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| Split in religion in the 1920s? name of the opposing viewpoints and key figures? |
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| Modernism-scientific, logical. Fundamentalism-believed in the Bible literally. Billy Sunday=fundamentalist. Aimee S. McPherson=modernist. |
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| uneven wealth distribution, market speculation, credit, overproduction of consumer goods, suffering ag sector, gov't policies |
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| Hoover Admin's reaction to the Great Depression? |
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| extremely laissez-faire; called upon charities to help the needy and thought the economy would even itself out. |
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| Hawley-Smoot Tariff's effect on US? |
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| destroyed int'l trade, thus worsening the economy |
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| what was the Reconstruction Finance Corporation? |
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| laissez-faire; helped businesses but not individual people |
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| Foundation of the New Deal? |
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| Relief, recovery, and reform |
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| What was a lame duck? who was considered one? |
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| An elected official who is approaching the end of their term; their successor has already been chosen. Hoover |
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| designed to stop foreclosure by restructuring loans |
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| Federal Deposit Insurance Corp? |
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| same as HOLC but for farm property |
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| Provided jobs, built dams, developed Tennessee |
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| Securities & Exchange Commission? |
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| created to oversee buying and selling of stocks to make sure nothing bad would happen |
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| The Second New Deal was more oriented with? |
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| Describe the criticism of the New Deal from these groups: Liberals, conservatives, demagogues, Supreme Court. |
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| libs: did too much for businesses. conservatives: gave too much power to gov't. supreme court: justices were very conservative. |
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| Demagogue from Louisiana; Populist; had a share-the-wealth plan |
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| What did FDR do to try and make the Supreme Court more on his side? What did it do to his image? |
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| Court Packing Plan; tried to get Congress to create a new Supreme Court. never passed but wasn't great for his image. |
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| What did the Wagner Act do? |
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| recognized the right for labor unions to exist. |
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| List the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
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| 1. min. wage 2. 40 hr work week w/ paid overtime 3. child labor restrictions |
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| How did life for women change during the GD? |
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| They faced hostility at work because they took men's jobs; life at home was more difficult. had to be more resourceful w/ little items |
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| Farmers in the Great Plains who migrated to California |
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| How did things change for Native Americans during the GD? |
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| They finally earned full citizenship |
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| What were the zoot suit riots? |
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| Racial tension between Mexican Americans and whites in California |
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| Emergency Banking Relief Act (EBRA)? Which of the three R's? |
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| authorized the gov't to determine if a bank was healthy or worthy of the nation's confidence. Relief. |
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| Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)? Which of the 3 R's? |
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| army of workers. employed young men to go work on federal land & sent the paychecks to their family. Relief & Recovery |
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| Public Works Administration (PWA)? Which of the 3 R's? |
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| money from the gov't given to STATES to put people to work to build roads, bridges etc. Relief & Recovery |
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| Civilian Works Administration (CWA)? Which of the 3 R's? |
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| addition to the PWA. job creation, construction projects. FED GOV'T hires the workers. Relief. |
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| Gov't should jumpstart a bad economy with things like stimulus plans. |
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| What was the purpose of the Dawes Plan? |
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| attempt to kickstart the economy by funneling money into European countries who owed us money. |
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| The Tydings-McDuffie Act gave which country its independence? |
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| What was the Nye Committee? |
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| Congressional committee focused on WWII neutrality |
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| A Republican who ran against FDR and lost. |
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| "Arsenal of democracy"? Who said it? |
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| FDR said the US should be an "arsenal of democracy" |
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| Smith-Connally Anti-Strike Act? |
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| If workers went on strike, the gov't could take over the company |
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| set production priorities; tanks instead of cars |
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| Wages, prices, and rationing? |
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| Prices increased. tried to make wages were fair. |
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| Election of 1944? Who wins? Why is it significant? |
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| What was the U.S. strategy in the Pacific? |
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| Kamikaze was a sign of...? |
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| naval battle in the northern Atlantic, when Germans started bombing England |
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| Details of the Casablanca conference? |
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| Roosevelt & Churchill decide to invade Sicily. |
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| Significance of the Tehran conference? |
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| 1. decided to open up 2nd front in Europe. 2. Soviets agree to join the war against Japan once Germany lost. |
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| United Nations; most costly war in history; major impact on int'l politics |
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| Manchuko was the name given to? |
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| once Japan invaded Manchuria, they renamed it Manchuko |
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| What was the Stimson Doctrine? |
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| The U.S. said that Manchuko wouldn't be recognized as a legitimate state |
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| Examples of isolationism? |
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| Hoover ending interventionist policies in Latin America, Kellogg-Briand Pact, America First Committee, Hawley-Smoot Tariff |
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| The Good-Neighbor Policy was whose? Why did he do this? |
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| FDR. driven by his desire to improve U.S. economy & solidification of allies. |
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| Who repealed the Platt Amendment? What did it do? |
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| FDR. Made Cuba fully independent. |
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| Idea behind reciprocal trade agreements? |
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| Cut tariffs by 50%. If you cut your tariffs, we'll cut ours. Open invitation to all nations. |
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| Appeasement was what? did it succeed? |
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| Attempt to stop more aggression from the Axis powers. it failed. |
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| Examples of INTERVENTION? |
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| Cash and carry, Selective Service Act, Lend-lease |
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| Freedom of: speech and religion. Freedom from: fear, want. |
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| military leader for Japan; extremely aggressive and determined. |
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| Battle of Midway, Battle of Stalingrad, D-day, El Alamen in Egypt. |
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| How did the U.S. begin to show signs of siding with the Western nations during WWII? |
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| 1. Stopped trade w/ all nations except for the UK and all W. Hemisphere nations. 2. Economic sanctions on Japan. |
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| During WWII, what was the main thing rationed? |
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| Were unions successful during WWII? Why? |
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| No b/c strikes couldn't happen during WWII when supplies were needed. |
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| How was the War financed? |
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| 1. bonds 2. deductions from paychecks |
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| Impact of WWII on Afr. Americans? |
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| Double V; victory overseas and at home. successful. Truman integrates the military afterwards. Beginning of civil rights movement. |
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| Who was A. Philip Randolph? What was he successful in? |
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| Civil rights leader who fought against discrimination in the New Deal work programs; successful in stopping the discrimination. FDR outlawed it. |
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| How did the Native Americans help during the War? |
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| The Navajo transmitted messages in their language. |
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| Impact of women working in WWII? |
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| 1. liked the independence of having their own money 2. double-income families |
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| Yalta conference most important because? |
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| 1. divided Germany into occupation zones 2. called for free elections in Eastern Europe 3. Soviets enter war against Japan 4. creates the UN |
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| Potsdam conference details? |
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| 1. ask for Japan to surrender unconditionally. 2. War crime trials - Nuremberg |
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| Cold War characteristics? |
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| arms race (nukes), space race, education, proxy wars, Olympic competition, spying/espionage |
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| Like gang protection. NATO. |
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| Provisions of the Nat'l Security Act? |
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| 1. changes Dept. of War to Dept. of Defense 2. created the Air Force 3. created the CIA 4. Truman continues to develop nukes |
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| Who coined the term containment? |
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| a policy to contain Communism in Europe, specifically Greece & Turkey. it was successful. |
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| gave economic aid to European countries to recover from WWII and avoid becoming Communist. |
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