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Forerunner of political science
Progressive Imperialism-Cuba,Haiti,D.R.,Nicaragua
Mexican expedition |
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Lost Wilson's support
Invaded New Mexico
Wilson sent Black Jack Pershing after him |
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Jingoism
Arms race
Alliances
House:373 to 50 Senate:82 to 6
Trench warfare-8.5 million deaths
Machine guns, artillery, chemical warfare |
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Torpedoed by German U-Boat
128 Americans killed
Filled with artillery and ammunition |
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Germany promised the American West to Mexico if they would enter an alliance
Rejected by Mexico |
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| John "Black Jack" Pershing |
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Led American Expeditionary Forces in WWI
Chased Pancho Villa
Didn't allow French of British to command American soldiers |
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| American Expeditionary Force |
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Borrowed supplies from Allies
Led by Pershing |
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New World Order
Freedom of the seas
No secret treaties
Self-determination
League of Nations-America never joins |
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| Committee for Public Information |
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Create propaganda to support war
George Creel
4 minute men-750k speeches in 5k towns
75M pieces of printed material
100% American-Changed German words and banned music |
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| Espionage and Sedition Acts |
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| Government had power to punish anyone they want |
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| American Protection League |
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| Authority to violate liberties of German-Americans |
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Bernard Baruch
Streamline war effort
Hoover and the FDA
Wobblies-"Big Bill" Haywood, one big union, anti-war (IWW)
Volstad Act and Prohibition |
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Buying goods because you want them
Taylorism-More goods available
Radios and growth of mass media
Using celebrities to endorse products
Easy credit |
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Disenchanted
Hemingway,Faulkner,Steinbeck |
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"I'll take my stand"
Robert Penn Warren |
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Attorney General
House bombed-only bomber killed
Launched Palmer Raids with Hoover under A&S Acts-FBI |
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Murmansk Expedition-protect area from Bolsheviks-failed
Bolsheviks withdrew from fighting Germany to focus on Allies |
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1,500 agents for 125M people
Flappers-girls having fun, smoking, drinking, etc. |
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Billy Sunday-Evangelist
Aimee Semple McPherson-Church of the FourSquare Gospel-disappeared |
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| Scopes brought to trial for teaching evolution |
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Limits of sharecropping
Crop destruction-boll weevils
Great Flood of 1927
Racial violence
Chicago Defender-advertising jobs in north |
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Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA)
Ethnic unity
Black Star shipping line
Convicted of mail fraud and deported to Jamaica |
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| Bonus Expeditionary Force (BEF) |
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March on Washington of former veterans
Demanding immediate payment of their war certificates |
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Stock market crash
Bank failures
Drought
Reduction in spending |
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| $2 billion in loans to banks, railroads, etc. |
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Social Security Act
Wagner Act-gov't supported laborers' right to negotiate |
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Tennessee Valley Authority
Public Works Administration
FDIC
Social Security
NLRA |
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Governor of Louisiana
Powerful & corrupt
Elected senator |
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Ambassador to blacks
Marian Anderson and the DAR-Eleanor rescheduled concert
Mary McLeod Bethune-Cabinet member
Endorsed Tuskegee Airmen |
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First time using aircraft carriers
Generated victory to fuel propaganda
Japanese retaliated with Battle of Midway-fell into American trap |
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Freedom from want
Freedom from fear
Freedom of religion
Freedom of speech
War at home-Casualties not initially shown |
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Lost sons in battle
>400,000 |
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Investigate mistreatment of Jews in Poland
Atrocities deemed as political, not anti-Semitic |
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Naval shipyard in California explodes, killing ~400
50 sailors refused to work and were charged with mutiny |
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Internment of all citizens of Japanese ancestry
127,000 in <48 hours |
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Organizing a March on Washington to demonstrate freedom from fear
Eleanor met and Ex. Order 8802 and FEPC were passed-first committee to look at civil right
Randolph called off march |
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| Blacks must not lose sight of fight for democracy at home |
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| Development of atomic bomb |
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War had become an acceptable diplomatic tool
End of our self-sufficiency
Loss of natural borders
Bolsheviks
Ribbentrop-Molotov Pact-Nazis and Soviets
Capitalism vs. Communism |
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| George Kennan and Containment |
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Economic aid to Western Europe
Military alliances
Truman Doctrine-resisting communism
Marshall Plan-rebuild |
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| National Security Act of 1947 |
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Dept. of Defense-oversee all military
Joint Chiefs of Staff-Board of directors over military
USAF
CIA
National Security Council-works directly w/ President |
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| National Security Council 68 |
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| America will support ANYONE against communism |
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Proxy wars
54,000 and 58,000 Americans killed |
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Castro claimed communism to get Soviet support
Bay of Pigs-CIA trained Cuban exiles to invade Cuba
Missile Crisis-US blockades Cuba to force Soviets to remove missiles |
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House Un-American Activities Committee-Nixon and Reagan
McCarthy screamed about communism-Cohn and Schine
God becomes Cold War weapon
Olympics |
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Education benefits
Business and home loans |
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