history Flashcards

1
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what year is america studied through

A

1920-73

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2
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what were poor towns called in 1920

A

hoovervilles

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3
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when was the great depression in america

A

1929-41

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4
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what year was the wall street crash

A

1929

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5
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what were the 3 rs

A

resform
relief
recovery

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6
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who was the president during the wall street crash

A

hoover

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7
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why did rooservelt win the 1932 election

A

hoover did too little to late

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8
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what did fdr close in 4 days

A

all banks

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9
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why did the new deal encounted oppositon

A

rich tax payers had to pay higher taxes

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10
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when was the first new deal

A

1933-34

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11
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what were the organisations on the new deal

A

FERA CCC AAA
TVA

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12
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what were the effects of the depression

A

hunger homelessness loss of jobs
corrupt banks

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13
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how much did industrial production fall by

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40%

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14
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how much were wages reduced by

A

60%

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15
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how many people were unemployed

A

14 million

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16
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when did china fall to communism

17
Q

what was the parralel called that divided vietname

A

38th parallel

18
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what did chemical war fair did americans use

A

agent orange and napalm

19
Q

what was the masacre in vietname called

A

mai lie masacre

20
Q

what tactics did the vietnamese use

A

gorilla warfarin tactics

21
Q

who were the vietkong

A

recruited men and women from south vietname

22
Q

how did the vietkong stay safe

A

they built networks and tunnels underground

23
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how were the vietkong supplied

A

the ho chih minh trail

24
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how long was the ho chi minh trail

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what was operation rolling thunder
when the americans blanket bombed vietname
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what was search and destroy
american troops destroying vietnamese villages to the vietkong could not creat a resistance or hide in the villages
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when did mai lai occur
16 march 1968
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how did the us respond to gorilla tactics
hearts and minds building school and homes in the south
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what year was the gulf of tonkin
1964
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why was the stalemate broken
eisenhower became persident in 1954 and promised to end the war
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what year was the stale mate
1951
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