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37 Cards in this Set
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The three R's Roosevelt promised.
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Relief
Recovery Reform |
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Three things the New Deal did.
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-created jobs
-created social security -fostered labor unions |
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Recovery
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programs to restore economic health. put people back to work. LBJ, Roadside park
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Two things the New Deal changed about government.
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1. President took increasingly broad view of power under constitution.
2. Power of fed. Gov. increasingly centered around the Exec. Branch. |
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Reform
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Regulation of federal Banks, and Loans.
FDIC, Long term fixes, balances. |
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Relief
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for the 1/3 of people hit hardest by the depression
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The 2nd New Deal
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Mainly aimed at regular business aspects, organizations, protecting labor unions (now empowered).
Labor and Democratic Party unite. |
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The COURT PACKING Plan
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He was going to get his way. For every justice over 70, appoint new one. Appoint 6 more court members. He backed off, but New Deal 2 passed
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National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel
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workers at steel plant fired for being unionized. NLRB ordered steel to re-hire them, JL steel refused.
result- greatly increased Congress' power under the Commerce Clause. They did have authority to validate NLRB |
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After NLRB v Jones and Laughlin Steel, Congress could
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facilitate commerce AND regulate business
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The ND marked the first time the Government...
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chooses sides.
-worked to help some groups and limit power of others -created institutions that permanently expanded role of fed. government |
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The ND was an attempt to balance power between
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capital and labor
(Set a fundamental change in what Americans expected from Fed. Gov) |
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SEI changed view on this, and called for increase of
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Enumerated Powers, Federal Power.
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Soviet Communist
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wanted to end capitalism
saw communism as Dictatorship |
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Cold War
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- Two nations with radical different ideologies armed with nuclear weapons, face each other for a long period of tense and bitter conflict
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American Troops in WW2
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fought for freedom of oppression. segregated Military.
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Maceo Snipes
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veteran from Geo. segregated list of vets. first to vote in Taylor county, murdered that night in home.
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Truman signed a bill in 1948 that
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Integrated U.S. Military
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Hubert Humphry
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Democrat impressed with black WWII effort, pointed to plessy v ferg, said separate but equal was prejudice.
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Strom Thurman
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gov from SC. walked out with other delegates of '48 convention. formed Dixiecrat. took votes away from Truman, but Truman still won
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Strom Thurman's stance did what?
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loosened ties of SEI interest (democrats) and gave Republicans a wedge issue. Voting on something other than economics. division based on race and geography.
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Thurgood Marshall
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lawyer in charge of Brown v Board of Education.
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1954- Brown v Board of Education
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Decision- Separate educational facilities can never be equal.
Court ordered that schools be desegregated will deliberate speed |
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The southern reaction to Brown v BOE was called
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Massive Resistance.
southern manifesto signed, school will never segregate. |
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Eisenhower sent troops here to enforce desegregation of schools
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Little Rock, ARK
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After WWII a nation previously divided by the New Deal (economics) was now divided on the issue of...
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segregation
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Direct Action
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acts of individual bravery, to confront the violence perpetrated by white mobs.
Primary mechanisms… Boycotts, sit-ins, freedom rides, freedom marches |
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Epicenter of Civil Rights Violence
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Birmingham, AL
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Cloture
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ends filibuster and brings you to an immediate vote
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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BANNED PRIVATE DISCRIMINATION-
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LBJ said the passage of the Civil Rights Act, making segregation illegal, would
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doom the democratic party in South for a generation.
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Filibuster
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small groups of U.S. aggitators who would cross Texas (Spanish) boarder and shoot up outpost to draw out spanish troops, to show they couldn't protect Texas. Mex changes policy, gives land grants.
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Television
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caught civil rights footage- water hoses, dogs, mobs
-Showed face of southern bigotry, face of hatred, and people repulsed -fertile for change |
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Heart of Atlanta Motel v U.S.
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refused hotel room to black patrons.
-RULE-congress has the power to regulate interstate commerce, and so civil rights act of 1964 is within power of congress to enact. COMMERCE CLAUSE |
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Red Scare
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Idea that “communist were coming” was frightening. Americans started looking for Communists.
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Alger Hiss
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U.S. State Department Official
Time Mag says hes a Commie and a Spy, but Hiss convicted of Perjury, man who pushed this was Nixon |
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Southern Strategy
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Destroy democratic party in the south
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