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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; 1910
racial discrimination and prejudice
promote civil rights for blacks

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Muckrakers

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journalists

propelled Progressivism by exposing corruption, economic monopolies, and moral decay in American society.

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New Nationalism

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Roosevelt
1910 and 1912
strong federal government
regulate corporations, stabilize the economy, protect the weak, and restore social harmony.

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Meat Inspection Act

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obligated the government to monitor the quality and safety of meat being sold to American consumers

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Federal Reserve Act

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act that brought private banks and public authority together to regulate and strengthen the nation’s financial system.

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New Freedom

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Wilson’s reform program of 1912 that called for temporarily concentrating government power so as to dismantle the trusts and return America to 19th century conditions od competitive capitalism.

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Article X

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Covenant;
Treaty of Versailles
League of nations to undertake military actions against aggressor nations

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Irreconcilables

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14 Midwestern and western senators

opposed the treaty of Versailles

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Teapot Dome

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Albert Fall allowed oil tycoons access to government oil reserves in exchange for $400,000 in bribes

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Immigration Act of 1924

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Johnson-Reed Act; Limited immigration to the US to 165,000 per year
banned immigration from East and South Asia.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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The first great progressive leader on the national scene who changed the face of American politics and government; president in 1901 because of the assassination of McKinley

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Progressivism

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The first great wave of 20th century reform

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Domestic reform

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The response to the great abuses and social problems associated with industrialization and the concentration of wealth and power growing out of industrialization

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The US response to global conflicts

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WWI and WWII

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Three great waves of reform:

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Progressivism (TR & Wilson)
New Deal & Fair Deal (FDR & Truman)
New Frontier & Great Society (JFK & LBJ)

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Problems defining progressivism:

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It was non-partisan;
It existed in all sections of the country;
It existed at all levels of the government (local, state, national);
It was an attitude

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Progressivism relies on:

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Moralism & optimism;
Belief in science to improve society;
Emphasis on efficiency;
Liberal nationalism

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Frederick W Taylor

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Efficiency

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Jefferson & Jackson

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Liberal nationalism

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Liberalism

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Opposite of progressivism;

Don’t want government to become to strong

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Dark side to progressivism

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Belief in ordering society from above;
Darwinism & racism;
Birth control;
Eugenics

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Eugenics

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Science in improving the human race

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Coal strike (1902)

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Beginning of government taking control; TR made the mine owners reach an agreement

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Northern securities case (1904)

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Came to Supreme Court;
Sherman anti-trust act;
TR revised the Sherman act

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Elkins act (1903)

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Prohibited railroads giving rebates to big businesses - there are always economic interests behind reforms

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Woodrow Wilson

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Initiated the greatest round of domestic reform legislation in American History;
Won presidency because he won the electoral college

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William Howard Taft

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Hand picked by TR;
Conservative;
Reformer

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Ballinger-Pinchot Affair

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Dispute that broke out over conservation

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16th amendment

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Tax amendment;

Progressive movement

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Conception of presidency

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Has to be a party leader and a moral leader

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Big three measures of early administration

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Underwood-Simmons Tariff (1913)
Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Clayton Anti-Trust Act (1914)

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Later Significant measures of Early Administration

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Establishment of Federal Trade Commission
Federal Highway Act (1916)
Adamson Act (1916)
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act (1916)

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Adamson Act

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Established an 8 hour work day for railroad workers

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Consequences of WWI

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Destruction of four great empires (German, Austria, Russian, Ottoman)
Communist takeover in Russia;
Rise of Hitler &Naziism;
Beginning of the end for British, French, and others in Africa and Asia;
Beginning of the middle eastern conflict between Jews and Arabs;
Merging of American and world history;
Discrediting of European traditions

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June 28, 1914

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Assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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1914 attitude of the US

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Progress, scientific advance

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36
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Great War year

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1914

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Schlieffen Plan (1914)

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German military plan

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First battle of the Marne (Sept 1914)

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Key turning point in Great War!;

French and British stop German advance

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How WWI was different

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Numbers engaged
Firepower
Continuous war

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Verdun

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German offensive

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Somme

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British offensive

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WWI key people

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Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Robert Lansing
Edward M House

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Objectives of American neutrality

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Protect national interests;

Stay out of the war

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Neutral rights

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The right of a neutral to conduct commerce with countries at war subject to certain restrictions (blockades, contraband)

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Great dilemma of US neutrality policy

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Conflict between two objectives

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Lusitania

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Many killed; resulted in diplomatic crisis

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Election of 1916

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Wilson v. Charles Evans Hughes

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Wilson’s crusade ended in failure because:

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Peace conference and the Senate’s rejection of the peace treaty

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US declaration of WWI

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April 1917

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50
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AEF

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American Expeditionary Force

John Pershing

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51
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Fourteen Points!

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  1. Open Diplomacy
  2. Freedom of the Seas
  3. Free Trade
  4. Reduction of Arms
  5. Adjustment of colonial claims
    6-13. Self Determination
  6. League of Nations
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Self determination

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The right of people or a nation to determine its own destiny

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Liberal internationalism

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One can achieve peace and stability through free trade, disarmament, and a powerful international peacekeeping organization.

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54
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What went wrong at Paris?

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Specific elements of the treaty of Versailles (reparations)

General sense that it was not consistent with 14 points

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Wilson’s problems at Paris

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Lack of leverage
Lack of US unity
Enthusiasm for league
Exaggerated hopes
Flaws in liberal program
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Treaty of Versailles

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Did not live up to 14 points;
Article X (security)
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57
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Cultural reaction in 1920s

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Kkk
Nativism
Sacco-Vanzetti
Johnson-Reed
Fundamentalism
Scopes
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Sacco-Vanzetti

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Convicted and executed for murder

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Scopes Trial

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Evolution - teacher

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60
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Elements of an emerging modern America

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Social liberation (women's rights)
Mass communications
Consumerism
Automobile culture
Sports
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61
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Inflation

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-1%

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62
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Unemployment

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2-3%

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63
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Real wages

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Up 26%

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Per capita income

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Up 37%

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Inequities of the economic system

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Mall distribution of wealth
Bad corporate structure
Weak banking system
Poor intelligence

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Babe Ruth

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Baseball

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67
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John Steinback

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The Grapes of Wrath

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Great Depression

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Worst economic collapse;
Crisis of Confidence;
Crisis in traditional American values

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69
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American revolution years

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1775-1815

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70
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Depression and WWII

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1929-1945

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71
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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New deal

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72
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Glass Steagall Banking Act

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Bank reform

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73
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Revenue Act of 1935

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Higher taxes on wealthy

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NLRA

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National Labor Relations Act
Wagner Act
Promotes unionization

75
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Social security act

A

Old age pensions

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Election of 1936

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FDR v. Alf Landon

77
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FDR’s mistakes

A

Court packing plan (1937)
Attempt to purge southern democrats (1938)
Economic downturn (1938)

78
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Fair labor standards act (1938)

A

Minimum wage
Max work week (40 hours)
Prohibitions on child labor

79
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New Deal

A

Did NOT end Great Depression;
Preserved the basic American capitalist social economic order;
Made American version of the welfare state;
Changed America forever

80
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Democratic Party founded by:

A

Martin Van Buren & Andrew Jackson

81
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Old Democratic Party

A

White south and border states;
White ethnic groups (Irish);
Intellectuals &reformers

82
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New Democratic Party of FDR (1940)

A

Old party;
Organized labor;
African Americans

83
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Forces strengthening presidency

A

Domestic crisis
International crisis
Communications revolution

84
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Strengthened presidency

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Leader in legislative process, determining economic policy, and foreign policy

85
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Supreme Court concerns in 1933

A

Limited government

Property rights

86
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Supreme courts concerns after 1937

A

Rights of defendants in criminal trials;
Racial discrimination;
Freedom of expression

87
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Old republican attitudes and values

A

Limited government
Individual responsibility
No government involvement
Good for business, good for America

88
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FDR & new deal attitudes and values

A

Government involvement
Minimum standard of living
Skeptical of business

89
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International crises posed by three powers:

A

Benito Mussolini (Italy), Hitler (Germany), Emperor Showa (Japan)

90
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Remilitarization of the Rhineland

91
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Annexation of Austria

92
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Sudentenland Crisis & Munich Conference

93
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Annexation of Czechoslovakia

94
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Nazi-Soviet Not-Aggression Pact

95
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German invasion of Poland & beginning of WWI

96
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Why didn’t the US stop Hitler?

A 
Runs against isolationism,
No interest in Europe,
Memory of WWI,
Anti-war movement, 
History repeats itself
97
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What was FDR thinking about foreign policy during 1930s?

A

Economic recovery took priority

98
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Neutrality acts of 1935, 1936, and 1937

A

No loans to warring countries,
No sales of arms and munitions,
No travel into war zones,
No American ships in war zones

99
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Flaws in isolationist position

A

Hitler is evil,
History does not repeat,
Japanese blunder

100
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Great reversal

A

German annexation of Czech,

German conquest of France

101
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FDR’s response

A 
Revision of neutrality legislation,
Aid to Britain,
Destroyers if bases deal with GB,
Lend lease,
Undeclared naval war
102
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Lend lease (1941)

A

Gave British military materials without having to pay

103
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What was FDR thinking on Dec 1, 1941?

A

Wanted declaration of war,

Providing aid to war without actually entering the war

104
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WWII in pacific

A

Pearl Harbor
Philippine islands
Malaya & Singapore
Dutch East Indies

105
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WWII turning points

A

Coral sea
Midway
Guadalcanal
Buna

106
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Coral sea

A

No one fires

107
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Guadalcanal

A

Japan couldn’t defend themselves against Americans

108
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Douglas MacArthur

A

New Guinea

109
Q

WWII in Europe

A 
Anti submarine war
North African campaign
Sicily & Italy
Strategic Bombing Campaign
Normandy
From Normandy to Germany
110
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Prohibition

A

Ban of sale of alcohol

111
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Hiroshima

A

August 6, 1945

112
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AAA

A

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Promote economic recovery by reducing supply produced by farmers

113
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NRA

A

National Recovery Association

1933 attempt to promote economic recovery by decreasing production, limiting hours, etc

114
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WPA

A

Works progress administration

1935 relief agency that funded public art

115
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National Labor Relations act

A

Wagner Act

Have workers the right to join a union

116
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Social security act

A

Set up finds to take care of groups that could not take care of themselves

117
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Court-packing plan

A

1937 attempt by Roosevelt to appoint one new Supreme Court justice to prevent dismantling of the new deal.

118
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CIO

A

Committee for industrial organization

Organized the unskilled and semiskilled

119
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Good neighbor policy

A

Roosevelt’s policy that renounced the right for US to intervene in Latin American Affairs

120
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Fascism

A

Government that used terror and violence to suppress opposition

121
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Harlem Renaissance

A

1920s African american literary and artistic awakening linked to black culture

122
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Pearl Harbor

A

Dec 7, 1941

Japan attack on US base in Hawaii leading to WWII

123
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Underconsumptionism

A

Weakness in consumer demand caused depression

Lead to second new deal

124
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John J Pershing

A

Commander of AEF (American Expeditionary Force)

125
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Henry Cabot Lodge

A

Led campaign to reject Treaty of Versailles

126
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Joseph Stalin

A

Worked with allied leaders in WWII

127
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Al Capone

A

Fortune from gambling during prohibition

128
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Marcus Garvey

A

Black nationalist

1920 movement calling for black separatism and self-sufficiency

129
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WEB Du Bois

A

NAACP

Race relations

130
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Charles Lindbergh

A

Fly solo across Atlantic

131
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Upton Sinclair

A

The Jungle

132
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Pure food and drug act

A

Part of prohibition

133
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Battle of the Meuse-Argonne

A

Americans, under control of John J Pershing, against Germans

WWI

134
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Reparations

A

Money lost from war

135
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Consumerism

A

The protection of the interests of consumers

136
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Hundred days

A 
March 9 - June 16, 1933
CCC
TVA
AAA
NRA
137
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Tehran Conference

A

Stalin, FDR, Churchill

Meeting with allied leaders

138
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Yalta Conference

A

FDR, Stalin, Churchill
Meeting at the end of WWII
Divide Europe

139
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Potsdam Conference

A

Stalin, FDR, Churchill

Post war plans

140
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Noted Negro Improvement Association

A

Marcus Garvey

141
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Axis

A

Germany, Italy, Japan

142
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F Scott Fitzgerald

143
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Ernest Hemingway

A

Iceberg theory

144
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Langston Hughes

A

Writer during Harlem Renaissance

145
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Harry Hopkins

A

FDR new deal:

WPA and lend lease

146
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Kellogg-Briand Pact

A

Prohibited war in matters of self defense

147
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Nye Committee

A

Studied the involvement of the US in WWI

148
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America First Committee

A

Non- interventionist pressure group against US entry into WWII

149
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Second front

A

British and American invasion of France to relieve pressure on the Soviet Union in the east

150
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Dust bowl

A

Drought driven plains that people were sent to during the Great Depression

151
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CCC

A

Civilian Conservation Corps

152
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TVA

A

Tennessee Valley Authority

153
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NIRA

A

National Industrial Recovery Act

154
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John Maynard Keynes

A

British

New deal deficit spending

155
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First new deal

A

Roosevelt
Fight depression
ABC acts

156
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Second new deal

A

More protection for labor unions

157
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Destroyers for bases

A

Roosevelt
Exchange US destroyers for Britain bases
Neutrality act

158
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Sussex pledge

A

German torpedo hit ship. Pledge to stop

159
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League of Nations

A

Wilson body that constituted the provision of the Versailles Treaty

160
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Protocols

A

Jewish plan for world domination

161
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Vladimir Lenin

A

Leader or Russian revolution and head of USSR

162
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George S Patton

163
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Louis Brandeis

A

American lawyer

Supreme Court

164
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Robert LaFollette

A

Presidential candidate 1924

165
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Al Smith

A

Presidential candidate in 1928

166
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Robert Lansing

A

Secretary of State under Wilson

167
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Charles Evans Hughes

A

Chief Justice in Supreme Court

168
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Zora Neale Hurston

A

Author during Harlem Renaissance

169
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Hal Mencken

A

Critic of American life and culture

170
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Gavrilo Princip

A

Assassinated Franz Ferdinand

171
Q

Henry ford

A

Automobiles

172
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Georgy Pyatakov

A

Russian revolution leader

173
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Leon Trotsky

A

Helped Lenin

174
Q

John T Flynn

A

Journalist

Opposed Roosevelt

175
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Battle of midway

A

American planes landed on Japanese fleet and defeated them

176
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Battle of Guatalcanal

A

Japanese lost to Americans in WWII

177
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Battle of Iwo Jima

A

Americans captures Iwo Jima from japan

178
Q

Battle of Okinawa

A

Operation iceberg

Lasted 82 days

179
Q

Battle of Normandy

A

Establishment of western allied forces

180
Q

Battle of the bulge

A

Attack from forest and caught allies by surprise

181
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Battle of Tarawa

A

Operation galvanic

182
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Battle of Stalingrad

A

Germany v. Soviet Union

183
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Battle of kasserine pass

A

During the Tunisia campaign

184
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Battle of Moscow (1941)

A

Napoleonic wars

185
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Battle of Britian

A

Bombardment of British cities

Luftwaffe

186
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Battle of France (1940)

A

Successful German invasion of France

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