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He fought in Italy, earned a Purple Heart, a Bronze Star, and the Distinguished Service Cross. In 1996, more than fifty years after the assault on Castle Aghinolfi, he received a telephone call from a man working on a federal grant to reevaluate the heroism of African Americans in World War II. It was during this phone call he learned he was to be awarded the Medal of Honor. He is the only living African American World War II veteran to earn the Medal of Honor
What is Vernon J. Baker
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Stock market crash Didn’t realize the effect it would have No money to replenish what was borrowed With people panicking about their money investors tried to sell their stocks This leads to a huge decline in stocks Stocks were worthless now People who bought on “margins” now could not pay Investors were average people that were now broke
What is Great Depression (cause/effect)
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Made it illegal to make, distribute, sell, transport or consume liquor.
What is Prohibition
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May 27, 1927: made the first nonstop solo trans-Atlantic flight. Spirit of St. Louis NYC - Paris 33 ½ hours later – (no auto pilot) $25,000 prize 2yr old Son Charley kidnapped in 1932 $50,000 ransom murdered
What is Charles Lindbergh
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Was passed to secure deposits made into banks by customers in case of a bank failure The security can cover anywhere up to 250,000 dollars
What is Federal Deposit Insurance Corperation
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1898 – officially a war to protect the rights of Cubans who were being tormented by their Spanish rulers The controversial sinking of the battleship USS Maine brings the US into a war with Spain US attacks both Cuban and the Spanish colony of the Philippines in the Pacific After the US victory, Cuba is liberated and the Philippines becomes a US territory The US was able to prove its military power
What is Spanish American War
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supported American expansion as a way to increase national pride, spread civilization, and gain world power
What is Henry Cabot Lodge
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He believed that African Americans should build a separate society (Africa) In 1914, he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association Claimed a million members by the mid-1920s Powerful legacy of black pride, economic independence and Pan-Africanism
What is Marcus Garvey
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In 1924, an all-inclusive act, was passed by Congress. The privileges of citizenship, however, were largely governed by state law, and the right to vote was often denied to Native Americans in the early 20th century.
What is American Indian Citizenship Act
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Dated February 19, 1942, gave the military broad powers to ban any citizen from a fifty- to sixty-mile-wide coastal area stretching from Washington state to California and extending inland into southern Arizona. The order also authorized transporting these citizens to assembly centers hastily set up and governed by the military in California, Arizona, Washington state, and Oregon.
What is Executive Order 9066
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Was signed on 28th June 1919. It officially ended the 1st World War. Many historians believe that it was a major cause of the 2nd World War. Most Germans were horrified by the harshness of the Treaty. There was anger amongst all groups in Germany, no matter what their political beliefs. Some German newspapers called for revenge for the humiliation of Versailles. However anger was also directed against the government in Germany. Already there was a myth growing in the country that the German army had been “stabbed in the back” by politicians…the so called “November Criminals”. Now these same politicians had signed the “Diktat”, the dictated peace.
What is Treaty of Verailles
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historian and author of a book on the importance of the navy to a countries power
What is Alfred Thayer Mayan
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first President of Republic of Hawaii and helped Hawaii become annexed to the United States
What is Sanford Dole
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name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century originally a derogatory reference in the New York Herald referring to the sound made by many pianos all playing different tunes being exactly “like the banging of many tin pans in an alleyway”
What is Tin Pan Alley
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the government sold these and stamps to provide funds for the war
What is War Bonds
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Led to great levels of industrialization in the US Increased exports Increased agricultural production
What is World War 1 (Cause/Effect)
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“Rough Rider” during the Spanish American War. Expansionist policies as President increased the US role in Latin America and the world. Reasserted the Monroe Doctrine
What is Theodore Roosevelt
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The US forces sent to the Western Front (France), fought alongside British and French allied forces in the last year of World War and was the Commander of the American Expeditionary Forces
What is John J. Pershing
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Human Factors – many farmers had misused the land (over planting, not rotating crops), millions of acres of farmland became useless, and hundreds of thousands of people were forced to leave their homes Physical Factors – years of sustained drought caused the land to dry up, great clouds of dust and sand were carried by the wind
What is Dust Bowl
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As part of the war effort, the government rationed foods like sugar, butter, milk, cheese, eggs, coffee, meat, and canned goods. Labor and transportation shortages made it hard to harvest and move fruits and vegetables to market. So, the government turned to its citizens and encouraged them to plant They wanted individuals to provide their own fruits and vegetables
What is Victory Gardens
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The most decorated American soldier in World War I He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 32 machine guns, killing 28 German soldiers and capturing 132 others. This action occurred during the US led portion of the Meuse-Argonne offensive in France
What is Alvin York
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Cause: was a reaction not only to the communist revolution in Russia, but to the influx of immigrants into the United States in the years leading up to WWI Effects: deportation of many communist and socialists
What is Red Scare
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meaning return to life before WWI
What is Return to Normalcy
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Relief: to provide jobs for the unemployed and to protect farmers from foreclosure Recovery: to get the economy back into high gear, “priming the pump” Reform: To regulate banks, to abolish child labor, and to conserve farm lands Overall objective: to save capitalism
What is New Deal
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Was passed to require companies that sold stocks and bonds to provide complete and truthful information to investors Was passed to regulate the stock market and prevent fraud
What is Securities and Exchange Commission