Terms

Question 1

Tennessee Valley Authority

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1933; One of the most innovative New Deal programs; Designed to bring electrical power, flood control, and jobs to Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee

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Tet Offensive

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1968; Surprise attack by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese during the Vietnamese New Year of 1968; turned American public opinion strongly against the war

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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

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1911; 146 out of 850 sweatshop workers killed, most were Jewish teen women. Escape routes were limited b/c the owner kept the stairway door locked to prevent theft. Led to reforms in factory working conditions.

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Truman Doctrine

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1947; Stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. Seen as start of the Cold War and Containment policy.

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Voting Rights Act

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1965; Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of blacks in the U.S.

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Wagner Act

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1935; Guarantees basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions, engage in collective bargaining, and take collective action including strike if necessary.

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War on Poverty

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1964; Legislation proposed by LBJ in his State of the Union address; He believed in expanding the governments role in education and health care as poverty reduction strategies.

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Watergate Scandal

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1972; Nixon had members of the CIA break into the DNC headquarters to steal any information that could help him win; Forced Nixon to resign due to the threat of impeachment.

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Works Progress Administration (WPA)

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1935; Largest and most ambitious New Deal agency; employing millions of unemployed people to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads; Provided about 8 million jobs between 1935 and 1943.

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Yalta Conference (OLD)

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1945; Meeting between FDR, Winston Churchill, and Stalin to discuss the postwar world; Stalin claimed large areas in Eastern Europe for Soviet domination.

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(STARTS HERE)Huey Long

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Assassinated in 1935; Unscrupulous reformer, opposed the New Deal, proposed “Share our Wealth”

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Iran-Contra Affair

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1985-1987; Scandal of 2nd Reagan Administration involving the sale of arms to Iran in partial exchange for hostages in Lebanon and use of proceeds to fund the Contras in Nicaragua

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Iron Curtain

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1946 speech; Term coined by Winston Churchill to describe the Cold War divide between Western Europe and the Soviet Union’s Eastern European satellites

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G.I. Bill

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1944; New government agency (Veterans Administration); provided unemployment, helped with the job search, generous subsidies for work training and secondary education (paid tuition)

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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1964; LBJ; Response to the Gulf of Tonkin incident where the Vietnamese attacked the U.S.S. Maddox; Johnson issues use of “conventional” military force without formal declaration of war.

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Hiroshima

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1945; Truman; Enola Gay drops first atomic strike after the Potsdam Declaration

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National Consumers’ League

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1899; Chartered by Jane Addams; First secretary was Florence Kelley; Early focus was to oppose harsh, unregulated working conditions that many were subjected to.

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House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC)

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1938; FDR; Formed to investigate subversives in the government (espionage and Communist party membership)

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Hull House

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1889; Settlement house founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Starr; A “community of University women” whose main purpose was to provide social and educational opportunities for the neighborhood.

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Kitchen Debate

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1959; Eisenhower; Series of impromptu exchanges between VP Nixon and Nikita Kruschev in Moscow; Televised.

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Lochner v. NY

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1904; Teddy Roosevelt; Voided a proposed 10 hour workday law because it interfered with Freedom of Contract under the 14th Amendment.

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Muller v. Oregon

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1908; Taft; Court upholds 10 hour workday for women because of sociobiological data

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March on Washington

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1941; FDR; Led by A. Phillip Randolph to pressure FDR and the government to establish protections against discrimination

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Freedom Summer

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1964; LBJ; Bob Moses leads a cause to recruit volunteers to live with rural blacks, teach them in freedom schools, and register them to vote. Meant to fight the curtailment of black’s right to vote.

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March on Washington for Jobs/ Freedom

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1963; JFK; Civil rights demonstration where MLK gave his “I have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

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Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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1890; Benjamin Harrison–> Revised by Wilson; The Progressive Era sought to outlaw monopolies; Protected the consumers by preventing arrangements designed to advance the cost of goods to the consumer.

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Stagflation

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Nixon Admin; A situation where the inflation rate is high, the economic growth rate slows down, and unemployment remains steadily high.