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Causes of Great Depression

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high tariffs, war debt, stock crash, etc

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Bonus Army

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WW1 veterans, tried to intimidate Con. into paying BUT Hoover had them removed, shed bad light on Hoover

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New Deal

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FDR, three basic goals: relief, reform, recovery- Banking Holiday, gold standard gone ($ bills), FDIC (deposit protection)

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“court-packing” proposal

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Roosevelt’s proposal, extra judge in SC for everyone over 70-thought some were out of touch w nation needs

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Neutrality Act of 1935

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prohibited arms shipments and US travel on ships of belligerent nations

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Neutrality Act of 1936

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forbade loan and credit extension to belligerent nations

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Neutrality Act of 1937

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arms shipments not used in Spanish Civil War

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Neutrality Act of 1939

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“cash-and-carry” basis for EU dem buying American war materials

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Lend-Lease Agreement

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FDR authorized sale of surplus military equip while still being neutral

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Manhattan Project

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developed first nuclear weapons during WW2, led by US w support of Canada and UK

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War Productions Board

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supervised war production during WW2, FDR established it

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Service Readjustment Act (“G.I. Bill”)

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provided for college or vocational education for returning WW2 veterans

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United Nations

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replaced the League of Nations, new international peacekeeping organization, US joined which signaled end of isolationism

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NATO

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization

- defended dem nations of Western EU by using “collective security”

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Warsaw Pact

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communist alliance that the USSR led against NATO

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“containment”/ George Kennan

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official US policy toward communism, idea that US must prevent spread of communism

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Korean War

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communist North Korea invaded democratic South Korea

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McCarthyism

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making accusations w/o proper regard for evidence

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Eisenhower Doctrine

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stop communism from spreading to the Middle East

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Federal Highway Act

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improve transportation, US Interstate Highway System

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John Foster Dulles

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Sec of state, had policy called “brinkmanship”

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Sputnik / the “space race”

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Sputnik= first ever satellite, soviet union

US and USSR competed to be first to get to space

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National Defense Education Act

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passed in response to Sputnik launch, increased the technological sophistication and power of the US

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Beat generation/ Beatniks

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1950s stereotype, group of authors who literature explored and influenced American culture, disliked conformity

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"Warren Court"
liberal, major role in fighting segregation
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The Great Society
LBJ, dealt with mainly poverty and civil rights
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Tonkin Gulf Resolution
authorized LBJ to wage war
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My Lai Massacre
mass killing of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam
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Tet Offensive
turning point, televised and made war seem less winnable
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New Left
sought to end poverty, racism and Cold War politics
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The Feminine Mystique
challenged gender roles, sparked second wave of feminism, Betty Friedan
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Counterculture
rebellion against "the establishment," took form of nonconformity, hippies
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Gov. George Wallace
pro-segregation governor who ran for Pres and lost against Nixon
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Vietnamization
US troops were taken out of Vietnam and Nixon replaced them w newly trained South Vietnamese troops
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Détente
foreign policy created by Nixon, meant to relax tensions between US and the Communist World
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Stagflation
when high inflation is coupled with high unemployment
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War Powers Act
repealed Tonkin Gulf, limited presidents ability to wage war without consent
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Camp David Accords
peace deal between Egypt and Israel
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Iran-Hostage Crisis
52 citizens were held hostage in the American Embassy in Tehran
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Title IX
passed to end gender discrimination in federal funded programs
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Equal Rights Amendment
written to guarantee equal rights for women, never passed
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César Cháves
created UFW to help farmers get more pay and safer working conditions
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"Star Wars"
space-based nuclear defense system that was proposed by Reagan
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Reaganomics
reduce federal tax rates, reduce corporate tax rates, promote economic growth
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Mikhail Gorbachev
former general secretary of the communist party of the USSR
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Boris Yeltsin
first president of the Russian Federation
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"graying of America"
aging of the American population
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NAFTA (Clinton)
eliminated all tariffs between the USA, Canada and Mexico
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9/11 Terrorist Attacks
group of Al-Qaeda terrorists used planes to destroy two world trade center buildings
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The "War on Terror"
dominated US foreign policy, started after 9/11, meant to weed out terrorists
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Hawley-Smoot tariff
raised duties, signed by Hoover, made the depression worse
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Hoovervilles
nickname for towns that people lived in when they lost their homes during depression
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Dust Bowl
series of dust storms in the central U.S caused by many years of bad farming techniques
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Isolationism
opposition of the involvement of a country in international alliances, agreements, etc
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Appeasement
term for the British-French policy of attempting to prevent war by granting German demands
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Non-Aggression Pact
agreement between Hitler and Stalin not to attack each other
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Cash and Carry
US policy to aid Allies even though they were neutral, Britain + France could buy goods from US if they paid in full and transported them
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Japanese "relocation camps"
Japanese Americans, after attack on pearl harbor, a lot of them were put into War Relocation Camps
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Joseph Stalin
Russian leader, head of the Communist Party
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Winston Churchill
Britain's new prime minister during WWII who pleaded for US aid
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
leader of the Allied forces in Europe then was elected to be Pres. of the USA
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Adolph Hitler
german leader of Nazi Party, rose to power by promoting racist and national views
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
nuclear attacks during WW2 against Japan by the US
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Atlantic Charter
Churchill + FDR, promote democracy and intentions for improvement post WW2
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Executive Order 9066
allowed internment camps to be set up to exclude residents seen as threat
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War Productions Board
supervised war production during WW2, FDR established it
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U-2 incident
spy plan caught over the Soviet Union, embarrassed the US
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The home front
what Americans do at home while country is at war, during WW2
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Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 | resulted in US entry into World War II
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Baby boom
after war, families had tons of babies, led to 20% population growth during the 50s + increasing consumer demand
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Suburbia
residential districts or suburbs outside the boundaries of a city or town
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Yalta Conference
Big 3 (FDR, Churchill, Stalin), dealt w/ postwar occupation and partition of Germany
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Potsdam Conference
Big 3, negotiated terms for WW2 compromise
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Iron Curtain
boundary between Soviet controlled Eastern European nations and democratic Western Europe
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2nd Red Scare
McCarthy, belief that New Deal policies were communistic
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Watergate Scandal
Nixon, involved break in of DC democratic headquarters, led to resignation
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Brown v. Board of Education
marked the end of legal segregation
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Thurgood Marshall
first African American to serve on the supreme court
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Rosa Parks
civil rights leader who refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man, triggered civil rights movement
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Nonviolent Protest and Civil Disobedience
pushed by MLK Jr., process of pushing for civil rights w/o violence
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military-industrial complex
Eisenhower warned of this in his farewell speech, feared excessive Congressional spending
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Election of 1960
Kennedy vs. Nixon, Kennedy (due to televised charisma) won over Nixon (pale and nervous)
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Alliance for Progress
designed to improve relations with Latin America
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Peace Corps
used in hopes of inspiring American-style progress in the 3rd world
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The Other America
Michael Harrington, influential study of the poverty in the US, driving force behind the "war on poverty
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Silent Spring
Rachel Carson; book about dangerous chemicals
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Unsafe at any speed
Ralph Nader; book about speed limits and safety
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Vietnam War
fought between North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, China, etc.—and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States, Philippines, etc.
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Silent majority
segment of the population who Nixon believed still supported the Vietnam war
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1st Gulf War
started when Hussein invaded the oil-rich Kuwait + threatened Western oil sources in Saudi Arabia and the Persian Gulf
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Globalization
regional societies, etc. become joined together through an international system of trade, trans., etc.
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Election of 2000
race was so tight it came down to Florida's electoral vote
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2nd Gulf War
started when Bush sent troops to Saddam, refused to let UN search for weapons
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Patriot Act
strengthened gov's power to spy on individuals
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Conservative Revolution
Reagan, resurgence in the conservative movement

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