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1920's - 1980's
91
History
11th Grade
05/24/2006

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"a date which will live in infamy."
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FDR quote reffering to the Pearl Harbor attack
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The "Kingfish"
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Huey P. Long, governor of LA, made the "Share Our Wealth" program
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Adolf Hitler
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Head of the nazi party and dictator of Germany during the 30's & 40's
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Al Capone
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Chicago Ganster
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Alan Greenspan
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve, an economist
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Andy Warhol
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1950's pop-artist, famous painting "Campbell's Soup Can"
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apollo 11
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Apollo mission that landed on the moon
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Atlantic Charter
Definition
FCR and Churchill met to discuss future war plans
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Ayatollah Khomeini
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Islamic Shah, leader of the 1979 revolution in Iran
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Baghdad
Definition
First target in both Gulf wars
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Battle of Midway
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Turning point naval battle in the Pacific-WW2
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Bay of Pigs
Definition
US failed invasion of Cuba
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Bessemer Process
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Process that strengthened steel and was cheaper than older processes
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"Big Four"
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US, Great Britain, France, Italy/Russia
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Black Panthers
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paramilitary african-american black pride group-1960's
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Boxer Rebellion
Definition
early 1900's rebellion in China, kicked Westerners out of China
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Camp David Accords
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First treaty between an Arab nation and Israel
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Cesar Chaves
Definition
Labor organizer of migrant workers in California- Grape Boycott
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Charles Lindbergh
Definition
First man to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean
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Chernobyl
Definition
Nuclear meltdown in the USSR-1986
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Contract with America
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'94 conservative plan of newly elected congressman: Newt Gingrich was one of the leaders
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Cornelius Vanderbilt
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Railroad Tycoon
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counterculture
Definition
'60's youth movement
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CREEP
Definition
Comittee to re-elect the president-Nixon
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D-day
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massive invasion of Normandy,France by allied forces, opened up the Western front
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Domino Theory
Definition
theory that if one country falls to communism the surrounding countries would eventually fall
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Dust Bowl
Definition
Severe drought in the Mid-West during the 30's
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Definition
Commander of the Allied forces
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"Enola Gay'
Definition
The plane that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima
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Exodusters
Definition
Former slaves who moved to the great plains after the civil war
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Fascism
Definition
Type of gov't; one leader, militaristic, state over citizen, highly controlled
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Florida and "hanging chads"
Definition
2000 presidential election in which Florida was the deciding factor
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Fourteen Points
Definition
President Wilson's plan for organizing post WW1 Europe and for avoiding future wars
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George Herman Ruth
Definition
Widely called "Babe Ruth", legendary baseball player
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GI Bill of Rights
Definition
established pensions and gov't loans to veterans for education, business, and to buy houses
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Gilded Age
Definition
Name coined by Mark Twain to describe the corruption of society in the late 1800's
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Great Society
Definition
LBJ's program to improve US society
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Gruge
Definition
style of music; started in the 90's in Seattle,WA
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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Definition
Gave the president full power to repel attacks against the US
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Harlem Renaissance
Definition
Period of great african-american artistic accomplishment
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Homestead Act
Definition
Gave land in the mid-west for free after five yearfs of cultivation
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Initiative
Definition
policy that allows citizens to introduce new legislation into congress
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Iran-Contra Affair
Definition
80's scandal in which the US sold weapons to Iran to release US hostages
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Jane Addams
Definition
leader in the settlement-house movement
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Jim Thorp
Definition
American Indian athlete; considered one of the best of all time.
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John Pershing
Definition
General who led troopw into Mexico to find Villa
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Joseph McCarthy
Definition
US senator who used the fear of communism to gain popularity. Ruined hundreds of lives
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Kellog-Briand Pact
Definition
1928 Pact signed by the US and fourteen other nations that outlawed offensive war
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League of Nations
Definition
Established after WW2 to help keep the peace. US never joined
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Lee Harvey Oswald
Definition
Assassinated Kennedy
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Little Bighorn
Definition
Indian chief
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Little Rock Nine
Definition
Black children selected to attend an all white school. The governor sent the national guard to prevent them.
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Los Angeles riots
Definition
EMT's were shot at
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Manhattan Project
Definition
Codename for the A-bomb project
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Mao Zedong
Definition
Leader of the revolution in China that led to the communist gov't
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Marcus Garvey
Definition
African-american 20's "back to africa"/black pride leader
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Definition
Washington DC, "Ihave a dream speech, non-violent pacifist tactics
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Mikhail Gorbachev
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80's leader in USSR; ended communist rule
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Motown
Definition
First black owned major recording company
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Muckrakers
Definition
Paparatzii, investigative reporter
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NAACP
Definition
national association for the advancement of colored people
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NAFTA
Definition
Canada, US, and Mexico; north american free trade agreement
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Nativism
Definition
anti-immigrant movement based on economics
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NATO
Definition
North Atlantic Traty Organization. Formed for fear of communism
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Patriot Act 1&2
Definition
Laws passed immdiately after 9-11 to combat terrorism
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New Deal
Definition
FDR's plan to fix the problems of the great depression
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Peace Corps
Definition
Volunteer group that helps improve other nations
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Persian Gulf War
Definition
Desert Storm-91-purpose was to free Kuwait
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Populist Movement
Definition
Farmers movement to gain political power
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Populist movement
Definition
Farmers movement to gain political power
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Roe vs. Wade
Definition
Supreme court case that established the right to an abortion
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Roosevelt Corollary
Definition
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine; Gave US police powers in the Western Hemisphere
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Sacco and Vanzetti
Definition
Excecuted immigrants for robery. They were anarchists
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Settlement house
Definition
Places that helped the poor and immigrants
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Sherman anti-trust act
Definition
Law to break up big business trusts, but was ineffective
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Silent Majority
Definition
The average American who wasn't protesting
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Silent Spring
Definition
Book by Racheal Parson. Started environmental movement in '72
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Social Darwinism
Definition
refers to business that the strongest businesses would survive
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Social Gospel
Definition
Applied religious principals to all areas of life on a daily basis
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Speculation and buying on margin
Definition
helped cause the '29 stock market crash
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Suburbia
Definition
Levittown, grew in the 50's, started with trolleys
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Tet Offensive
Definition
68 massive N Vietnamese attack on S Vietnam. Turning point in the Vietnam War.
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Berlin Wall
Definition
Symbol of the Cold War. Started in 61
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"Challenger"
Definition
Space shuttle that exploded in '86
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"The Great Communicator"
Definition
Nickname for Ronald Reagan
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
president, 1900, panama canal. Established the national park system. "Talk softly, but carry a big stick"
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Timothy Leary
Definition
Harvad professor who advocated the use of LSD
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Upton Sinclair
Definition
author of "The Jungle", started off as a muckraker.
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Watergate
Definition
Scandal that caused Nixon to resign as president. Cover-ups, lying to congress, destroying evidence.
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william Seward
Definition
US secretary of state. Bought Alaska; "Seward's Folly"
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"Wobblies"
Definition
Nickname for the IWW-International Workers of the World
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