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Unit 8 Flashcards

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How did advertising change America’s shopping patterns during the 1920’s?

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people bought more stuff

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Describe government’s attitude toward business during the 1920s?

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laissez-faire economics

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Who benefitted from the growing economy of the 1920s and who was excluded?

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women benefitted. unions and farmers did not

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What was the direct impact of prohibition?

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enforcement was nearly impossible especially because many politicians, police, and local officials privately drank and made profits from bootlegging

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How did the 19th amendment impact women?

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double standard. flapper look. many more women were becoming educated and graduating from high school or college

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What were some of the impacts of the sexual revolution?

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men and women revolted against sexual taboos, premarital sex viewed as an invention of the modern age, greater promiscuity seen through movies, novels, and dancing

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Why is the 1920’s seen as a time of conflict and change?

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changing traditional roles for women and minorities, scientific knowledge, advances in technology

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Why was there an increase in the KKK during the 1920s?

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increase in immigration

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What groups were targeted by Quota Laws in the 1920s?

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southern and Eastern Europeans

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Nativism

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isolationists wanted minimal contact with Europe and saw immigrants as radicals

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What was the issue behind the Scopes Trial?

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taught evolution and got in trouble

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What was the Harlem renaissance?

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artistic movement that took pride in being black

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What type of music became popular?

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Jazz

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What were some new inventions?

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radio, movies

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What are the four main causes of the Great Depression?

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credit, overproduction, overspeculation, loans

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How did Hoover and FDR respond to the Great Depression?

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Hoover-nothing. FDR-new deal

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AAA

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Agricultural Adjustment Act. Recovery. Raised farm prices by reducing acreage in cultivation and paying farm subsidies for lost acreage

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FDIC

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created by the Glass-Steagall Act, guaranteed bank deposits in an effort to prevent runs on banks

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CCC

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employed young men to plant trees, construct dams, and complete other conservation projects

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WPA

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created jobs in building; sponsored artists, scholars, photographers, and writers; promoted local history research

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NRA

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planned industry standards to put people back to work at decent jobs and under working conditions to stimulate purchasing power and thus production

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Social Security Administration

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provided unemployment insurance, retirement benefits, and disability payments to workers and aided widows and dependent children in the event of a workers death

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What is relief?

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brought immediate assistance to those in dire need

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What is recovery?

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help to restore the economy, bring the nation out of depression over time

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reform

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aimed to prevent a similar disastrous depression, tried to correct unsound banking and investment practices

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What were the “fireside chats”

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radio show by FDR explaining to the public what he was going to do

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What was the impact of the New Deal?

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closed banks and helped the economy

27
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How were native Americans and african americans treated under the new deal?

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they could not take advantage of the new deal programs

28
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What was an activity used to “escape” the depression?

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movies

29
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What caused the dust bowl? Who were the okies?

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overfarming, grasshoppers, harsh winds. Okies were migrant workers who eventually went to California

30
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Who was Huey Long?

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governor of Louisiana. “Share the wealth”

31
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Why did FDR want to “pack” the court with liberal judges? Did his court reorganization plan work?

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Most judges are conservatives. His plan didn’t work since people found out

32
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What did the hawley smoot tariff do?

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raised the tariff

33
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What was the United States foreign Policy between 1920-1930

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stay out of the war and raise tariffs

34
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What started World War 2?

A

Germany’s invasion of Poland

35
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What happened on December 7th 1941

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Pearl Harbor

36
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Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?

A

the embargo on oil upset the Japanese so they wanted to scare us into staying out of the war

37
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What countries belonged to the Allies?

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U.S. Britain and France

38
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Who were the “big three”

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Rooseveltt, Churchill, and Stalin

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Who were the axis powers?

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Germany Italy and Japan

40
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Why did African Americans join the military in WW2

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they wanted to earn equal rights

41
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How were women affected by WW2? Who was the “symbol” for women?

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entered the work force. “Rosie the Riveter”

42
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What did Native Americans contribute to the war effort?

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“code talkers”

43
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Why did the U.S. intern Japanese citizens?

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they were suspected of being spies

44
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What types of items were rationed on the homefront?

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food, gasoline, water

45
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What was the purpose of the draft?

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to recruit boys to join the U.S. army

46
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What was the military strategy used by the United States in the pacific?

A

island hopping

47
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What was the strategy used by the United States in europe

A

get hitler first

48
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What was Hitler’s strategy in Europe?

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force Britain out of the war before the United States could intervene

49
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What was the Japanese strategy in the Pacific?

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invade Australia and Hawaii and scare the United States

50
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What two cities were targeted by the atomic bomb?

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

51
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What was the name of the project that created the atomic bomb?

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Manhattan Project

52
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Who were the victims of the holocaust?

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jews

53
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What did the Geneva convention state?

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attempted to ensure the humane treatment of prisoners of war by establishing rules to be followed by all nations

54
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How was Germany divided?

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US and Britain got West and Soviet Union got east

55
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What was the purpose of the United States?

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was formed for nations of the world to try and prevent future global wars

56
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What was the Lend Lease Act?

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lending materials to the allies

57
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Blitzkrieg

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lightening war. began in 1939

58
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Genocide

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the systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, politcal, religious, or cultural group

59
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What was Kamikaze?

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Japans military tactics. used in Iwo Jima and Okinawa

60
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Why were we called the Arsenal of Democracy?

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we were supplying Britain and helping protect Democracy

61
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What are the four freedoms?

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freedom of speech
freedom of religion
freedom from want
freedom from fear

62
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Why was the battle of Stalingrad important?

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turning point of the war. Hitler will not be able to gain Soviet Oil fields

63
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El Ahamein

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allies win to prevent Germany from gaining access to arab oil

64
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Normandy (D-Day invasion)

A

biggest land invasion ever

65
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa

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U.s. gets very close to Japan and prepares for land attack. Kamikaze

66
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Battle of Midway

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turning point in Pacific in Pacific allows U.S. to start island hopping. Japan can’t take any more land

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