the enemy line
-lots of deaths
-poison gas used to kill trench people
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uboats
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-subs
-allows central powers to dominate the sea
-dont comply with the international rules of war (allowing them to surrecnder)
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lusitania
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-British passenger ship sunk by germans
-used to smuggle war supplies
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zimmerman telegram
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-germany offers land back to mexico if they join central powers and attack the US
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wilsons request for declaration of war
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- world must be safe for democracy
-US ships being sunk left and right
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selective service act
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"the draft"
-males between 21-30
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american forces in europe
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Meuse- argonne campaign
-americans stop the advance of germany and push them back until they surrender
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military morality
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1. prohibition of alcohol
2. health- promotes healthiness
3. intelligence tests to troops
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african americans in WWI
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-still segregated
-sent over first because most dangerous
-fight so admirably that the allies want all the AA sent over
-spent more time in combat than anyone else
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food administration
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-no rationing, no restrictions
-got people to give up food to send to troops each week
-all effort towards the war
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war industry board
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-Bernard Baruch
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wartime propaganda
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-Hollywood gives negative portrays of germany
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committee on public Info.
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-educates the public about whats happening in the war
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espionage act
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its a crime to say/ write anything bad about the govt. or the war
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sedition act
american protective league
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-the rooting out of any disloyal people
-want nothing to do with anything german
-germans get lynched
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1. Open covenance of open arrival
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- no more secret treaty making/ alliances
*secret deals still being made
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2. Ethnis self-determination
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-allows ethnic groups to have independence -freedom to colonies
*doesnt include Russia and Germany
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3. League of Nations
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-internations body when nations can resolve their problems
-article 10: every country has each others backs
*wilson doesnt include the republicans
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4. Global open door policy
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-free trade/ no restrictions
-countries can trade with whoever they want to
*other countries want Germany to pay, no peace without victory
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5. Peace without victory
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-no point in punishing losers
*other countries want Germany to pay
no peace with out victory
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red scare, A Mitchell palmer
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-world is scared of russia
-leader of the red scare
-series of raids on people who are radicals
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1924 national origins quota act
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-no legal immigration from Asia
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18th ammendment
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gave women the right to vote
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consumerisn
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-americans taught to believe they deserve new things
-advertising becomes a big business
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automobile
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-biggest changes of the 1920's
-have back seats now
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Henry Ford
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-revolutionizes car industry
-increased wages
-allowed workers to get cars
-imposed socialism in workers
-Model T
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General Motors
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-offers cars in different colors, models, add ons
-looks at the fashion industry
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changes in american life
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-cars used to be only for the rich
-now people are able to travel
-automobile shops, insurance, steel and rubber industry all thrive
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twenties and Modernism Vs Traditionalism
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modern= embrace new sweeping changes
traditional=ppl find changes troubling, arent embracing changes, probs vary
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scopes trial
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-scopes fined for teaching evolution in school
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Harlem renaissance
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-leaving the south to better opportunities in Harlem, NY
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New negro
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-when AA came back from war they came back as equals
-fight for democracy at home
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marcus garvey
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-created the universal negro improvement association
-sent AA back to africa to help free africa from colonialism
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pro-business outlook of 1920's
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-overturned min wage laws for women
-overturned child labor
-congress reduces taxes on large companies
-tariffs are raised to protect american goods
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warren harding
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-hands off
-surrounded himself with corrupt people
-considered worst president ever
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calvin coolidge
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-pro business- hands off
-uptight, most inactive president in history
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national womens party (ERA)
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-want suffrage now
-wants an "Equal Rights Amendment"
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League of womens voters
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-educational campaign
-teach women hoe politics work
-tries to get women to get involved
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sheppard-towner act
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-created funds to staff and run rural pediatric and paternal clinics
-staffed with lots of female nurses
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stock market crash and economic factors of the depression
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1. uneven distribution of wealth
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buying on margin
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-only have to have 10% to buy a stock, pay 90% later
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herbert hoover
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-felt the federal govt couldnt help depression, but still tried
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Recontruction finance corporation
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-helps prop up failing savings in banks
-loans
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bonus army
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-veterens want their bonuses now, march for them
-hoover destroys all their camps
-tear gasses veterns
-drives them out
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Franklin D Roosevelt
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runs agains Hoover
-has polio
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1st new deal
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-experimental phase
-borrows ideas from everyone
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2nd new deal
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-reason: critics of FDR
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eleanor roosevelt
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first first lady to actually be involved
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Court packing
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A move by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to increase the size of the Supreme Court and then bring in several new justices who would change the balance of opinion on the Court.
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minorities and new deal
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-blacks still segregated
-last hired, first fired.
-blacks have less access to state and private aide
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decline of the new deal
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-economy begins to rise and thus FDR cuts the new deal
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beginning of WWII
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-ends the great depression
-Germany invades poland- starting war
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american response to war in europe
Isolationism
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charles lindbherg --> focus on ourselves
neutrality acts
stop trade of weapons of war
barred americans from traveling on ships from other nations
cash and carry trade. you want it, come get it
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lend lease
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-authorizes US to lend or lease weapons to GB and other coutries
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pearl harbor
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-Japanese bomb pearl harbor, hawaii
-US joins war
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war production board
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-govt. officials and war officials now controls the war production and materials/ fuel
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office of price administration
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-agency that was in charge of setting up rationing system for food and controlling prices
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henry kaiser
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-engineer hired by FDR to help the industry and building ships and stuff
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women and WWII
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-women can join the military- just not combat
rosie the riveter"
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rosie the riveter
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working woman but still feminine, women have new job opportunites
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african americans and WWII
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-still discriminated and segregated
-fights for equality
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A. Philip Randolph
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-brotherhood of sleeping car porters
-refused to accept discrimination in industries
-passes executive order 8802
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National War Labor Board
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Settled disputes between companies and workers during WWI
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popular culture during wartime
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-abundance of jobs during war, not enough men
-women start working
-start of the baby boom
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rationing
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-you can only purchase so much of something
-govt. officiated
-thriving black market
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zoot suit riots
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-riots in LA between white americans and mexican americans
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japanese american internment
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-discrimination against anyone of japanese decent
-people being moved to relocation centers where they are then sent to internment camps
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D-day- invasion of normandy
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-allied troops land on normandy to free france from germany
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americans and the holocaust
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-americans become aware of the horrors of the holocaust
-FDR thought the best way to help the jews was to win the war
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manhattan projects
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-US war physicists begin the production of the atomic bomb all around the nation
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bombing of hiroshima and nagasaki
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-US bombs hiroshima first and then nagasaki a few days later and finally japan surrenders and the war is over
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george creel
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head of the comm. on public info
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St. loius
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-ship filled with jewish immigrants that nobody would take
-sent back to europe where they were caught and sent to death camps
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FEPC
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fair employment practices commision- ends discrimination in employment
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WAC and WAVES
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women can join military
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FDR four freedoms
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-freedom of speech and expression
-freedom of worship
-freedom of fear from govt
-freedom from want/ poverty
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war powers act
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gave FDR authority over all aspects of the growth of war
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AAA
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Agricultural adjustment act- pays farmers to not farm
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WPA
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works progress administration- lots of make works programs- construction
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social security act
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-creates pension plans
-comes from taxes from everyone
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wagner act/ national labor relations act
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guaranteed unions rights to organize and bargain
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2 parts to NIRA
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national industry recovery act
-PWA
-NRA
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PWA
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public works
-dam and road building
-makes jons
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NRA
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national recovery act
-guarenteed workers minimal wage, time and half and unions
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CCC
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civilian conservation corps
-young men live in govt camps where they do lots of work and send money back to families
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FDIC
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federal deposit insurance corporation
-even if bank fails you wont lose your money
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Study Guide: Final Exam