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new deal was
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RELIEF for the poor
RECOVERY of the economy REFORM of the government |
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who proposed the new deal?
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roosevelt
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good war was also known as
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WWII
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WWII accomplished...
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Got us out of the Great Depression almost overnight
Unity Good vs. Evil – to win the war was to preserve what America was about |
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Cold war did what?
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rooted the civil war
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containment is...
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The main theme of the cold war. Contain communism, keep it from spreading any further…starting with the TRUMAN DOCTRINE, then MARSHALL PLAN then NATO
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Truman doctorine contained
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Contained communism through military aid
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marshall plan
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Financial assistance to Western Europe
Billions upon billions given to countries like France, Luxemburg, Holland, Denmark Goes toward the economic side of the war. Communist countries don’t trade with the US… we needed some loyal countries so we gave them money to get them to trade with us and not become communism Make sure communism doesn’t even become an option |
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who wrote the other america?
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Michael Harrington
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what was the other america about?
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Those that were left behind: poverty stricken, underclassed, underprivileged, minority groups.
This book will push the for the government to get involved with social programs and helping these underclassmen |
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what was the restrictment covenant?
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could buy a house for 11500 as long as you swore to never rent or sell to a black
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population migration of the 1950s
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people wanted to move form the city to the suburbs
need improved roads higher developed transportation system need better housing |
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interstate highway system
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Cost $2 billion in it’s first wave of getting up and going. Needed a faster way to get between the states and Route 66 wasn’t fast enough. We created a grid. Those heading east and west were numbered: 90, 80, 70, 10 and those running north and south were: 5, 15, 35, 45, 95. This was to help keep the military mobile….Cold War again.
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where were the people moving inthe poputlation migreation of the 1950's?
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From the North East to the SunBelt
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why were they moving in the migration of the 1950's?
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hey are moving because of things like, weather, crime and crowded cities. But the biggest pull to the SunBelt was the availability of jobs.
Defense jobs in California – working in the factories that created weapons NASA jobs in Texas and Florida – spending money to ‘one-up’ Russia since they put a satellite up, we would go to the moon and spend booko bucks doing it |
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affluent 50's
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people still had jobs as either military or in the factories that manufactured the weapons needed which kept our economy strong
Low inflation Global markets – US is the world leader in the market because of WWII megaoploies ie johnson and johnson |
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what was the red scare?
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Communism was spreading and in the economic turmoil it was looking like a good idea...fear of communism
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what is navatism?
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Social reaction to the recession – the feeling that America belongs to the White Anglo Saxon Protestants and everyone else needs to get out
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what two groups were not given an immigration quota?
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mexicans and chinese
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what was marketing>
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tells the publis what was for sale and make them believe that they could have it
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the economy of the 1920's
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the economy leveled off
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the economy of the 1920's
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to 1927 was bigger thatn ever in 1927 it leveled off equalibrium...caused probs when people no longer buying durable goods overplus products
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buying stocks with margin..?
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buying stocks with credit 10% down 90% loan
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what helped the economy of the 1920?
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durable goods...last 3-5 yearsie washing machine...
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recession of 1921-22
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Unemployment was at 10%
All the soldiers coming back were given a pat on the back and that’s it…not GI bill In a ‘strong’ economic situation unemployment is at 4% |
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what is a durable good
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a product last 3-5 years ie washing machine
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consumer confidence...
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if the people thinkk that the economy is bad they wornt buy
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the stock market crashed because...
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the economy was built on credit.
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what was black thursday
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when the stock market crashed..one bussiness bought out stock and they all followed
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what was black tuesday?
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when the stocks went to zero...80 billion lost in the two black days
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what started the great depression?
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the stock market crash
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how long was the great depression
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10 years
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what was the unemployment percentage during the great depression
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25%
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what did hoover believe about the economy during the great depression
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that it would fix itself..did nothing
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what was hooverville
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little vllages that the people had to move into when they lost their homes
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what did america think about hoover
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they hated him, thought he was unsympathetic
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what does the federal reserve do in the great depression
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Raises interest rates
Lower the money supply Thinking this would help the economy, it does the opposite |
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what is a bank holiday?
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for 8 days there were no banks.
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what is the rfc?
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reconstruction, finance, corporation, money to top bussiness trickle down affect
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who made the rfc?
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hoover because it was election year
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what was FDR plan for the banks.
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he only let the banks that were stable open back up
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what is the fdic
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protection for checking accounts people put their money back in the banks because of this
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what did FDR do about the industry?
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NRA
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what was the NRA?
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national recovery admiistration..price fixing and production quotas
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what did fdr do about the agriculture
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AAA
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who was the hardest hit by the great deression
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agriculture
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what was the AAA
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agreiculture adjustment administration, price fixing, and production quota
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what did FDR do about unemployment
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CCC
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What was the CCC
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civilain conservation courps...unimportant work but it gave them value and money
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what is tva?
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gave men in tennesse jobs at powerplants, still around
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what did the supreme court find unconstutuional?
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NRA and shut it down
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what were FDR critics
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supreme court, Traitor to his class
Called him a communist Not enoughers – He didn’t do enough Huey Long – challenger to the presidency, governor of Louisiana. Brought LA almost out of the depression |
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WPA..?
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WPA – Work Progress Administration
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public works administration?
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Public Works Administration – funded artists since no one else was buying it
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cwa..?
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CWA: Civil Works Administration: build buildings and houses
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who legalized beer>
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FDR probably the best thing
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what did wwII do?
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Got us out of the Great Depression almost overnight
Unity Good vs. Evil – to win the war was to preserve what America was about |
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what is the cause of WWII?
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WWI treaty of versiallias
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what caused the rise of germany?
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because germany was impoverised after they had to reparations to england and france. amercica gave money to their economy
germany was made to apologize for starting the war..humliated them hese two things were what Hitler used to sell his ideas to Germany: restore the economy and national pride |
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what does hitler do to help the economy?
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Resources: steals from France
Military: to build the economy, so he says German Speakers: reunite the German speakers in the same areas that he was taking resources, then added Austria and Sudetenland (outer ring of Czech) Just start taking land ‘Living Space’ – expanding into space they need…which happened to be mostly populated by what Hitler called ‘undesirables’ – Jews, Slavs, Gypsies were the top 3 |
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why was pearl harbor bombed?
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Japan hit Beijing in 1937, took out the capital city and Japan is now the new leader of China
This upset the US because we wanted China’s resources for ourselves. US put in place economic sanctions to punish Japan Freezing assets – prevented Japan from touching any of their assets or money in our banks Trade restrictions on Japan Stopped shipping oil – most important one. We were supplying Japan with 80% of their oil. Japan’s military shut down without our oil. |
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what was the truman doctorine
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It stated that the U.S. would support the bosnia and turkey corruption economically and militarily to prevent their falling under Soviet control.
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Brown vs board
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segregated schools are under fire.
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truman on civil rights
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Fair deal: civil rights emphasis, his extension of Roosevelt’s New Deal
Desegregate the military |
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eisenhower civil rights
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States responsibility to push civil rights….the federal government has to stay out
Cold war Hydrogen bombs Issues in the pacific |
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kennedy civil rights
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Barely made it in to the Presidency in the voting.
He also took the stance that it was up to the States to enforce civil rights Issues with Cuba Issues with Soviet union Issues with Vietnam |
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johnson civil rights
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He knew how to push the right button to manipulate the right people to vote how he wanted them to.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Voting Rights Act of 1965 These are the two major victories of Civil Rights, the government finally got involved The language is the same as the amendments previously to the constitution, except that these will have bite They threatened the states if they didn’t comply Johnson said: Their problem has become our problem and WE SHALL OVERCOME. |
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great society
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Johnson’s domestic agenda
Mostly a reaction to The Other America Medicare and Medicaid were introduced as well as food stamps Welfare based income Emphasis on the arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts “ “ Humanities. NEA and NEH Critics will say that this is to distract us from the nightmare in Vietnam |
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civil rights act
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outlawed racial segregation in schools, public places, and employment.
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cold war was
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was the state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. Throughout this period, rivalry between the two superpowers was expressed through military coalitions, propaganda, espionage, weapons development, industrial advances, and competitive technological development,
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korean war
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period of military conflict between north and south korea..was the state of conflict, tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. Throughout this period, rivalry between the two superpowers was expressed through military coalitions, propaganda, espionage, weapons development, industrial advances, and competitive technological development,
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the vietnam war
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he war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of South Vietnam, supported by the United States and others
he United States entered the war to prevent a communist takeover of South Vietnam |
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what is impealism
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the system of building foreign empires for military and trade advantages
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spanish american war
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an armed military conflict between Spain and the United States that took place between April and August 1898, over the issues of the liberation of Cuba.
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what did the treaty of versiallias do?
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ended ww1
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what was the economy like in ww1?
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we went into the recession
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what was invented in ww1?
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machine guns, planes, grenades, communication decices, tanks
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what was the start of ww2?
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invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany and of the Republic of China by the Empire of Japan.
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