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58 Cards in this Set
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PLESSY V. FERGUSON |
-Jim Crowe -says that JC is constitutional, as long as there are equal accommodations -until 1954; Brown v. Board |
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DAWES ACT OF 1887 |
-natives lose land -farmers are loosing crops -after civil war -hand over land to white settlers |
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AGRICULTURE IN THE 1800S |
-cities are growing -they need food -crops in Great Plains |
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CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT OF 1882 |
-prohibiting immigration of Chinese immigrants |
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ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE 1800S |
-Industrial Revolution because of railroad -cities growing -factories produce more materials -farm produce raw material for factories |
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SOCIAL DARWINISM |
1. racist component -hierarchical racist -Northern Europeans are dominant 2. Class components -believe some classes are biologically better 3. Nationalist component |
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WORKERS IN THE 1800S |
-wages are going up for workers -factories are dangerous -workers don't have control of pace of work -assembly line is speeding up -no workman's comp or safety features |
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IMMIGRATION IN THE 1800S |
-South-Eastern Europeans -poor rural immigrants |
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EDUCATION IN THE 1800S |
-very few people graduate from high school and college |
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SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT OF 1890 |
-monopolies have no incentive to charge low prices to offer quality goods -used to bust up unions |
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POPULISM |
-price of crops are going up -farmers upset with railroad -farmers upset with prices -Farmers were the populist party -they wanted tariffs |
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SPANISH - AMERICAN WAR |
-Spanish are considered racially inferior -Cuba gets independence |
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1901 PLATT AMENDMENT |
-right for US to intervene in Cuba -to protect life and property -aftermath of Spanish - American War |
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PROGRESSIVES |
Muckrakers -journalist who publish accounts in factories -settlement house people -optimistic -good environment/society will make good people -toward urban people |
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SOCIAL GOSPEL |
-strand of Christianity -concerned with poverty -they use the bible to justify govt action -living wage |
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TRIANGLE SHIRTWAIST FIRE |
-result of fire to pass safety standards -big fire in New York -during Progressive Era |
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ROOSEVELT COROLLARY |
-says we have the right to intervene with and Latin American country -US domination in Latin America |
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BRITISH NAVAL BLOCKADE (WWI) |
-British wont allow us to trade with Germany -were OK with that -not OK with Germans blocking us from Britain |
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RED SCARE (1919) |
-series of bombs went off -govt goes after agitators -communist scare -bombings, strikes |
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION OF 1920 |
-marks end of Progressive Era -Woodrow Wilson (progressive) -Teddy Roosevelt (progressive) -Harding (republican; economic liberal) -go back to Normalcy |
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US ECONOMY IN THE 1920S |
-another Gilded Age -a lot of prosperity -growth growth growth -1929 -oversupply -under-consumption -Stock Market Crash |
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NATIONAL ORIGINS ACT OF 1924 |
-bans all Asian Immigrations -except Philippines -puts tiny quota on SE Europeans -no ban on Latino immigration |
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CULTURE WARS |
-1920s -African Americans with more political rights -Catholic, Jewish, Eastern Orthodox -African Americans with political rights |
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HOOVER AND THE GREAT DEPRESSION |
-he urges employers to keep workers employed |
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION |
-minimum of 2,500 -regulation on banking |
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT OF 1935 |
-establishes unions -Wagner Act -Second New Deal -companies cant fire workers if they form a union -they have right to unionize |
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WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION |
-old New Deal -put back to work writers and musicians -actors and directors |
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NEW DEAL POLITICAL COALITION |
Supporters -working class whites -middle class urban progressives -Southerners -Northern blacks |
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FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938 |
-minimum wage/ maximum hours |
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MAIN FEATURES OF THE NEW DEAL |
-regulation of the economy -regulation of banks, and stock market |
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DAWES PLAN OF 1924 |
-after ww1 Britain and France owe us (billions) -we tell them they have to pay us back -we lend money to Germany -Germany lends money to Britain and France -Britain and France pay us back |
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THE USA AND THE HOLOCAUST |
-we do nothing |
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JAPANESE INTERNMENT |
-US did not think Japanese were a threat |
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CONTAINMENT |
-in China -after WW2, there is civil war in China -communist win in China -push for Democracy in Japan |
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FAIR DEAL |
-Truman wants to expand on New Deal -National Health Care |
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BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION (1954) |
-ruling that overturns Plessy V. Ferguson -says Jim Crowe is unconstitutional -violates 14th amendment -empowers civil rights activist |
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CAUSES OF CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT |
-growing educated African American in North -MLK picks cities to stir up emotions for protests |
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DOMESTIC POLICIES OF EISENHOWER |
-1st republican elected since 1958 -he is a moderate -expands on New Deal |
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VOTING RIGHTS ACT (1965) |
-gives African Americans right to vote -in the South -led by MLK -televised |
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1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION |
-Nixon wins -he is focusing on stability and order -fighting crime -urban riots -moderate |
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY |
-Nixon establishes -protect human health and the environment |
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ENGEL V. VITALE (1962) |
-Supreme Court ruling that says you can't have prayer in public schools |
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ECONOMIC CRISIS OF 1970S |
-stagflation -prices of oil goes up -inflation and high unemployment |
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CHRISTIAN RIGHT |
-galvanizes them -organize more and more -mobilize voters -support Republicans |
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CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE UNITED FARM WORKERS |
-labor activist that united farm workers |
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PROPOSITION 13 |
-in California -Property taxes -freezes property taxes -don't go up when you buy a home |
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DOMESTIC POLICIES OF RONALD REAGAN |
-he believes in supply-side economics -core is to cut taxes -under Reagan -large budget deficits -increase military spending -food stamps get cut |
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END OF COLD WAR |
-Eastern Europe throws communism off -China is still Communist |
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DOMESTIC POLICIES OF BILL CLINTON |
-promises health care -NAFTA -works with congress to reduce govt spending -Glass Stegel repeal |
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DOMESTIC POLICIES OF GEORGE W. BUSH |
-GWB is like Reagan -passes largest tax cut in US history -build factories to generate growth |
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IRAQI WAR (2003) |
-did not end conflict in Iraq -heavy US losses -over 3,500 Americans died -never found weapons of mass destruction |
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FINANCIAL CRISIS OF 2008 |
-Housing Market triggers crisis -property was marked higher than it was worth -people in 2008 could not pay their mortgages -Housing market collapses |
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US POLITICS SINCE 2008 |
-Obama -tried to get entitlement reform -prevented him from getting anything done -politics is very polarized |
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SETTLEMENT HOUSES |
-urban middle class women -trying to improve lives of the poor -go into working class apartment building -ventilation -working to improve urban poor |
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WORLD WAR II AND US RACE RELATIONS |
-Chinese support US Era
-US knew Japanese were not a threat -CA has long history of racism |
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IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1965 |
-ends 1924 Act -ends racist restrictions -cap on Latino immigration -Non-quota immagrants |
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ROE V. WADE |
-legalizes abortion in the all 50 states -states can't prohibit abortion |
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Chile |
-September 11, 1973 -we have president overthrown |