EXAMMMM 6 Flashcards by Macie Churi

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

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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

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Total Warfare Was in what century

20th

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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”

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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

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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

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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

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What years were the global economic crises/interwar years

1920-1945

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who printed more money and what’s the affect

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

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

germany, rapid economic recovery fo rall

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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

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collectivization in the Soviet Union led to

all produce of the land shipped to industrial workers

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collectivization

making private farms into large government ones

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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

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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

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US Stock market crash caused

America to have Great Depression

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US couldnt invest in where to help rebuild it after WW1

Europe
Great Depression became worldwide phenomenon

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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

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U.S.

woodrow wilson
remained democratic republic
democrats and republicans

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British

winston churchill
tories and labors

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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

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move correlation of ping pong diplomacy

China MAO played pingpong with forest

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Richard Nixon movie correlation

watergate scandal

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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