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Analyze various viewpoints of the owners, workers, and state and city of New York in relation to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

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owner felt like it was the governments fault/workers fault for not cleaning scraps and smoking
workers blamed owners for lack of care, overcrowded wor conditions, bad enviorment
City of New York didnt take blame for incident but changed regulations

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Describe short and long term effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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new laws and regulations were put into place, grief from many families, owners deal with majority of blame but dont grt penalized because they have a good lawyer

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Total Warfare Was in what century

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20th

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Analyze reason why total warefae developed when it did

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industrial revolution
imperial expansion
intense nationalism (the modern idea of a country) because of this, other groups become “other”

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technologies and tactics used in 20th century war

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TECH: airplanes, tanks, nepalm (weaponized vasoline), chemical gas

trench warefare
build trench so body isnt exposed
issues: nobody dies/fights so too scared to leave,
water from rain causes trench foot from standing in water
people stand in feces
can drop things into trench

firebombing
terrorist tactics used by government, cluster bombs, bombs spread at random

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explain how and why civilian casualities increases as an affect of total war

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improved military tech. and new tactics led to increase and total war involves EVERYONE so EVERYONE is affected and is a target

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Descrive how life changed in geneal from 1920s to 1930s and why

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1920: upper class, great economy, “american dream”, entertainment heavy, livley
1930s: poverty economy plummeted, life was bad, starvation, unemployment

the 1920s was a period of growth/recovery while the 1930s saw economic collapse

WHY: great depression

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What years were the global economic crises/interwar years

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1920-1945

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who printed more money and what’s the affect

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the value a of the German mark decreased causing hyper inflation

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who couldnt pay of their war debts to France and england and whats the affects

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Britain and France struggle to pay their own debts to the US

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Who needed to borrow money from US and what did this lead to

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germany, rapid economic recovery fo rall

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Stalin what to grow the economiy faster for what and did what

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introduced 5-year plan to multiply soviet industrial capacity by 5
soviet union

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collectivization in the Soviet Union led to

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all produce of the land shipped to industrial workers

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collectivization

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making private farms into large government ones

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arrest and execution of ______ in the soviet union led to what

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kulaks- educated wealthy elite
all that was left were peasants who couldnt match production levels of Kulaks

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Stailin shipped all of whose grain to the cities which lef to

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Ukraine
which left them with no food for themselves and they couldn’t leave bc of laws so they died

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US Stock market crash caused

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America to have Great Depression

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US couldnt invest in where to help rebuild it after WW1

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Europe
Great Depression became worldwide phenomenon

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who began the new deal and what happened

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Franklin D. Roosevelt
gov.t put people to work on infrastructure
introduced a government-sponsored retirement
created gov.t medical insurance

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U.S.

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woodrow wilson
remained democratic republic
democrats and republicans

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British

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winston churchill
tories and labors

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Totalitarian States

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stalin, hitler, mussolini
sought to control all aspects of life
punishes people who didn’t agree with the government
included fascism
reaction against WW1 + economic collapse

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move correlation of ping pong diplomacy

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China MAO played pingpong with forest

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Richard Nixon movie correlation

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watergate scandal

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Aids epidemic movie correlation

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Jenny

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“Space Race” movie correlation

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moon landing on forests tv

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Black Pride movement movie correlation

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Black Panthers

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Cuban Missle Crisis movie correlation

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John. F Kennedy (president during)

29
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Climate Change

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hurricane Carmen

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Explain the importance of proxy wars in the late 20th century and provide examples

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a war where the opposing side uses other parties or states in substitute of direcctly fighting eachother

Vietnam proxy war between US and Soviet Union
The Korean War: 1950s
Afghan War: 1979-1989

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describe how domino thery influenced politics in the late 20th century

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applies to vietnam because if one country in SE Asia fell to communism, other countries would fall to it too. Vietnam entered the conflict to prevent communism from spreading furhter,

32
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explain importance and effect of the Kent State University massacre

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protest against the Vietnam war led to 4 students killed and 9 wounded by Ohio National Guard
this event caused a nationwide studen strike, forcing many colleges to close. they also had som impct on the national politics at the time.

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compare and contrast the motivations of Forrest, Mama, and Jenny and how their motinations affected their lives

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Forest: Jenny and hope/grace for her: caused him to go on run, be very kind, caused him to be able to walk again which led to military and more

Mama: make sure Forrest has a good life: always worried about him, caused her to run home

Jenny: does what she wants to make her feel good, escape the past: fell to drugs, AIDS, and her eventual death

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explain changed in warefare from the 19 to 20th century

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in 20th century Weapons had improved drastically and technology has also been a fundamental part of this.

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explain why totalitarian states arose in europe during the 1930s

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totalitarianism emerged as an approach to government in nations
It was a reaction to the dissatisfaction felt by many citizens in nations where it took hold
it was easier for dictators to gain support

36
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Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
1940

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7
polio epidemics cripple children
desegregation of US schools
first electronic computer
division of korea
united nations founded
assasination of Ghandi
beggining of apartheid

37
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Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
1950

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5
discovery of DNA function
sputnik
use of foster care
elvis and the creation of rock and roll
jonis salk and polio vaccine

38
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Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
1960

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Thich Quong Duc
Beatles + Rolling Stones Begin
Assasination of JFK and brother

SEXUAL REVOLUTION

39
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Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
after 1960

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cocaine/rise of drug culture
hurricane carmen destroys much of mexican and Southeast US coast
attempted assasination of President Ronald Reagan
development of apple software company

40
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first electronic computer

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helped calculating for hydrogen bonds

41
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division of korea

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provented the soviet forces from occupying whole of Korea

42
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united nations founded

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to maintain international peace and security

43
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assasination of ghandi

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inspired civil rights leaders world wide

44
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beggining of aprtheid

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allowed south Africans to marry across racial lines

45
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Discovery of DNA Function

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allowed investigators to understand DNA info

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Sputnick

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marked the start of the space race

47
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Jonas Salk and polio vaccine

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developed first safe and effective vaccine for polio

48
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Thich Quong Duc

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volunteered to set himself on fire to gain attention to attrocities in south vietnam

49
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beatles and rolling stones begin

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achieved global appeal

50
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total warefare

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conflict in which all resources and all people are involved

51
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Rape of Nanjing

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1937
mass murder and rape against chinese by Japenese troops
unknown number of casualties
japenese record were destroyed so much unknown (christian missionaries toldd)
bet on who could rape and kill most to win a dinner

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vladmir lenin

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founder of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917

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mussolini

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founder of Italian Fascism

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franklin d roosevelt

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president of the US who combatted the Great Depression, while his third and fourth saw him shift his focus to America’s involvement in World War II.

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Mao

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was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

56
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guomindang

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is a major political party in the Republic of China

57
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A political movement initiated by Mao Zedong that lasted from 1966 to 1976. It was a campaign in China ordered by Mao Zedong to purge the Communist Party of his opponents and instill revolutionary values in the younger generation.

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cultural revoltion

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a five-year economic plan executed by Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party to modernize the country’s agricultural sector using communist economic ideologies.

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the great leap forward

59
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elvis presley

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king of rock n roll, singer

60
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North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under Communism, its political and economic system. South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening.

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vietnam war

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built US relationship with China by opening up trade with them and increased involvment with vietnam but also did watergate scandal

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richard nixon

62
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jonas salk

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first person to develop succecful polio vaccine

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