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Chapter 19 Part 1 Notes Flashcards

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global epidemic (1918-1919) three waves of hit worldwide

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influenza pandemic

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pandemic

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an epidemic that occurs over a large geographic area and affects a significant portion of the population

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“Spanish Influenza”

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called this because it spread quickly throughout Spain

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doctors knew and were unable to

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little about how such diseases developed and spread

overcome the deadly disease

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estimated death toll

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above 20 million

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moral relativism argued

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that values differ greatly in different societies and no one could say that one set of principles was good for all groups

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Oswald Spengler wrote

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Decline of the West

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the Decline of the West said that

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civilization passed form youth to maturity to old age to death and that civilization would eventually disintegrate

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“Lost Generation” authors reflected

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a generation that had lost its moral grounding during the war

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Ernest Hemingway wrote

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The Sun Also Rises

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F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote

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The Great Gatsby

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T.S. Elliot wrote

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The Waste Land and talked about a world without faith

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1920s were known as

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the Roaring 20’s

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1920s marked the rise of

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leisure activities and consumer goods

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chief form of entertainment (1920-1930)

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motion pictures

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most movies offered

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viewers escape and entertainment

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The Jazz Singer (1927)

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revolutionized film by introducing sound (talkies)

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main spectator sports during this time

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baseball, golf, tennis, and soccer which is also called football

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Olympics were and played every

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revived in 1896

four years

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More people began to purchase

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consumer goods

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prices for items(once a luxury)

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dropped significantly

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radio advertisements

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brought commercials right into people’s homes

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buying on credit

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allowed people to instantly purchase and get the products that they wanted

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younger generation began to

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challenge “proper” societal norms

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flappers

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young women who wore short hair and short skirts and went out to public places such as jazz clubs

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prohibition

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making alcoholic beverages illegal; couldn’t transport it, make it, or sell it

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18th amendment

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established prohibition

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21st amendment

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repealed the 18th amendment

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young women who began to challenge “proper” societal norms by wearing short hair and skirts and going out to jazz clubs

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flappers

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American woman who coined the term the “Lost Generation”

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Gertrude Stein

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architect who believed that building should fit into their environment

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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group of American writes who expressed their dissatisfaction with traditional ideas

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Lost Generation

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painter who created a new style called cubism

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Pablo Picasso

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much of prosperity fueled by

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industry

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European farmland

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had been destroyed during the war

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1918 peace: demand for certain crops and ag prices

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fell

dropped

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farmers and now had problems

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borrowed money

paying their debts

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protectionism also called

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economic nationalism

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economic nationalism occurs when

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nations tried to protect domestic industries by limiting trade with others

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to protect industries nations

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established tariffs on imports

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market speculation

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risky investments

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stock market- organization

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through which shares of stock in companies are bought and sold

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company issues stock to

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raise money for its business (quickly)

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1920s stock prices and investors

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soared

made large profits

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Oct. 29, 1929 “Black Tuesday”-sudden sell off drove

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stock prices tumbling

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many stocks (overnight) became

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virtually worthless

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savers rushed to

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their banks to withdraw their savings

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banks didn’t have

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adequate cash reserves (to honor that many withdrawals)

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banks demanded

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borrowers repay their loans

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thousands of banks and customers

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were forced into bankruptcy

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collapse of stock market marked beginning of

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a world wide depression

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causes of the Great Depression

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overproduction, bank failures, and downward trend in business

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overproduction

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farmers and factories produced more than the people could buy

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bank failures

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banks loaning large sums of money; the borrowers couldn’t pay back their loans; 1929-1932 over 5000 banks closed in the U.S.

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downward trend

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many businesses closed and wages were cut along with mass layoffs

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unemployment

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about 12 million people out of work in the US (25%)

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Herbert Hoover

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becomes President in 1928; “Prosperity just around the corner”

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“ride the rails”

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homeless, jobless teenagers hitching rides on boxcars on trains from town to town (about 250,000)

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“Hoovervilles”

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shack villages that were put up by the homeless

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“Hoover Flags”

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men would take their pockets and turn them out to signify that they had no money

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“Hoover blankets”

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people that were sleeping on park benches, whatever they could find to cover up with

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“Hoover leather”

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here people had to cut out pieces of cardboard to fill in the holes in the soles of their shoes

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“Hoover stew”

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a soup that was very thin that was served at soup kitchens

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1932 presidential election

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Franklin Roosevelt defeated Hoover

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brain trust

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Roosevelt surrounds himself with college professors and experts

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bank holiday

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Roosevelt implements this; every bank in America closed

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Emergency Banking Relief Act

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the government would decide which banks would healthy and strong enough to remain open

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fireside chats

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radio addresses to the people by Roosevelt

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New Deal

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FDR’s program to combat the Great Depression

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Hundred Days (March 9- June 16 1933)

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Congress and the President pass legislation that make up the New Deal

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goals of the New Deal

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relief-for the unemployed; recovery-get businesses, banks, and industry going again; reform-make sure this does not happen again

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Civilian Conservation Corps; CCC

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put young men planting trees, working in national parks, and building bridges

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Tennessee Valley Authority; TVA

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built dams in the Tennessee Valley; resulted in more jobs and hydroelectricity (powered six or more rural states)

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Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.;FDIC

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protected a depositor’s money in the bank up to a certain amount

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Rural Electrification Project;REP

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brought electricity to rural areas

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Agricultural Adjustment Admin; AAA

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payed farmers to not grow certain crops

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Social Security Act; SSA

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pensions for retired(elderly), disabled/handicapped, and survivors

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most tragic thing in France

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a large number of their young men had died during the war

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during the war North France was

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a major battleground

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modern parts of agriculture and industry

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had been destroyed and were outdated

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Maginot Line

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a system of steel and concrete fortifications to separate France from Germany that stretched nearly 200 miles

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Locarno Pact(1925)

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delegates pledged that their countries would peacefully settle any future disputes

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major problem of the government

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no party could gain enough power to govern alone

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economic problems of Great Britain

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  1. outdated factories and machinery 2. high tariffs 3. competition from Japan and the US
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by 1921 in Great Britain

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nearly 1/4 of their workforce was unemployed

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coalition government

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make up of several parties that agree to work together

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formed between

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the Labour Party and the Liberal Party

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led by leader of the

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Ramsay MacDonald

Labour Party

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Austria was a and many wanted to unite with

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small poor nation

Germany

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Hungary became a in 1918 but it was

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republic

eventually overthrown

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Poland located between

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Germany and Russia

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