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anaconda plan

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civil war, general winfield scott came up with this, plan to crush south economically by using naval blockade, came up mississippi to split SE and SW, kept south from getting resources needed to prosper

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role of women in CW

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worked in workplace (farms and factories), filled roles that men usually had but they were at war

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presidential reconstruction

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easier, Abe Lincoln believed South never left union, easy reintegration back into the union

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congressional (radical) reconstruction

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wanted to punish the south, wanted confederate leaders out of legislation

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impeachment of andrew johnson

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lincolns VP and becomes pres, impeached for violating 10 year of office act, 1 vote short of conviction

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13th amendment

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ended slavery, 14th amendment: guaranteed citizenship, 15th amendment, gave suffrage to freedmen

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sharecropping

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poor whites and freedmen worked on farms owned by plantation owners, basically paid rent, got to keep some crops but most went to land owner, if they couldn’t pay rent they couldn’t leave until money paid back

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plains indian wars

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inidians getting pushed further west, killed their buffalo to get them to stay on land reservations. Battle of Little Big horn was a victory for NA (w/ custer). Dawes act broke up NA land into sections to assimilate them. Wounded knee massacre was a loss for NA, last battle

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laissez- faire

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free market system where govt doesn’t control much, capitalism, republican beliefs for got involvement (less is better)

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transcontinental railroad

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linked sea to shining sea, E to W, $$, govt provided grants (money and subsidies) to speed things up with production

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closed shops

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labor unuons =, could only hire people in a labor union, closed to others

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monopolies

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1 company or group of companies control an entire industry, standard oil. sherman antitrust act was passed to break up monopolies, unsuccessful but in 1905 in W securites v. US, act was used to break up a monopoly and cooperations lost

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old immigrants

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are from W and W Europe, new were from S and E Europe

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populism

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farmers inspired, grange, farmers alliance, populist party, not very successful but progressives adapted ideals and were successful

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triangle shirtwaist factory fire

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sweatshop where women worked and doors were chained to prevent women from leaving, fire and women were trapped, anti sweat shop laws were passed to provide workers compensation, called attention to a need and made work safer

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progressivism

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made up of middle class women in the cities

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nativism

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ppl who weren’t happy w/ immigration. wanted to cut off immigration from S and E Europe

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Plessy v Ferguson

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established seperate but equal (could have seperate facilities for B and W), overturned by Brown v BOE

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spanish american war

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USS maine explodes which sparked war, Delom letter was spanish official saying bad things about the president (Mckinley) newspapers get ahold of letter and publicize and use propaganda (maine explosion) and talk about mistreatment of cubans from spanish- yellow journalism

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Teddy Roosevelts foreign policy

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big stick, great white fleet (powerful navy)

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panama canal

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connects atlantic to pacific which promotes economic growth and helps navy in going from sea to sea

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open door policy

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secretary of states was John Hayes, directed to open China up to open trade, previously divided into spheres of influence

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dollar diplomacy

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taft-money, promised economic incentives to foreign countries, Tafts take on big stick, meant to be nicer

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WW1 causes

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sparked by assassination of Arch Duke Ferdinand, triggers alliance, US gets involved bc unrestricted submarine warfare

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14 points
woodrow wilsons plan for peace
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great migration
blacks leaving the south for the north during WW1 (and 2)
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schenck vs US (1919)
Schenck was trying to speak out against war to not enlist in the draft, prosecuted, free speech isn't protected in time of war when the speech is a clear and present danger
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henry ford
famous for making cars on assembly line, divided up different jobs in production, made it faster
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scopes trial
science (evolution) vs religion. Scopes taught evolution in school
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harlem renaissance
flowering of african american culture (art, literature, jazz)
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Post WW1
US returned to isolationsim, most americans liked
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great depression
stock market crash, over extension of credit, farmers struggled buying on margin, massive deflation
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harley smoot tarriff
response to GD by setting high tariffs. to keep money in America, triggers worldwide depression, moeny isn't circulating
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buying on margin
problem that led to GD, when ppl bought stocks on credit, 10% down and borrow the rest, bad when stocks lose value, leads to debt
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bonus army
ww1 vets march on washington to get ww1 bonus/pension early bc they are loosing everything, unsuccessful- hoover declines
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dust bowl
drought in great plains, due to no farming, loose top soil only leaving dust, got dry and blew away
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hoovervilles
shanty towns, low income housing, during GD, houses foreclosed
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FDR
suffered from polio, paralyzed, always sitting down
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new deal
FDRs response to GD, govt spending, 3 R's, programs
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fireside chats
FDR talks on radio to Americans, they found it comforting
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court packing
FDR's plan, some of his programs were being struck down by supreme court (mainly republicans), FDR wanted more dems to be judges to pass laws in his favor, violated checks and balances and seperation of powers
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ww2 causes
treaty of versailles (punished germany w/ war reparations and created climate that allowed rise of Hitler)- failed
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appeasement- do opposite in world war
giving into Hitler, give him what he wants, fails
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neutrality acts
1st passed by congress during FDR- made it illegal to sell arms to any country at war
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lend lease act
softens neutrality acts, other democracies are failing, facist dictators were doing well (want to stop them), provide aid to Britain (arsenal democracy)
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pearl harbor
ends isolation, gets US into war, japan attacks pearl harbor and germany declares war on US
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midway
turning point battle in pacific (ww2). forces were = but US killed more Japanese pilots and never able to recover
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stalingard
turning point battle in russia/europe, russia defeats germany (loss)
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manhatten project
produced the atomic bomb
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arnesal of democracy
america, lend lease act, US will produce (industrail) what the allied powers need to defeat the axis powers
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a phillip randolph
black who marches on washington complaining about discrimmination in factories during ww2, needed production and if blacks stopped working in N factories, that would be an issue. led to fair employment practices commission being created- makes work better for blacks
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tuskegee airmen
pilots trained at tuskegee institute and fought in WW2, helped convince truman to desegregate the armed forces
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rosie the riveter
propaganda to compell women in industry/factories
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nuremburg trials
germans put on trial for war crimes (death camps), held germans responsible for war crimes
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yalta conference
germany will be divided in 4 zones
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containment/truman doctrine
contain communism and help countries fighting, communists and no more countries will fall to communism
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marshall plan
US give western europe billions $ to not fall to communist
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NATO
W Europe and US (north atlantic) treaty to band (defense alliance) treaty to band together against soviets
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iron curtain
separates western democracies from eastern communist/soviet countries
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korean war
N korea invades S korea, US, and UN get involved backing S Korea, war ends in stalemate and keep things the way they were
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red scare
fear of communists in the govt. (china fell and soviet have bomb), joseph mccarthy began without to go after communists in govt (bullies), mccarthysim: bullies and threatens ppl and ends when he goes to the army and television kills his campaign, sees him for what he is
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trumans executive order to desegregate armed forces (1948)
leads to desegregation of fed govt too, inspired by tuskegee airman
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GI bill of rights
provided $$ for veterans (tution for school, $ for mortages or to start a business)
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levittown
suburb example
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JFK election
new frontier, space program, helping others
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MLK
bus boycott led to him being leader of civil rights movement, preached nonviolent disobedience to end segregation and jim crow laws
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brown v boe
overturned plessy v ferguson and outlaws segregation, supposed to be w/ all deliberate speed, didn't actually so...
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rosa parks
her protests led to montgomery bus boycott (led by MLK)
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sit ins
blacks sit down at restaurants and refuse to leave until served
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freedom rides
attempt to end segregation in bus terminals/buses, start north and go south in attempt to integrate buses
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MLK
journey culminated at march on washington (1963) as U have a dream speech which inspires cibil rights act of 1964 to expand civil rights and end jim crow laws and strictly enforce
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selma campaign
voter registration drive to get more blacks registered to votes and vote in elections and inspires voting rights act of 1965 which attacks inequities in voting

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