Bust and Depression
During the Depression tent cities were built nicknamed ________________ and in California many people living in them had come from places like Oklahoma and Texas because of the __________________
What is Hoovervilles and Dust Bowl
Explain Korematsu v. United States 1944
Supreme court ruled that an entire race could be labeled a "suspect classification," meaning the gov. was permitted to deny the Japanese their constitutional rights because of military considerations and could keep them in camps
whew whew whew
At this Conference Stalin agreed to allow free and democratic elections in Eastern Europe but soon broke that promise kind of kicking off the Cold War.
JFK stated that America was on the cusp of a_______________ and his reform program was named this. What were some parts of this?
"New Frontier"
improve education, end racial discrimination, create the Peace Corps, and propel the United States to superiority in the Space Race
Whew Whew Whew
This court case stated that separate but equal was constitutional and this one rejected that idea and integrated schools
A group of almost 20,000 World War I veterans who were hard-hit victims of the depression, who wanted what the government owed them for their services and "saving" democracy. They marched to Washington and set up public camps and erected shacks on vacant lots. They tried to intimidate Congress into paying them, but Hoover had them removed by the army, which shed a negative light on Hoover.
What is the "Bonus Army"
What was the U.S. strategy of taking on Japan. What were two of these major battles?
What is Island Hopping and Midway, Okinawa, Iwo Jima
The Capitalist countries all joined _________________ while the Soviet Union and its satellite countries joined the _________________
What is Nato, Warsaw Pact
LBJ stated he wanted to create a ____________ . What was associated with this? And why do many of these programs not get fully and properly funded?
Great Society
Medicare/Medicaid, Urban renewal, and the War on Poverty, Civil Rights, Environment, Education, Appalachian Regional Development Act Vietnam
Two most important things about the Watergate scandal
What is President is not bigger than the Gov and Law.....Freedom of press
Many republicans feared that the New Deal went too far and called FDR and his policies __________________.
Some accused him of trying to completely take over the government whenever he tried to have more Supreme Court Justices placed who would support him in what is now termed the ______________________ scandal
What is socialist(ism) Court packing
FDR eventually realized America needed to get into the war. He gave the "Quarantine speech" and the "Four Freedoms" speech. Summarize
What is Quarantine "aggressor nations" ..... Britain and the U.S. share certain freedoms. (speech, worship, want, fear)
In 1950, this senator began a sensational campaign against people like entertainers, teachers, democrats, gov't officials, and screenwriters accusing them of being communists. This led to more than four years of charges and counter charges, ending when the Senate censured him in 1954. _________________ became the contemporary name for the red scare of the 1950's.
What is McCarthyism
After U.S. boats were sank off the coast of Vietnam LBJ was given a 'Blank Check" to use the military called this. Later the president's power to use the Military was reduced with this act (Nixon)
What is Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and War Powers Act
What was Salt and De'tente
What is easing of tensions and getting rid of WMDs
Name 4 New Deal Programs and what they do
........Works Progress Administration ·...... Social Security · .......Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation · ......Securities and Exchange Commission · ......Fair Labor Standards Act · ......Agricultural Adjustment Acts · ......Civilian Conservation Corps · ......National Recovery Administration and NIRA · ......Tennessee Valley Authority
Describe the American Neutrality Acts in order
1935 --> cant sell weapons to anyone at war ........ 37--> can sell non-military on a cash and carry basis .....39--> can sell weapons on Cash and Carry basis...... Lend Lease to Britain
x4 In Dwight D. Eisenhower's farewell speech to the nation the retiring president warned of the dangers of this to take control of the United States. This term denotes a symbiotic relationship between a nation's military, economy, and politics. The idea being that if the military becomes the biggest client for manufacturers then the nation will begin to invest more of its economy into military contracts. Politically, this leads to national budgets being heavily weighed in the military's favor in order to support the economic stability that this relationship seems to create. ......... This is kind of Ironic because he passed this bill that began the interstate system
What is Military-Industrial Complex National Highway Act (1956)
1968; National Liberation Front and North Vietnamese forces (with the VC) launched a huge attack on the Vietnamese New Year , which was defeated after a month of fighting and many thousands of casualties; major defeat for communism, but Americans reacted sharply, with declining approval of LBJ and more anti-war sentiment
What is Tet Offensive
For Each one You explain I add points 1. MLK.... 2. Malcolm X...... 3. Thurgood Marshall . ... . 4. Stokely Carmichael............. 5. James Merideth..... 6. RFK's Role
What is 1. Nonviolent movement..... 2.Violence if you have to "Ballot or the bullet".... 3. Lawyer for NAACP/First Black Supreme Court Justice.. .. . 4... Black Panthers = preached "overtaking white Americans" and preached "Black Power"-pride in history and heritage; create society apart from white society..... 5..... Vet eventually allowed into Ole Miss..... 6. Was attorney Gen and ordered National guard to integrate schools and other acts for the Civil Rights movement
4 things that led to the great depression
economic cycle driven by overextension of credit ·.. ..overproduction in agriculture and manufacturing · ....laissez faire politics · .....buying on margin · .....excess consumerism · .....rising unemployment · ......the crash of the stock market · .....high tariffs
For everyone of these you can explain I add points: Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team, the 101st Airborne, and the Navajo Code Talkers.
What is Black fighter pilots, Japanese soldiers, "tip of the Spear", unbreakable code
I will add points for everyone of these you can name 1. Keep Communism where it is ==== 2. massive and systematic American economic aid to Europe to revitalize the European economies after WWII and help prevent the spread of Communism ====== 3. U.S. President Stated that the U.S. would support any nation threatened by Communism. ===== 4. If one country attacks another they will retaliate fully and destroy one another===== 5. If one country falls to communism they all will ===== 6. JFK--> the buildup of conventional troops and weapons to allow a nation to fight a limited war without using nuclear weapons ==== 7. The principle of not backing down in a crisis, even if it meant taking the country to the brink of war. Policy of both the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.
1. Containment ...... 2. Marshall Plan ....... 3. Truman Doctrine ....... 4. Massive retaliation/ MAD 5. Domino Theory 6. Flexible Response 7. Brinkmanship
Nixon's plan to eventually turn over the the war to the South Vietnamese was called this. He won saying that the ________voted for him, the opposite of the screaming protesters. After he was in office he upset a lot of people by bombing here
What is Vietnamization, Silent Majority, Cambodia (Trail)
Name as many significant events in the struggle to secure civil rights as you can. Points for each
· Integration of Central High School in Little Rock (little rock 9)........ · Montgomery Bus Boycott........ · ....... Birmingham bombings 1963...... · Freedom Rides, including the opposition of Bull Connor and George Wallace......... · ....March on Washington..... · marches, boycotts, Nashville and Greensboro Sit-ins,