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AMH2020 Final Exam Flashcards

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What was the migration of African Americans from the South to the North and Midwest

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The Great Migration

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Revival of African American music, dance, art, fashion, literature, theater, politics and scholarship centered in Harlem

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The Harlem Renaissance

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Who was the leader of the Harlem Renaissance and wrote numerous plays and poems

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Langston hughes

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Who were Flappers?

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Young women in the time. Who were vocal and aggressive with engagement and culture who rejected old Victorian values and lived in the public space and embrace sexuality.

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What were the economic troubles of the US in the 1920s?

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Overproduction of goods, agriculture, and finance in the stock market

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What was Christian Fundamentalism?

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Conservative Evangelical Protestants who supported the principles expounded in The Fundamentals

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Who was Zora Neale Hurston?

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African American author who portrayed african American struggle in the South with her research on hoodoo

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Why did the stock market crash?

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Deregulation, loose credit, and margin buying lead to margin buyers demanding people repay their loans and led to the crash.
-Fed Response–was by tightening the money supply, and Hoover, an orphan and self-made millionaire responded with aloof “trickle-down” politics. He sent McArthur, Eisenhower, and Patton to deal with homeless veterans, a.k.a the Bonus Army

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Herbert Hoover

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Republican (1929-1934)
Followed Associationism-where it was up to society to manage things through volunteering, leading to mass unemployment and a failed presidency

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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Democrat (1933-1935)
-In the First 100 days, instituted the New Deal from the Brain Trust which focused on: Agricultural overproduction, business failures, and unemployment
-Utilized fireside chats to talk to the public
-Later introduced the Second New Deal

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Huey Long

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Most dangerous political figure of the 20th with radical proposals for social reform
-later assassinated
-Political platform: Share our Wealth: Every Man a King

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When did the Stock Market Crash occur?

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October 29th, 1929 where 10% of the nations wealth was lost in a single day

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Bonus Army

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(1932): More than 15000 unemployed veterans camped in “Hoovervilles” in DC and demanded their bonuses. The army forcibly removed them

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The Dust Bowl

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severe drought and ecological collapse in the Midwest from Hoover

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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)

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restore agricultural prosperity

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Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA)

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distribute money to the states for relief

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Civilian Conservation Corp (CCC)

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provides national conservation work to young unmarried men

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Public Works Administration (PWA)

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reduce unemployment and increase purchasing power through the construction of highways and public building

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Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

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to help face problems with the valley by providing electricity to homes and replanting forests

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National Recovery Act (NRA)

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reduce unfair wages and maximum hours and reduce unemployment

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Social Security Act (SSA)

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social insurance to pay retired workers aged 65 and older

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National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)

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Created a standard of union representation

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Works Progress Administration

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jobs created through public works projects

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Fair Labor Standards Act

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established minimum wage and safe working conditions for young children

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Appeasement

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letting Germany get away with things until Britain needed to get involved

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Nazi ideology

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establishment of the Third Reich
-secure Lebensraum
-vilify, segregate, and conduct war on the Jewish people

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The Fall of France

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Germany and France had comparable numbers of troops but Germany held advantages including its air force, more advanced organization and concentration at the point of attack, improved communication and coordination in units, and an aggressive doctrine of offensive warfare with the aforementioned technology and organization

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Battle of Midway

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(June 1942)
-most important naval battle of the Pacific campaign by defeating Japanese NAvy

29
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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1945

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Panzer division

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combinations of troops and weapons in a fast manner of creating points of attack

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Lebensraum and Blitzkreig

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German expansionism and lightning war

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Land Lease Act

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US and Brit system that supplied war supplies to nations defending the US

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Normandy, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge

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US troops landed in France which led to the German counteroffensive called the Battle of the Bulge

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US domestic War effort

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Unprecedented economic growth from the GD to WWII with manufacturing and industry rising

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Battle of Stalingrad and Kursk

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Both battles between the USSR and Germany
-During Stalingrad, 2.5 million people died

36
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Rosie the Riveter

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Promoted women in factories

37
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38th Parallel and Korean War

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Line that divided North and South Korea and a short war which led to an armistace

38
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Containment policy

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policy to ensure limiting effect of Communism

39
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Berlin Blockade and Airlift

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Blockade dividing East and West Germany until it was lifted by the Soviets in May of 1949

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1947-1949 chilling events

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Tensions in Poland
large armies and powerful weapons
Trumans intent on being anti Communist
Truman Doctrine
Berlin Blockade
NATO

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NATO

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coaliton of countries ensuring peace but led to:
-formation of german democratic republic, USSR testing A bombs, Communist revolution in China

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Truman Doctrine

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US no longer wants USSR to expand

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Domino theory

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revolts under soviet intent will spread to neighboring countries

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Red Scare and McCarthyism

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internal communist threat in the US and idea of being called out for being Communist

45
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Marshall Plan and rebuilding of Japan

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provided money from the US to rebuild post war europe however, no money went to Japan

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Double V campaign

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Designed to pressure the U.S. government into desegregating the armed forces and providing fair working opportunities for African Americans.

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1954 Brown vs. Board of Education

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declared state laws establishing separate public schools for Black and white students to be unconstitutional, overturning the previous “separate but equal” doctrine

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Rosa Parks and 1955 Montegomery Bus Boycott

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boycott led by MLK after Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat and lasted a year until a Supreme Court ruling declaring segregation on public buses unconstitutional.

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1961 CORE and Freedom Rides

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Congress of Racial Equality led a series of integrated bus trips through the South to challenge segregation in interstate transportation

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SNCC and local communities voter registration

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SNCC organizers, often comprised of young students, worked tirelessly to empower African Americans in the South to register to vote, facing significant opposition and violence. Their efforts were instrumental in expanding political participation and challenging systemic racial discrimination in the electoral process.

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MLK, Malcolm X, Ella Baker, Fannie Lou Hamer, Lyndon B Johnson

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  1. MLK: Prominent in CRM and utilized non violent (ASSIMILATIONIST) ideology
  2. Malcolm X: Focused on nationalist approach by doing it yourself as well as his Bullet Speech
  3. Ella Baker: played a vital role in fostering grassroots activism, notably with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
  4. Fannie Lou Hamer: a civil rights activist, focused on voting rights and co-founded the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
  5. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, pivotal legislative achievements in the fight against racial discrimination.
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1963 March on Washington

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Played crucial role in the ultimate creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and where MLK gave his “I Have a Dream” speech

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1963 Birmingham Campaign

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Led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), the campaign aimed to challenge racial segregation and discrimination in one of the most racially divided cities in the United States.

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1964 Freedom Summer and the

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Freedom Summer was a voter registration and education project in Mississippi organized by civil rights organizations, including the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). The goal was to address the systematic denial of voting rights to African Americans in Mississippi and increase their political participation.

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Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party

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MFDP was an alternative to the racist Democratic Party in Mississippi that was helped by Fannie Lou

The MFDP emerged during the Freedom Summer, a voter registration and education campaign organized by civil rights groups

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

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prohibited discrimination in public places, and provided integration in schools

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Voting Rights Act of 1965

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outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states

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The New Rights

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refers to a conservative political movement that gained prominence during this decade. The New Right played a significant role in shaping the political landscape, especially during the presidency of Ronald Reagan for SOCIAL CONSERVATISM

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The Southern Strategy

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Exchange explicitly racist language and calls for segregation for…
Propagandize “high taxes,” “government waste,” “welfare,” “urban crime,” and drugs
Ability to turn millions of people from one party to another (in response to anti-war protests) Democratic to Republican Party. Response to a growing number of Americans (mostly young high college students) against the war.
-Started from George Wallace

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George Wallace

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Ran for President with Reagan and Nixon and started the Southern Strategy

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Richard Nixon

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Known for Watergate and Vietnamization which withdrew troops and instead gave weapons

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Election of 1980

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Reagan won and announces candidacy in Philadelphia

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Trickle Down Economics

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Gives subsidies and other incentives to the wealthy in hopes it would trickle down to the lower populations

64
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Individualized vs communal notions of freedom

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Individualized: economic individualism, personal liberties, and consumerism

Communal: social justice, collective action, community empowerment

65
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Reagan and the Reagan Revolution

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Economics: trickle down
Foreign policy: reaches out to communism and starts cooperation with USSR to limit weapons

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