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| WJB's famous speech at the Democratic convention for the 1896 presidential election against William McKinley |
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| What did Populists want the most and why? |
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| free, unlimited coinage of silver to make debt payments easier |
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Reasons for imperialism included...
1.U.S. needed resources and markets to sell surplus goods in.
2. Alfred T. Mahan's book "The Influence of Sea Power Upon History"
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| three reasons for imperialism: economic, social, and political/military |
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-U.S. needed overseas market and resources because of its expanding economy and industry
-Social Darwinism and White man's burden
-U.S. needed military bases |
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| T/F: President Cleveland in 1893, readily agreed to annex Hawaii after the planters overthrew the Queen |
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| Three causes of the Spanish-American War included 1.)scandalous, 2.) ...also scandalous!, 3.) USS Maine |
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1.)Yellow Journalism exaggerated events in Cuba to make profit
2.)De Lome Letter |
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| TR lead these guys up a charge on San Juan Hill TO GLORY |
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| This guy led the Filipino resistance |
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| This Supreme Court decision declared that a state could regulate private property affected by the public interest. |
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| This 1887 federal law outlawed unfair business practices and established the first regulatory commission. |
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| InterState commerce act 1887; not very effective, had little teeth due to witty lawyers |
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The social ethic which prevailed in late 19c America stressed that?:
hint: before progressive era; had to do with what this one guy wrote |
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| Gospel of Wealth: economic success was available to anyone who worked hard. |
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| Germany's declaration that its submarines would not attack passenger or merchant ships without giving fair warning. |
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| This group controlled American propaganda and strengthened popular support for the war. |
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| George Creel's committee of public information |
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| This law limited immigration mainly to people from northwestern Europe. |
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| The practice of rewarding the Allies with control over conquered territories by which the Allied nation would administer the territory until it believed that the people were ready to govern themselves. |
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| This government agency was headed by Herbert Hoover and was established to increase the production of food and ration food for the military. |
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| This faction in the U. S. Senate would not accept the League of Nations or the notion of collective security in any form. |
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| One of the most important economic transformations in the years after World War I was?:from what to what?? |
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| the shift in production from heavy industry to consumer goods and services. |
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| This colorful Louisiana Senator started the "share the wealth" movement. |
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| He wrote the book, ..., in 1939 which portrayed the plight of an "Okie" family during the Dust Bowl. |
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| "The Grapes of Wrath", John Steinbeck |
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| The alleged mistaken bombing of an American gunboat on the Yangtze River in China by a Japanese plane in 1937. |
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| This program was first announced by FDR to promote friendly relations with Latin American nations. |
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| This legislation gave up all U. S. claims to military bases in the Philippines. |
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| Famous quote from the post World War I years that pretty much described American politics for that age |
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"the business of government is business"
-calvin coolidge |
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| The most important problem faced by the Democratic party in the 1920s was? |
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| a serious split between urban and rural wings of the party. |
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| This post WW1 tariff created tariff tariff reprisals from a number of foreign countries. |
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| opposition to american imperialism |
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| these cases ruled that "the constitution does not outrun the flag" |
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| This event demonstrated TR's determination to carry out his Square Deal |
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Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902
-ultimately, true to his "square" deal, the mine owners gave SOME concessions to the workers |
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| The Elkins and Hepburn Acts were...(hint: established under TR) |
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| TR's head of forestry who shared TR's goal of conservatism and was against preservation |
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Name the author and the book
Wrote about terrible living conditions in the cities |
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Jacob Riis
"How the Other Half Lives" |
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Name the author and book
He wrote about political corruption in the cities |
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Lincoln Steffens
"Shame of the Cities" |
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Name the author and book
exposed Rockefeller's practices in his oil company |
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Ida Tarbell
"The history of Standard Oil Company" |
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| these were three new progressive reforms which returned the power to the people |
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initiative
referendum
recall |
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improving gov't:
voters sign a petition and their proposal can be put on a ballet for a vote ( and not wait for their representatives to do it) |
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improving gov't:
the people can directly approve or reject laws |
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improving gov't:
voters can vote to remove an elected official |
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improving gov't:
direct election of Senators |
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improving gov't:
secret balloting was introduced known as |
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improving gov't:
an election within a party to pick that party's favorite candidate |
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| governor of Wisconsin responsible for Progressive state reforms |
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| this incident led to improved safety standards, union growth, tragedy led to reforms |
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| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911 |
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ideas:
TR vs Taft vs Wilson |
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| Big Stick Diplomacy vs Dollar Diplomacy vs Moral Diplomacy |
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| New Nationalism vs New Freedom |
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| increased gov't regulation of business |
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| less gov't control; FRAGMENTATION of businesses |
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| established federal income tax |
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| added "teeth" to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 |
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| Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914 |
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| created 12 regional banks that help keep economy stable |
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| Federal Reserve Act of 1913 |
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| TR did this to demonstrate American power |
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| Voyage of the Great White Fleet (1907) |
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| Wilson's master plan to prevent future wars from happening |
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| Vladimir Lenin's communist party |
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| This means of information contributed to standardization across America |
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| African American leader who promoted black self-sufficiency and "Back to Africa Movement" |
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Return to normalcy:
established a ratio of tonnage for ships 5:5:3 |
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Return to normalcy:
shifted Germany's debts to U.S. instead of Britain and France |
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| described how people literally ran to the banks to get their money before it ran out |
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| WW1 veterans demanded their bonus payments |
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| relief, recovery, and reform |
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| FDR's inaugural speech quote |
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| the only thing we have to fear is fear itself |
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| FDR's use of the radio to talk about his plans for getting america back to its feets |
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| FDR closed the banks for several days to calm people |
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| This was how the Gov't was able to carry out all of the New Deal reforms |
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| This New Deal critic advocated "sharing the wealth" |
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| this social norm was developed (or was re instituted, whatever you call it) after WW2 |
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| author and book: this women wrote a book questioning the conformity of women |
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| Betty Friedan, the Feminine Mystique |
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| nonconformists of the 50s, paralleled the Lost Generation and influenced the Hipsters of the 60s |
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| Compared to the 60s, the 50s was a time of |
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| conservatism, conformity, prosperity, stability |
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| 1st time war leaders were held accountable for war crimes |
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| when nations fight through other nations, each supporting one side or the other |
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| Truman's not very effective plan to expand some social security benefits |
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| A group of house members that investigated the loyalty of americans. |
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| Suspected communists in Hollywood were |
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| This couple was convicted of stealing atomic secrets and giving them to the soviets, executed by electrocution |
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| 1949- this year marked two significant events that escalated the Cold War to a new stage |
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-Soviets develop atomic bomb; no longer was america the only nation with it
-China, most populous nation in world, falls to communism |
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| This is established along the 38th parallel |
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| In this document, the us promised to help middle eastern countries threatened by communism |
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Eisenhower's strategy was
Kennedy? |
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| Massive Retaliation vs Flexible response |
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| Landmark legislation that made it illegal to discriminate in jobs facilities and other important areas of everyday life |
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| LBJ's ... declared a war on |
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| in this law, the federal gov't guaranteed protection for blacks in voting |
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| Voting Rights Act of 1965 |
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| in this meeting, Vietnam is split |
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| Geneva Conference of 1955 |
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| The Great Migration (africans, WW2) was later complemented by the... |
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| White Flight of whites to suburban areas, thus further polarizing the population. |
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| Explain the effects of the white flight...(cities, social structure) |
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-minorities were left in the cities because they were not included in Federal Welfare agencies like the Social Security and GI bill. This causes the degradation of cities as tax money went to the suburb.
-the rise of the middle class |
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| who moved in the Great Migration (WW2) and where |
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1. africans
2. northeastern cities |
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| this man threatened a march on Washington dc because of discrimination during WW2 |
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| During World War 2, these were Mexican American youth clash with service men |
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| This was like the WW2 version of the 14 points |
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| In this conference, the allies demanded unconditional surrender from the Axis |
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| first meeting of the big three |
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| Casablanca Conference (1943) |
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| In this conference ( same year as Casablanca), this big three discussed an invasion of Europe |
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| In this conference (falls in both WW2 and Cold War categories), Stalin promises free elections for some eastern european countries after the war, he later breaks this promise |
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| In this conference, the big three meet and agree on the unconditional surrender of Japan. |
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| Potsdam conference of 1945 |
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| last meeting of the big three |
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| Potsdam conference of 1945 |
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| mass-produced, cheap, "cookie-cutter" housing |
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| what do you call it when the inhabitants of a city move outwards, taking along tax dollars and wealth with them? |
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| The growth of the sunbelt depended on what three things? (movement, technology, and ...) |
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-white flight to the southern states
-irrigation allows settlement of arid states, air conditioning innovates housing
-federal spending and tax dollars focused on the south, e.g. FDR gives $ to improve southern industry, building of aerospace industry, cheap land |
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| this commodity would change politics and popular culture forever. It mirrored the advent of the radio in post ww1 |
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| Testing your sense of time here: The rosenberg trials occurred in (year e.g. 50s) |
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Testing your sense of time here:
which of these events happened first? last?
truman doctrine
marshall plan
berlin airlift
soviet union develops atomic bomb
china becomes communist
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in the exact same order:
truman doctrine 1946
marshall plan 1947
berlin airlift 1948-49
soviet union develops atomic bomb 1949
china becomes communist 1949
NATO 1949
WARSAW pact 1955 |
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Testing your sense of time here:
What three major events happen in 1949 |
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-Soviets develop atomic bomb
-china becomes communist
-NATO is created |
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| In this event, the U.S. forced Britain and France to back out in order to avoid a clash with the Soviet Union |
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| When was the Berlin wall teared town (hint: same year as the election of the Russian leader who would reform USSR) |
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| first african american baseball player to play in Major league |
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| The two most fundamental events of the pre-civil rights movement era and their dates |
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Brown V. Board of Education Topeka (1954)
Montgomery Bus Boycott( 1955) - Rosa Parks sparked the movement. |
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| In this event ( date and location), 9 african students were escorted by federal troops to attend the first integrated high school |
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| Little Rock 9 (1957), Arkansas |
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| 4 black college students refuse to give up their seats at a Woolworth's llunch counter |
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| black and white young people board busses and ride them through the south to see if they are served and not segregated at various public places |
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| MLK conducted civil rights movement at this city, known as the most segregated city in america. What was this movement called and date? |
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| event name and date: while marching in alabama in response to intimidation of voters, state troops attack and beat marchers, shocking the nation while they watch on |
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| event and date: several days of riots in los angeles;dozens killed |
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| this reduced legal voting age to 18 |
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| documents that revealed the ineptitude, deceuitfulness, and corrupt decision making of the US government in the war in vietnam |
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| these two events really soured the public view of the government and contributed heavily to the conservative and small government backlash of the 80s |
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-vietnam War
-Watergate Scandal |
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