History Final

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Henry Lodge, the chairman sear for foreign relations committee opposed the league of nations during the first world war for what reason?

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The thought the league would force Americans to subject themselves to the "will of other nations"

Hint 1

After WWI the public wanted to keep distance from other problems "looking inward"

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During the 1920's after WWI, what brought about the economic boom? (3)

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prices fell, new technologies (especially automobiles), and consumer spending- middle class expanding

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During the 1920's economic boom what did advertising encourage?

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(consumption)- Borrow money to achieve health, popularity, social prestige. =DEBT

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What are positives did WWI bring about for women (4)

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integration into the work force, expanded social restrictions, sexual liberation (Birth control), Voting Rights (19th amendment)

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What did WWI bring about for African Americans?

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The Great Migration (temporary job opportunity), Harlem Renaissance

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Great migrations was who moving from ______ to _______?

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Great migration was African Americans moving from rural South to urban industrial North during WWI

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The Harlem Renaissance represented ___________ lead by two influential leaders...

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racial consciousness through "negro culture". Lead by Claude McKay and Zora Hurston

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The immigration flood caused by labor opportunity during WWI caused

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Nativism and the Red Scare

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What is the National Origins Act?

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government's response to public's fear of immigrants after WWI.-established quotas in each country of how many immigrants are allowed in

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Why the Red Scare?

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After WWI, Americans believed they were under attack by homegrown foreign radicals and communism

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In the 1920 Presidential election ______ was elected because of the public sense of "too much change" from the progressive era

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Warren Harding (Coolidge=successor)

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Andrew Melon, banker under 3 presidents including Harding advocated __________

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cuts on spending and taxes

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Negative aspects of WWI (3)

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Immigration restriction (National Origins Act), Red Scare, KKK activity

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Who lead the KKK in 1915 and what did he advocate?

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Hiram Evans-broad based fear of foreigners, anti-Catholicism, prohibition using intimidations and violence.

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What was the 1925 Scopes Trial about?

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Southern States outlawing Darwinism- symbolic of scientific, religious, and cultural standards clashing during this time.

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What Caused the Depression? (3)

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weakness in stock market (roaring twenties=debt), extreme concentration of wealth, lack of government regulation

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What caused the Dust Bowl during the Great Depression

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nature/drought and intense agricultural boom during WWI with out replenishing nutrients

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What was Hoover's response to the Great Depression?

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resisted government regulation- Laissez Faire government.

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What was the public's response to Herbert Hoovers Laissez Faire government during the depression?

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1932- HUGE landslide for democrats, elected FDR

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What ended "The New Era" of the 1920's

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The Great Depression

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What effect did the Depression have on minorities?

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disproportionate suffering- suspicion that "blacks" would take their jobs (KKK)

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How did FDR plan to fix the economic crash of the great depression?

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Bold vision of Liberal Reform: The New Deal

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One of the aspects of the New Deal, The Works Progress Administration, was created to...
a) establish federal role in setting prices in agricultural commodity and production
b) increase people's purchases by putting people to work
c) assure stable and reliable income for workers
d) extended welfare to retirees

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b) putting people to work

a) establish federal role in setting prices in agricultural commodity and production - Agricultural Adjustment Administration
c) assure stable and reliable income for workers- National Labor Relations Act
d) extended welfare to retirees- Social Security Act

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New deal is more _______ oriented while the Progressive reform involved more _______

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New deal- government/problem solving; Progressives- social activists and morality

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A (left) radical criticizing the New Deal, calling for larger redistribution of wealth. "Every man a King"

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Huey Long

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What was the general mood of the public before WWII regarding foreign involvement?

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Isolationism- WWI a mistake, endeavors overseas expensive

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This committee investigated US profit from WWI due to the huge to production of arms factories; lead to involvement in WWII.

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Nye Committee- also, US might be economically cut off if Japan and Germany were the new world power

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In 1941 what symbolized "undeclared war" activity during WWII.

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Lend-Lease Act- gave president unlimited authority to direct material aid to GB during the war

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What effect did the second world war have on the economy

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long lasting prosperity

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What Act quadrupled the size of federal bureaucracy and increased federal spending in 1941

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War Powers Act

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Suppressing dissent during WWII echoed what Acts from previous reforms?

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WWI- sedition and espionage act. In WWII the FBI grew immensely- Japanese Americans under much investigation

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How was the Red Scare during WWI repeated during WWII

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Discrimination against Japanese- Americans

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What effect did WWII have on women?

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freedom of work with higher pay while men off at war. "Rosie the Riveter"- women taking part in national endeavor

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What are some factors that lead "anti-communism" attitude in the US (4)

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History of anti-communist ideals, heightened awareness of the rise of communists from 1944-1950s, Atomic threat from Soviets, Government Alarmism

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The Truman Doctrine Speech of 1947 is a good example of what?

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government alarmism- stir Americans up to embrace the expensive aid program in Turkey and Greece.

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What caused the social retrenchment of the 1950's?

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A lot of change during a short period of time by the end of WWII and the surge of anti-communism

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What factors played into the social movements of the 1960s? (3)

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youth culture and education (breaking hierarchies), intellectual influence, and antinuclear activism

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three influential writers criticizing life in the 1950s

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C. Write Mills, The Power elite (worked with in academic world); and the "beats" formed by Allen Ginsburg and Jack Kerouac (outside academic world).

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Ship that called attention to the dangers of nuclear bombing tests and resulted in americans challenging authority for the first time

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Lucky Dragon- four men died of nuclear poisoning.

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Liberal Activism during 1960's feminist movement

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Leader- Betty Friedan "The Feminine Mystique" interested in expanding rights and opportunities for women (with in the system)

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Two organizations of the civil rights movement

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NAACP (mostly north) and SCLC (mostly south)

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attorney who argued many cases in favor of the NAACP

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Thurgood Marshall

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Court case regarding UT's discrimination against African Americans- Supreme Court ruled this action unconstitutional

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Sweatt v. Painter

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What is the significance of Brown v. Board of Education

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Supreme Court started looking at what separate but equal meant in practice rather than theory- finally overturned Plessy v. Ferguson (school segregation unconstitutional)

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In what way did the civil rights movement influence LBJ's "Great Society" reform

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Propaganda problem- Soviets were calling attention to violent episodes during the civil rights movement. The US needed to clean up it's image

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What Acts did LBJ cement in support of civil rights movement in 1964

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Civil Rights Act- ending segregation; Voting Rights Act

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Why was there increasing white liberal support for the civil rights movement during the 1960s?

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connected to other movements trying to conquer unfair hierarchies and saw how violent white southerners could be

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Compare and contrast the 3 liberal reforms: Progressivism, the New Deal, and the Great Society

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Great Society more like Progressivism because they are aimed at the most vulnerable population; New Deal reform of the middle class.

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What was the purpose of the Great Society?

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Although the country was in a state of prosperity, LBJ wanted to address the social injustices of America (discrimination and poverty)

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Name 5 reforms of the Great Society

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Civil Rights Act/Voting Act, Economic Opportunity Act, Medicare/Medicaid

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China Communist/Nationalist that was involved in surging a revolution of communism all around the world

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Ho Chi Minh

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Secretary of Defense that spoke out against the Vietnam War

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Robert McNamara

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Evidence that US troops had committed atrocities in Vietnam, notable more than 500 Vietnamese civilians at a place called _______ contributed to a sense of national doubt during the 1970s

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My Lai

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contributing to the distrust in government in the 1970's this scandal was evidence of leaders committing criminal conduct

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Watergate

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What caused the economic crisis after the Vietnam war?

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cost of the war and the oil crisis when supporting Israel in war (causing stagflation)

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Why did the Great Society fail? (3)

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expense of programs because of Vietnam war, riots from race reform and anti-war demonstrations, (middle class whites)- unfair distribution of wealth

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The fall of Liberal Reform of the Great Society resulted in _______ regarding the feminist and civil rights movement

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Radical Reform

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Civil Rights extremists who disavowed MLJ Jr.'s passive protests

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Malcolm X and Black Panther Party

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After the Great Society failed, majority of the population looked toward _________

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Conservatism

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What did Reagan stand for? (3)

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Lower taxes, lower government regulation, and military strength

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in the period of conservative tide, a profound shift in the US where people in the middle jointed people at the top

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"top-down coalition" Thomas Edsall

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Organization during the period of "the New Right" in the 1970s that had an agenda of evangelical Christian-oriented political lobbying

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Moral Majority Inc.

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Anti-Equal Rights Amendment activist who suggested that women naturally occupy different social roles

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Phyllis Schalfy

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what was the geographical shift during the "New Right Era"

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North and East to South and South West (migration to the "sunbelt south")

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Bush resembled what political leader regarding foreign policy?

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Woodrow Wilson

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First turning point in WWII when US defeated Japan for the first time- started pushing Japanese back to homeland

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Battle of Midway

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Second turning point of WWII, marking push back of German forces in Egypt and North Africa

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Battle of Alamein

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Third turning point in the war- turning the tide of German expansion

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Battle of Stalingrad

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After WWII, this plan helped Western Europe resist communism and implement democratic ideas

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Marshall Plan

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first example of a fully negotiated monetary order after WWII, intended to govern currency relations among sovereign states

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Bretton Woods Agreement

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Leader of the Soviet Union

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Joseph Stalin