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Domino Theory |
It was believed/known that if one country fell to communism, any leaning/depending on it in any way, shape or form would follow suit and thus collapse any sort of system put in place. |
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New Deal Program |
Franklin D Roosevelt's main goal was the create the 'New Deal', a series of programs, groups, organizations and more associated with recovering America from its Depression. The three goals were to bring Relief, immediate help for the needy, Recovery, building up the economy again, and Reform, which would change the way the banks worked. |
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Carpet Baggers |
A carpet-bagger was a Northerner who would move to the South during the reconstruction era [after the civil war]. They headed to the southern states, driven by hopes of economic gain, a desire to work on behalf of the newly emancipated slaves or a combination of both. |
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Share Croppers |
Sharecropping is a system where the landlord/planter allows a tenant to use the land in exchange for a share of the crop |
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Robber Barons |
A term derived in the 19th century, this referred to American businessmen, politicians, government officials and more who use unfair and/or illegal methods to become rich. |
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Great White Fleet |
The nickname given to the United States Navy Fleet, they completed a journey around the globe, authorized by Theodore Roosevelt, from December 16th, 1907 to February 22nd, 1909. |
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Truman Doctrine |
Created by President Harry S Truman March 12, 1947, further developed on July 12th, 1948 established that the United States would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under threat from external or internal authoritarian forces |
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Monroe Doctrine |
The Monroe Doctrine is one of the best-known U.S. policies toward the Western Hemisphere. Delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs |
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Fat Man and Little Boy |
Little Boy was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and Fat Man was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, they were the first and second nuclear weapons used in a war and caused for a fast surrender from Japan. |
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Jim Crow Laws |
"separate but equal" - state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States, 1870s-1950s, stemming from 'Jim Crow', a derogatory term for African-Americans |
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What effect did the New Deal have in the United States? |
While in the end, it did not work out as wish, Roosevelt's policies and programs did create a wave of change and brought many jobs and safer money investments, helping families recover and reform from the Great Depression. |
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Why was share-cropping so popular? |
After the Civil War, former slaves were struggling to find jobs and any form of place to stay, as there was still much prejudice against the black community and not much money to go around. Former slaveowners, who were finding it difficult to find people to work their land, decided to divide their plantations into sections and allow people/families to own and live and work that land, for very specific conditions |
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What was the significance of the robber barons? |
The robber barons transformed the wealth of the American frontier into vast financial empires, amassing their fortunes by monopolizing essential industries – however, bringing along with that fraud, violence, organized crime and an, even more, struggling lower class. |
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What was the significance of the Great White Fleet? |
In the rise of British, Russian, and Japanese navies, it was a show of arms to prove that America also had a strong military force, and had a potential to overpowering the other nations. Instead of picking battles, United States went with silent intimidation and used that as one of the first examples of military prowess within their independent nation. |
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What was the significance of the Domino Theory? |
Communism was a huge threat, as situations the Cold War and Vietnam War were both going on and putting both the Western and Asian-based world at high risk. The Vietnam War stemmed from France and America working to stop the entirety of the country Vietnam from being taken over by Communism, which would have brought Laos, Cambodia, and several other large, developing Asian countries down with it and caused a huge disadvantage to the capitalist countries. |
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What was the significance of the Truman Doctrine? |
Instead of immediately enacting a war, or any form of conflict, Truman decided to simply extend the US's policies to include any free independent nations, stating that they would come to their aid if something were to happen. This is considered the first steps of the cold war. |
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What is the significance of the Monroe Doctrine? |
Essentially, separated the US from the rest of the world while establishing them as their own independent nation, creating a greater representation of their country as a whole |
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What is the significance of Fat Man and Little Boy? |
The dropping of the bombs, especially the latter, was deeply controversial and to this day it's wondered if it was right to do so or not, as it caused [and still does] millions of deaths, wounds, diseases and mutations among the people who live remotely near affected areas. It did end the war, however, as well as introduce a new age of technology and weapons, for better or worse. |
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What are three causes of slavery? |
- Slavery; the South utilized slaves to tend its large plantations and perform other duties while the North viewed this as unconstitutional and had abolished slavery, even moving on to lessen the number of slave-ridden states in the US - Missouri Compromise [missouri is slave, maine is free] - book uncle tom's cabin - election of abraham lincoln - state rights |
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What is the document created by Abraham Lincoln that led to the end of the civil war?
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The Emancipation Proclamation; January 1, 1863, the proclamation was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln, stating that slavery in the rebelling states would be free and forever free |
