history Flashcards

1
Q

what year is america studied through

A

1920-73

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2
Q

what were poor towns called in 1920

A

hoovervilles

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3
Q

when was the great depression in america

A

1929-41

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4
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what year was the wall street crash

A

1929

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5
Q

what were the 3 rs

A

resform
relief
recovery

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6
Q

who was the president during the wall street crash

A

hoover

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7
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why did rooservelt win the 1932 election

A

hoover did too little to late

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8
Q

what did fdr close in 4 days

A

all banks

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9
Q

why did the new deal encounted oppositon

A

rich tax payers had to pay higher taxes

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10
Q

when was the first new deal

A

1933-34

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11
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what were the organisations on the new deal

A

FERA CCC AAA
TVA

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12
Q

what were the effects of the depression

A

hunger homelessness loss of jobs
corrupt banks

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13
Q

how much did industrial production fall by

A

40%

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14
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how much were wages reduced by

A

60%

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15
Q

how many people were unemployed

A

14 million

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16
Q

when did china fall to communism

A

1949-50

17
Q

what was the parralel called that divided vietname

A

38th parallel

18
Q

what did chemical war fair did americans use

A

agent orange and napalm

19
Q

what was the masacre in vietname called

A

mai lie masacre

20
Q

what tactics did the vietnamese use

A

gorilla warfarin tactics

21
Q

who were the vietkong

A

recruited men and women from south vietname

22
Q

how did the vietkong stay safe

A

they built networks and tunnels underground

23
Q

how were the vietkong supplied

A

the ho chih minh trail

24
Q

how long was the ho chi minh trail

A

600 miles

25
Q

what was operation rolling thunder

A

when the americans blanket bombed vietname

26
Q

what was search and destroy

A

american troops destroying vietnamese villages to the vietkong could not creat a resistance or hide in the villages

27
Q

when did mai lai occur

A

16 march 1968

28
Q

how did the us respond to gorilla tactics

A

hearts and minds building school and homes in the south

29
Q

what year was the gulf of tonkin

A

1964

30
Q

why was the stalemate broken

A

eisenhower became persident in 1954 and promised to end the war

31
Q

what year was the stale mate

A

1951

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