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03/09/2011

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Militarism
Definition
the development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy.
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Nationalism
Definition
a devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation.
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The Triple Alliance
Definition
consisted of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
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Imperialism
Definition
the policy of extending a nation's authority over other countries by economic, political, or military means.
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Trench Warfare
Definition
military operations in which forces attack and counterattack from trenches rather than an open battle field and fight for mere yards of ground.
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Lusitania
Definition
British liner that German U-boat sank that had killed 1198 people, in which 128 were Americans. This incident caused Americans to become outraged.
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Zimmerman Telegram
Definition
a telegram from the German foreign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British agents which stated that Germany would help Mexico recover the land they lost if war ever broke out between them.
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Selective Service Act
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This act required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service.
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convoy system
Definition
having destroyers escort merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic in groups to stop German U-boat attacks.
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American Expeditionary Force (AEF)
Definition
force that included men from widely separated parts of the country who had little experience on the battlefield.
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Armistice
Definition
truce; cease-fire
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Propaganda
Definition
a kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions. It was used to popularize the war. ex:CPI
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Espionage and Sedition Act
Definition
under this act, a person could be fined and sentenced to jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
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Espionage and Sedition Act
Definition
under this act, a person could be fined and sentenced to jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
established 9 new nations and shifted the boundaries of other nations. It gave five areas out of the Ottoman Empire to France and Britain as mandates. The treaty barred Germany from maintaining an army. It also required Germany to pay reparations(war damages).
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Nativism
Definition
Prejudice against foreign-born people. WW1 led to fear of outsiders.
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Isolationism
Definition
a policy of pulling away from involvement in world affairs.
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Communism
Definition
an economic and political system based on a single-party government ruled by a dictatorship.
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Anarchist
Definition
people who opposed any form of government
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Quota System
Definition
Set up by The Emergency Quota Act of 1921, this system established the maximum number of people who could enter the U.S. from each foreign country.
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Installment Plan
Definition
enabled people to buy goods over an extended period, without having to put down much money at the time of purchase.
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Prohibition
Definition
legal prohibition of the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
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Speakeasies
Definition
hidden underground saloons and nightclubs that serve liquor illegally.
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fundamentalism
Definition
the protestant movement grounded in a literal, or non symbolic, interpretation of the bible. They believed that the bible was inspired by god and it was unconditionally true.
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Flappers
Definition
an emancipated young woman who embraced the new fashions and urban attitudes of the day. They wore flashy cloths in order to shout their independence.
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boot-leggers
Definition
the people who hid alcoholic beverages on their boot.
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George Gershwin
Definition
he merged traditional elements with American jazz and became famous by creating a new sound that was identifiably American.
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Georgia O'Keeffe
Definition
a painter who produced intensely colored canvases that captured the grandeur of New York.
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Ernest Hemmingway
Definition
an expatriate author who wrote to criticize the glorification of war.
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F. Scott Fitsgerald
Definition
an author who wrote to reveal the negative side of the period's gaiety and freedom, portraying rich and attractive people leading imperiled lives in gilded surroundings.
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Harlem Renaissance
Definition
A literary and artistic movement celebrating African American culture. It was basically black people getting famous. It provided a foundation of African-American intellectualism to which African American writers, artists, and musicians contribute today.
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Credit
Definition
an arrangement in which consumers agreed to buy now and pay later for purchases.
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Speculation
Definition
buying stocks and bonds on the chance of a quick profit, while ignoring the risks.
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buying on margin
Definition
paying a small percentage of a stock's price as a down payment and borrowing the rest.
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Black Tuesday
Definition
the day when stock market crashed. Prices plummeted, debts were stacking, and savings were lost.
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
Definition
the most widely used barometer of the stock market's health. The dow is a measure based on the stock prices of 30 representatives large firms trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Dust Bowl
Definition
the regions that was the hardest hit by the dust storm cause by decaying of topsoil such as parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico, and Colorado.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)
Definition
an effective, reform-minded leader who worked to combat the problems of unemployment and poverty. Opposite of Hoover.
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Definition
hoover's most ambitious economic measure. It authorized up to 2 billion dollar for emergency financing for banks, life insurance companies, railroads, and other large businesses.
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Federal Home Loan Bank Act
Definition
act which lowered mortgage rates for homeowners and allowed farmers to refinance their farm loads and avoid foreclosure.
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The Patman Bill
Definition
authorized the government to pay a bonus to WW1 veterans who had not been compensated adequately for their wartime service. This was however denied by Hoover and the Senate.
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Bonus Army
Definition
WW1 veterans who wanted their bonus compensation for their wartime service.
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Direct Relief
Definition
cash payments or food provided by the government to the poor.
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Herbert Hoover
Definition
the president after the stock market crash who believed the economy would fix itself. He thought the government should play a limited role in helping to solve problems.
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Hoover Dam
Definition
originally called boulder dam. Worlds tallest dam and the second largest. Provided electricity and flood control. It also provided a regular water supply, which enabled the growth of California's massive agricultural economy.
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Farm Holiday
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New Deal
Definition
program designed to focuse on 3 general goals: relief for the need, recovery, and financial reform.
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100 days
Definition
during this period, congress passed more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation. These laws significantly expanded the federal government's role in the nation's economy.
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Glass-Steagall Act
Definition
established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). It provided federal insurance for individual bank accounts of up to 5k, reassuring millions of bank customers that their money was safe.
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Federal Securities Act
Definition
required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentations. This helped regulate the stock market that many people lost faith in.
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Agricultural Adjustment Act (AAA)
Definition
sought to raise crop prices by lowering production, which the government achieved by paying farmers to leave a certain amount of every acre of land unseeded. This was designed to put more money in farmers' pockets.
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Civilian Conservation Corps
Definition
provided relief through work projects and cash payments. It put young men to work and paid a small wage of 30 bucks a month. It also supplied free food and uniforms and lodging in work camps.
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National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA)
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provided money to states to create jobs chiefly in the construction of schools and other community buildings.
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Federal Housing Administration
Definition
fixed housing and home mortgage problems. This agency still continues to furnish loans for home mortgages and repairs today.
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Home owners Loan Corporation
Definition
provided government loans to homeowners who faced foreclosure because they couldn't meet their loan payments.
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Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
Definition
provided direct relief for the needy.
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Deficit Spending
Definition
spending more money than the government receives in revenue.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Definition
a social reformer who combined her deep humanitarian impulses with great political skills. She urged the president to help the need and appoint women to government positions.
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Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Definition
Helped workers by creating as many jobs as possible as quickly as possible.
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National Youth Administration
Definition
provided education, jobs, counseling, and recreation for young people.
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Wagner Act
Definition
reestablished the NIRA provision of collective bargaining. It allowed workers right of joining unions and allow for collective bargaining.
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Social Security Act
Definition
It gave Old-age insurance for retirees 65 or older and their spouses, an unemployment compensation system, and aided to families with dependent children and the disabled.
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Frances Perkins
Definition
America's first female cabinet member.
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Definition
an educator and government appointee who dedicated herself to promoting opportunities for young african americans.
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John Collier
Definition
commissioner of Indian affairs who helped create the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934.
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Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
Definition
this act allowed for Native American autonomy instead of assimilation and helped restore some reservation lands to tribal ownership.
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New Deal Coalition
Definition
an alignment of diverse groups dedicated to supporting the democratic Party.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations
Definition
Labor organization composed of industrial unions founded in 1938.
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Gone with the Wind
Definition
movie dealing with the life of Southern plantation owners during the civil war.
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War of the Worlds
Definition
A radio show created by Orson Welles that scared many people into thinking that aliens were taking over the world.
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Federal Art Project
Definition
paid artists a living wage to produce public art.
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Federal Theater Project
Definition
hired actors to perform plays and artists to provide stage sets and props.
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Federal Writer's Project
Definition
gave the future Pulitzer and Nobel prize winner Saul Bellow his first writing job.
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Grapes of Wrath
Definition
reveals the lives of Oklahomans who left the Dust Bowl and ended up in California.
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Definition
to insure individuals bank accounts, and protected people against losses due to bank failure.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
Definition
monitored the stock market and enforces laws regulating the sale of stocks and bonds.
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Tennessee Valley Authority
Definition
harnessed water power to generate electricity and to help prevent floods.
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Joseph Stalin
Definition
Man of Steel. focused on creating a model communist state and wanted the Soviet union to be an industrial power.
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Totalitarian
Definition
government that tried to exert complete control over its citizens
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Benito Mussolini
Definition
Dictator of Italy who established the Facist party.
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Facism
Definition
stressed nationalism and placed interests of the state above those of individuals.
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Adolf Hitler
Definition
dictator of Germany who established Nazism which is just the copy of facism with a different name except it was based on EXTREME nationalism.
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Francisco Franco
Definition
leader of the rebels that rebelled against the spanish republic. He won the civil war and becamse Spains fascist dictator.
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Neutrality Act
Definition
This act extended the ban on arms sales and loans to nations engaged in civil wars.
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Mein Kamf
Definition
Book that hitler wrote that explains his belief of nazism.
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Lebensraum
Definition
living space
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Appeasement
Definition
giving up principles to pacify an aggressor.
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Nonaggression Pact
Definition
a pact not to attack each other.
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Blitzkrieg
Definition
lightning war.
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Sitzkrieg
Definition
sitting war
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Holocaust
Definition
systematic murder of 11 million people across Europe, more than half were Jews.
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Kristallnacht
Definition
"night of broken glass" when Nazi storm troopers attacked Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues across Germany. Many Jews were arrested and some were killed. Then the Nazi's blamed the Jews for the destruction.
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Genocide
Definition
systematic killing of an entire population
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Concentration CAmp
Definition
labor camps
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Axis Powers
Definition
Group of nations including Italy, Germany, and Japan that opposed the allies in WW2.
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Lend Lease Act
Definition
Allowed U.S. to ship arms and other supplies without immediate payment to nations fighting with Axis Powers.
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Atlantic charter
Definition
joint declaration of war aims.
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Allied powers
Definition
Britain, Russia, and U.S.
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Women's Auxiliary Army Corps
Definition
women volunteers who served in noncombat positions like nursing.
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Office of Price Administration
Definition
fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods.
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War Production Board
Definition
decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Definition
Allied U.S. commander who led operation torch.
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D Day
Definition
June 6 1944, first day of the invasion of operation overlord.
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V E Day
Definition
Victory in Europe day.
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Battle of the Bulge
Definition
Turning point in the war in europe where american troops pushed back the German attackers.
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Douglas MacArthur
Definition
Allied Commander in the war in the islands
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Kamikaze
Definition
suicide plane attack
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Iwo Jima
Definition
an island critical to the U.S. as a base from which heavily loaded bombers might reach Japan. Was very heavily defended by the japanese because of it's importance.
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Hiroshima
Definition
an important Japanese military center; the place U.S. Bombed the crap out of.
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Nagasaki
Definition
was A bombed. Fat man ( the second A bomb) leveled half the city.
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GI Bill of Rights
Definition
provided education and training for veterans, paid for by the federal government.
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Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Definition
purpose was to confront urban segregation in the North.
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Cold War
Definition
state of hostility, without direct military conflict, that developed between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after WW2.
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