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42 Cards in this Set
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Scopes Monkey Trail
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Teacher in Tenn taught about evolution.
Illegal brought to court Brought up new issues about philosophy |
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Harlem Renaissance
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Blacks expressing thier culture
Negative to Nationalisum NAACP |
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Werner Heisenburg
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Part of scientific changes
Human knowlegde has limits |
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Ezra Pounds
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Gave authors publication
Prodegy I.S. Elliot |
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Herbet Hoover
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Republican
During Depression Didmt do much to help believe that the economy would fix itself |
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Bonus Expeditionary Force
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Marched to demand war bouns
Wanted it right away Grew fast Showed possiblity of revolt |
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Franklin Roosevelt
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Took over after Hoover
Finacial relief Paid farmers to make less product Helped alot |
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New Deal
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New program for relief
Pumped money into the economy |
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Works Progress Adiminstration
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Built Roads
Paid actors, writers, musicans Paid by government |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act
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Paided farmers to not produce products
Demand up Production down Pay up |
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National Recovery Act
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Stabilized business
Fixed prices Wages up Standards up Jobs up |
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Second New Deal
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In response to challenges from congress
Social Security Act |
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Huey Long
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Share the wealth
Assassinated |
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Social Security Act
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Pension
Grants to give money to states for jobs Aide for children Not to be relied on |
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Adolf Hitler
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German
Facisum, Socialism, Nationalism |
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Pearl Harbor
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-1941
-US joined WWII -Japan |
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Battle of Midway
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-1942
-Forced Japan to turn around -Japan on defensive |
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War Production Board
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-Established by Franklin
-Allocated resources fro war time |
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Operation Overload
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-The operation when the allies invaded Germany
-D Day |
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Leyte Gulf
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-1924
-Japan lost remaining sea powera and ships -Pretty much over for Japan |
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Yalta
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-Feb 1945
-Post War map of Europe -Redo Untied Nations -Issue of how Germany was to be ruled -Germany divided into zones |
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Containment
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-Truman
-An attempt to stop the spread of communism |
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Cold War
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-Soviet Union and US
-Nuclear arms race -Political and economic -Both had allies -Didnt want nuclear war -US will aide other countries -Shaped peoples lives |
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Truman Doctrine
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-Would help and conutry fighting communisum
-importance helped end communist threat |
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Baby Boom
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-40's and 50's
-Moved to suburbs -Gender roles -Economic stablity |
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Hidden Hand Policy
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-Eisnehower
-Publicllay very calm -Privatly running anitcommunist movements |
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Sputnik
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-1957
-First Satillite -Scared Americans -Thought it was communist trying to boom them -Created NASA -Space race |
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Motgomery Bus Boycott
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-1955
-Started civil rights movement -Rosa Parks |
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Cuban Missle Crisis
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-1962
-No shooting -Week long -US noticed weapons in Cuvbe pointed at US -To test Kennedys strength |
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Barry Goldwater
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-Sparked a conservative movement
-Ran for president 1964 |
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Great Society
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-Eliminate poverty and social injustice
-$ to education -Johnson |
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Vietnam War
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-1959-1975
-Prevent communist takeover -americans defeated -Split Us like Civil war -Wreaked economy |
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Watergate Scandal
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-Nixons 2nd term
-Didnt respect law -An attempt to place wire taps to spy on democratic leaders -Almost impeached but resigned |
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Silent Majority
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-The people that dont voice there opinions
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Ronald Regan
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-Nominated president
-1980 -Conservative republicans arrive -Wanted to reshape tax polices |
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Iran-Contra Scandal
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-Arms sold for hostages
-Niceragua tried to over throw communist and the US helped -Illegal -Hurt him but didnt end him |
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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-1985
-Soviet -Reagon meet w to help end cold war -Softened problems -Set openness and economic restructuring |
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Operation Desert Storm
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-Bush
-Agressive offensive -1991 -On foot attacks and after 100 hours surrendersed -Only downside Hussian still in power |
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Contract W/ America
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-Newt Gingrich
-1995 -1st republican speaker in the house -to amend size of government |
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Monica Lewinsky
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-Clinton
-Scandal -Had affair -Clinton lied under oath -caused to be impeached but nopt removed |
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Election of 2000
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-Bothentered w/ front runners
-Demo Gore -Rep-Bush -Closest most contraversal in history -Came down to FL -Gore said to have won but later taken back -Supreme court intervened and said Bush won -brought differences into view -changed future voting |
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War on Terrorisum
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-Sept 11
-US would hunt and kill terrorist -Patriot Act -many detained -Going to be a long war -Operation enduring freedom -Afganistan |
