helped to standardize middle class culture, change values and strengthen ethnic traditions
mass media
first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic
Charles Lindbergh
encouraged by easy credit plans, advertising, merchandising and installment buying
consumerism
new music style that influenced classical musicians, one of the most influential contributions by African American artists in the 1920's
Jazz
women of the 1920s who cut her hair, wore short dresses, drove and participated in sports
Flapper
caused bootlegging boom and deaths from alcohol related causes declined
Prohibition
was the fastest growing industry in the 1920s
Automobile industry
designing products to go out of style
Planned obsolescence
the fight to ban alcohol
Prohibition
teacher who’s trial exposed the division between religious and scientific values in American society during the 1920s
John Scopes
farmers from Oklahoma
v
Okies
books to help people forget problems of the depression (like westerns or Orphan Annie)
Escapist novels
Roosevelt’s plan to turn around the Depression
New Deal
intended to stop bank withdrawals
Bank Holiday
said the New Deal was too costly, gave the gov. too much power and said the New Deal did not go far enough
Critics of New Deal
helped preserve cultural heritages
Native Americans and New Deal
FDR’s radiobroadcasts
Fireside Chats
Eleanor Roosevelt pulled her membership from the DAR after she was not allowed to sing at constitution hall
Marion Anderson
Hoover’s did little to end the problems caused by this
Depression
large-scale stock selling caused the market to crash on this day
Black Tuesday
caused by debt, global economic problems, and overuse of credit,mortgages
Great Depression
group of WWI vets that tried unsuccessfully to pass the Veterans Bonus Bill
Bonus Army
provided electricity, flood control and recreational facilities for the Tennessee River valley
TVA
extended power lines to isolated areas
REA
gave older Americans benefits so they could retire
Social Security Act
crucial to 1936 election of FDR
African American
gave jobs to young men, helped create parks, planted trees
CCC
many Americans wanted to make money from rising stock prices so invested in the
Stock Market
many lost their land during the depression due to lack of money to pay their
farmers
his belief in rugged individualism caused him to oppose direct federal relief
Herbert Hoover
Tenant farmer left land and headed west because of this
Dust Bowl
Roosevelt’s plan to add new justices over the age of 70.
Court packing
helped in many ways to ease the depression, saw the creation of shantytowns during the depression
urban communities
leader of the US during WWII
Franklin Roosevelt
Mexican Americans were victims of violence during these
Zoot Suits riots
systematic slaughter of European Jews by Germany
Holocaust
Dec. 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
forced movement of US troops to prison camps in the Philippines
Bataan Death March
invasion of Australia was halted by this
Battle of the Coral Sea
after invasion of this island the US knew it could attack mainland Italy
Sicily
after the atomic bombs were dropped on these two cities WWII ended
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
One of several military organizations that accepted women volunteers for military duty during WWII.
WASP'S
1942 invasion of North Africa resulted in allied control of this area
Mediterranean
Giving into demands in an effort to avoid larger conflicts
Appeasement
policy of withdrawing from world affairs
Isolationism
marked allied invasion of France
D-Day
imprisonment of Japanese Americans
Internment
years US was involved in WWII
1941-1945
leader of all Allied troops in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
another name for Germany’s quick attacks on Poland and France “lighting war”
Blitzkrieg
Japan violated all international agreements and invaded what area?
Manchuria
the most important consequence of WWII was the emergence of the US and USSR
Superpowers
systematic slaughter of European Jews
Holocaust
commander of US forces in the Pacific
Douglas MacArthur
strategy of attacking certain positions and bypassing others
Island Hopping
Selective training and service act, selling war bonds, hiring women were all part of
mobilization
codename of the atomic bomb project
Manhattan Project
required members of the US communist party to register with the Government
Internal Security Act
head of US forces that helped administer Japan after the war
Douglas MacArthur
under this veterans were given federal aid to buy homes, attend college and start businesses
GI Bill
provided Europe with financial aid to combat communism
Marshall Plan
began when North Korea invaded South Korea
Korean War
political party that split in 1948 over civil rights issues
Democratic Party
president who ended racial discrimination in the military
Truman
divided into four occupation zones, Berlin was jointly controlled, the Nazi party should be crushed here
Germany
countries under Soviet control
Satellite Nations
required member so the US communist party to register with the government
Internal Security Act
dividing line between North and South Korea
38th parallel
placed atomic energy under civilian control
Atomic Energy Act
policy of restricting the spread of communism
Containment
was divided after WWII because the Soviet Union and the US occupied the nations
North and South Korea
shows on this new medium of the 50’s often reinforced racial and ethnic stereotypes
television
showed that some southern whites were unwilling to accept Brown vs. Board
Little Rock Arkansas
gave teenagers of the 50’s an outlet for rebellion
Rock n Roll
established the segregation was illegal
Brown vs. Board
senator who tried to find communists in the US
Joseph McCarthy
started the civil rights movement by not giving up her seat on a bus
Rosa Parks
blockade of the Berlin was ended by the
Berlin Airlift
in response to NATO the soviets formed their own military alliance known as the
Warsaw Pact
increase in the number of births in the US
baby boom
the search for these created a climate of fear and suspicion
Communism
brought in the National Guard to keep schools segregated
Governor Faubus
agency developed as a direct result of Sputnik
NASA
after WWII people were moving where?
suburbs
arms-reduction talks were halted when this plane crashed
U-2 incident
Location of failed invasion by anti-Castro Cuban refugees.
Bay of Pigs
referred to the influence of English bands such as the Beatles.
British invasion
urged black to use “any means necessary” to fight for freedom
Malcolm X
led to a generation gap, experimentation with drugs
Counterculture
Supreme Court case that made police officers read everyone their rights
Miranda vs. Arizona
Marked the high point of the counterculture movement
Woodstock
program that sent volunteers to work for two years in developing countries
Peace Corps
Established that women and men holding the some job must receive the same pay
Equal Pay Act
Tactic used by early civil rights activists to fight for equal rights
Nonviolent resistance
resulted in the “hot line” removal of missile bases in Cuba and the limited nuclear test ban treaty
Cuban missile crisis
requires protesters to never resort to violence
nonviolent resistance
reflected the social changes of the time
Music of 1960’s
the most recognizable symbol of the cold war?
Berlin Wall
first president of South Vietnam
Ngo Dinh Diem
The process of relocating the inhabitants of and destroying South Vietnamese villages was called
Pacification
transportation and communications system used to move weapons and supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, passed through Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
were conducted by US forces to flush Vietcong from hiding places
Search and destroy
if one country became communist all the rest would
Domino Theory
lowered voting age from 21 to 18
26th Amendment
believe all war is wrong, Vietnam was not important to the US, US involvement in Vietnam was against the wishes of most Vietnamese
Doves
site of one of the worst cases of US killing civilians during Vietnam
Mai Lai
as designed to limit the power of the President
War powers Act
this was supposed to result in gradual withdrawal of US troops, peace with honor, stable South Vietnam
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