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20 Cards in this Set
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Herbert Hoover |
Republican - 1929-1933 Prosperity around the corner, smoot hawley tariff act, Hoovervilles |
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FD Roosevelt |
Democrat - 1933-1945 New Deal, 1st 100 days, fireside chats |
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Harry s Truman |
Democrat - 1945-1953 Red scare, Suburbanization |
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John F Kennedy |
Democrat - 1961-1963 New frontier, Supported civil rights, Assassinated. |
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Lyndon B Johnson |
Democrat - 1963-1969 Great society, Vietnam |
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Richard Nixon |
Republican - 1969-1974 Watergate scandal |
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Ronald Reagan |
Republican - 1981-1989 Trickle down economics (Reaganomics) Star wars project |
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Bill Clinton |
Democrat - 1993-2000 Highest sustained economic growth in American history, Monica Lewinsky scandal |
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The Wall Street Crash 1929 |
The American stock market crashed. Stocks fell in price which meant people were selling them leading to even lower prices causing the crash. |
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The New Deal |
The first 100 days. Roosevelt closed the Banks for 10 days so that they could re-open with assets. Alphabet agencies were created. |
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WW2 |
America entered the war in 1940 and was the only country that actually benefited from the war. |
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Suburbanization |
Families moved out of the big cities to smaller towns. They had smaller neighbourhoods, big supermarkets and local churches. |
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McCarthyism |
It was a campiagn lead by Joe McCarthy against communism. |
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The New Frontier |
Made by JFK and promoted civil rights, helping the poor and provided medical care. |
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The Great society |
Made by LBJ amd promoted civil rights, helping the poor and provided medical care. These were actually carried out by LBJ. |
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Watergate |
Nixon tried to rig the polls so that he could continue being president but when he was found out he was kicked ou and Ford took over. |
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Reaganomics |
Reagan thought that if he pumped money into big businesses they would employ more people but it backfired. |
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Changes in popular culture |
Cinema, motor car, television, information technology. They all became popular as they were cheaper and more readily available. |
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Teenagers |
They enjoyed new music and films. They had invented their own fashion. They grew their hair long and rebelled against their parents. |
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Role of women in the USA |
In the 1960s women were paid less than men and were still not equal to men. After the 1960s more rights were given out to women. |
