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Graduate
04/02/2014

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LEND LEASE 1941
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SAYS WE'LL GIVE TO ALLIES WHATEVER THEY NEED, THEY CAN PAY BACK LATER.
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MEIN KAMPF
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BOOK CREATED BY HITLER, STARTED MANIPULATING PEOPLE. EXPRESSED HIS HATE FOR JEWS
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MUSSUDINI
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TOOK OVER ETHIOPIA BECAUSE IT WAS EASY
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WW2
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SEPT. 1, 1939 GERMANY ATTACKS POLAND AND STARTS WW2.
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ADOLF HITLER
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CAME TO POWER IN GERMANY, MERGED WITH THE NAZI PARTY SHORTLY AFTER WW1. WENT TO JAIL IN 1923 FOR TRYING TO OVER THROW THE GOV. WROTE A BOOK IN JAIL.
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WPA
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WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION. PUT PEOPLE TO WORK WHO WERE OUT OF JOBS. DIDN'T PAY AS MUCH AS INDUSTRY.
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SOCIAL SECURITY
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THIS INSURED CITIZENS WELL BEING. GUARANTEES OLDER PEOPLE MORE MONEY TO BUY STUFF SO THEY DON'T JOIN JOB INDUSTRY
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AAA
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AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT. FARMERS WERE STRUGGLING, AND CROPS WERE GOING DOWN, THEY PAID FARMERS NOT TO GROW THINGS
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THE NEW DEAL
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RELIEF, RECOVERY, REFORM(RRR) ROOSEVELT FELT THE GOV. SHOULD HELP CITIZENS GET ON TRACK.
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BANKS DURING NEW DEAL
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HAD A NATIONAL CLOSING DAY FOR BANKS, AND ONLY REOPENED THEM IF THE GOV INSURED THEM. USED FDIC TO INSURE DEPOSITS AND RETURNS MONEY NO MATTER
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END OF WW2
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US DROPPED TWO BOMBS ON JAPAN AND THREATENED THEM WITH A THIRD SO JAPAN GAVE UP. 3-4% OF THE WORLD POPULATION KILLED IN BATTLE.
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FINAL SOLUTION
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NAZIS OPTED FOR THE SYSTEMATIC ANNIHILATION OF EUROPEAN JEWS IN SPECIALLY BUILT DEATH CAMPS.GERMANS KILLED BETWEEN 5-6 MILLION JEWS. HOLOCAUST RESPONSIBLE FOR DEATH 2 OUT OF EVERY 3 JEWS.
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WHITE MAN'S BURDEN
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THE MONROE DOCTRIN WAS A POLICY IN 1823, WAS AN ATTEMPT TO DEFINE WHO CONTROLLED WHAT, AND U.S. WAS PRIME IN THEIR HEMISPHERE.
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PROGRESSIVE REFORM
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1906-PASSED MEAT EXPECTION ACT,
PASS PURE DRUG AND FOOD ACT
1904-THE JUNGLE BOOK CREATED
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TREATY OF PORTSMOUTH
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ENDED A WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND JAPAN
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MUCKRACKERS
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INVESTIGATING JOURNALISTS, THEY GO LOOK AT PARTICULAR EVENTS AND TRIES TO FIGURE THEM OUT. THEY LOOK FOR THE CORRUPTION.
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FLORENCE KELLY
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MADE CHILDREN GO TO SCHOOL SO THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WORK
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IDA TARBELL
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was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era
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margaret sanger
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was an American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse. popularized the term birth control, opened the first birth control clinic in the United States. said many false ways to get pregnant
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NAACP
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE. FOUNDING WAS TO CREATE QUALITY AND JUSTICE FOR BLACK AMERICANS
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WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
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TAFT CREATED 8HR JOB WORK DAYS, AND FEDERAL INCOME TAX
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ELECTION OF 1912
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ROOSEVELT LOOSES REPUBLICAN PARTY TO TAFT, SO HE CREATES HIS OWN PARTY (PROGRESSIVE) TO RUN.
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GERMANY U-BOAT
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LUSITANIA 1915, GERMANY TORPEDOED BRITISH LUSITANIA, KILLED 1200 PEOPLE, 128 AMERICANS. SUNK FAST BECAUSE THEY WERE HIDING LOTS OF AMMUNITION.
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IMPACT OF AUTOMOBILE
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NEW BUSINESS, GAS STATIONS, NEW RESTAURANTS, BILLBOARDS. THE BEGINNING OF CREDIT. NEXT EXPENSIVE AFTER HOUSE.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS
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A GROUP TO BRING ALL NATIONS TOGETHER TO TELL THE CURRENT PROBLEMS INSTEAD OF FIGHTING
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