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Question 1

Containment

Answer 1

• It was during the late 40’s and 1970’s. An American Foreign Policy.
• The use of containing/preventing the Soviet Union from spreading communism through eastern Europe.
• Origins of the Cold War where the US and Soviet Union are the two great world powers. The US wanted to reconstruct what they had lost during WWII and sought repair for American prosperity meaning of democracy and free market. On the other side the Soviet Union had the same intentions but different ideas. They sought security. There was a division between Russia and US to spread their own way of “freedom” and reconstruction. The US used as much as their power to contain communism expansion through western because they were not able stop through eastern Europe. This brought the Marshall Plan which eventually lead to the Korean War due to large investments in arms and military, mainly nuclear.

Question 2

Spanish American War

Answer 2

• Occurred in 1898
• Cuba was scene of revolution between Spanish colonial gov. and Cubans freedom. Cuba was the center of sugar trade which Americans were greatly part of. The Republican party put pressure to fight against the Spanish and spread yellow journalism.
• Within debate and war, Spain looses and America saves their “Cuban brothers”. Though the only intentions that America had was to take control over Cuba and so never really left Cuba its independence. The same happened to the Philippines colony which later brought the American Anti-Imperialist League who were against the so cal notions America was trying to present. They had debates which they lost and America established and empire.
• This lead to an era of intervention and expansion.

Question 3

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Answer 3

• During John Kennedy’s term the end of Jim Crow laws had come. He was a democrat.
• After WWII, debate over what were America’s true intentions were becoming a big issue, it was Economic rights vs.general freedom. There was discrimination that made America seem against their own word of “freedom” aiming towards employment.
• So this act prohibits racial discrimination in employment in public institutions but because it was only directed towards public it still had limits that people made reason to discriminate still towards private institutions and so the Voting Acts Right was passed. This lead to movements of other races such as Latino and Native American as well as rights for women. The significance of rights for all kinds of people.

Question 4

Radical Republicans

Answer 4

• During the Reconstruction Era (1860’s- late 1870’s)
• This was after the Civil War ends where half of the Nation wanted “peace” but the other wanted to remake and create equality. They were a small group of Senators who were abolitionists remaking the Nation by making blacks and whites equal. Unlike most Republicans wanted to punish the South. They convinced Moderates to be Radical with passion and emotion.
• They take control but made Americans angry. They wanted to amend the Constitution; the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment. This eventually led to the failure of the Radical Republicans plan and goes from equality back to discrimination.

Question 5

Committee on Public Inorfmation

Answer 5

• Created in 1917 by Woodrow Wilson.
• A committee that would promote US as a beacon of freedom. They targeted war protesters, Germans as animals.
• there was a new age of modern media, first of many efforts to shape American opinion though people began to feel alarmed because it would take away people’s rights to freedom of speech being taken away as well as freedom of press with the Espionage and Sediton Acts. This was to help Americans support the war that so many have seen as wrong.

Question 6

Cesar Chavez

Answer 6

• Born in 1927. He was son of migrant farm workers, disciple of MLK. One of the founders of National Farm Workers Ass.
• During the 1960’s the Civil Rights Act was enacted and people began to fight for their rights as well other than African American. In 1965 he boycotted and protested to force growers to negotiate with them, similar to the Boston Tea Party.
• This was significant because it soon would give women the push they needed to see that if other people were getting rights then they deserved it as well. Led to feminism and new ideas about sexuality.

Question 7

“The Man Nobody Knows”

Answer 7

• It was written by Bruce Barton in 1925
• During the 1920’s everything became a fight between consumerism and materialism. What was worth fighting for. It was an age where everything had to do with image. The economy was booming, there was popularity in big businesses, “industrial freedom” through stuff.
• This book was guidance towards being successful but also was characterized by God being a businessman as well. He was the top dog and this was published to show just how to have successful wealth. It was more religious than business like book.

Question 8

Prohibition

Answer 8

• During the 1920’s there was a term of “Lost Utopia” and many changes occurred. There were women reformers who were remaking womanhood image in America.
• Prohibition was the banning of alcohol by the “New Woman”, women reformers who hoped to protect themselves and all children against domestic violence. Liquor was a threat to happy homes. During the 19th cent. alcohol was first a problem towards employment and representation and now it is a problem in society.
• 1920, the 18th Amendment passed that America was a dry society. Soon it would backlash that even women part of the “New Woman” violated this Amendment.

Question 9

A. Philip Randolph

Answer 9

• Born in 1889
• During WWII(1940’s), there were new jobs but there was still much discrimination against black. These new jobs that were created would pay black men less than white men, even though black men were serving and sacrificing to show that they are part of a great nation and deserve to be treated equally.
• Randolph organized a march on Washington, because of this it would embarrass America and show who they really are and what they are fighting for in WWII is for nothing. Roosevelt responds w/ Executive Order 8802 in 1941 that in every factory the gov was making jeeps and tanks every worker must be paid the same and so the march never occurred.
• This was significant because it would soon lead to debates and contradictions of America and lead to rebellion. Eventually a march did happen on washington with MLK with Randolph next to him.

Question 10

Works Progress Admin.

Answer 10

• It was created as part of FDR’s New Deal programs in 1934.
• It hired about 3 million people to build buildings, roads, bridges, schools, etc., and did not discriminate. Blue collar and white collar workers. Even gave historians and slave narratives jobs.
• This helped shape the physical appearance of America. This was a non racial discrimination program and it was a great example of what an impact a work program can do to those who otherwise would have gone hungry.

Question 11

Office of War Mobilization

Answer 11

• Established in 1943 by FDR and the position passed to James F. Byrnes.
• AFter WWII was when America was recovering from the great depression. There was much that was pulling America out of its misery and OWM was one of them. OWM had control over the economies prices, wages, rent, etc,. This person could not officially cut but had the authority to give a limit of how much something was amounted to be. This brought a stable economy, widespread savings, and a period of robust growth. This was also a way to fund the war.
• OWM rationed goods that were in scarce supply, sell bonds, prevent black markets, there were even rationed books that people could take and use as coupons.
• Significant to changing the daily lifestyle to changes in society, from golds and riches to a baby boom.