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Who was Hitler?
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Fascist Leader of Germany
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Who was Benito Mussolini?
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Fascist Leader of Italy
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Who was Francisco Franco?
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Fascist Leader of Spain
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Who was Joseph Stalin
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Communistic leader of Russia
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Who was Winston Churchill?
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The Prime Minister of England.
At one point he promised the Phillippines that he would defeat Japan |
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What was Indochina?
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A large section of land below China. Was always being taken over by SOME country
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Who came up with the idea of Deficit Spending?
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Keynes
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Nations attitude with WWI
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Not Happy in the least.
Why? There were enormous casualties. Nations were ruined. Germany was blamed and screwed out of a load of $, Italy and Japan were upset because they didn't get what they were promised. Russia became very poor -- had their own issues during and after the war. |
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England and Frances attitude to Wilson's 14 points
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Disagree. They wanted a country to blame. They chose Germany.
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What happened to Germany after WWI?
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War Guilt Clause
Reparation payments $33 Billion Deprivation of Colonies Splits up German land into Czechoslovakia and Alsace- Lorraine |
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After WWI and WWII what did America do? Differences between comeback from WW1 and WW2
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try to go "back to normal".
Isolationism WW1: The attempted switch back to L/F started the Depression. Lost Generation. Did NOT join the Leauge of Nations or sign the Treaty fo Versalies. Neutrality Acts WW2: Search for peace with little involvement. Joined NATO. Economic Boom. |
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Who was Henry Cabbot Lodge?
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Against Wilson. Against 14 points. Against WW1. Against basically anything Wilson stood for. Very anti-Wilson.
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How does the US prepare for WW2?
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Cash and Carry laws in the late 30s
Lend Lease program in the 40s US embargoon Japan in the late 40s Atlantic 1941 with England Selective Service Act of 1940 Destroyer Deal with England |
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What was the Nye Commitee
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A commitee set up in the 30s to figure out how they got sucked into WW1.
Conclusion: Wartime. Profits. (Yeah... and the whole 'war' thing happening over there had NOTHING to do with it) |
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What was the Kellog-Briand treaty? Does it work?
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A treaty that basically says:
WE SHALL OUTLAW WAR! ....(WW2, Cold war, ect.).... Do you really need to know how well THAT treaty worked out? |
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What is isolationism?
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Basically, You are a country. The person across the room is another country. You do not associate with them other than some basic trading. No government talk between you two is allowed.
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What is totalitariansim? Fascism?
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When the country is ruled by one person or a group of people.
A type of totalitarianism where one person is in charge of everything.The country is supportive of this person in charge. |
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What is appeasement? How was it used in WW2?
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Appeasement: Give into demands in the hope that they will be satisfied and stop bugging you.
Axis Powers: BOTHER BOTHER BOTHER Allies: give in Axis Powers: ...REALLY? wait that WORKS? hmmm BOTHER BOTHER BOTHER BOTHER Allies: please stop.... gives in Axis: BOTHER BOTHER BOTHER (it goes on like this for a while) |
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Who were the Axis Powers?
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Italy
Germany Japan |
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Who were the Allies?
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France >:3
England America (41') Soviet Union (41') |
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What did Axis Powers get away with through appeasement?
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Actions against Austria in 36'
Italian invasion of Ethiopia 35' (Ethiopians asked Allies for help, but they were too afraid of another war) Japanese invasion of Manchuria 31' |
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What got the Allies involved in WW2?
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The invasion into Poland.
(They had a treaty set up. If Poland gets even a pebble toutched, the Allies will come in and try to kick major ass) |
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What got the Soviet Union involved in WW2?
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Soviet Union and Germany had a neutrality agreement established. Hitler decided to go in and invade the SU. Russia retaliated and joined the Allies.
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Who was Charles Evans Hughes?
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Cheif of Justice
Opposed New Deal Appointed by Harding and Coolidge |
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Who was Franklin Roosevelt
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32nd President from 1933-1945. (FDR)
Died in office. New Deal to get us out of Depression. |
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What was the Naval Disarmament Conference?
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It was a conference to reduce the size of the military
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What was the Dawes Plan?
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the US gives money to germany 2 help out. They give the money to eng and france who gives it to the US b/c they owe them. No one really gets any money. Doesn't help anyone.
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What is the 1st amendment? What year?
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Freedom of speech, press, and religion
1791 |
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13th amendment and year?
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Abolition and Slavery
1865 |
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15th amendment and year?
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voting can't be based on skin color
1870 |
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14th amendment and year?
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Citizenship and = protection under the law
1868 |
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18th amendment and year?
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Prohibition
1919 |
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21st amendment and year?
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end of prohibition
1933 |
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19th amendment and year?
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Women suffrage
1920 |
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22nd amendment and year?
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2 term limit on presidents
1951 |
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24th amendment and year?
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abolition of poll taxes in all fed elections
1964 |
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26th amendment and year?
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voting age change. from 21 to 18.
1971 |
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Who was William McKinley?
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Imperialism, Big business, Laissez faire
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Aka Teddy (he hated that name)
Imperialism, progressivism, trust busting, SQUARE DEAL |
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William Howard Taft
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Progressivism, dollar diplomacy
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Woodrow Wilson
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Progressivism, WW1, Treaty of Versailles (died trying to get america to sign it)
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Herbert Hoover
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Stock market crash and Great Depression, L/F
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Franklin Roosevelt
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NEW DEAL, WW2
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Harry truman
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Cold war, atomic bomb FAIR DEAL, civil rights
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Korean War, "modern conservatism", civil rights, the 50s
everyone thought he would lose |
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JFK
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Cold war, Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, civil rights, NEW FRONTIER
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Vietnam, GREAT SOCIETY, civil rights, 1960s, wouldn't run for another term
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Richard Nixon
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Vietnam, watergate, Dentente with Russia and China
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Immigration patterns from late 1800s to early 1900s
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from places like england where everyone looks and talks similar to you to eastern europe, Russia, Japan, China
Large increase of immigrants. |
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Role of silver in paying debts
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Basically, if you owed a debt you want to pay in SILVER because it was LESS expensive.
If someone owed YOU a debt, you want them to pay you in GOLD because its MORE expensive |
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Progressivism
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applied to city folks.
Clean up the cities, make some rules, make things live-able |
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Roosevelt's New Deal
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Spend $$ to stimulate economy
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Spanish-American War
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We went in and "saved" cuba, guam, and Puerto Rico from the terrible clutches of spain... and then took over cuba guam and PR
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Gilded Age
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Good on the outside, TERRIBLE on the inside.
Many problems. People dying in factory accidents, government wasn't doing much, food, air, and water wasn't regulated, kids worked. |
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Treaty of Versailles
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Wilsons Plan to establish a treaty after WW1 to make friends with all the countries. America wouldn't sign it, so it didn't work too well
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Causes of Great Depression
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Over Production
Stock Market Crash -- No safety net Banks Closed down Dust Bowl Unemployment rate skyrocketed |
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Red Scare
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happened during the 1920s and 1950s
people were terrified of Communists and wrongly (and sometimes rightly) accused people of communism. They then went to alienate them, and sometimes go as far as attack them. |
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Jim Crow Laws
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Basically, the most racist laws ever created.
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Sides of the Cold war
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NATO - (US, Eng, France, ect)
Warsaw Pact - (Russia, China, ect) |
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imperialism
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take over many countries and small islands. Acquire ports in many countries and cities. Spheres of Influence
Open Door Policy |
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Supply and Demand
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If you supply it I demand it.
The supply is low. The demand for it is high. Prices rise. (like the Wii when it first came out) The supply is high. The demand decreases. It ends up in wallmart. The prices drop. |
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Open Door Policy
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USA: OKAY COUNTRIES! HERES THE PLAN. SO WE DONT KILL EACH OTHER OVER CHINA... LETS SPLIT IT UP AND DIVIDE IT EQUALLY AMONGST OURSELVES WITHOUT THEIR PERMISSION
China: wait... WHAT? |
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Monroe Doctrine
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James Monroe
STAY AWAY FROM AMERICA OTHER COUNTRIES OR ILL KILLZ YOU! |
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When did the Allies go on the offensive during WW2?
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After the battle of the Atlantic
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How did the US help the allies before we got into the war officially?
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Draft
We were attacked, so troops and civilians were more willing to fight Factories switched to produce weapons |
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What did Disarmament do?
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Japan, England, Italy, US
Battleships were limited to a certain number |
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What was the nature of the COLD WAR?
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NO ACTUAL FIGHTING BETWEEN THE WARING COUNTRIES
Russia wanted Communism after WW2 America wanted Democracy to spread. Neither got what they wanted They blamed each other Serious Tension Serious chance of blowing the world up |
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US response to Berlin Blockade
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Berlin Airlift
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Berlin Blockade
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A blockade blocking off water and food to the 'free' side of Berlin
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JFK's response to Cuban Missile Crisis
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Block off Cuba
scare them This method kept America from entering a nuclear war with Russia |
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Nature of the 50s in the US
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Gilded.
It looked good, with all the levitowns and the 'typical american family' but really People were terrified of being killed by nucs People were tired from WW2 People were rebelling, and protesting |
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Who was Douglass MacArthur?
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General
Philippines |
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Who was Einstein
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sami's fam if u dont know go back to 2nd grade please :D
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Elie Wiesel
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Books 8th grade. Holocaust survivor uk the deal
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George C Marshall
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Marshall Plan
General |
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George Patton
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WW1 general
US third army |
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A. Philip Randolph
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Civil Rights
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters |
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Tojo
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Fighter plane for Japan
Nicknamed Tojo by allies |
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Rosie the Riveter
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YOU CAN DO IT
WOMEN CAN WORK OH FUCK YES WHILE THE MEN ARE AT WAR, THE WOMEN TO THEIR CHORE |
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Destroyer deal
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Deal made with Allies BEFORE we went into ww2
US gets brit land for bases Brits get US old destroyers Basically was hte Lend Lease act |
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lend lease act
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all the allies (like all in hetalia all) trade materials and battle equipment and blah
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Munich conference
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Gives germany Czech's Sudetenland
Went against treaty of Versallies |
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Atlantic Charter
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UK and US made a charter. Agreed by all allies
made the seas safer so there wouldn't be territorial attacks between them and ect |
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Selective service act
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issued for ww1
allowed young men to go into the war |
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interment
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camps for a large group of people
Japanese americans were put in internment camps during ww2 |
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D-Day
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Allies largest assult of Axis powers
took france by storm beat doitsu |
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Battle of the Bulge
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Large battle
Allies won Major turn in war |
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Yalta Conference
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After war
Everyone came together and went So wht now? how to we split up everything, and not make another war? what do we do with the nazis? |
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Manhattan Project
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MAKING THE ATOMIC BOMB!
hehehe Hi am i marvel and--WOAH |
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Island hopping
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go 2 an island
take it over repeat process while fighting off japanese forces now you have made it to japan! |
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What was a-bombed?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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the war and New deal Means for the economy...
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End of the depression
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Life at home during ww2
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everyone was helping out
victory gardens rosie the riveter raise money save food propoganda ect |
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Two ways the gov HAD 2 prepare people for ww2
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physical - factories ect
Mental - WE CAN DO IT. DONT WORRY ABOUT YOUR SOLDIRES. HELP OUT. WE WERE ATTACKED, THEY DESERVE IT. SUPPORT YOUR TROOPS. |
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Stability in Japan and Germany after war?
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there was none
America tried to help Germany and Japan. America to Japan - Japan can't have ANY military anymore (they were just to crazy) rebuild their economy, set up trading with them Germany - give money to help with repramations Help with food and supplies set up bases (berlin...) |
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Japan forces to US POW
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they didn't have US POW
Honor system dictates that if you are a POW, you die. They would line them up and kill the US POW |
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US & USSR after ww2
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...awkward sexual tension...
lol but really: they both had a different view of what the world would b like after the war. USSR wanted communism to spread through out the world. US wanted democracy 2 spread. The only reason why they worked together was to kill off germany, and once they won.... well AHBL |
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Containment
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only going to allow communism in countries that had it all set up prior to the late 40s
Set up by George F. Kennan |
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Russian aggression
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i swear to fucking god america. we wont do what you and your democratic animals want. let us be communist, and let anywhere else that wants to have it, have it. -.-'
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Korea during Cold War
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South Korea - US supported
North Korea - China supported with help from Russia (oh dear god... ITS SPREADING!) Split along the 38th parallel |
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China during Cold war
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Communist!!!
scares the living shit out of america |
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Kennedy and Cuba
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Well Cuba was like WE HAVE NUC MISSILES FOR RUSSIA!
they are very close to america scared the livin shit outta alfred. if alfred did anything, ivan and alfred would b @ an all out nuc war and the world would die So, Kennedy was like SURROUND CUBA WITH US SHIPS AND SCARE THEM it worked |
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Berlin Wall
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Wall split down a major street in Berlin. Cut off the US side from the commie side.
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Vietnam during Cold War
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"ITS STILL SPREADING!!! NOOOOOO" - Alfred.
SV and NV split. NV - Commie SV - Alfred supports Gurrilla fighters We got slaughtered It was horrible America was AGAINST war America was STUCK there because they were helping FRANCE because Alfred had no choice with NATO |
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Geneva Accord
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Restore (well peace wise) and help Korea and Indochina
Splits vietnam by the 17th parallel |
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Tet offensive
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NV - "lets take down SV's government!"
SV and alfred victory...ish NV victory with propoganda and governments |
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Anti-war movements
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Kids and teens and adults would fight and protest.
many fights broke out during protests between the protesters and police (chicago) |
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George Kennan
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Containment
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Ho Chi Mihn
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"He who enlightens"
Leader of Vietmihn |
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Leader of SU during Cold War
Worked with kennedy so they wouldn't blow up the world |
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Joseph McCarthy
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Wisconsin Senator
THERE ARE COMMIES EVERYWHERE - during the Cold war Died in 57 |
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Fidel Castro
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In charge of Cuba
Socialist |
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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
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Soviet Spies
Caught |
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John Foster Dulles
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Worked under Eisenhower
Very pro vietnam war Dangerously against communism |
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Ngo Dihn Diem
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1st Pres of Vietnam
very unliked was appointed by US |
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Robert McNamara
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Secretary of Defense under Kennedy
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William Fullbright
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opposed Vietnam war
Was for segragation supported UN |
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Daniel Ellsberg
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Released Pentagon Papers to the New York Times
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William Westmoreland
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Commanded military during Tet offensive
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Henry Kissinger
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German political scientist, diplomat
won nobel peace prize |
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Potsdam Conference
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how to administer punishment to nazi germany after V-E day
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Nuremberg Trials
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LET US HAVE NAZI TRIALS AND PUT THEM IN JAIL AND KILL DEM KAY?
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UN
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United Nations.
All of the allies are automatically and forever in them WE WILL NEVER DO THIS SHIT AGAIN was probably very awkward meetings during cold war (russia had 2 b there) |
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Baruch Plan
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Exchange info
Let all nuc info be known between countries Safeguards |
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Rolling thunder
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bombs raining down during vietnam for days
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Silent majority
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Supported vietnam
didn't exactly say anything though... |
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Korean War stalemate
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they stopped fighting.
no victor was there SK and NK was established |
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Geneva Conference
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attempt 2 settle prob in indochina
Cease fire ordered |
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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USE WHATEVER MEANS NESSASARY TO REPEL FORCES
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Truman Doctrine
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Give greece and Turkey economic support so they dont go communist
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Marshall Plan
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Help rebuild Europe so it doesn't become communist
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Berlin Blockade airlift
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Berlin was being blocked off for food water ect
we flew all the necessities in :D |
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NATO
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North American Treaty Organization
America, France, England Against communism Cold war |
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Warsaw Pact
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Communism
Russia china ect |
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War Powers act
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in case of emergency, president can send out the military
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Brinksmanship
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push dangerous events to the farthest possible edge of disaster, until you are at an advantagous outcome
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HUAC
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house of un-american activities committee
does what it says it does |
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Sputnik
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the russian launched space things
started the great space race between us and russia IVAN! YOU SHALT NOT WIN! |
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flexible response
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JFK's type of response
he would listen and gauge what america should do based on it. wasn't going to just BLOW EVERYTHING UP because russia sneezed. |
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Vietnamization
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"honarably" pulling out of vietnam
is what it is officially really, we just ran away with our tails between our legs |
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escalation
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getting more intense step by step
so its like i have 1 nuc so do i WELL NOW I HAVE 19 WELL NOW I HAVE 30 ^.^ -.-' well now i have 60 SO HA |
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Non-Violence in Civil rights movement
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At first...
they would let themselves be arrested. they would prove their point, go to jail, come out, do it again. and the more one person did it, the more others joined. many people were injured by this though. (those against the protests would attack) completely legal |
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Civil Rights Bills
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outlaws major forms of discrimination and racial segregation. allows voting
it was a law, but it took a while for it to ACTUALLY work. |
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Freedom Summer & voter registrations
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Freedom summer:
REGISTER AS MANY AMERICAN VOTERS AS POSSIBLE *mississippi burning* *3 detectives* *danger* |
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Militancy of the movement
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after a while, they figured that nonviolence wasn't working
Malcom X Black Panthers Ect Movements started to fall apart people were killed Riots |
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Problems for Civil rights movements in the 70s
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Intimidation, Voilence, KKK
Little support from some governments Some blacks were reluctant to agree Questioning non-voilent approach Elijah Muhammad and Black muslims did things and recrutied people that scared the shit outta white ppl |
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desegregation and voting rights
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Civil rights bills and 24th amendment.
Little rock nine Ect |
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Southern Towns to norther ghettos
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they worked on all places with a problem with racial equality, including ghettos and southern towns (especially southern towns.)
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Feminism
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womens rights movements
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Gains/Losses for all minority groups
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gains= equality, awareness
losses= lives. unstability during a time where we needed it |
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different civil rights groups - influences
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Some groups were influenced by MLK and chose non voilence
CORE SCLC SNCC -- even Malcom X by the end of his life. others were influenced by the voilence approach |
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role of government
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laws, bills, amendments, end segragation.
Sends in nat. guard for little rock nine |
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MLK
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....plz know him
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Robert moses
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Shaped physical enviroment of NY
Builder |
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Michael Schwerner
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Mississippi burning
Died |
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Stokely Carmichael
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Leader of SNCC
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SNCC
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Student Non voilent coordinating Committee
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Carl Stokes
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First black mayor
Cleveland!!! |
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Phyllis Schlafley
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Feministic ideas
Author Woman A choice not an echo |
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Marian Wright Edelman
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Childrens Defense Fund Founder
Woman |
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Booker T. Washington
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American Civil Rights Leader
Representative For Black People Living in the South |
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Eugene "Bull" O'Connor
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Enforce Segragation
A REAL asshole. |
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Andrew Goodman
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Mississippi burning
One of the guys who Died |
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Elijah Muhammad
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Let The nation of Islam
Mentored Malcom X Muhhamad Ali ect |
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Huey Newton
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Co-Founded the Black Panther Party
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Ralph Abernathy
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Close associate of MLK
After MLK died, he took up leadership of SCLC's Poor peoples campaign |
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SCLC
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference
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Gloria Steinem
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Women's Libaration Movement
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Marcus Garvey
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Send black people to africa
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Thurgood Marshall
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Lawyer for Brown vs. Board
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James Meredith
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1st african american student at U of Mississippi
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James Chaney
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Mississippi Burning
One of the ones who Died |
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Malcom X
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Civil rights leader
Pro-Violence Murdered (by people from his own group) Near end of life, turned to non-violent measures. |
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Alan Bakke
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Cali vs. Bakke
Wanted to go 2 that school was denied because the one who got in instead of him was black. |
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Betty Friedan
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Women's Movement
The Feminine Mystique |
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Russell Means
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American Indian Movement
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WEB DuBois
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you need to protest
you need to be in their face hell, you need to be violent THEN they will accept us! |
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Rosa Parks
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sit on bus
be stubborn start a movement :D |
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Marcus Garvey
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Send black people to africa
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Thurgood Marshall
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Lawyer for Brown vs. Board
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James Meredith
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1st african american student at U of Mississippi
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James Chaney
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Mississippi Burning
One of the ones who Died |
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Malcom X
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Civil rights leader
Pro-Violence Murdered (by people from his own group) Near end of life, turned to non-violent measures. |
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Alan Bakke
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Cali vs. Bakke
Wanted to go 2 that school was denied because the one who got in instead of him was black. |
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Betty Friedan
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Women's Movement
The Feminine Mystique |
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Russell Means
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American Indian Movement
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WEB DuBois
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you need to protest
you need to be in their face hell, you need to be violent THEN they will accept us! |
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Rosa Parks
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sit on bus
be stubborn start a movement :D |
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Sit Ins
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Sit in your spot.
Dont you dare move Dont you dare move me. Sit with a group. You can't move us So just accept us! |
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CORE
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Congress of Racial Equality
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Black Panthers
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group of people
More violent Protested a variety of things |
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Quota systems
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if your black and you have 5 A+ and 2 B+ and your white and you have 5 A+ and 2 B+
let the black kid in... because tht kid's black. |
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ERA
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Proposed amendment Failed to get Ratifacation
oops! |
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Milliken V. Bradley
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dont have to force integration into schools
bussing across district laws |
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Gray Panthers
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Old People
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Freedom Riders
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RIDE THE BUSSSS :D
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Defacto/dejure segregation
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Racial Separation by specific laws
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busing
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Dessegragtion in bussing
Bussing students to specific schools |
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counter culture
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behaviors and norms in a culture
now go against all of tht |
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Title VII
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prohibits segragation in the work place based on race.
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Nation of Islam
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African American civil rights movement for muslims
very VERY strict rules Elijah Muhammad & Malcom X |
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affermative Action
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positive steps to increase representation of minority groups into employment, education, and business
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NOW
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National Organization for Women
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Roe V. Wade
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abortion
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Chicano Movement
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Mexican Civil Rights
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Beatniks
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The hippies of the 50s
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Beatniks v the new middle class
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they were polar oppisites
The new middle class was like leave it to beaver. they were full of white collar dads and women in dresses making food for their little perfect family with their little perfect children The beatniks were the kids who fought. they protested. they were the ones who were bored with all of that. they were the ones who took drugs and went to Elvis's show. they were the rebels of the 50s |
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Suburban life
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Levittowns. everything was the same. conformity. the american public was stupid. we need to show them how everything works. everyone should buy this product.
very. boring. |
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Kennedy's youthful appeal
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Kennedy was young, energetic, and smart. He seemed to be fully able of body and mind (though he suffered from a back problem)
He was different than the boring "Eisenhower" he had a "Can-do" attitude that inspired hope in some |
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Kennedy's problem with the dixycrats
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Dixycrats were southern democrats. they were racist and were against many things kennedy stood for.
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Warren Court
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Supreme court during Kennedy's time.
They were very open to his ideas, and allowed for easy passing of his laws. |
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Civil rights activism
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people grouping together and protesting their own points. Gathering supporters, who in turn protest those points. keep it going for a while
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Cultural revolution on campuses by the young
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Holden Caufield
Mad Magazine Marion Branch "The wild One" James Dean Elvis Playboy New style of music Brown v Board |
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Strom Thurmond
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Dixycratt
HE HAD BI-RACIAL KIDS THAT FUCKING HYPOCRITE! |
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Thomas Dewey
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Candidate against Eisenhower for election
Lost |
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Elvis
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Kid
Black music played by a white guy famous new style challenged many traditional norms... parents were pissed. |
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Mario Savio
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Berkeley Free Speech Movement
Activist Many beautiful Speeches |
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Andy Warhol
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Artist
Painted things that were popular to the everyday person "THIS IS NOT ART" "oh yeah? well says you, but it is so ha! I'd like to see you do this!" |
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Jack Kerouac
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Novelist & poet
Coined "Beat Generation" Which turned to beatniks ON THE ROAD |
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Ralph Ellison
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The invisible Man
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Lee Harvey Oswald
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Killed Kennedy
was killed soon after by Jack Ruby |
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Henry Wallace
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Secretary of Agriculture
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Alan Ginsburg
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Howl
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Peter Max
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Oh hellz yes
WE ALL LIVE IN THE YELLOW SUBMARINE |
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Rachel Carlson
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Silent Spring
Johnson ended up taking this and making a bunch of new laws so our water and air is clean :D |
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Barry Goldwater
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Lost to Johnson
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Alan Freed
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Disc Jocky
Coined term Rock and Roll CLEVELANDDDD <3 |
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Timothy Leary
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LSD creator
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Earl warren
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Supreme court leader dude
Epic as hell made life a fuck load easier for kennedy!! |
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GI bill
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when the soldiers come home they CAN go to college!!! :D
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baby boom
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dads generation. more kids than adults --1st time ever
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Rock and Roll
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hehehe
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Employment Act
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safeguards against economic hell
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Modern Republicanism
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Republican with a democratic view
aka NOT L/F!!! Eisenhower was this and he did: increase in gov spending for EDUCATION, healthied welfare, min wage, soc. sec & health insurance |
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Conformity
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Leave it to Beaver
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Little Rock 9
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9 black kids
in the south going to an all white school SOME1 CALL THE NATIONAL GUARD oh wait-- they did |
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Medicare
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Old people
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Medicaid
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Poor People
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Harlem Renaissance
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well now we have all this culture in Harlem so now we have new art and music and omg its soooo cool all up in here!!
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Woodstock
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W000000000T :D
it wasn't in woodstock it was on a farm |
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Highway act
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Urban areas to the suburbs
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Public Broadcasting
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Terrifying in vietnam
amazing in the 50s |
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The mafia
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Originated in Sicly for protection, identity and bonding
They were there for protection, services, and necessity (all criminal acts) |
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Five Families
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Genovese
Gambino Lucchese Colombo Bonanno |
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"Made Guy"
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You needed to be a Just Buisiness type of guy
take an oath earn a lot |
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Command Eco
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Communism
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Mixed eco
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Socalist
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MArket eco
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L/F capitalism
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Thocracy
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god ruled gov system
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Vertical integration
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Sell many products in many markets
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Horizontal integration
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Sell ONE product in MANY markets
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