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| Part of Treaty of Versailles, placing sole responsibility for WWI on Germany |
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| Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1937 |
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| Passed by FDR to outlaw arms sales and loans to countries in war. Also forbade Americans from traveling on ships of belligerent powers |
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| 1938 Policy of Appeasement |
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| Treaty signed by Chamberlain of UK and Hitler as a pact to avoid deadly armed conflict |
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| First Fireside chat. Call to arms for US to aid Allied parties in Europe against the Axis powers |
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| Program which allowed US to supply war materials to allies |
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| National Defense Research Committee |
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| Designed to develop technologies to develop devices of warfare. Led to creation of Atomic Bomb |
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| Statement between UK and US, blueprint/guidelines for WWII |
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| Signed 1942, put Japanese living in US in internment camps |
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| 1941, prohibited racial discrimination in national defense industry |
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| 1948, equal opportunity in armed forces |
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| 1944. Allies closed in on Berlin. Hitler gambled and drives forces into allies |
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| Ensured all African Americans could exercise right to vote |
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| How many Americans in WWII? |
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| American spy, flying over Russia searching for nukes. Plane crashed behind enemy lines. Conflict between countries |
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| Black lawyer who played role in dismantling supreme court laws. Trained eventual Supreme Court Justice Marshall. "The man who killed Jim Crowe" |
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| Created Southern Manifesto. "Segregation is not discrimination" |
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| Key role in Montgomery Bus Boycott. Verbally attacked by driver, supported Rosa Parks |
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| Civil Rights leader. Organized bus boycott in Montgomery |
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| Founder of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) |
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| 1964. Instrumental action in movement. 300 black students showed up |
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| Similar to Greensboro Sit-In. Broadened campaign to complete desegregation, voting rights, and education |
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| Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) |
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| Principal organization of movement. Major role in Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides. Ella Baker was organizer |
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| Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) |
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| Founders were James Farmer and Baynard Rustin |
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| Signed by JFK in 1962. Prohibited discrimination through leasing, renting, and sales of government funded entities |
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| Uncommon foe in Albany, GA movement. # of protest and boycotts. MLK and SLCC joined movement. Unsuccessful but still monumental part of movement |
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| Wrote book, "Silent Spring," 1962. American marine biologist who turned focus to environment. Formed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
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| 1963, Passed under JFK. Established laws for abolishing wage discrimination based on sex |
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| Nickname coined for Birmingham church bombings |
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| Police official from Birmingham. Symbol of bigotry. Used tanks and attack dogs against protest marchers |
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| Letters from Birmingham Jail |
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| Written by MLK as call for unity and to disobey unjust laws |
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| Attorney General under JFK. persuaded JFK to use federal troops. Argued not to use 14th Amendment to overcome discrimination |
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| Aug 28, 1963. "I Have a Dream" speech. 200,000 police. 80% black marchers |
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| Founded March on Washington movement. Brotherhood of car porters |
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| Criticized for speech during March on Washington. Part of speech was omitted |
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| Outlawed Segregation in public places, extended voting rights for blacks. Initial powers were tough to enforce, but later strengthened |
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| Mississippi Freedom Summer |
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| 1963. Attempt to register as many black voters as possible in Mississippi. Northern whites came down to support creating interracial controversy |
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| Harvard trained education, formed COFO to coordinate and unite voter registration. |
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| White men Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney were murdered by KKK for involvement in Freedom Summer |
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| Voting Rights Act of of 1965 |
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| Outlawed major educational requirement to vote |
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| March from Selma to Montgomery. 3 marches about voting rights. Marchers attacked by local police w billy clubs and tear gas. |
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| Bridge named after former Confederate general, site of police violence during Selma march |
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| 1965-1967. Watts, Newark, Detroit, Phoenix, amongst other cities |
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| Black activist and SNCC leader. Popularized term "Black Power" |
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| 1966. From Tennessee to Jackson. Protest against racism. Stokely Carmichael arrested |
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| Formed in Oakland by Huey P Newton and Bobby Seal. Clinched fist is symbol, inspired by Lowes County Freedom Organization |
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| Created organizations to support blacks. Created urban development fund which sent $ to help |
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