EXAMMMM 6 Flashcards
Analyze various viewpoints of the owners, workers, and state and city of New York in relation to the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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
Describe short and long term effects of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
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
Total Warfare Was in what century
20th
Analyze reason why total warefae developed when it did
industrial revolution
imperial expansion
intense nationalism (the modern idea of a country) because of this, other groups become “other”
technologies and tactics used in 20th century war
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
explain how and why civilian casualities increases as an affect of total war
improved military tech. and new tactics led to increase and total war involves EVERYONE so EVERYONE is affected and is a target
Descrive how life changed in geneal from 1920s to 1930s and why
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
What years were the global economic crises/interwar years
1920-1945
who printed more money and what’s the affect
the value a of the German mark decreased causing hyper inflation
who couldnt pay of their war debts to France and england and whats the affects
Britain and France struggle to pay their own debts to the US
Who needed to borrow money from US and what did this lead to
germany, rapid economic recovery fo rall
Stalin what to grow the economiy faster for what and did what
introduced 5-year plan to multiply soviet industrial capacity by 5
soviet union
collectivization in the Soviet Union led to
all produce of the land shipped to industrial workers
collectivization
making private farms into large government ones
arrest and execution of ______ in the soviet union led to what
kulaks- educated wealthy elite
all that was left were peasants who couldnt match production levels of Kulaks
Stailin shipped all of whose grain to the cities which lef to
Ukraine
which left them with no food for themselves and they couldn’t leave bc of laws so they died
US Stock market crash caused
America to have Great Depression
US couldnt invest in where to help rebuild it after WW1
Europe
Great Depression became worldwide phenomenon
who began the new deal and what happened
Franklin D. Roosevelt
gov.t put people to work on infrastructure
introduced a government-sponsored retirement
created gov.t medical insurance
U.S.
woodrow wilson
remained democratic republic
democrats and republicans
British
winston churchill
tories and labors
Totalitarian States
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
move correlation of ping pong diplomacy
China MAO played pingpong with forest
Richard Nixon movie correlation
watergate scandal
Aids epidemic movie correlation
Jenny
“Space Race” movie correlation
moon landing on forests tv
Black Pride movement movie correlation
Black Panthers
Cuban Missle Crisis movie correlation
John. F Kennedy (president during)
Climate Change
hurricane Carmen
Explain the importance of proxy wars in the late 20th century and provide examples
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
describe how domino thery influenced politics in the late 20th century
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,
explain importance and effect of the Kent State University massacre
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.
compare and contrast the motivations of Forrest, Mama, and Jenny and how their motinations affected their lives
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
explain changed in warefare from the 19 to 20th century
in 20th century Weapons had improved drastically and technology has also been a fundamental part of this.
explain why totalitarian states arose in europe during the 1930s
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
Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
1940
7
polio epidemics cripple children
desegregation of US schools
first electronic computer
division of korea
united nations founded
assasination of Ghandi
beggining of apartheid
Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
1950
5
discovery of DNA function
sputnik
use of foster care
elvis and the creation of rock and roll
jonis salk and polio vaccine
Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
1960
Thich Quong Duc
Beatles + Rolling Stones Begin
Assasination of JFK and brother
SEXUAL REVOLUTION
Place major events on a relative timeline between the 1940-1980
after 1960
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
first electronic computer
helped calculating for hydrogen bonds
division of korea
provented the soviet forces from occupying whole of Korea
united nations founded
to maintain international peace and security
assasination of ghandi
inspired civil rights leaders world wide
beggining of aprtheid
allowed south Africans to marry across racial lines
Discovery of DNA Function
allowed investigators to understand DNA info
Sputnick
marked the start of the space race
Jonas Salk and polio vaccine
developed first safe and effective vaccine for polio
Thich Quong Duc
volunteered to set himself on fire to gain attention to attrocities in south vietnam
beatles and rolling stones begin
achieved global appeal
total warefare
conflict in which all resources and all people are involved
Rape of Nanjing
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
vladmir lenin
founder of the Russian Communist Party (Bolsheviks) and leader of the Russian Revolution of 1917
mussolini
founder of Italian Fascism
franklin d roosevelt
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.
Mao
was a Chinese politician, Marxist theorist, military strategist, poet, and revolutionary who was the founder of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
guomindang
is a major political party in the Republic of China
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.
cultural revoltion
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.
the great leap forward
elvis presley
king of rock n roll, singer
North Vietnam wanted to reunite the country under Communism, its political and economic system. South Vietnam fought to keep this from happening.
vietnam war
built US relationship with China by opening up trade with them and increased involvment with vietnam but also did watergate scandal
richard nixon
jonas salk
first person to develop succecful polio vaccine
