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21 Cards in this Set
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GREAT MIGRATION |
Refers to the movement of African Americans after World War I from the rural South to Northern cities to find jobs in industry; increased economic opportunity |
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IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1924 |
Placed a quota on immigration, largely excluded southern and eastern Europeans; |
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1920s MASS CONSUMPTION |
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CONFLICTING VALUES OF 1920s |
Conflicting social values during the 1920s:
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18th AMENDMENT (1920) |
National Prohibition; public opinion was divided; difficult to enforce because it did not ban consumption of alcohol |
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19th AMENDMENT (1920) |
Constitutional Amendment granting suffrage to women |
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HARLEM RENAISSANCE |
Cultural movement in the 1920s that expanded the influence of African Americans by promoting the artistic contributions of African Americans (i.e. Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington) |
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SCOPES TRIAL |
Trial of a biology teacher who brazenly taught evolution; reflected the conflict in American society between science and religion |
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SACCO & VANZETTI |
Trial of two foreigners executed for an alleged robbery/murder; represented anti-foreign attitudes and a fear of communism; linked to the Palmer Raids |
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FIRST RED SCARE |
Anti-Immigrant / Anti-Communist attitudes; linked to the Palmer Raids |
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CAUSES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION |
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IMPACTS OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION |
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DUST BOWL |
Poor farming methods and sustained drought in the 1920s and 1930s led to the Dust Bowl, which negatively impacted farmers on the Great Plains |
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PRESIDENT HOOVER'S "BONUS ARMY" |
After WWI, 43,000 WWI veterans who demanded cash payment during the Great Depression for their service marched on Washington ; President Hoover ordered the U.S. army to clear the veterans' camp sites. |
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FDR'S NEW DEAL PROGRAMS |
Creation of the Social Security Act, CCC, SEC Wagner Act |
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IMPACTS OF THE NEW DEAL |
Led to increased role of the federal government in Americans' lives |
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PRE-WWII FOREIGN POLICY |
FDR urged the U.S. to become an "arsenal of democracy" to provide war materials to allied nations; Neutrality Acts of 1935, 1936, 1937 > Neutrality Act of 1939 > Lend-Lease Act of 1941 (became increasingly less neutral over time) |
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CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II |
Bombing of Pearl Harbor (December 7th, 1941) |
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IMPACTS OF WWII |
Women were encouraged to conserve household products to support war effort and Americans were encouraged to conserve scarce resources (i.e. rationing gasoline) |
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JAPANESE INTERNMENT DURING WWII |
Internment illustratd that civil liberties are sometimes limited during times of national crisis; Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) authorized exclusion of Japanese Americans as "a matter of national security" |
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TRUMAN & THE ATOMIC BOMB |
Manhattan Project was part of WWII effort to develop the atomic bomb. Dropped on Hiroshima on Aug 6, 1945 and Nagasaki on Aug 9, 1945 |