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| also know as the Wobblies, labor union that went on strike and were therefore assumed to have ties to the communist party during the 1st Red Scare |
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| 2 Italian anarchists charged with robbery and murder, did not receive a fair trial, convicted without hard evidence and executed during the 1st Red Scare |
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| led by the U.S. Attorney General, numerous individuals arrested and deported because of suspected communist activities during the 1st Red Scare |
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| Julius and Ethel Rosenberg |
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| charged with giving secrets about the atomic bomb project to the Russians, convicted of espionage and executed during the 2nd Red Scare |
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| charged people with ties to the communist party, 300 people ( including the Hollywood 10) can no longer find work in the U.S. during the 2nd Red Scare |
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| large buildings in crowded immigrant neighborhoods of industrial cities, where workers provided services for neighbors and sought to remedy poverty |
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| an organized, often officially encouraged massacre or persecution of a minority group, especially Jews. |
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| the way most immigrants traveled on steamships, bottom of the boat, very cramped conditions |
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| run-down apartments that barely met minimal standards |
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| pushed all Indian tribes west of Mississippi, enacted by Andrew Jackson |
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| spreading of western technology and religion westward-picture |
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| How Indians assimilated with white settlers |
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| took up slave holding, adopted large scale farming, and practiced western education |
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| Cherokees - Trail of Tears |
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| approximately 4000 died - today would be considered an act of genocide |
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| Northern and Western Europe |
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| Southern and Eastern Europe |
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| extended laws of the U.S. over the Indians |
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| percentage of current U.S. citizens who can trace at least one of their ancestors to Ellis Island |
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| Life of an average Chinese immigrant |
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| many worked on Transcontinental Railroad, laundries, or opened restaurants, most arrived and were processed at Angel Island in San Francisco and lived on the west coast |
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| newly arrived immigrants retained unique aspects of their culture, aka pluralism, created the hyphenated American |
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| immigrants blend old traditions with new ones |
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| strong nativists, tried to decrease immigration to the U.S., limited to British Protestant males over the age of 21, most members were part of the middle class. |
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Economic (pull) - instant wealth, cheap farmland, more job opportunities, higher pay
Push factors - cultural fights, lack of political or religious rights, famine, drought |
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Southern and Eastern Europe
mostly Catholic or Jewish
inexpensive to travel across Atlantic (steerage), passports unnecessary
settled in ghettos
salad bowl
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some went to school |
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| Negative effects of Industrial Rev. in Europe |
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| More pollution, high unemployment, low wages, decline in agriculture |
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| Immigrant adjustment to American life |
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| took low paying dangerous jobs, had very little money, learned basic English, many became farmers and lived off the land, settled in ghettos, retained much of their own culture |
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| Life of an immigrant child |
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| wanted to be seen as Americans, worked long hours for low pay in dangerous jobs to help support their families, learned English quickly if they attended school and often had to translate for parents, played American games and wore American clothing |
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| communities of one culture of ethnic group, people living there spoke their native language, were located mainly in cities along the east coast |
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| Problems caused by immigration |
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| poor sanitation, increase in the crime, more competition for jobs, overpopulation, over crowding |
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| agreed upon by Teddy Roosevelt and the Japanese Gov't, and the San Francisco Board of Education to set up oriental only schools |
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| 1921 Emergency Quota Act or National Origins Act |
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| allowed 3% of immigrants into the country |
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| did not allow Jews in Germany to escape Nazi persecution, goal was to freeze ethnic distribution, limited the numbers of immigrants to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the U.S. |
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| Anti-immigration arguments |
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| increase job competition, leads to a "brain drain" in home countries, immigrants negatively impacts the environment, immigrants refuse to assimilate, immigrants save money and send it back home instead of spending it here |
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| Pro immigration arguments |
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| immigrants spend money in U.S. which helps the economy, immigrants are ineligible to receive services such as publicly funded health care, immigrants take jobs that no one else wants, immigrants pay taxes when they receive a paycheck from their employer |
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| occurred in 2 waves, created a nationwide hysteria against anyone who had ties to communism, 2nd wave is often called McCarthyism, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Sacco and Vanzetti |
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| Great Migration of African Americans |
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| most migrated to escape racism and seek employment opportunities in industrial cities, 2 million African Americans moved from the south tho the Midwest, northeast, and west, all but stopped in the 1930s as a result of the Great Depression, sought more jobs in the industrial North, occurred in 2 major waves |
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| New Great Migration of African Americans |
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| moved because factories were closing down in Northeastern and Midwestern cities, growth of high quality jobs in the South, and improved race relations in South |
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| included many Native Americans, most came from Oklahoma and traveled along Route 66, fled Great Plains because of Dust Bowl and Great Depression, most came to California to work on agriculture |
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| Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 |
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| discontinued the quota system, set and annual limit on visas-first come first served, family reunification visas were unlimited, first time Mexican immigration was restricted |
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| Immigration from Vietnam during and after the Vietnam War |
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| fled their country due to communist persecution, poverty, and post war destruction, sailed across the Pacific in old, crudely made boats which were often unsafe, included immigrants from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia |
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| About 12 million living in U.S. today |
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| Founder of Hull House in Chicago |
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| One of the main leaders during the suffrage movement |
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| wrote the essay "The Gospel of Wealth" |
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| coined the term Manifest Destiny |
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| political machine leader in NYC, received kickbacks, agreed to fraudulent contracts, and was responsible for other corrupt practices |
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| Cherokee Indian that became a cowboy, comedian, vaudeville performer, actor and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s |
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| muckraker and photojournalist who exposed the poor living conditions in NYC tenement housing |
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| industrialist who utilized the moving assembly line and changed the face of manufacturing forever |
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| Chicago gangster that was known for boot legging during prohibition and was convicted on tax evasion |
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| Local war hero and recipient of the Medal of Honor in WW11 |
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| Won a total of 39 Grand Slam tennis titles |
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| one of the most versatile athletes of modern sports who is part Native American |
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| One of the greatest baseball players of all time known for hitting home runs |
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| Brought an end to racial segregation in professional baseball |
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| regarded as one of the the basketball players of time, nicknamed "His Airness" |
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| Industry that helped create demand for goods in the 1920s |
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| increased rapidly because of assembly-line techniques |
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| Group of workers who are organized for the purpose of gaining better wages, hours and other benefits |
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| a production system in which the item being built moves along a conveyor belt to various workstations |
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| paying for an item over time in small payments |
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| Commander of U.s. forces during the D-Day invasion and later became President |
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| Era of high tensions between the world's superpowers |
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| large amounts of births that occurred as a result of soldiers returning home after WWII |
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| symbolized the contributions of working American women during WWII |
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| America film actor that starred in "Gone With the Wind" |
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| the introduction of new people into a habitat or population |
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| the act of leaving one's native country or region to settle in another |
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| the gradual adoption of the customs and attitudes of the established culture |
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| favoring the interest of established inhabitants compared to those who are new immigrants |
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| conditions that drive people to leave their homes |
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| conditions that attract people to a new area |
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| a person who flees to a foreign country or power to escape danger or persecution |
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| a person who has been forced to leave his or her native place |
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| tribe located mainly in Mississippi which was forcibly removed to lands east of the Mississippi |
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| tribe located mainly in Mississippi that received money in exchange to move to lands east of the Mississippi |
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| tribe located mainly in Alabama, also called the Muskogee, signed a treaty and moved peacefully to Indian reservations |
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| tribe located mainly in Georgia that tried to fight legally for their right to be sovereign nation, but ultimately was forcibly removed during the Trail of Tears |
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| tribe located in Florida that fought in three wars to try to stay on their land but were eventually paid to leave |
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| Helped double America's economy during the early 1900s |
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| automobile, discovery of oil, weapons manufacturing |
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| soldiers returning from WWI brought this disease back to the U.S. causing a major epidemic |
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| equipped his factory with an assembly line to build cars that the average American could afford |
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| era that brought boom in cars, consumer goods, radio and advertising |
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| proposed alliance between Germany and Mexico |
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| pitted religious beliefs against academic freedom and science |
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| Scopes Trial Defense Attorney |
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| Brought idea of teaching evolution in school - Scopes found guilty later verdict was overturned because of a technicality |
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| gave women the right to vote |
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| establishment that illegaly sold alcohol |
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| Alcohol viewed as major problem that led to crime and abuse |
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| helped create a large common culture by breaking down barriers that separated country and city dwellers |
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| period of activism and reform, favorable attitude toward urban-industrial society, belief in mankind's ability to improve the environment and conditions of life, belief in obligation to intervene in economic and social affairs |
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| policy adopted by Woodrow Wilson in 1914 |
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| Events that led U.S. to get involved in WWI |
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| Sinking of Lusitania and Zimmerman telegram |
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| Major events between 1910 and 1919 |
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| sinking of Titanic, Jim Thorpe won two Olympic gold medals, formations of Girl Scouts of America, WWI |
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| distorted stories, for sole purpose of boosting newspapers and exciting public opinion |
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| Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" |
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| hazardous working conditions of Chicago's meat packing industry |
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| America fashion at turn of last century |
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| Life during the Great Depression |
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| money was scarce, people lost jobs |
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| caused farmers to pack their families into cars, tie their few possessions on the back and seek work in the agricultural fields or cities of the West |
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| photograper who captured the rural poor on film "Migrant Mother" is most famous |
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| became national anthem in 1931 |
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| Americans committed to policy of isolationism |
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| Great Depression left no money to spend on military |
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| Role of Women during WWII |
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| kept up demand for war supplies,took industrial jobs planted victory gardens, dealt with wartime rationing and bought war bonds. |
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| Hollywood's Role during WWII |
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| supporting the war effort |
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| Difference of Govt. Spending between Depression and WWII |
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| focused on domestic programs during the Depression and then shifted to focus on war |
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| market took a sudden and alarming drop |
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| Important events of 1940s |
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| WWII, Victory gardens, Scrap metal drives, Dropping of atomic bombs, food rationing |
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| 80% of Americans had radios |
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| allowed more men to go to college |
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| many women left home to enter the work force |
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| cause many intellectuals to flee Europe and come to U.S. |
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| most popular art during the 1940s |
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| most popular toy invented n the 1940s |
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| goal to rebuild and create a stronger economic foundation for countries of Europe |
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| Harry Truman's Presidency |
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adopted policies to contain communism, this resulting in beginning of Cold War
gave order to drop bomb on Hiroshima dn Nagasaki to end WWII
NATO was established during his presidency |
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| U.S. supported them during the Vietnam War |
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Divided at the 38th parallel
Separated by the DMZ
ended stalemate ( armistice, armed truce) |
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| Major Events During 1950s |
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Brown v. Board of Education
Red Scare |
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| Popular TV shows of 1950s |
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| Leave It to Beaver, The Honeymooners, I Love Lucy |
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| created Interstate Highway System |
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| two labor unions that united |
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US supported South Vietnam
Viet Cong used guerrilla warfare tactics
US viewed their involvement as strategy to contain communism |
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| Earth's first orbiting satellite |
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| Major Events of JFK's Presidency |
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| Cuban Missile Crisis, Bay of Pigs Invasion, creation of Peace Corps |
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| Johnson's "Great Society" |
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| civil rights, aid to education, environmental protection |
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| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution |
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| gave Johnson legal justification for U.S. to engage in warfare against N.Vietnam |
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May 4, 1970
Ohio National Guard opened fire on Vietnam War protesters resulting in deaths of 4 students |
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| "Summer of Love", Woodstock, anti-war protests, drug culture |
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| Popular Bands or Musicians from 1960s |
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| Beatles, The Kinks, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Beach Boys |
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| Environmental Protection Agency |
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| created during Nixon's presidency - result of rising concerns over environmental protection and conservation |
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| Nixon resigned from office |
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| only President never elected as President or Vice President |
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| court case gave women the right to have an abortion |
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Camp David Accords
Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan
Iranian Hostage Situation |
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| War on Drugs, fall of Berlin Wall, Iran Contra Affair, end of Cold War |
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exploded
Christa McAuliffe - first member Teacher in Space Project
many students watched it live |
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Soviet Union dissolves
First Gulf War
Negotiation of NAFTA |
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| launched in 1993 - system of interlinked documents accessed via the Internet(free) |
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"Don't ask, don't tell" policy
Oklahoma City bombing
Columbine School Massacre |
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2 planes crash into World Trade Center
1 plane crashes into Pentagon in Washington,DC
1 airplane crashes in Shanksville , PA - after several passengers and crew members attempt to regain control from the hijackers |
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