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Ch. 19-23 Flashcards

1
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Movement during the late 19th century and early 20th century that favored achieving political and social reform through education, wider political participation and direct action by the government

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Progressivism

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2
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During progressive era what happened

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Cities grew
Education improved
Religion changed

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3
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The want to stop alcohol consumption

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Temperance

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4
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Nickname for the progressive party

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Bull Moose Party

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5
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Established 12 banking districts, each served by a regional Federal Reserve Board, “bankers’ banks” having the power to increase and decrease the amount of money in circulation and to exercise control over many banking operations throughout he country

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Federal reserve system

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6
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Dates of WWI

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1914-1918 although the treaty was signed in 1919

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7
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WWI Central Powers

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Germany
Austria-Hungary
Bulgaria
Turkey

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WWI Allied Powers

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Britain
France
Russia
Italy
United States

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9
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Major weapons used in WWI

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Tanks
Poison gas/gas masks
Airplanes
U-boats
Trench Warfare
Telegram

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10
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6 sacrifices during WWI (4 required)

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(1) bought/sold war bonds
(2) railroads fully controlled for government use
(3) rationing
(4) people’s lives
(5) total war
(6) women had to go to work

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11
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US commander during WWI

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John J. Pershing

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12
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Supreme Allied Commander during WWI

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Ferdinand Foch

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13
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The agreement to stop fighting, November 11, 1918

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Armistice day/Veterans day

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14
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Proposed guidelines to help rebuild European peace after WWI

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Wilson’s 14 points

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15
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Last of Wilson’s 14 points, an organization of cooperating nations that would discuss and solve problems peacefully

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League of Nations

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16
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The “Big 4”

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US- Woodrow Wilson
France- Georges Clemenceau
Britain- David Lloyd George
Italy- Vittorio Orlando

17
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Peace treaty after WWI, placed the blame for the war entirely on Germany

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Treaty of Versailles

18
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1920s attitude

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Rebellion, roaring twenties

19
Q

Technology take offs

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Car assembly improved- Henry ford
Planes- wright brothers
Electricity in homes
Home appliances

20
Q

The period during which alcohol was illegal, forbidding the sell, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol

A

Prohibition

21
Q

Stock market crash of…

A

1928, the Great Depression

22
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Reasons of the Great Depression (3)

A

Slowdown of economy
Overuse of credit
Buyers’ speculation

23
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Results of the Great Depression (3)

A

Loss of money and lives
Failure of banks
Desperate times

24
Q

Destroyed crops on the Midwest

A

Dust bowls

25
Q

FDR’s idea to put American back to work

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Fair deal

26
Q

During FDR’s presidency…

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Growth of federal power and spending

27
Q

WWII Axis powers (3)

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Germany- Adolf Hitler
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Japan- several unnamed

28
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WWII Allied powers (4)

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Britain- Winston Churchill
USSR- Stalin
France- unnamed
US- FDR last to join allies/war

29
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December 7, 1941; when Japan attacked American naval base causing American to declare war on Japan the next and ultimately entering the war

A

Pearl Harbor

30
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Idea to defeat Hitler/Germany before Japan

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“Hitler First” policy

31
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Commander at Normandy

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Dwight E. Eisenhower

32
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June 6, 1944, D-Day, largest marine offensive in american history

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Normandy, France

33
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Allied forces pushed back German forces far enough to take Berlin

A

Battle of the bulge

34
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Victory in Europe, may 7, 1956

A

V-E Day

35
Q

Main commander in the pacific theater, “ I shall return”

A

Douglass MacArthur

36
Q

Japanese pilots that deliberately hit enemy ships and etc

A

Kamikazis

37
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Dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, forcing Japan to completely surrender after being threatened with total destruction

A

Atomic bomb

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