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Units 5-8

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Totalitarian

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Gov.t that exerts total control over nation

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Fascism

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A philosophy that emphasizes the importance of the nation or ethnic group and the surpreme authority of the leader.

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Interned

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Imprisoned or confined

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Business Cycle

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Fluctuations in economic activity, such as employment and production

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21st Amendment

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An amendment which ended the prohibition of alcohol in the us, repealing the 18th amendment.

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Bonus Army

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Group of ww1 vets who marched on D.C in 1932 to demand immediate payment of their govt. war bonuses in cash

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Speculation

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An involvement in a risky business transaction in an effort to make a quick or large profit

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Fedreal Securities act

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Required corporations to provide complete information on all stock offerings and made them liable for any misrepresentation

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Security and Exchange commission

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Independent agency of the gov.t that regulates financial markets and investment companies

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Work Progress Administration

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A main federal relief agency for the depression, it put relief workers directly on the federal payroll

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Social Security System

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A system established by the social security act to provide financial security in the form of regular payments, to people who cannot support themselves.

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Déficit spending

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Gov.t practice of spending more than it takes in from taxes

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Neutrality Acts

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4 laws passed in the late 30s that were designed to keep the US out of international incidents

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Cash and Carry act

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A policy adopted by the US to preserve the neutrality while aiding the Allies

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Lead-Lease Act

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Allowing arms to certain foreign countries, aka the allies

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Selective Service Act

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Law passed by congress in 1917 that required all men form the ages 21-30 to register for the military draft

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Tuskegee Airmen

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Unit of Af. American pilots

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Code talkers

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Navajo Indians recudirte d by the US marine corps to transmit messages in the navajo language

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Atlantic Charter

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Pledge signed by FDR and Winston Churchill not to acquire new territory as a result of ww1

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Potsdamn declaration

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The threat of “prompt and utter destruction” on japan if they don’t surrender

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Concentration camps

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prison camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany. Conditions were inhuman, and prisoners, mostly Jewish people, were generally starved or worked to death, or killed immediately.

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War Refugee Board

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Federal agency created in 1944 to try to help people threatened with murder by the Nazis

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Interned

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Imprisoned or confined

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Nisei

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American born children of Japanese immigrants

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Death camps

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camps used under the rule of Hitler in Nazi Germany for the purpose of killing prisoners immediately.

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Yalta Conference

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1945 Meeting with US president FDR, British Prime Minister(PM) Winston Churchill, and and Soviet Leader Stalin during WWII to plan for post-war

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United nations

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An international organization formed after WWII to promote international peace, security, and cooperation.

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Effect of the Stock market crash

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risky loans hurt banks, consumer borrowing, bank runs, bank failures, savings wiped out, cuts in production, rise in unemployment

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Causes of the Depression

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overproduction, underconsumption, poor banking system, unwise loans

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Hoovervilles

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Depression shantytowns, named after the president whom many blamed for their financial distress

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The dust bowl

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Region of the Great Plains that experienced a drought in 1930 lasting for a decade, leaving many farmers without work or substantial wages.

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New deal

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The name of President Roosevelt’s program for getting the United States out of the depression

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Relief and Job creation

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Federal Emergency Relief Adminitstration : provides federal funds to state relief agencies.
Using programs such as CWA, CCC and NRA

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Fireside chats

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informal talks given by FDR over the radio; sat by White House fireplace; gained the confidence of the people

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Operation overlord

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the code name for the Allied invasion of Europe at Normandy on June 6, 1944; also known as D-Day

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Battle of the bulge

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A 1944-1945 battle in which Allied forces turned back the last major German offensive of World War II.

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Pearl Harbor attack

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Dec 7 1941; Japanese attack American naval base and airforces in Oahu; US declares war on japan, Italy and Germany declare war on US

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Battle of Midway

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1942 World War II battle between the United States and Japan, a turning point in the war in the Pacific

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Battle of Okinawa

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World War II victory for the Allied troops that resulted in the deaths of almost all of the 100,000 Japanese defenders; the battle claimed 12,000 American lives

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VE Day

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May 8, 1945; victory in Europe Day when the Germans surrendered

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Manhattan Project

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A secret U.S. project for the construction of the atomic bomb.

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Korematsu vs US

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1944 Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court upheld the order providing for the relocation of Japanese America. It was not until 1988 that congress formally apologized and agreed to pay $20,000 to each survivor

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Universal declaration on Human rights

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1946 United Nations covenant binding signatory nations to the observance of specified rights.

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Nato

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group of 28 countries that has agreed to protect each other in case of attack; founded in 1949

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House UN-American Activities committee

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committee formed in the House of Representatives in the 1930s to investigate radical groups in the United States; it later came to focus on the threat of communism in the United States during World War II and the Cold War

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Blacklist

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A list of about 500 actors, writers, producers and directors who were not allowed to work on Hollywood films because of their alleged Communist connections.

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McCarthyism

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The term associated with Senator Joseph McCarthy who led the search for communists in America during the early 1950s through his leadership in the House Un-American Activities Committee.

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Warsaw Pact

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alliance between the Soviet Union and other Eastern European nations. This was in response to the NATO

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Berlin Airlift

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airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin

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Marshall Plan

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A plan that the US came up with to revive war-torn economies of Europe. This plan offered $13 billion in aid to western and Southern Europe.

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Gulf of Tonkin

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1964 Congressional resolution authorizing President Johnson to take military action in Vietnam

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Fall of Saigon

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Where American troops were positioned and they got word of an attack and quickly evacuated the city.

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Legacy of Vietnam

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government abolishes military draft; War Powers Act; war contributes to cynicism about government, political leaders

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Malcom X

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spread ideas of black nationalism. disagreed w/ both the tactics and goals of the early civil rights movement. minister of the nation of isam. rejected his original name because it was his family’s slave name

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Sit-Ins

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protests by black college students, 1960-1961, who took seats at “whites only” lunch counters and refused to leave until served; in 1960 over 50,000 participated in sit-ins across the South. Their success prompted the formation of the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee.

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24th Amendment

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Abolishes poll tax

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Affirmative Action

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A policy designed to redress past discrimination against women and minority groups through measures to improve their economic and educational opportunities

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Thrugood Marshall

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American civil rights lawyer, first black justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. Marshall was a tireless advocate for the rights of minorities and the poor.

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Black Panthers

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militant Black political party founded in 1965 to end political dominance by Whites

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Voting rights act of 1965

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a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage

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De jure segregation

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Racial segregation that occurs because of laws or administrative decisions by public agencies.

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De facto segregation

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Segregation resulting from economic or social conditions or personal choice.

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Systematic discrimination

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a pattern or practice of individual acts or rules in a corporate culture that permits or condones discrimination

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Selma March

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A march that was attempted three times to protest voting rights, with many peaceful demonstrators injured and killed. Led by MLK. Resulted in Voting Rights Act.

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March on Washington

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held in 1963 to show support for the Civil Rights Bill in Congress. Martin Luther King gave his famous “I have a dream…” speech. 250,000 people attended the rally

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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lead the Manhattan Project: the World War II effort to develop the first nuclear bomb. He was remembered as the “Father of the Atomic Bomb.”

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Offfice of War mobilization

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Federal agency formed to coordinate issues related to war production during World War II

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Office of price administration

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fought inflation by freezing prices on most goods

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Gi

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Government issue

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Installment plans

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Customers could buy goods by making a small down payment followed by additional monthly payments with interest

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Collateral

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security for a loan; supporting; of a separate line of descent

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Buying on margin

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paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest

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Speculation

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An involvement in risky business transactions in an effort to make a quick or large profit

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