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10th Grade
06/09/2008

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Scientific Management
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Where factory managers carefully studied the way work was done to increase productivity
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A. Mitchell Palmer
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Organized raids as an attempt to catch communist after a bomb damaged his house
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Marcus Garvey
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Negro World Paper, urged black Americans to set up a nation in Africa
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Postwar Economic Problems
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Wartime jobs cut, factories closed changing from wartime to peacetime goods, spending sprees on products not available during the war causing inflation, cost of living doubled, recession
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Industry With Greatest Impact
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Automobile
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Expatriates
Definition
People who leave one country and live in another for some purpose
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Flappers
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Women of the 1920s who defied tradition with shocking or unconventional clothing, language, dance, and behavior
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How Women Benefited
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1920:Right to vote; more women in government; more worked outside the home
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Music That Expressed The Spirit Of The 20s
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Jazz
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Red Scare
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Americans were afraid the communists would revolt against the government after the Reds overthrew Russian gov. in 1917
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Black Tuesday
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Oct. 29, 1929; stock market crashed; beginning of great depression
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Charles Schwabb
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Steel baron; tried to cheer people up during Great depression
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Andrew Mellon
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Argued that the depression was a good thing and would make people work harder
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Cause Of Stock Market Crash
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Speculators, risky decisions in stocks
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Rugged Individualism
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Individuals could solve their economic problems through their own efforts and through cooperations with their neighbors
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Reason Bonus Army Ended
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Hoover got military guards to drive them away from the White House
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Speculate
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When investors buy land or stock at a low price, wait for the price to rise, and sell it for a quick profit
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Calvin Coolidge
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Could've won presidential election of 1928 but chose not to run
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Margin Calls
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When brokers asked investors who had bought on margin to put up more money to cover their loans on stock that were now worth less
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High Inventory Rates In Relation To Production Of Goods
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Durable goods lasted longer so business inventories increased
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Reason RFC Was Not Effective
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation; bands used loans to strengthen their own finances instead of making loans to needy citizens
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Groups Social Service Act Helped
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Elderly, People who lost their jobs, handicapped, dependent children
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Unemployment Compensation
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Civilian Conservation Corps gave jobs to young people and helped environment; Federal Emergency Relief Fund (FERA) provided money to welfare agencies to give to unemployed; Civil Works Administration (CWA)-offered jobs rather than relief payments; Works Progress Administration (WPA)-provided jobs to get money into circulation
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Intrastate Commerce
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Trade within the boundaries of a state
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FDR's Main Goal Upon Taking Office
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Pull out of economic crisis
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Huey Long's Solution To Great Depression
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"Share our wealth"-gov. tax rich heavily and give money to poor, not practical but attracted many followers, esp. poor
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Francis E. Townsend
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Give every person over age 60 $200 a month so they would retire and give the job to a younger person, as well as stimulate economy
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Fireside Chats
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Informal talks Roosevelt made to the American people, encouraged them to use banks again
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Harold Ickes
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Secretary of Interior and leader of PWA
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CCC Hired What Type Of Individuals
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Unemployed single men 18-25 from families on relief
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People Who Benefited From The Wagner Act
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Workers; guaranteed their right to organize and bargain collectively
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John Steinbeck
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Author; wrote Grapes of Wrath during great depression
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Coalition
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An alliance of many different groups for a single purpose
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Mary Dewson
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Worked for equal treatment of women in New Deal programs; persuaded Roosevelt to appoint women to important posts
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Cause of 1937 Recession
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Cuts in government spending and private spending; taking away New Deal programs
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Cause Of The End Of The New Deal
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The economy had been improving and Roosevelt wanted to balance the budget
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Dust Bowl/Main Cause
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Drought and intense farming and grazing
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Mary McLeod Bethune
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First African American to manage a government agency; director or Division of Negro Affairs of the Youth Administration
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Sitdown Strike
Definition
Strike in which worker sit down on the job and refuse to leave the workplace until their demands are met
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Farmers That Suffered Most During The Great Depression
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Tenant farmers and sharecroppers
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Richard Wright
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Author of Uncle Tom's Children and Native Son; opened many American's eyes to what it meant to grow up black during the G.D.
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Internationalism
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Belief that the U.S. should take an active role to aid the victims of international aggression
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Munich Conference
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France and Britain agreed to give Germany Sudetenland if Germany would stop expansion but Germany then took Czechoslovakia
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Kellogg-Briand Pact
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Outlawed war except in cases of self-defense signed by U.S. and 13 other countries
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Goal of Washington Naval Conference
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Ease arms and reduce tensions in Pacific; 5 Power Treaty banned construction of large warships for 10 years; 4 power treaty-U.S., Britain, France, and Japan agreed to respect one another's territory rights in Pacific
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Immediate Cause of WWII
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German blitzkrieg, lightning war, on Poland, Sept, 1, 1939
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Dec. 7, 1941
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Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, U.S. entered war next day
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Isolationism
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The thought that the U.S. should avoid entangling agreements with other nations
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Dawes Plan
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To stabilize German economy, U.S. would loan money to Germany who would use it to pay reparations to allies who would pay wartime debts to U.S.
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Stimson Plan
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Declared that the U.S. would not recognize any Japanese territorial gains in China
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Reason Adolf Hitler Won Support In Germany
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Germans were attracted to his fierce anticommunism and attacks on the treaty of Versailles
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Reason for U.S. Embargo On Japan
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Japan was taking too much land in the Pacific
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Amphibious Landing
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A landing by sea
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General Douglas MacArthur
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Thought the U.S. should focus on the defeat of Japan
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Leapfrogging
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Technique used by the allies in WWII of invading few strategic Japanese held islands and bypassing others
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Axis Powers
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Six nations led by Germany, Italy, and Japan
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Code Talkers
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Navajo Indians who used their native language to transmit secret information
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Results Of The Battle Of The Bulge
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A German counter offense that made a bulge in the allied defensive line, allies won but it slowed their invasion by 6 weeks
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Results Of The Battle Of The Coral Sea
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Two fleets fought without seeing each other, airplanes did the damage, U.S. won 3 day battle
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Kamikazee
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Japanese pilots deliberately sacrificed their lives by crashing their planes into allied ships
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Winston Churchill
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Wanted an invasion of Turkey by sea, Operation Torch
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Operation Torch
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An invasion of French North Africa to attack German and Italian troops from the rear
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Rosie the Riveter
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A national symbol of women that are independent and strong
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Reason WWII ended the depression
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War production rose over 300%; production of aircraft and ships; demand soared and unemployment dropped; crops
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Results Of The Battle Of Midway
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Air battle; turning point in Pacific; broke Japanese sea power and opened way for American troops
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Auschwitz, Maidanek, Dachau
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Worst of the death camps where Jews were killed and tortured
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Iron Curtain
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Separated communists from non communists in Europe
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Mao Zedung
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Led communist forces in China
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Marshall Plan
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Gave money to Europe because prosperity would make communism less likely
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U.N. Report On Palestine
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Recommended that Palestine be divided into an Arab state and a Jewish state
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Relationship between Cuba and U.S.
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Becoming increasingly tense; embargo
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Syngman Rhee
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Elected president of South Korea; anticommunist
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Chiang Kai-Shek
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Nationalist government leader of China
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Fidel Castro
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Led revolution in Cuba and overthrew dictator Fulgencio Batista
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George Kennan
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Felt the U.S. should contain aggressive Soviet actions by applying counterforce at strategic points
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Immediate Cause/End Of Korean War
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Cause: North Korea invaded South Korea June 25, 1950; End: Cease fire signed July 27, 1953
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Example Of A Thaw In The Cold War
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Geneva Summit: Eisenhower met with S.U., Britain, and France to discuss disarmament and reunification of East and West Germany
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Rosa Parks
Definition
Black woman who refused to give up her seat for a white man and began bus boycott
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Taft-Hartley Act
Definition
Allowed for the Attorney General to apply for a court order to delay for 80 days any strike that may endanger the public's health or safety
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Beatniks
Definition
Refused to conform to traditional ways of dressing, speaking, and acting
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Unions Reasons For Higher Wages
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To keep up with soaring prices
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American Life Depicted How On T.V.
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The traditional idea that women belonged at home
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G.I. Bill
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Helped vets get back into civilian life by giving them loans for college
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Interstate Highway Act
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Federal government built 41,000 miles of highway in 20 years
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Joseph McCarthy
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Accused many innocent people of being communist; McCarthyism-to make sweeping accusations without producing clear evidence
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Blacklist
Definition
A list of suspected communists
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Elements Of Rock And Roll Music
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Blended country/western with Rhythm/Blues
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Civil Rights Act Of 1964
Definition
Forbade discrimination in public facilities such as restaurants and parks and in the use of federal funds
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AIM
Definition
American Indian Movement; they worked for more rights for Native Americans
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Military Industry Complex
Definition
Eisenhower's term for the military establishment and the industries that supported it
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Cuban Missile Crisis Led To
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U.S. promised not to invade Cuba if Soviet would remove missiles; lessening interest in testing nuclear weapons
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Symbol Of Berlin Wall
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Communist government of Eastern Europe had to use force to prevent people from fleeing
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Goal Of Women's Rights Movement
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Create freedom and equality; equal pay for equal work; medical and law to train and hire more women
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Economic Opportunity Act Of 1964
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Established programs to teach people new job skills; to help poor
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Alliance For Progress
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To improve relations with Latin America; U.S. gave Latin American $20 billion in 10 years; mixed results
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Peace Corps
Definition
Teach or give technical advice in less developed regions
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Major Goal Of Kennedy's Space Program
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Put a man on the moon by 1970
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Reason Bay Of Pigs Failed
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The secret got out and Kennedy didn't send air support because he didn't want direct involvement
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Hawks
Definition
Those who supported the Vietnam War
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Doves
Definition
Those who supported the Vietnam War
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Ho Chi Minh
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Was favored in both North and South Vietnam but Diem wouldn't hold elections; led North Vietnam; Nationalist/communist
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Ngo Dinh Diem
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Refused to hold elections knowing that Ho Chi Minh would win; led South Vietnam
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Nguyen Van Thieu
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Elected president in South Vietnam in 1967 but people thought of him as a communist
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Henry Kissinger
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Helped improve relations with China; attempted to negotiate peace in Vietnam; Nixon's chief foreign policy advisor
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Greatest Advantage For U.S. Military
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Technology
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Ways Counterculture Expressed Themselves
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Drugs; communes; informal dress; Woodstock
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War Powers Act
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Declared that a president could not send military forces into action for longer than 60 days unless Congress authorized the action
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Vietnam-Longest War In History
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Over 58,000 soldiers died, more than 30,000 wounded; cost was #150 billion
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Attitude Of Kennedy Administration In Early 1961
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Didn't believe there was a problem in Vietnam
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John Mitchell
Definition
Knew of the Nixon's secret fund
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Sam Ervin
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Led testimony about Watergate
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Menechem Begin
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Prime minister of Israel; signed peace treaty with Sadet (Egypt)
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Results Of Watergate
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Nixon Resigned and Gerald Ford sworn in
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President Carter's Energy Program
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Create the department of energy to research alternative energy; high taxes on crude oil; money from taxes used to pay for public transportation
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John Dean
Definition
Accuse Nixon of covering up Watergate information
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Anwar el-Sadet
Definition
Egyptian president who signed a peace treaty with Israel
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Results Of Oil Embargo
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Disrupted U.S. economy; long lines for gas, if any; lower highway speed limits; U.S. needed to use energy wisely
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President Ford's response to inflation
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Temporary freeze on wages, prices, and rents
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Iranian Revolution Results
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American hostages; tensions increased
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Grenada
Definition
U.S. invaded; believed that they were building an airfield for Soviets and Cuba
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Lebanon
Definition
Christians and Muslims fought; Palestinian refugees came causing more unrest; PLO-Palestine Liberation Organization; U.S. helped PLO officers leave; U.S. set up base for marines to protect Lebanon but withdrew after terrorist attacks; still unrest
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Nicaragua
Definition
Overthrew government and new leaders were Sandanistas; U.S.-Nicaragua relations soured when Sandinistas grew close ties w/Soviets; U.S. helped contras, rebel group, but outlawed that when CIA mined a harbor
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Japan
Definition
Resent pressure from Congress to limit exports to U.S. but still strong ties
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South Korea
Definition
Economy increased; taking steps to democratic government; hosted 1988 Olympics
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Sandra Day O'Connor
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First woman to sit on Supreme Court; not all conservatives were happy
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The American Flag
Definition
Texas was denied a law that made flag burning illegal; some said freedom of speech, some say we shouldn't be able to destroy a national symbol
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President Bush's Response To Iraq's Invasion Of Kuwait
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Dispatched American troops to Saudi Arabia; urged other nations to force Saddam to leave Kuwait
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October 4, 1990
Definition
Germany became one nation again
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Geraldine Ferraro
Definition
First woman to be the vice presidential candidate of a major political party
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Jesse Jackson
Definition
The first African American to seek the presidential nomination of a major political party
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Sally Ride
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The first female in space
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Three Mile Island
Definition
Nuclear plant; experiment failure in 1979 raised fears of radioactive pollution
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Chernobyl
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Nuclear plan; explosion in 1868 in S.U.; spread radiation through much of Northern and Eastern Europe
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