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73 Cards in this Set
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Examples of new culture in 1920's
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popularity of radio
motion picture theatres |
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19th Amendment
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women's sufferage
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Teapot Dome
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political scandal
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Attorney Mitchell Palmer
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wanted to protect Americans from the communists
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Trial of Sacco and Vanzetti
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illustrated prejudice against immigrants
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Prohibition failed because
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it was too difficult to enforce
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Scopes Trial
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outlawed teaching of evolution
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Main Goal of KKK
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promote white supremacy
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Henry Ford
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made automobiles more affordable by setting up the assembly line
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The Great Migration
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Africanm Americans from south to northern cities
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Jazz music- New Orleans
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Louis Armstrong
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responsible for putting people back to work
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Works Progress Administration
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During Depression women accused of
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taking jobs away from men
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Laissez Faire Economics
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used by Hoover to end Depression
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Causes of Great Depression
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buying on margin and buying goods on credit
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TVA
FDIC |
still exist today
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hydro-electric power
increased national debt |
lasting effects of the New Deal
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Francis Perkins
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1st woman appointed to President's Cabinet
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Huey Long
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claimed New Deal policies were inadequate and proposed a social program called Share our Wealth
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Who signed the non-aggression act with Germany- leading to the invasion of Poland?
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The Soviet Union
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Main Objective of Agriculture Adjustment Act
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increase farmer's pay
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Role of Eleanor Roosevelt in Roosevelt administration
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important advisor on domestic policy
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Roosevelt's first 100 days
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passed legislation to improve the economy
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Social Security Act
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biggest long term impact of New Deal Policies
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As a part of the policy of Appeasement Britain and France
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gave in to Hitler's demands
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Manhattan Porject
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developed atomic bomb
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Actions of what country finally forced the U.S to enter the war
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Japan
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genocide
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deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
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Stalin
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leader who transformed the Soviet Union from rural to industrial power
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Civilian Conservation Corp
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reflected Roosevelt's concern for the environment
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Battle of Stalingrad
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turning point in the war
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island hopping
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describes the war in the Pacific
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Hiroshima
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1st city to have Atomic Bomb dropped
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Marshall Plan
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US supplied economic aid to European Nations after WWII
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GI Bill of Rights
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gave federal funding for veterans education and training
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Battle of the Bulge
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last ditch effort by Hitler to break the lines of the Allies
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unit of ownership in a company
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stock
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selling stock for profit
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capital gain
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measuring tool for the stock market
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Dow Jones
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buying stock with little or no information
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speculation
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Teapot Done scandal
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centered on oil reserves
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At the Washington Naval Conference, US agreed to
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gradual disarmament
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1st practical peacetime use of airplanes
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carrying mail
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Ku Klux Klan against
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Catholics and Jews
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Ohio Gang
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President Harding's corrupt cabinet members from Ohio
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This president decided to drop the bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Harry Truman
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Robert Oppenheimer
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In charge of the Manhattan PRoject
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Battle of Britain
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1st air battle ever fought
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Midway
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The battle that was the turning point in the Pacific Theater
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Neville Chamberlain
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British Prime Minister during WWII
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Battle of Stalingrad
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turning point on the eastern front
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Francisco Franco
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Spain
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Allied troops invaded this country in 1942
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North Africa
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an Axis Power
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Italy
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Mein Kampf
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book that outlined Hitler's beliefs
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Nuremburg Laws
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legally defined who was/ wasn't a Jew
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Munich Agreement
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Attempt to appease Hitler
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government based on race with a strong dictator in control
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Facism
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Evacuation of British troops from the NW of France
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Dunkirk
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War Trials for several high Nazi officials
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Nuremberg Trials
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Douglas MacArthur
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General forced to leave the Phillipines-parting words " I shall return"
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bombing raid on Tokyo was a boost to US morale in early days of the war and a shock to the Japanese
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Doolittle
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Desert Fox
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Erwin Rommel
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Supreme Allied Commander in Europe
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Eisenhower
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Hundred Days
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FDR's first 3 months in office
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Repealed Prohibition
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21st Ammendment
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Veterans who marched on Washington DC for early payment of pensions
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Bonus Army
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record high import tax - discouraged trade with Europe-made it impossible for European countries to repay war debts
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Hawley-Smoot Tariff
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Priest from Royal Oak= weekly political commentary on radio
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Charles Coughlin
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Federal action to determine that banks were in sound financial condition
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Bank Holiday
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Republican approach which would weaken an individual's self-reliance and make them lazy
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Direct relief
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Blitzkrieg
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surprise & overwhelming force
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Causes of Great Depression
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Buying on margin,buying goods on credit, uneven distribution of wealth
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