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end of WWI-Present
Stack #60603
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| AIM | American Indain Movement- protest in Alcatraz to make a point- Indian Self-Determination and Educational Assistance Act |
| Russell Means | -opposed Wilson (leader of Ogalalas)first leader of AIM: lead takeover of Rushmore and Wounded Knee |
| Dennis Banks | n: he cofounded the American Indian Movement in 1968, went to Alcatraz for it, was also part of the movement on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation |
| Second Wounded Knee | violent protest when occupied by AIM and two Indians killed |
| A Phillip Randolph | head of The Brotherhood of sleeping car porters who threatened a massive "Negro March on Washington" in 1941 to demand equal opportunity for blacks in war jobs and in the armed forces; Roosevelt forbidded discrimination in defense; FEPC established |
| Japanese internment- | American born Japanese were fears as possible saboteurs for the Japan. they were put in concentration camps aka internment camps which were extremely brutal. |
| Truman's A-Bomb decision | At the Potsdam Conference held near Berlin in July 1945 Truman met with Stalin and British leaders which issued a stern ultimatum to Japan which stated Japan had to surrender or be destroyed. The A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima Aug. 6 1945 |
| American opinion on entering WWII | was "Get Japan First" to avenge bloody treachery. |
| War Production Board | regulate the production and allocation of materials and fuel during World War II in the United States. It rationed such things as gasoline, heating oil, metals, rubber, and plastics |
| Marshall Plan- | this plan called for spending 12.5 billion dollars over a 4 year period along with 16 cooperating countries. |
| Jack Roosevelt “Jackie” Robinson | cracked the racial barrier in major league baseball when the Brooklyn Dodgers signed him in 1947. |
| Levittown- | An unincorporated community of southeast New York *cookie cutter? |
| NATO- | North Atlantic Treaty Organization- European pact |
| Tonkin Gulf Resolution | allowed the US to send troops in to Southeast Asia to defend itself against attack after the Tonkin Gulf Attack |
| Malcolm X | Black Muslim, militant black leader in the United States |
| Tet Offensive- | series of crucial battles, in which the US and South Vietnam retook all of the captured cities from North Vietnamese soldiers after North Vietnam had all out attacked South Vietnam. Caused unrest in the states back at home. |
| Ralph Nader- | green party; split the democratic party in 2000, wrote Unsafe at Any Speed**(practices of automobile industry, unsafe cars) on test! |
| Kent State- | college where anti- war demonstrations were held, army called to break it up, 2 kid killed. |
| Judge John Joseph Sirica | rose to national prominence during the Watergate scandal when he demanded that President Richard Nixon turn over his recordings of White House conversations. Sirica's involvement in the scandal began when he presided over the trial of the Watergate burgla |
| Saturday Night Massacre | Bork agreed to follow Nixon's order removing Cox from his position. The affair became known as the Saturday Night Massacre.As a result of what Congress saw as a gross abuse of power, several bills of impeachment were introduced. As result: Indepen.Councel |
| Johnson’s Vietnam Policy | cause him not to run again, air bombs, war would not end at a loss during his presidency, took over presidency and left little money for his Great Society. |
| Richard Nixon | end Vietnam war, Watergate, resign, recognize China as country ( check to make sure it was China) |
| Conservative view on Vietnam loss | Disapproval, because they disapproved of America's involvement from the beginning (for the most part). Felt like it was all for nothing; served no purpose. |
| Watergate (Nixon's role?) | Headed/ordered the entire thing. Had Democratic HQ bugged and even bugged people working for him...you know the deal... |
| Warren Court | Held a number of important cases, such as Brown vs. Board of Education, which helped along the Civil Rights Movement. |
| Warren court rulings mostly involved? | Civil Rights. |
| Silent Spring | Rachel Carson's book. Denounced the use of pesticides and DDT, eventually leading to DDT becoming illegal, though traces still remain today. |
| United Farm Workers | United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC). Headed by Cesar Chavez, improved working conditions for "stoop laborers" who followed cycle of planting and harvesting across western US. |
| Ceasar Chavez | Leader of United Farm Workers; worked to get rights for migrant farm workers |
| Alcatraz occupation- | AIM and Means occupy Alcatraz Island in order to draw attention to the Indians being denied their rights. |
| Eisenhower’s 1961 speech (greatest danger) | He described the Cold War and warned about what he saw as unjustified gov. spending proposals and contd w/ a warning that "we must guard against the aquisition of unwarranted influence". |
| Kennedy’s New Frontier | We stand at the edge of a New Frontier – the frontier of unfulfilled hopes and dreams. It will deal with unsolved problems of peace and war, unconquered pockets of ignorance and prejudice, unanswered questions of poverty and surplus.” – Kennedy |
| The Peace Corps | The Peace Corps works in over 70 countries around the world. Peace Corps Volunteers work with governments, schools, entrepreneurs, education, health, HIV/AIDS, business, information technology, agriculture, and the environment. |
| Bay of Pigs- | Fialed invasion of Cuba sponserd by Kennedy; CIA involved; Purpose was to overthrow Castero. |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | A major confrontation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba, John F. Kennedy placed a naval blockade around the island, and for several days the U.S. and the Soviet Union hovered on the brink of war. |
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