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industrialism
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Large Factories Machine Production of goods
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railroads
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Transportation expanded west to Pacific Ocean
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iron vs. steel industry
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Iron was replaced by Steel because Steel is stronger
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textiles
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Clothing
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coal
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Powered all the new factories and made machines work.
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rubber
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Used like plastics today
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processed foods
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More people More Food
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crop famines
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Potato Famine
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European social Unrest
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High Population Pushed people out
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European political unrest
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Revolutions in countries
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religious freedom
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Eastern Europe Jews came to Avoid religious persecution
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Nativist
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Someone who strongly disliked immigrants
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Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Compromise,"
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(Let us work instead of immigrants)
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Carnegie's "Gospel of Wealth,"
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(Give Money away if you’re rich)
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Sojourner Truth "Ain't I A Woman,"
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(womens rights)
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Jane Addams' Hull House accounts
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( Providing help for Immigrants)
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Jacob Riis photographs and/or writings,
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(took pictures of immigrants in urban tenements)
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a sweatshop worker's personal story
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(the poor working conditions of a worker)
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advancements in mining
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Hydraulic
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arming or ranching
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Barbwire, Dry farming, Steam Tractor, Windmills
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Vanderbilt
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Railroads
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Westinghouse
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Airbrakes
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Carnegie
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Steel
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Pullman
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Trolly Cars
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Hershey
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Chocolate
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Dupont
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Chemicals
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Bell
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Telephone
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Edison
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Phonograph, Lightbulb
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Rockefeller
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Oil,Standard OIl
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Swift
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Refrigerated Railroad car for meat
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Armour
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Canned Meat
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Populist reaction to politician and/or tycoons
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Farmers who hated Railroads
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railroad development
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corruption of railroad companies
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westward expansion
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Manifest Destiny
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Dawes Act
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Placing Indians on Reservations to “Americanize” them
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urban developments
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High Population
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Grant's Black Friday
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Government Officials tipping off the sell of Gold (Grand Admin.)
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Credit Mobilier
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Pricing Railroad building higher than it actually cost. (Grant Admin)
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Whiskey Ring
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Tax Whiskey very high would send profits to congress to keep tax (Grant Admin)
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Tammany Hall
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Most Notorious Political machine in NYC Boss Tweed ran it
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Boss System
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A system of connections to keep an elected official in power.
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Garfield's assassination
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Assassinated by person wanting a job that was promised by Garfield
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Civil Service Reform
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Requiring an application for hiring of a Job
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Granger laws
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Laws proposed by Farmers to regulate Railroads and Banks
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Interstate Commerce Act
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Kept trade fair between state lines.
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electricity
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Westinghouse, Edison, Tesla brought electricity to homes.
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indoor plumbing
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Kept things sanitary improved public health
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communication
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Telegraphy and newspapers
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transportation
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Railroads, Trolley cars
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raw materials
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Materials we didn’t have but wanted.
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nationalism
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Pride in your country
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missionaries
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Spread religion, Stupid Spies especially in Hawaii
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militarism
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Strong Navy, being assertive in foreign affairs
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Monroe Doctrine
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North and South America are off limits to colonization.
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Spanish American War
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War with Spain, Gained Puerto Rico, Guam Phillipenes
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expanding trade
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With China and South America
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extractive economies
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Using resources from other countries that you don’t have.
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Panama Canal
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Built by the U.S. after freeing Panama from Colombia.
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the idea of a superior Anglo-Saxon culture
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Whites more powerful than other races
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yellow journalism
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Over exaggeration of stories (Pulitzer and Hearst)
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military occupation
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of the Philippines from 1898-1946
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Women's Suffrage
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19th Amendment (Woodrow Wilson President)
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Regulation of food and drug
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Pure food and Drug Act.
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Initiative
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A group of people who introduce laws and require votes
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Referendum
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Having the people vote on the laws
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Recall
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Recall
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protection of workers' rights
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Child Labor laws, Workers Comp. 40 Hour work week.
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Antitrust Supreme Court decisions
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Antitrust Supreme Court decisions
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Muckrakers
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Journalist who uncovers Corruption (the Jungle by Upton Sinclair.)
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security concerns
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sinking of passenger ships by German Submarines.
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economic benefits
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U.S. Banks wanted Allies to win b/c they loaned G.B. and France Billions
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Wilsonian diplomacy
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14 points, post war peace in Europe
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propaganda
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British wanted the U.S. to Enter WWI
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radio
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”it” item of the 1920s
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automobile
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Model T Ford, Affordable for everyone
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phonograph
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Record Player
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Prohibition
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18th Amendment(Morality) Banning all Alcohol in U.S.
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birth control
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Margaret Sanger- Women can decide how many children they can have.
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organized crime
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Al Capone was caused by Prohibition
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sports
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Baseball Babe Ruth, Boxing, Jack Dempsey
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"the perfect 36"
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TN was the 36th state to ratify the 19th amendment.
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Anne Dallas Dudley
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The Leader of the TN womens Suffrage Movement.
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Harry Burn
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Momma’s boy, Momma told him to vote Yes! for 19th Amendment.
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Governor Albert Roberts
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Called the Special Session to vote on 19th Amendment.
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overproduction of agriculture and industry
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Demand for U.S. Crops after WWI Declined
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expansion of credit
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People buying crap they don’t need and can’t afford.
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financial speculation
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Rapid buying and Selling of Stocks to make a profit.
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agricultural crop failures
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Dust Bowl
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tariff barriers
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Hawley- Smoot Tariff- Raised taxes on U.S. exports.
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laissez- fair
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the federal Government should have their hands of businesses.
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Harlem Renaissance
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African American artistic movement. Writers, painters, musicians.)
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Lost Generation
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Group of U.S. writers who moved to Paris. (Grapes of wrath)
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Dubois
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Wanted an immediate end to racism and founded the NAACP
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Washington
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be patient and Racism will go away. The more blacks complain the more racist whites will be.
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Garvey
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Go back to Africa
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Isolationist
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not involved in foreign affairs.
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Interventionist
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Being involved in foreign affairs.
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Treaty of Versailles 1
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Germany has to say WWI is theri fault
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Treaty of Versailles 2
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Germany cannot have an army
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Treaty of Versailles 3
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Germany paid reparations to France and bankrupted the country.
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fascism
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A form of Government in which there is one leader, and puts the the countries needs before the individuals
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failure of the League of Nations
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Great Britain and France argued on who was to be in charge and the U.S. was not involved.
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Japanese imperialism
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Taking over other countries in order to build their military and feed their people.
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economic worldwide difficulties
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the Great Depression was everywhere not just the United states Germany had 50% unemployment
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totalitarianism
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One leader mostly a Dictator.
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fascism
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A form of Government in which there is one leader, and puts the the countries needs before the individuals.
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communism
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the Government owns all property and determines how much money you make.
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nationalism
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Pride in ones country
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anti-Semitism
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Extreme Hatred of Jews (Holocaust)
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Hoovervilles
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Shack’s at the edge of town where people lived during the Great depression Named after President Hoover.
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Bonus Army
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WWI Veterans demanding to be paid their Bonus checks before it was due.
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migrations
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Oklahoma to California, South to the North.
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worldwide economic depression
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Depression hit everywhere 50% unemployment in Germany.
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Democrat victory in 1932
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Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt. won the presidency in 1932
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widespread poverty
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Everyone poor in the U.S. and Federal Government did nothing to help until FDR was in office
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unemployment
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33% unemployment in the United States.
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religious revivalism
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When Bad time happen people start going to church.
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Social Security
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Retirement at age 65 and disability for people who are disabled.
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WPA
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Works Progress Administration- Built bridges and roads and employed artists. (“A” for art)
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TVA
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Tennessee Valley Authority- Electrified the south, built Dams on the Tennessee River.
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Indian Reorganization Act
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Allowded indians to govern their own reservations (Casinos)
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FDIC Federal Depositors Insurance Corporation
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Bank insurance up to $250,000 per account (SOL)
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CCC
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Civilian Conservation Corps.- Men 18-25 Built State parks and did Reforestation Paid $30 a month $5 stayed with the men $25 went home to parents.
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Wagner/Fair Labor Standards' Act
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If you join a Union you will not be fired.
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Allies 1
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Great Britain- Churchill
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Allies 2
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United States- FDR/Truman
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Allies 3
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U.S.S.R.(Russia)- Stalin
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Axis 1
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Germany- Hitler
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Axis 2
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Italy- Mussolini
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Axis 3
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Japan- Tojo
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women in the workforce
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25 Million Women went to work in defense factories (Rosie the Riveter
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movement to urban centers
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The need for workers in Defense factories moved people to Urban areas. Would later create Suburbs
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minority employment
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Blacks worked in factories, and Hispanics on farms
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post war G.I.Bill
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Home Loans, and Student loans for college
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rationing
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Gasoline, Meat, Rubber, Metal, Fats. Rationing Books.
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childcare
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Due to no parental supervision Juvenile crime went up.
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the creation of Fort Campbell the Clarksville Base-
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101st airborne division was created for WWII Deployed on D-Day
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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Built Dams on Tennessee River and Electrified the south
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Secretary of State Cordell Hull
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Helped form the United Nations
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Oak Ridge
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This was a Secret City in East Tennessee which the Atomic Bomb was Created for the Manhattan Project.
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nuclear proliferation
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Countries having the Ability to make Atomic Bombs.
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espionage
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Fancy name for Spying
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ethical debate
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Should the United States have dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan?
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medical experimentation
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People injected with Radioactive material
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Nagasaki
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August 9, 1945 Fat man dropped after the dropping V-J day declared.Ended WWII
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Hiroshima
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August 6, 1945 Dropped Little Boy
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racial segregation
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Due to Plessy V. Ferguson Blacks are separated from whites but Equal to whites
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generation conflict
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Rock and Roll music (Elvis) (Satan’s music)
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gender equity
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Affirmed women equal right of pay. This sparked the Equal Pay Act signed by JFK.
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ethnic identification
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People were identified due to their Ethnic Background. (Red Scare)
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Space Race
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1957 Sputnik I launched by U.S.S.R. (Russia), U.S.S.R. sends first man is space. Shepard 1st American in Space, John Glenn 1st person to orbit Earth.
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Hollywood
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Blockbuster movies arrive on the Scene (Ben Hur, The day the Earth Stood Still)
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communication networks
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Telephones more widespread. TV broadcasts the news Radio still blossoming and people had fewer regional differences.
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mass media
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85% of households have one IV in it. (leave it to beaver, I love Lucy, the Honeymooners)
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medical advances
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Jonas Salk created the Polio Vaccine
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interstate highway system
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Love affair of the automobile, Allowed people to and products to be transported faster and more easily.
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McCarthyism
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Created a witch Hunt for for Communist in the United States.
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fear-
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RED SCARE communism and atomic war
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conformity
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White Picket fence, automobile, American Dream. Anything different would label you as a communist
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counterculture
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a set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm.
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generation gap
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Created by Rock and Roll, separated parents from children on values and politics like should we be involved in Vietnam.
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highway system
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The original Design of the Interstate was to deploy troops and military vehicles across the country more rapidly.
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consumerism
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The desire to purchase goods, Fueled by TV commercials in the 1950s
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Plessy v. Ferguson
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Blacks and whites are equal but separate
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Brown v. Board
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Declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional
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Miranda v. Arizona
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Required police to inform suspects of their rights during the arrest process
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Gideon v. Wainwright
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Established suspects’ right to a court-appointed attorney if suspects were unable to afford one.
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Escobedo v. Illinois
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Affirmed right of the accused to an attorney during police questioning.
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integration of Clinton High School in Clinton,Tennessee
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The Integration(allowing blacks and whites in the same school) of Clinton HIgh School in Tennessee, The first school in Tennessee to do so
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the Clinton 12 and Governor Clement’s actions
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Governor Clement ordered the National Guard troops to protect the first black students to attend the high school.
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Little Rock Central High
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9 black students who were supposed to be integrated in the High school were prevented from entering the school. by the National Guard. Was let in by 101s airborne.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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The day of the Rosa Parks trial and boycotted all the busses in Montgomery Alabama. The leader was Martin Luther King Jr.
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Freedom Riders’ route
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Tested a U.S. Supreme court ruling that declared Segregation in the interstate bus and rail station unconstitutional.
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Birmingham bombings
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16th Street Baptist Church was bombed by the KKK killing 4 little girls.
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Nashville lunch counters
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coordinated by the SNCC and Diane Nash
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Martin Luther King's March on Washington speech
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I have a dream speech.
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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ended racial segregation in schools and the workplace and public buildings.
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Civil Rights Act of 1968
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this outlawed discrimination on housing sales and rentals and gave the justice dept. the right to seek justice.
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Great Society
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LBJ’s “New Deal” Medicare, Medicaid, and head start.
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Bay of Pigs
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Unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by U.S. CIA was to overthrow Fidel Castro and Communism.
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Brinkmanship
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Pushing a country to the brink of war in order for them to back down
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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1962 U.S. waiting for Russian Ship to deliver weapons to Cuba. Closest time to a nuclear war.
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peaceful coexistence
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Soviet-influenced "Communist states" that they could peacefully coexist with the capitalist bloc
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Strom Thurmond
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Opposed civil rights act of 1957
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Eugene “ Bull” Connor
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Contacted the KKK to beat the Freedom Riders when arriving in Birmingham
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George Wallace
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Governor of Alabama during civil rights movement, Stood in front of door at University Alabama to not let Black students in
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Diane Nash
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Demanded blacks be served at Nashville Lunch counters.
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Betty Friedan
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published The Feminine Mystique, which explores the idea of women finding fulfillment beyond traditional roles
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Martin Luther King Jr
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Civil Rights leader
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Malcolm X
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Symbol of the “Black Power” movement
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Stokely Carmichael
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Leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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Albert Gore,Sr
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Voted against the Civil rights act of 1964
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Grand Ole Opry
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Over 85 years, Longest Running live Radio program.
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WSM
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(We Shelter Millions) 650 AM and 95.5FM First Major Radio Station in Nashville.
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Nashville music publishing
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Music City USA
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Memphis Sun Studio
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Birthplace of Rock and Roll, Launched Elvis Presley’s career and Johnny Cash’s
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Stax Records
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Southern Soul, Ethnically integrated Bands (Black and White band members)
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Elvis Presley
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1st Rock and Roll hero (enough said)
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media
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TV becomes the way to get information
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entertainment
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“TV Generation”
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sports
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Jackie Robinson, Baseball is King.
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suburbia
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levittown New York First Suburb in America “American Dream”
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education
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Math and Science strengthened due to Cold War.
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counterculture
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a set of attitudes opposed to or at variance with the prevailing social norm. (hippies)
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Sam Walton
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Walmart
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Michael Dell
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Dell Computers
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Ray Kroc
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McDonalds
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Lee Iacocca
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Chrysler
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Donald Trump
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Real Estate
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Bill Gates
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Microsoft
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Steve Jobs
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Apple
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Jeff Bezos
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Amazon.com
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administration
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Nixon
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investigators
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Samuel Ervin
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Media
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Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstien
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