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17 Cards in this Set
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FRD's accomplishments
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Who: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
What: highly regarded president Where: U.S. When: 1935-39 Why: Set Forth New Deal H+Sig: was a great optimistic politician who helped restore american spirit Some though FDR saved American from the Great Depression |
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Booker T. Washington
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Who: black leader who dealt skillfully with whiteleaders
What: in charge of black ed. in Alabama Where: Alabama When 1890's Why: platform was to give blacks economic independence H+Sig: gave Atlanta compromise speech "five fingers" in 1895 began black independence movement |
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Brown vs. Topeka
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Who: schoolgirl Linda Brown vs. Board of Education
What: ruled racial segregation in schools unconstitutional Where: Supreme Court Topeka, Kansas When:1954 Why: Supreme Court justice Earl Warren ruled that seperating children solely because of race geverates feelings of inferiority likely never to be undone H+Sig: Over next several years supreme court used Brown vs. Topeka as precedence to overturn segreation laws However school desegreation was still frustratingly slow |
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Reagonomics
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Who: President Ronald Reagan
What: Reaganomics economic reform Where: Nationwide When: 1981-82 Why: "supply side economics" believed tax cuts would promote investment causing economic expansion H+Sig: included tax cuts, de-regulation, defense buildup, budget cuts Hypothetically should have worked by instead the Federal deficit ballooned drastically |
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W.E.B. Dubois
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Who: a Harvad trained African-American sociologist
What: Black leadern wrote Souls Black Folks founded NAACP Where: South When: early 1900's Why: beleived in educating the "talented tenth" to advance black people H+Sig: disagreed w/ Booker T. Washington, his strategy relied on courts and political leverage |
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Impacts of frontier on the American Mind
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Who: settlers of west
What: developed an idealistic American attitude about "novus ordo soclorum" Where: settling western frontier When: 1867-1900's Why: were conviced that America was our land and were were going to shoot whoever disagreed with us H+Sig: Dawes Severalty Act, kicked indans out of homeland, ran railroads and domesticated the "wild west" Catapulted America Mind into a very conquering society, what we want we shall have, all in the justification that we are God's chosen people |
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Culture Wars 1963-69
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Who: Minorities, Women, Anti-War Protestors
What: culture wars Where: urban areas throughout U.S. When: 1963-69 Why: society was progressing and minority groups began to stand up for themselves and expect more of democracy H+Sig: womens liberation movement, anti-war protests, civil rights non-violent demonstrations Catapulted U.S. into the liberal society we have today |
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Watergate
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Who: Nixon Administration
What: Watergate Scandal Where: Washington D.C. When: early 1970's Why: direct result of Nixon's ruthless political tactics and secretive style of governing H+Sig: FBI illegally tapped phones, opened mail, and arranged break ins to obtain info from democratic headquarters Really just 1 incident in a broader pattern of illigality and misuse of power that flourishe in Vietnam era |
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New Freedom
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Who: Pres Woodrow Wilson
What: reform program called New Freedom Where: u.s When: 1912-presidency Why: democrats were hungry for reform and developed a program to resolve the crisis of corporate power in america H+Sig: Court enforcement of Sherman Act and relied heavily on Louis Brandeis his new advisor It facilitated the expansion of gov't in America |
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Joseph McCarthy
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Who: Joseph McCarthy senator from Wisconson
What: fueled anti-communism Where: U.S. citizens and government When: late 40's early 50's Why: used anti communism platform to boost his political fortune H+Sig: used smear tactics and innuendos had a list of "205 known communists within gov't" evetually overreached himself and was censured by the Senate Stirred widespread public fears and alarm at his assult on American Liberty |
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Culture Wars of 1920's
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Who: urban & country, races, immigrants, rich & poor
What: prohibition, immigration restriction, urband and country polarity Where: cities and country When: 1920's Why: fear and resistance to change, ambivilance about modernity H+Sig: Immigration Restriction, Rise of Nativism, New Klan, Religious fundamentalism Was first U.S. break from the "norm" and break with tradition |
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Rosa Parks & Montgomery Bus Boycott
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What: non-violent protest on bus Where: Montgomery, AL When: 1955 Why: court victories like Brown vs. Topeka were not enough to overthrow segregation in South H+Sig: strategy of non-violent protest was formed, bus boycott lasted over 300 days Catapulted Martin Luther King Jr. to national prominence in the civil rights movement |
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Containment
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Who: George Kennenn, Soviet Union Scholar
What: containment of communism Where: U.S. gov't When: 1946 & 47 Why: to stop Soviet expansionism, and initiate a global fightagainst communism H+Sig: included gov't programs Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, and NATO Justified the creation of a peacetime military machine Obscured other American foreign policy objectives |
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The Great Society
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Who: Lyndon B. Johnson
What: Great Society Where: America When: 1964 Why: Used his energy and genius w/ legislative experience to pass government programs H+Sig: Legislation covering Civil Rights, Education, Social Welfare, Housing and Urban Development, Environment The Great Society raised unprecendented expectations for social change. It wasn't extrodinarily successful due to the escalation of the V.N. war that siphoned $ from domestic programs |
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Henry W. Grady
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What: editor of Atlanta Constitution and led influential group of publicists for direction of New South Where: Atlanta, Georgia When: 1900's post civil war Why: Old South was lagging behin economically to the North H+Sig: vowed to make "practical wisdom of business" the credo of the New South Despite efforts south still lagged behind because the North was more technologically advanced |
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Betty Friedan
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What: author of The Feminine Mystique Where: homes of american housewives When: 1963 Why: wrote about the frustration and depression many women felt by the narrowly prescribed gender roles of the 50's H+Sig: Friedan spoke from personal experience and was welcomed enthusiastically by women However, with the absence of an active womens rights movement women still coped alone, however it became the seedling for the feminist movement of the 70's |
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G.I. Bill of Rights
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Who: Roosevelt
What: GI Bill of Rights Where: America When: 1944 Why: it was part of Roosevelts promises for social welfare measures H+Sig: provided education, job training, medical care, pensions, and mortages Successful in stimulation the economy by absorbing veterans back into the workforce. Also increased the white collar ranks with the increased access to college education |