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127 Cards in this Set
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Triple Alliance |
1914 Germany, Austria-Hungry, Italy |
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Triple Entente |
1914 Britain, France, Russia |
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Lusitania |
1915 |
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Bolshezik |
1917 Withdrew Russia from war Lennanist Communists |
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American Expedition Force |
1918 Actually enter in significant force. |
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Eighteenth Amendment |
1917: Passed 1920: Ratified |
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Nineteenth Amendment |
1919: Passed 1920: Ratified Women the right to vote |
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Fourteen Points |
1918 Woodrow Wilson Outline of a democratic world Republican Congress refused it, even after compromises for the Paris peace conference. |
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League of Nations |
1918 Part of the Fourteen Points To create a council of nations to settle differences. |
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Versailles treaty |
1919 Ended WWI, redrew the European and middle Eastern maps, leading to future ethnic tensions. Blamed Germany, and made it pay $33 billion. |
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Soviet puppet governments |
1947,1948 |
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Berlin air lift |
1948-1949 Berlin blockade by Soviets. Supplies is lifted in by NATO. Soviets fail. |
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First Soviet Atomic bomb |
1948 |
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National security state |
Atomic weapon development Strengthening military might Military alliances Military and financial aid to friendly nations |
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NATO |
1949 Europe and North America Super alliance of Western powers. |
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Central Intelligence Agency |
CIA 1947 Counter to the |
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Korean War |
1950-1953 Korea (North vs. South) |
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HUAC |
The House Un-American Activities Committee 1938 |
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Taft-Hartley Act |
1947
Congress Vetoed by Harry S. Truman (still passed) Organized Labor Put restrictions on strikes of Unions, specifically bargaining methods which were seen as crocked, ie. boycotting one company from another company. Redux of the Wagner act. Opponents argued that it would limit free speech. Proponents wanted to weaken the effects of strikes. |
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Fair Deal |
1949 (1945-1953) Harry S. Truman Address to Congress Progressivism Focused on: -Education -Universal health care -Fair employment (equality) -Repeal of Taft-Hartley Act +Only a few proposals were passed |
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Containment |
Check book |
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Iron Curtain |
1946 Winston Churchill Westminster College, MO Ancient term, referring to the divide between the western and Eastern worlds. Alludes to the idea that while the world is divided now, the barrier will eventually be overcome, and the world of the enlightened will torrent through the world of the grim. |
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Richard M. Nixon |
1969-1974 37th President of the USA Republican Book |
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg |
1950 (grand jury Hearing) Convicted of espionage and Spying Ethel is likely innocent Executed for conspiracy and stealing atomic bomb information. |
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McCarthyism |
1950s Red Scare McCarthy-Bombastic, fervent, and often wrong, investigator of communist conspirators. Method of making unfair allegations about people to scare them into false confessions and scare others away from political dissent. |
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Joseph R. McCarthy |
Early 1950s Made outrageous claims about widespread communist subversion within the American political system, leading him to be censured by the US government. Focused against his political opponents, unsurprisingly. |
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J. Strom Thurmond |
Book |
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Mao Zedong |
1945 First leader of Communist China Chairman Mao Zedong Thought Great Leap Forward -Failed policy -Killed tens of millions |
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George C. Marshall |
1950s Secretary of Defense for the USA Created the Marshall Plan -Suggested Europeans create their own -Won a Nobel Peace Prize (ironic) in 1953 |
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George F. Kennan |
1940s American Diplomat Advocated Containment Inspired the Truman Doctrine -Combat Soviet expansionism |
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Dean Acheson |
1949-1953 Secretary of State Intervention in 1950 Korean war, and aid to North Vietnamese in 1968 |
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Yalta Confrence |
1945 Churchill, FDR, and Stalin Yalta, Crimea Conference to decide the fate of the world post WWII, focused on establishment of war-torn Europe, and the Asian war theater. |
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G.I. Bill |
1944 Bill to help vets after WWII FDR Commonly remembered for sending men to college, the bill also worked on generally making the economic climate easier for returning Vets by offering low-interest loans, low-cost mortgages, etc. |
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American Century |
Somewhat of a misnomer, the American Century is meant to describe the post WWII world in which America is thought to dominate the world in all ways. However, unlike the British Era which had come before, America didn't have a strong direct control over the world, and its international dominance in all but military is currently in wane. There is also a suggestion that America is a hyperpower, a lone superpower. While this was certainly true directly after the cold war, it would seem this supreme role is diminishing. |
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Manhattan project |
1942-1946 Started in Manhatten, then moved to Tennessee |
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Enola Gay
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Plan which dropped the Nagasaki bomb |
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Harry S. Truman |
33rd USA President 1945-1953 Democrat Commanded the atomic bombings |
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Nagasaki |
August 6th, 1945 |
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Hiroshima |
August 6th, 1945 |
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Atomic bomb |
1945 |
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Paul Tibbets |
Flew the Enola Gay with the Atomic bomb 1945 |
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Dwight D. Eisenhower |
1953-1961 34th USA President Republican Five-Star General of WWII Focused on containment of communism, and lowering the deficit. |
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D-Day |
1944 Normandy, France Major, Pyrric victory for Allied powers against the Axis. |
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NAACP |
National Association for the advancement of colored people 1909 |
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Double-V Campaign
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Victory at home and abroad 1942 Allegheny, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh Courier Fight for civil rights by black American veterans. |
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A. Philip Randolph |
March on Washington (1941) End Armed Segregation (1948) Civil Rights movement (1954-1968) African American Civil rights leader Led the March on Washington, heavily influencing FDR to end discrimination in defense industry, and later pressured Harry S. Truman to end segregation in the armed services. |
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Rosie the Riveter |
WWII era (1939-1945) Inspirational American Woman propaganda Meant to inspire women into the American workforce, and boost moral amongst working women. |
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Battle of Midway |
1942 Deceive naval battle in the Pacific Theater American Victory Chester W. Nimitz Surprise attack on the Japanese surprise attack against Midway, an island protecting Hawaii. Decimated the Japanese fleet, and a keymark victory in the Pacific Theater for Americans. |
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Arsenal of Democracy |
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) The tools and industrial might of the western powers must be used to spread democracy wherever there is tyranny. Used to promote the war with the Nazis. |
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Douglas MacArthur |
1945 American Five Star General Head of the Pacific Theater in WWII |
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Emperor Hirohito |
1928 Emperor of Japan during WWII Initially thought the war was a good idea, but American gains proved fatal. Worked against be dethroned after the conflict. Unconditional surrender after the atomic bombs. |
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New Woman |
1920s Feminist movement to challenge social norms: women going to college and working. Focused on pushing legislation for minority rights, contraception, and child labor. |
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New Negro |
1920s Parallel to New Woman and Harlem Renaissance Focused on escaping the caste and remaking the name for black people. |
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Ku Klux Klan |
Reborn Stone Mt. Georgia 1915 100% Americanism/traditional values |
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Scopes Trial |
1925 Tennessee John Scopes, Clarence Darrow, H. L. Mencken Science vs. Fundamentalism in schools |
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Alfred E. Smith |
1928 Democratic presidential candidate Child of immigrants, thought prohibition was a bad idea and was Catholic, thus rural Americans hated him. |
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Herbert Hoover |
1929-1933 Iowa Progressive Republican Against laissez-faire economics. Never held political office, and bombastic. |
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Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
RFC 1932 Loans to failing businesses |
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Great Depression |
1929-45 Herbert Hoover, Massive unemployment. Blamed on Mexicans. |
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Wall Street crash |
1929 Hoover Because of massive speculation, overproduction and risky loans, the market crashed on black Friday. |
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Overproduction |
1929-depression Because of overproduction and over Economic efficiency, companies out producing each other out produced the market, leading them to stockpile goods and layoff workers. |
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Stock Market speculation |
1920s-1929 Leading to the crash of the stock market, the assumption of continued Economic growth lead niave investors to over borrow, over buy, and over react on stocks. Because of this, when the economy started faltering, those who sold their stocks crashed others who hadn't, and banks and companies which couldn't control it. |
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Bonus March |
1932 US army runs veterans out of their camps on the outskirts of DC. |
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Scottsboro boys |
1931 Scottsboro, Alabama Communist party saves 9 from the electric chair. |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
1933-1945 New Deal Progressive, but conservative Fireside chats |
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New Deal coalition |
1932-1950s Group of progressive voters, like liberals today, but more reasonable. The New Deal itself was a vague idea of making America great by improving the lives of citizens: it did not dictate anything other than progressive reform for this. Used brain trusts of economists and bureaucracy: concluded that the problem was underconsumption. Focused on protecting individuals from corporations and moderate income inequality. |
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Civilian Conservation Corps |
CCC 1933 Young people employed to work on dams, powerplants and national parks. |
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Agricultural Adjustment Act |
1933 Payed farmers to not grow crops Failure in that it worsened food shortages and tenant farmers lost their land. |
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National Recovery Association |
1933 Promote industrial recovery through allowing companies more control over codes set for themselves. |
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Charles Coughlin |
Detroit priest with a radio show who blamed Economic problems on communists and Jews. |
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Welfare state |
1935 FDR uses the idea of a capitalist state which ensures a minimum quality of living for its people in his new deal. Extremely controversial from inception. |
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Wagner Act |
1935 Ensured citizens the protection to form organized labor unions. Lead to 30% unionization. |
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Social Security Act |
1935 Ensured a minimum standard of living for the elderly. Opposition primarily came from the wealthy, who saw the act as stealing from their hard work. |
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Huey Long |
Wiki |
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Nagasaki |
Aug 6, 1945 First bomb |
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Hiroshima |
Aug 9, 1945 Second bomb that was supposed to be dropped on --- and was dropped early. |
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Adolf Hitler |
1933 |
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Fascism |
Extremely Nationalist political ideology focused on an ideal citizen who all must strive to be. Results in extreme xenophobia and totalitarianism. |
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Benito Mussolini |
1922 |
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Lend-Lease Act |
1941 Roosevelt Promised to lend weapons to allied powers to stay out of the war but still help the Allies. |
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Pearl Harbor |
Dec 7th, 1941 |
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Selective Service Act |
1940 All eligible men must register for a military draft in case of future war, regardless of race. |
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Winston Churchill |
1951-1955 Refused to open a second front regardless of Soviet demands. B/c western Europe had already fallen, focused on the Mediterranean for the Suez Canal. |
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Allies |
Focused on taking out Italy first, then Germany, to the dismay of the Soviets. Eventually defeated the Axis in 1945. |
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WWI |
1914 Death of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand -Serbian Nationalist causes mobilization Wilson initially claims neutrality, however it is clear that Americans lean with the Brits. Americans brought in only after Germans declare that they will destroy all trade vessels. American Soldiers first called Dough boys. Start of wartime propaganda. |
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U-boats |
1914-1918
German Submarines designed to sink merchant craft easily. Lead to the entry of the USA into the war. |
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Franz Ferdinand |
1914 Czechoslovakian heir While he himself wasn't very important, the fact that he died by a Serbian Nationalist is what caused WWI. Basically, the Czechs mobilized to Russia, Russia Mobilized to Czechs, Germans mobilized to the Czechs, French Mobilized to Germany, Germany crosses over Belgium, Belgium calls upon France and Britain, and the fighting begins. |
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Zimmerman Telegram |
1917 Proposition of alliance between Germany and Mexico in case the USA joins the war. Helped lead to the USA joining the war. |
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John J. Pershing |
1917 General who lead the AEF in Europe To get to Europe faster, left behind heavy equipment, using the French and British instead. |
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Woodrow Wilson |
1913-1921 New Jersey Progressive Democrat 28th USA president Wished to join WWI early on, but Congress had forbidden it. Eventually joined the war after the Zimmerman Telegram. |
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Henry Cabot Lodge |
1919 Wanted to join the leage of nations, but because this included congressional control over declaration of war, Woodrow Wilson blocked this move. |
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Great Migration
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1910-1940 Migration of black Americans from rural south to urban north and west. |
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Sedition Act |
1918 Expanded the range of the Espionage Act of 1917, effectively allowing the government to try anyone suspected of being a spy, regardless of any other rights. |
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Steel Strike |
1919 Attempt by the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel and Tin Workers to organize the United States during WWI. The AFL purposely didn't help. Failed, leading to the dissolution of AA. |
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East St. Louis riot |
1917 White men went around beating and killing black workers b/c they were taking jobs in the founder industry. |
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A. Mitchell Palmer |
1920 Lead the Palmer Raids during the red scare to find anarchists, revolutionaries, and political dissidents. Basically just worked with police to raid potential hideouts. |
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Red Scare |
1919 Because of economic troubles, labor unrest, and peacetime adjustments while during the rise of communism all contributed. |
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Schenck v. United States |
1919 Restricted free speech to combat subversion, specifically from communism, fascism and anarchism. |
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Emma Goldman |
1917 AnarchistSent to jail for conspiring to induce persons not to register for the draft in her journal. |
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Warren G. Harding |
1921-1923 Exposed in the Teapot dome -Albert Fall Business Government |
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Calvin Coolridge |
1923-1929 Opposed farm subsidies, and reluctant to enter foreign alliances. For Civil Rights. |
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Flappers |
1920s Another branch of "New Woman," except focused on independence from social norms, and enjoying night life like men had. |
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Margaret Sanger |
1920s Birth control activist Last Unit: one with clinic |
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F. Scoots Fizgerald |
1920 popularized the "Lost Generation," one which will be living in a time disillusionment all the spiritual and political truths they thought were important. |
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Sacco and Vanzetti |
1920 Anarchists convicted of murder. Even after several appeals because of conflicting evidence, they were still sentenced to death in 1927. Through this time, they gained worldwide cult following. |
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Marcus Garvey |
1914 Jamaican political leader Part of the new negro; created the UNIA. |
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Langston Hughes |
1920s New Negro; jazz poet |
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Prohibition |
1920-1933 prohibition of alcohol |
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Volstead Act |
1919-1933 1:Prohibit 2:Regulate 3:Supply |
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Speakeasies |
1919 Most in Cities Places to secretly drink |
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Bootleggers |
1919 Country Side Existed before, but exploded after prohibition Al Capone |
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Al Capone |
1920s Chicago Gangster known for bootlegging St. Valentine's day Massacre -Massive Daylight gang violence -1929 |
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Henry Ford |
1903 Dearborn, Michigan Founds company Anti-semite, adopted assembly line |
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The Flivver King |
1937 Upton Sinclair, Henry Ford Dearborn, Michigan |
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Model T |
1908 Cheap, black car which was continuously revised. |
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Model A |
1927 Had to make a new car for fashion's sake. |
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Abner Shutt |
Shutts: -John >Eldest, Job -Hank >Middle, Crime -Tom >Youngest, Union |
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Dearborn Independent |
1919 Henery Ford Trash new paper |
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The Protocols of the Elders of Zion |
1919 Hitler, Henry Ford Anti-Semitic fabrication of a text for Jewish world domination. Claimed that Jewish had a secret meeting in the late 19th century, and were planing to subvert others morals. |
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Charles Lindbergh |
1927 U. S. Mail pilot Gained instant fame for flying from New York to Paris. |
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Hoovervilles |
Early 1930s American cities Unemployment shanty towns named after Hoover. |
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Dust Bowl |
1930s |
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Okies |
1930s California Refugee farmers escaping the dust bowl |
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Sit-down Strike |
1936 Flint, Michigan Flint Sit-down strike Workers occupied several General Motors plants and stopped production |
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Huey Long |
Louisianian Senator 1928 Humble vs. elites "Every man is king, but none wears a crown." Share the wealth president candidate Assassinated |
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Holocaust |
1938-1945 Hitler, Mussolini German rounding up and killing of Jews. |
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Joseph Stalin |
1922 It's ****ing Stalin. |
