Hist2 Quiz 2

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Franz Ferdinand

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o Archduke of Austria who would inherit the Throne from Franz Joseph II (his uncle)
o He was married to Sophie and she was revered
o He traveled to Bosnia (Sarejevo) in a convertible and was assassinated along with Sophie

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Central Powers:

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o Austria – A big country
o Germany – 2nd most powerful countryin Europe
o Ottoman Empire – Turkey

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Allies:

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o Serbia – a small country
o Russia – The biggest country
o France – the #1 supplier of food in Europe
o England – Most powerful country in Europe o United States joins the Allies

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Lusitania:

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o A British ocean liner that was sunk by a GermanSubmarine off the coast of Ireland
o American passengers were on board
o Germany met Wilson’s demands to keep the US outof the war.

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Zimmerman Telegram:

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o A telegram sent to the German Ambassador inMexico City
o The telegram said to get Mexico to declare waron the U.S.
o If they did, Germany would give U.S. land(California to Texas) back to Mexico
o It pushed us into war with Germany

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Food Administration:

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o Hoover (a Republican) heads the FoodAdministration
o It called upon us to voluntarily conserve food,to grow liberty gardens
o Meatless Mondays and Wheatless Wednesdays

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William McAdoo:

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o President Wilson’s Son-in-law – Secretary of theTreasury
o Introduced Government Bonds to finance the warand make people feel like part of it
o They didn’t sell well at first until thetargeted the children to donate money @ school

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George Creel:

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o Committee on Public Information – he was atabloid newspaperman
o A propaganda agency that was formed to counterrumors that were spreading
o And to make sure that we hated Germany

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Schenck v. US:

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o Schenck read a copy of Lenin’s speech on astreet corner and was arrested.
o The Supreme Court upheld the Sedition Amendmentwhich said that free speech could be taken away when it posed a danger to thenation and its people

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Billy Sunday:

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o A very popular preacher who held tent revivals
o He hated Germany as well

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Treaty of Versailles:

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o Had a “war guilt” clause that said that Germanyhad to acknowledge that they were responsible for starting WWI.
o You could only join the League of Nations whenyou signed the Treaty

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Warren Harding and Normalcy:

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o Warren Harding was not associated with politics,he was not a professional politician, he was a newspaperman
o From Ohio and the media loved him
o Campaign slogan was “Back to Normal (Normalcy)”
o He said it was time to take care of Americafirst

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James Cox:

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o The Democratic candidate who ran against Warren Harding
o Most of the country was done with progressivism after WWI
o Founder of Cox Communications

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Harry Daugherty:

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o Harding’s Attorney General
o Went to jail for influence peddling with the mob
o He used law to harass his enemies

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AlbertFall

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o Harding’s Secretary of the Interior
o He let oilmen lease Teapot Dome (an oil reserve)
o He received $200,000 in the deal and went to jail the longest of the 3, because the media was focused on this scandal
o The term “the Fall Guy” is because of him.

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Charles Forbes:

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o Head of the Veteran’s Bureauo Gutted the money from the Veteran’s Bureau andwent to Europe
o He got caught trying to sneak back into thecountry and went to jail

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Calvin Coolidge:

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o Warren Harding’s VP who became president afterHarding died while on vacation
o He was perfect at the time – he was a moral andethical man and there was no question that he would clean up the scandals
o The media hated him because he was boring

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Herbert Hoover:

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o He was previously the head of the FoodAdministration
o He was a Republican who pulled in votes fromDemocrats
o He is associated with Belgian relief
o He was orphaned but was extremely successful
o The Great Depression arrived during hispresidency

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Henry Ford:

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o Revolutionized our car culture
o Introduced the moving assembly line

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KDKA:

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o 1st radio station to issue a National Broadcast
o Located in Pittsburgh
o On the air 3 years before any ads were on radio

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Listerine & Virginia Slims:

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o Kings of advertising in the 20’s
o Listerine’s ads used every approach they couldthink of including threatening people with halitosis (bad breath)
o Listerine had the first recognizable jingle
o Virginia Slims used focused advertising – theyfocused on women and made smoking a civil rights issue

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Bruce Barton:

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o Wrote the book : The Man Nobody Knows
o The book was about Jesus, but was cast inbusiness terms – it was very popular and business ethics classes were startedbecause of this book

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Welfare Capitalism:

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o Corporate paternalism – Business making you feellike family
o Because of this and other things, organizedlabor did not grow as much as we thought it would

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“The Jazz Singer”:

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o The 1st talking picture show

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Charles Lindbergh:

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o Conducted 1st solo trans-Atlanticflight
o Biggest celebrity of the ‘20’s

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The Lost Generation:

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o Group of authors who referred to themselves asthe Lost Generation
o They were critical of the U.S. in the 1920’s

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F. Scott Fitzgerald and his works:

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o Wrote The Great Gatsby which criticizedthe majority of Americans for money, business and climbing the next ladder

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Flappers:

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o Small group rebelling against the norm in America
o Consisted of a minority of the young people o Tended to come from middle or upper-class families

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Hudie Ledbetter:

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o Jazz guitarist known as “Led Belly”

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Gertrude Rainey:

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o Jazz artist known as “Ma Rainey”
o She sang like a man
o She emphasized range over tone

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Louis Armstrong:

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o Jazz trumpet player

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Paul Whiteman:

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o Played watered down versions of Jazz to white middle class audiences and spread it’s popularity
o Contributed to the birth of the Harlem Renaissance

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Harlem Renaissance:

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o Artistic flowering of art in African Americancommunity in 1920’s
o Opened doors for African American artists
o Ends in 1929 because of the Great Depression

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Black Tuesday

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o The stock market crashed on Black Tuesday,10/29/29
o The first day of the Great Depression

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Black Thursday:

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o Trading at the Stock Exchange became panicky butthe stock market recovered and did not crash that day (10/24/29)

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Middle Class:

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o Disappeared during the Great Depression

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Matriarchal Society:

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o The traditional family eroded as mom was forcedto be in essence, both mom & dad
o Women went to work to help support theirfamilies
o This led to social tensions in the 50’s and 60’s

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Fireside Chats:

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o Radio addresses by President Roosevelt
o He was good at remaining in touch with thepeople

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1st New Deal:

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o Temporary Legislation to get the economy jump-started
o Emphasis on Relief and Recovery programs thattried to get some relief for the people and recovery of the economy

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2ndNew Deal:

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o Reform – permanently changing the way the government deals with its people
o Permanent or open ended

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AAA:

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o Agricultural Adjustment Administration
o Established the practice of subsidizing farming

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CCC:

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o Civilian Conservation Corps
o The most popular of FDR’s 1st New Deal programs and the idea of his wife Elenor
o Conservation program run by the military

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NRA:

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o National Recovery Administration
o Lynchpin of FDR’s 1st New Deal
o He believed this would get the U.S. out of theDepression
o Slogans: “Codes of Fair Competition” and “We doour part”
o Its failure is one of the things that led FDR tolaunch his 2nd New Deal

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Fair Labor Standards Act:

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o It established a minimum wage

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Social Security Act:

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o Key act of the 2nd New Deal
o Moderates contend that FDR put the U.S. on theroad to socialism
o It restored some hope to the people.

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What got the U.S. out of the Great Depression?:

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o WW II

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Bolsheviks:

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o A determined group of Communist revolutionariesin Russia
o Lenin mobilized them and they seized power fromthe Provisional Government and established a dictatorship

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Spanish Flu:

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o Produced more casualties that the war itselfo Spread around the globe, transformed modernmedicine, and altered the course of world history
o Killed millions of people worldwide

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Sigmund Freud:

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o Founder of modern psychoanalysis
o From Austria – wrote The Interpretation ofDreams

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Marcus Garvey / UNIA:

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o Crusaded for black nationalism in the 1920’s o Founded the UNIA – Universal Negro Improvement Association
o Called for African Americans to separate themselves from white culture

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Frances Perkins:

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o 1st woman cabinet member in history –Secretary of Labor
o Designed the Social Security Act