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What event of significance happened on Thursday, October 24, 1929

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Known as Black Thursday, it was the first day of the stock market crash that led to the great depression

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What contributed to the stock market crash?

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An excess of large bank loans, economic, downturns businesses couldn’t hold up

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What happened in the election of 1932?

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Democratic dominance in the electoral vote 89%
Roosevelt won by promoting his new deal plan

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What was the “new deal”?

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It was an alternative to Nazism and Socialism

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What happened during the “hundred days”?

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100 days lead to a banking crisis governor stated that there would be no more banking
Bank holiday
Emergency, banking act
Glass-Steagall act
FDIC
Off the gold standard (creates inflation)

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What was the defining characteristic of the new deal?

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The creation of new agencies to try to combat the depression
The national industrial recovery act
National recovery administration (NRA)
Civilian conservation corps
Public works administration
Civil works administration
Agricultural adjustment act

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What was the AAA and what did it do?

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The AAA was the agricultural adjustment act and they wanted to boost agricultural prices by farming less

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Name two prominent unions during the depression years

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The American Federation of labor (AFL)
Congress of industrial organizations(CIO)
(UAW)

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What did the second new deal seek to do?

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Focused on economic security
Workers progress administration, which constructed thousands of bridges roads, airports, stadiums, swimming pools, etc.

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What were some significant programs of the second new deal?

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The Workers Progress Administration
The Wagner act
The Social Security act

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How did the new deal affect women

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Feminism politically dissolves
Mini women left out of aid programs
Economy act of 1932 says both married people can’t hold government jobs
CIO organized, female workers, but supported idea that men should be responsible for women

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How did the great depression affect blacks?

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They were the hardest hit by the great depression
Last hired and first fired
Blacks had unemployment two times worse than whites,
economic survival, most important for black leaders

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What is Keynesianism?

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Challenged belief that government had to maintain an even government spending
As the economy goes down, government aid and spending goes up

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What new style of government arose in Italy and Germany, between the world wars

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Fascism

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What were the only two major states in Europe that remain democratic by 1939

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Britain and France

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What is totalitarianism?

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Totalitarianism aims to control, intellectual, cultural, and every aspect of life

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Who became the dictator of Italy and coined the term fascism

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Benito Mussolini

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What was the Weimar republic?

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Formed after World War I
Hit very hard by great depression
Hitler began his political career in 1919 and join German workers society after World War I, and then gain control of the party and named the Nazis

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What global phenomenon helps to bolster Nazism in Germany

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The depression hurts Germany and interns bolsters Nazism
By 1932 the Nazi party membership was at 800,000
(1933) Hitler appointed as chancellor
He was underestimated and by the fall of 1933 the Nazi party was in control of the government.

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What characteristics describe Japan in the 1930s

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Japan was flexing his muscles in Asia, and expanding its military

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Why did the threat of war seem very distant to many Americans during the 1930s

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Due to American isolationism
Some admired Hitler, some saw Hitler as a counterbalance to Stalin and Henry Ford did business with Nazi Germany

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What agreement between Hitler and Stalin shocked the world, and was shortly followed by Germany’s invasion of Poland

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The nonaggression pact

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What new tactic did Germany employee which allowed its military to quickly subdue almost all of Europe and north Africa?

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Blitz creed
It was devastating
It’s the use of combined arms
Armor to punch a hole in defending lines
Supported by close air support
Followed by general infantry
This creates chaos

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What did this new tactic employ?

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It was devastating
It’s the use of combined arms
Armor to punch a hole in defending lines
Supported by close air support
Followed by general infantry
This creates chaos

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How did the United States get closer to intervention in World War II in 1940-41
Roosevelt recognize the threat posed by Hitler In 1940 cash and carry sale of arms to Britain Roosevelt gained a third term as president In 1941 the US was more closely aligned with countries, fighting axis powers Belinda. Muzak promised aid, as long as it is returned eventually.
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Who is the Japanese admiral that divises the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
Admiral Yamamoto
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What day will live in infamy?
Waking the sleeping giant, basically the day that US declares war and is pulled into World War II following the bombing of pearl harbor
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Why was Japan at a disadvantage from the beginning of World War II?
Japan had already been fighting for five years
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What all important objective did the Japanese fail to achieve at Pearl Harbor?
They failed to touch US carrier fleets
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What does the Hiryu demonstrate?
It’s a powerful aircraft carrier that assists in many battles
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What was the Doolittle raid?
It was an air raid that the US launched on the Japanese capital Affected the moral of the Japanese because the US had just attacked the capital
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What was the major turning point in the Pacific war?
Battle of Coral sea and the battle of midway, it was an American strategic victory where the Japanese lost 92 aircraft Yamamoto planned to force US carriers in the battle of midway, the battle of midway was a stunning American victory, and it was a turning point in the Pacific war Japanese had all four of their fleet carriers sunk
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What factors led to the US victory in that battle (turning point in pacific war battle)
When the Japanese attack they were outnumbered by the Americans, because the Americans had three fleet carriers plus land-based aircraft
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What was the most crucial front during the European war
The eastern front
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US Army did not take a major role in the European war until this battle
Invasion of the sicily Or D-day
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What was unique about World War II for the people of America?
World War II unified the nation unemployment went down production was up gross national product went up taxes rise during the war federal funds go up West Coast becomes manufacturing powerhouse. Refreshed established manufacturing centers and create new ones.
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What is true about women in the workplace during World War II?
There was an unprecedented growth of female labor force women made up 1/3 of the civilian labor force. They got better jobs, better pay better say Only a temporary war time effort Not seen as an expression of expansion of freedom it was temporary
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What is Japanese internment?
Government removed thousands of Japanese Americans from the United States
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How did World War II affect black Americans?
It was a catalyst for change in Black status New black immigration 700,000 blacks leave the south for industrial jobs Over 1 million black Americans served in the Armed Forces during World War II And it was the birth of the modern civil rights movement
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What is containment
Do US and USSR were quickly at odds. The long telegram stated that the Soviets cannot be dealt with like a normal government also said that Soviets wanted to spread communism throughout the world and only the US could stop them. Iron curtain was the speech that was given
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What was the Marshall plan?
Positive vision to combat communism One of the most successful foreign aid programs in history
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Who is the supreme commander of Japan who oversaw the countries reconstruction after World War II?
Mac Arthur He created a new constitution that got rid of abstinence landlord is him and he also article 9, which said no more war Economic recovery
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What happened to the civil rights movement after World War II?
Truman gave unprecedented support for black civil rights, the NAACP launched a voter registration campaign in the south Lynching started to be taken seriously Honorable mention, Jackie Robinson, his success in baseball leads to the desegregation of the baseball leagues
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What important step regarding the civil rights did president Truman take
He gave unprecedented support for black civil rights commission on civil rights civil rights program presented to Congress Congress did not approve any proposals. Truman desegregated the military to build a voter block to vote for him and he didn’t fancy racism.
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What was the house un-American activities committee?
The HUAC called an actors to appear before committee, Rosenberg trails, accused of passing info to Soviets about the nuclear bombs in the world to No evidence against the girl on the against the guy convicted of conspiracy. Judge sentenced both of them to death.
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Who were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg?
Rosenberg trails, accused of passing info to Soviets about the nuclear bombs in the world to No evidence against the girl, only against the guy Both convicted of conspiracy. Judge sentenced both of them to death.
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Who is the leader that finally ended the long Civil War in China in 1949?
Mao Zeodong
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What was the result of the Korean War?
Korea was occupied by Japan during World War II North Korea invaded South Inchon landing Chinese troops intervene The war stabilized along the 38th parallel 1953 armistice occurs restores, prewar status quo Over 33,000 American soldiers dead
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Who was Ngo Dinh Diem
He was a anti-Communist South Vietnamese leader
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What was the freedom movement
the black struggle for freedom challenges complacency, civil rights actually came as a surprise
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What was brown v. the Board of Education?
The NAACP have been challenging “separate but equal” NAACP began challenging segregation itself Thurgood Marshall argued that separate was inherently equal Oral war and secured a unanimous decision that segregated in public EDU violated the 14th amendment
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Who was Rosa Parks?
She was a veteran of black politics who is known for not moving from her seat in the Montgomery bus boycott Hundreds of blacks gathered in a local church and vowed to refuse to ride the bus until they were accorded equal treatment
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What important civil rights figure began an important career in the Montgomery bus boycott
Martin Luther King Jr. Master orator Student of nonviolence Christian themes
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What did demonstrations in Birmingham Alabama in 1963 do for the civil rights movement
It was the High Point of civil rights demonstration of the south Martin Luther King Junior was jailed for nine days, and wrote the letter from Birmingham jail Images were broadcasted on national television of the police chief, meeting the blacks with extreme violence Birmingham forced whites to choose sides and what side would you rather be on the one that sprays black kids with fire hoses or the side that peacefully demonstrates
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What was President Kennedy primarily concerned with in his first two years as president
Conducting the Cold War He created the Peace Corps
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Who pushed for the passage of the civil rights act only days after Kennedy’s assassination referring to it as a fitting memorial to the slain president
Lyndon Johnson
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Why did both President Kennedy and Johnson feel that they could not pull US troops out of Vietnam?
Generational rebellion Logical extension of Cold War policies Reductive strategy of containment Kennedy and Johnson couldn’t lose Vietnam
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What was Johnson strategy in the Vietnam war?
Johnson was fickle about Vietnam He had full rights to if fired upon attack on Vietnam
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What was the counterculture?
The word destroy do you spell Ethan authority Rejection of respectable, norms, rallying cry for liberation Creative experimentation emphasis on community Liberation centered on free individual
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Who is Betty Friedan?
She publishes the feminine mystique, and eventually became the president of NOW, the national organization of women
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What was the main result of the various movement in the 1960s?
social changes, medicare and medicade, job corps, equal rights and opportunities an alll that
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How did conservatives feel about the Nixon administration?
They were disappointed with his administration
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In what city was there the greatest protest against the use of bussing as a tool for public school integration
Boston
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What was one of Nixon’s most important foreign-policy achievements?
his policies toward major communist countries like china and opening up to china
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What incident directly led to President Nixon’s resignation
The Breakin at the Watergate complex that showed that Nixon was clearly involved He then resigned from resident instead of being impeached
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What is stagflation?
Stagnant, economic growth, high inflation The US experienced trade deficit for the first time in the 20th century followed immediately by an oil crisis then in 1973 real wages wouldn’t rise for 20 years
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How effective are Jimmy Carter’s policies against stagflation
Oil prices continue to climb. Inflation did not go down.
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What happened to the evangelical Christianity during the 1970s
popular culture alienated evangelical Christians 
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Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
She was a fighter against the ERA And was a leader in the fight against abortion
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What is Reaganomics?
Reaganomics is Reagan’s economic program that relied upon high interest to curb inflation, lower tax rates especially to the wealthy to promote investments Economic inequality followed
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What is a yuppie?
It’s a young urban professional They make a lot of money
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Why did supply side economics fail to achieve its goals in the 80s
Supply side economics, cannot keep up with military spending
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What is true of Reagan’s foreign policy
in his second term, Reagan, cooled down tensions to establish good relations with communists Talks between 1985-87 drastically reduced arms hostilities diminished when Reagan left office
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What is true of the 1988 elections
Election sank to new lows”” George HW Bush wins with a comfortable majority
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Why was 1989 such a momentous year
Tiananmen Square Pro-democracy demonstration in Eastern Europe The Soviet union falling deeper into crisis to the late 80s
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What happened in the gulf war?
Iraq invaded and annexed Kuwait operation desert storm , wild success The gulf war was the first post-Cold War international crisis
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What happened to Bush’s approval rating immediately after the Gulf War
Bush lost popularity in the 1991 recession, and seemed out of touch with ordinary Americans
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What strategies did Bill Clinton employ during his campaign for the presidency?
He took advantage of the economic unease
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What was the most significant contributor to the new economy of the 1990s
Computers, or significant contributors to the economy pieces were revolutionary Internet, revolutionized communication stock market became accessible
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What event happened on September 11, 2001
The world trade center falls. The Pentagon got hit around 3000 people died almost 400 police and firefighters immediate damage was in the billions and 80,000 people lost their job.

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