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| Group of 43,000 WWI vets that marched and protested in Washington DC. Gen McArthur led attack against them and forced them out of the city, killing 2 |
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founded the Brevard County chapter of the NAACP, in 1934. Pursued a variety of efforts for civil rights, including equal pay, investigation of lynchings, legal action against the all-white primaries, and voter registration in the face of discriminatory state laws.
Was murdered with his wife by a bomb in 1951, caused huge public cry against violence in south, langston hughes wrote poem about the bomb. |
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| passed in 1918, forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war |
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| Italian-born laborers and anarchists who were tried, convicted and executed via electrocution on August 23, 1927 in Massachusetts for the 1920 armed robbery and murder of a pay-clerk and a security guard in Braintree, Massachusetts. |
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| Project during WWII to develop the first atomic bomb |
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| delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson. intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe |
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| Court case which upheld Sedition Act. Defendants were arrested for passing out leaflets that denounced the war in Europe and were signed "revolutionist". |
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| unheld conviction of Charles Schenk, general secretary of Socialist Party. Was arrested for mailing pamphlets urging draftees to resist induction into Army. |
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| 1935- upheld right of industrial workers to join unions. Outlawed many practices used to squelch unions, such as firing forkers for organizing activities. Established the National Labor Relations Board, to protect workers from employer coercion, guarantee process of collective bargaining, etc. |
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| By attorney general A. Mitchell Palmer. Mass arrests of suspected Radical organizations. Jan of 1920- arrested 6,000 radicals. Ended with May Day conspiracy |
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| 1919- began with a walkout by shipyard workers, spread into a general strike that crippled the city. |
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| Team threw the world series because they were getting little pay from cheap owner. Showed how low country moral was at the time. |
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| created by Ford, made affordable because of assembly line. Americans able to drive for first time because so affordable. |
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| co-founded ad agency BBDO. Wrote "The Man That Nobody Knows" which depicted Jesus Christ as an advertising man |
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| 1925- Scopes found guilty of teaching evolution to his Tennessee class. William Jennings Bryan prosecuted (former Secy State) versus Dorrow from Chicago who represented new ideas. Case brought to light question of whether we believe in modern ideas of traditional morals. |
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| During Harlem Renaissance. Led the Universal Negro Improvement Association, black separatism. Jamaican-born. Created Black Star Line- which would trade with the West Indies and carry African Americans back to Africa. Arrested for mail fraud and deported Jamaica, ending his movement |
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| Created by Marcus Garvey would trade with the West Indies and carry African Americans back to Africa |
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| 1930 raised tariffs on imports to all-time. Exacerbated problems of stock market crash, worsened Depression |
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| nine black men accused and convicted of raping two white prostitutes received death sentenced. Overturned by Supreme Court, because they did not receive proper legal council, but five of them still received long prison sentence |
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| Securities and Exchange Commision |
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| Created to regulated the stock market. Had powers to regulate companies that issued stock, set rules for margin transactions |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) |
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| created during 1st New Deal, mobilized 250,000 young men to do reforestation and conservation work. |
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| Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) |
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| Created during 1st New Deal, government owned corporation that would produce cheap hydroelecric power and encourage economic development in the valley. |
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| Agriculture Adjustment Agency (AAA) |
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| Provided cash subsidies to farmers who cut their production of crops, hoped to raise prices as production fell. |
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| Works Progress Administration |
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| During 2nd New Deal, main federal relief agency, employed 8.5 million Americans, bridges, parks, public buildings |
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| Schecter v. United States |
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| 1935- struck down NRA. Unconstitutionally extended federal authority to intrastate commerce |
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| Senator from Louisiana, established "Share our Wealth Society" movement. Advocated a 100% tax on all income over $1 million, depression occured because of under consumption not overproduction |
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| Challenged new deal, turned against it when Roosebelt refused to nationalize banking system and expand money supply. |
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| Opposed New Deal from left, proposed Old Age Revolving Pension Plan, would give $200 to anyone over 60. |
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| became an important figure in the struggle for black artists to overcome racial prejudice in the United States during the mid twentieth century |
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| 1928- Condremned militarism. agreed to condren recourse to war for the soulution of international controversies, and renounce it as ian instrument of national policy. |
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| US policy at beginning of WWII that allowed the sale of weapons as long as the other country picks them up and pays in cash |
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| 1935- imposed embargo on arms trading and loans with countries at war. 1937- expanded to include cash and carry |
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| Roosevelt meeting w/ Churchill we enter WWII. Called for economic collaboration and guarantees of political stability after the war. |
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| Head of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Announced plans for massive march on Washington in 1941. Roosevelt got him to cancel in exchange for prohibiting discrimination in defense contracting or government. Led to creation of Fair Employment Practices Commission. |
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| Fair Employment Practices Commission |
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| est by Roosevelt in response to Randolph's march on Washington. Ensure blacks get equal pay in defense industry. Could not require compliance, very limited. |
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| Between Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin. Plan what world will look like after war. Russia will keep Poland, they are already there. |
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| Truman, Churchill, Stalin. After war, last time they meet. Agree on UN, divide Germany into 4 zones. Truman finds out about bomb, says they have a powerful weapon |
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| US will send military goods and advisers to prevent the spread of communism |
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| Give millions of $$$ in aid to help rebuild Europe following WWII. Help to stop spread of communism |
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| Column that said Russians are committed to continued expansion and US must stop them. Comes up with idea of cold war policy- CONTAINMENT |
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| US policy during Cold WarContain the spread of communism and eventually force them to give up. |
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