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harlem renaissance
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af.am in US 1920s and 1930s
-nyc in harlem -intellectual/cultural life: lit,dance,music,painting creative energy,writers,actors |
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kellogg-briand pact
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ratified Jan 1929: signed by 60 nations=promised never to make war again and settle future disputes by peacful
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washington naval conference
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-early 1920s, washington dc
-mting severl countries: calm things w/ asia -US,Br,Fr,Japan=4power treaty ^w/china,it,belgim,neth, pol =9power treaty |
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court packing
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mid 1930s:FDR proposal to appoint new memebrs to US Supreme ct., who would favor his programs
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bonus amry
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american soldiers march to dc
to get $ |
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bank holiday
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march 6:FDR orders every bank in nation-->closed to help stop panic caused by ppl w/drawing $
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causes of great depression
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1.uneven distributions:wealth
2.easy credit.huge public debt 3.foreign trade problems 4.mechanization |
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kkk
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died out 1870s revived 1915
-hoods,burned crosses,Wasp -convinced foreigners:overthro am.way of life |
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treaty of versaille
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ends WWI
lose territory reduce military war guilt cause helps cause WWII |
