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zimmerman telegram
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Telegram intecepted by British of Germany trying to make an alliance with MX against US
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Causes of WWI
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assasination of Archduke franz ferdinand
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ocean liner that got sunk of german submarine
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Lusitania
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Why US entered war
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unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
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Why did US resist entering war
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To keep foreign trade and because of German and Irish immigrants in the U.S.
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When WWI began
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June 28, 1914 (assasination)
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When WWI ended
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11 am on Nov 11, 1918
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What is Wilson's 14 Points?
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Peace plan for after WWI
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3 main points of Wilson's plan
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1) League of Nations (article X says US cannot enter war)
2) self determination 3) freedom of the seas |
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Why did US not join League of Nations?
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Article X- If one country gets attacked, the rest will have to be involved
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zimmerman telegram
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Telegram intecepted by British of Germany trying to make an alliance with MX against US
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Causes of WWI
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assasination of Archduke franz ferdinand
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ocean liner that got sunk of german submarine
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Lusitania
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Why US entered war
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unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany
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Why did US resist entering war
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To keep foreign trade and because of German and Irish immigrants in the U.S.
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When WWI began
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June 28, 1914 (assasination)
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When WWI ended
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11 am on Nov 11, 1918
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What is Wilson's 14 Points?
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Peace plan for after WWI
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3 main points of Wilson's plan
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1) League of Nations (article X says US cannot enter war)
2) self determination 3) freedom of the seas |
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Why did US not join League of Nations?
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Article X- If one country gets attacked, the rest will have to be involved
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Espionage act
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Cannot obstruct the US war effort
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Case that restricted freedom of speech. And what did it rule?
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Schenck v. US, no speech/phrases that present a "clear and present danger"
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Treaty of Brest Litvosk
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Kept Russia out of the war
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Who led opposition to Treaty of Versailles?
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Henry Cabot Lodge
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Progressive Amendments
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16) national income tax
17) direct election of senators 18) Prohibition 19) women's suffrage |
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Party that was popular in 1920s. why?
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Republicans b/c they wanted to return to normalcy (peace and isolation before the war)
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Italian immigrants who were charged with murder and then were executed because they were immigrants and anarchists.
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Flapper
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liberated modern woman
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2 Acts that restricted immigration (with yrs)
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Emergency Quote Act (1921) and National Origins Act (1924)
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UNIA
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United Negro Improvement Association
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Who led back to africa movement? And what was it?
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Marcus Garvey, when blacks would go back to Africa
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Great Migration
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when blacks in the S migrated To Northern industrial cities for jobs during WWI
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Palmer Raids
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During First Red Scare; illegal raids on supposed radicals/leftist groups
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What increased consumerism.
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buying on credit
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What is Buying on credit?
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Allows customers to "buy now, pay later"
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What was UAW & CIO? What did they do? Sit down strike?
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United Auto Workers & Congress of Industrial Organizations. Workers at GM sat down inside and refused to work. james weldon johnston
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who est. CIO
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John L. Lewis
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What did Francis Townshend propose?
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high pensions for the elderly
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What did Father Coughlin propose?
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Change in bank and currency system; remonetization of silver, issuing of greenbacks, and national banking system(most importantly the nationalizing of the banking system)
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FDIC? Glass-Steagall?
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation- guaranteed back deposits of up to $2500. Glass-Steagall: insurance company for banks
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SEC
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Security & Exchange Comission- regulated stock market
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AAA. When was it ruled unconst?
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Agr. Adjustment Act- government pays farmers to limit production and raise prices for goods. US v Butler
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CCC
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Civilian Conservation Corps. gave men ages 18-25 jobs in rural areas b/c they were "dangerous"
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WPA
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Works Progress Administration- artists & intellectuals hired by gov to work on public projects
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PWA
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Public Works Administration- gave $ to local and state govs for public projects
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TVA
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Tennessee Valley Authority- allowed for building of dams to make electricity
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NIRA. Where ruled unconst?
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National Industrial Recovery Act- businesses acted like trusts to stimulate economy; set prices; created fair standards. est. NRA. unconst in Scheter Poultry v US
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NRA
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National Recovery Administration- To eliminate over competition and set minimum wage and minimum prices
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SSA and year
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Social Security Act (1935)- gave pensions to elderly and insurance to unemployed
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REA
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Rural electrification Administration- provided electricity to tenant farmers in rural areas
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NLRA? Section 7A?
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National Labor Relations Act (also called Wagner Act)- federal government established collective bargaining; Section 7A legalized unions
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FCC
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Federal Communications Commission- regulated communications such as radio
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Consumerism
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buying things you don't need to show of wealth
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Causes of GD
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1) maldistribution of wealth
2) Agricultural overproduction 3) stock market crash 4) lack of diversification in economy |
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Bonus Army
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WWI veterans that marched to Washington to demand their $1000 bonus
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1st Hundred Days
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When FDR met with Congress during his first hundred days of presidency to restore the economy and est bank holiday
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Which items were major consumerism items
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automobiles & radio
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What transformed communications?
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radio
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How was advertising done
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Radio & magazines (life, Time, Reader's Digest)
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Jazz Age
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When jazz music and dance emerged with the introduction of mainstream radio and the end of the war
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How were women's roles changing?
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began working pink-collar jobs (low service jobs)
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What was the Harlem Renaissance? Writers? Musicians?
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Cultural movement (mostly African Americans) in Harlem, NY in the 1920s-1930s; Writers - Langston Hughes, Claude McKay, James Welding Johnson; Musicians - Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Count Baisey, Josephine Baker
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Al Jolson
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a white man pretending to be black so he could preform jazz pieces
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Scopes-Monkey trial
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John Scopes taught about evolution in a public school; court ruled unlawful to teach evolution; first conflict of religion vs. science in schools(creation vs evolution)
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What is buying on margin?
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borrowing money to purchase stocks
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Hoover's response to GD
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voluntarism
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RFC
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Reconstruction & Finance Corporation- ent money to troubled banks, railroads, and other places to make sure they would stay in business; by Hoover
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hoovervilles
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settlements built by homeless during GD
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what was 1st New Deal? 3 R's?
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FDR's plan to fix the GD. relief, recovery, reform (for 2nd new deal)
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Banking Holidays
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Banks closed for 4 days during the first week of his term to make sure they were financially stable
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Court Packing
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FDR wanted to add young justices to supreme court
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Was New Deal successful in the long run?
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YES!
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Who did the GD affect disproportionately?
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African Americans & hispanics
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When & where was the dust bowl?
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In the prairies (mostly Oklaholma) 1930-1936
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Keynesian economics
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deficit spending to stimulate economic activity
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What is deficit?
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gov. spends money it doesn't have
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Start & end of GD
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October 29, 1929 - 1941
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When was Black Tues
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Oct 29, 1929
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Highest tariff in US history
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Hawley-smoot tariff
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What did FDR believe was the role of the government in helping the people?
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direct relief
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What did FDR do in 1937 that caused a contraction in the economy?
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Roosevelt’s Recession, where he reduced government spending to balance the budget
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Who were the left and right critics of the new deal?
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*Left Critics: Townsend, Coughlin (nationalization of banks), Huey P. Long (Share Our Wealth Plan)
*Right Critics: American Liberty League (criticized FRD, thought he did too much) |
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Scottsboro Case:
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1931, 9 black teenagers arrested for accused rape (false), 8 sentenced to death
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1st woman appointed to US cabinet
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Frances Perkins
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Mary McCleode Bethune:
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Female member of FDR's Black Cabinet, civil rights leader
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