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What isolationism?

Policy where a nation’s interests are best served if the nation secludes itself from other

nations and avoids forming alliances with them

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What was the Montgomery Bus Boycott?

In December, 1955 the African American community in Montgomery, Alabama, begins boycotting the city's racially segregated bus

system after Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white man.

The boycott lasts more than a year to December 21, 1956 and is led by local

minister Martin Luther King, Jr. The action results in the desegregation of the city’s buses, makes King a national figure, and

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What was the Freedom Summer?

Freedom Summer was a campaign in the United States launched in June 1964 to

attempt to register to vote as many African American voters as possible in Mississippi, which up to that time had almost totally

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What was the CivilRights Act of 1964?

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark legislation in the United States that outlawed

segregation in the U.S. schools and public places.

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What was the Espionage Act of 1917?

made it a crime for a person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies.

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What is the Sedition Act of 1918?

The passing of this act forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane,

scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or

armed forces during war.

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What was the double standardfor women in the 1920’s?

Men could do just about anything, but women had mess freedom. They had

less sexual freedom as well as freedom in society.

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What is buying on margin ?

Buying on margin is borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock.

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What were the reactions toHoover’s policies duringthe Great Depression?

1. He was basically hated.2. Homeless set up "Hoovervilles" - tent cities.

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What made life so hard duringthe Great Depression?

1. Unemployment2. Homelessness3. Poverty4. Destruction of families5. Farm losses

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What were the causes of Great Depression?

•Overproduction •Laissez Faire policies that left the economy unregulated •Fraud •Over speculation on the stock market •Decline in foreign trade

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What was the unemployment rateduring the Great Depression?

Unemployment rose to 25-35%

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What was Black Tuesday?

October 29th 1929 – The stock market crashed

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What was the New Deal?

The New Deal was the title that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt gave to a

sequence of programs and promises he initiated between 1933 and 1938 with the goal of giving relief to the needy, reform of the financial system, and recovery of the economy of the United States during the

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What did the SocialSecurity Act do?

The Social Security Act for the first time established an economic “safety net” for all Americans, providing unemployment and

disability insurance and old-age pensions.

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What was the National Labor Relations Act?

A 1935 United States federal law that protects the rights of most workers in the private sector to organize labor unions, to

engage in collective bargaining, and to take part in strikes and other forms of concerted

activity in support of their demands.

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What was the Works Progress Administration?

The Works Progress Administration was the largest New Deal agency, employing millions of people and affecting most every locality,

especially rural and western mountain populations.

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What was the Lend-Lease Act?

It gave President Roosevelt virtually unlimited authority to direct material aid

such as ammunition, tanks, airplanes, trucks, and food to the war effort in Europe without

violating the nation's official position of neutrality.

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How did World War IIcome to an end?

World War II ended in Europe on May 8, 1945 with the unconditional surrender of all

German troops to the Russians, British, American, and French commanders. The war in Japan ended on September 2, 1945 when

the representative of the Japanese government signed the surrender document

on the battleship USS Missouri. RETURNRETURN

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What was the GI Bill?

It provided for college or vocational education for returning World War II veterans

as well as one year of unemployment compensation. It also provided loans for

returning veterans to buy homes and start businesses.

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