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led fight for civil rights
Martin Luther King Jr.
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putting boys & girls in different schools is an example of
segregation
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effect of Brown vs. Board on Jim Crow laws
declared them unconstitutional
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Supreme Court decided segregation was equal in
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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political result of the civil war
US was reunited into one country
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Lincoln's chief aim during the Civil War
to preserve the Union
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NAACP, Brown vs. Board, Rosa Parks are all part of
the civil rights movement
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organization started in 1960 and still working now that works to protect rights
NAACP
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the poem on the Statue of Liberty is to
welcome immigrants to the US
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development from large scale industry also grew
labor unions
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good example of a monopoly
Standard Oil
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lower prices & more goods produced
- use of machines
- larger labor force
- development of standard parts
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when Europeans competed for colonies in Africa and Asia
imperialism
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nationalism, militarism, alliances
causes of WWI
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Panama Canal and the involvement in Cuba and Mexico were examples of the
Roosevelt Corollary
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3 groups with political power in southern states
- carpetbaggers
- blacks
- scalawags
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as ethnic diversity grew, the percentage of what dropped
whites
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what did Germany do before sinking the Lusitania
warned to sink ships carrying supplies to its enemies
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the Selective Service Act (1917) was necessary to
create an armed force quickly
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aim of the Fourteen Points
Wilson's plan to prevent another war
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Americans opposed US joining UN
afraid it would make another war
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1/4 workers had no job during the
Great Depression
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why did Americans oppose the US joining the UN
they were afraid it would drag them into another war
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plan to recover from the depression
New Deal
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New Deal program for people older than 65
Social Security Act
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why could FDR serve 3 terms
they didn't want to change leaders during war
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why was WWII considered the aftermath of WWI
the Versailles Treaty angered Italy and Germany
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biggest discrimination act from the government
Japanese internment camps
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Marshal Plan, NATO, Truman Doctrine were examples of
involvement in Europe after WWII
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after WWII, US policy changed from isolationism to
isolationism to involvement
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high supply & low demand makes
low prices
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when people are happy, banks prosperous, and people saving, our economy has reached a
climax
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effect of the cotton gin on the South
slaves became more valuable
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fight between proslavery forces and antislavery forces
Bleeding Kansas
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lack of necessary resources and supplies along with a weak government made up the
weaknesses of the south
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northerner who went South after the Civil War
carpetbaggers
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white southerners who supported Radical republicans after the Civil War
scalawags
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ruling by the Supreme Court that segregation was legal as long as facilities for blacks and whites were equal
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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ordered schools to be desegregated
Brown vs. Board
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made separate places for blacks legal
Jim Crow Laws
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gave blacks the right to vote
Fifteenth Amendment
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encouraged the people of the North to support abolitionists
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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gave women the right to vote
Nineteenth Amendment
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said slaves were property and upheld the Fugitive Slave law of 1850
Dred Scott decision
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voters in a state decided whether to allow slavery or not
popular sovereignty
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company that controls the market of a certain product
monopoly
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what did labor unions deal with
unemployment insurance, job conditions
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names given to the 1920s
- Jazz Age
- Age of Wonderful Nonsense
- Roaring 20's
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who did the Treaty of Versailles blame
Germany
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made by FDR to help US recover from depression
New Deal
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international organization set up to keep world peace
United Nations
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when people buy on margin and no safety net is in the Stock Market, it leads to
a depression
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Soviets built missiles in Cuba --> JFK sent planes to bomb Russia --> Russia took the missiles back --> JFK called a retreat
Cuban Missile Crisis
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to stop the spread of communism
containment
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"Speak softly and carry a big stick and you will go far"
Ted Roosevelt
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"Make the worlds safe for democracy"
WWI
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