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Units 10-13
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The 18th Amendment which prohibited the sale and consumption of Alcohol.
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Women get the right to vote, the 19th amendment recognized a citizen's right to vote regardless of gender/sex
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This is the first time majority of Americans lived in Urban areas
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Period of the artistic development of African American Artists.
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Led by Marcus Garvey the association advocated for the mass migration of African Americans to Africa.
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Plan to revive German Economy. US gives Germany money, who gives it to Britain and France, who then give money to US.
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Limits the number of migrants allowed into the US through a national origin quota
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court case where Evolution being taught in schools is debated
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The World's first solo nonstop Transatlantic Flight piloted by Charles Lindbergh. He flew from New York to Paris
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First movie with audio ever (A "Talkie"). It was about famous Jazz singer Al Jolson
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Signed by US, France, Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, and other countries. The pact renounced aggressive war and prohibited the use of war as national policy except in self defense.
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Major American Stock Market crashes in fall of this year
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On Valentine's Day, seven members and associates of George "bug" Moran's bootleg gang were lined up and executed in a garage on North Clark Street
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WWI Vets who want a early payment as a bonus pension for their service
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A voluntary public work relief that was open to unemployed, unmarried men from ages 18-25, later extended to include 17 year olds as well.
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Short-lived organization for to create jobs as a part of the New deal during the Great Depression
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The first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency
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FDR made it illegal for citizens to own most gold, they were forced to sell to the Government and accept paper currency, this stopped loaners ability to be paid in gold rather than the US dollar.
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Authorized the completion of a dam and the building of others. These dams could generate, then sell electricity to the public.
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Public works Administration budgeted several billions of dollars for the construction of public works and providing employment to improve public welfare.
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A conservation bill to protect primarily larger banks from being pulled under by the weakness of smaller banks. The US treasury had to inspect these banks before reopening
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US labor law that allowed the President to regulate fair wages and prices to stimulate the economy.
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A grant making agency that was allowed to distribute federal relief to states for Aid.
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FDR's second attempt at economic reform
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A two-tiered system of social insurance programs and well tested assistance.
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Jesse Owen wins gold for the 100m, 200m 4x100 relay, and the long Jump at the 1936 Olympics
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Series of laws passed by congress that prohibits the sale or loan of firearms to countries at war.
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The trade of US navy destroyers in return for land rights as FDR's way around the Neutrality act.
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The act gave FDR nearly unlimited ability to provide direct material aid to the Allies in WWII without violating the Neutrality act
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Imperial Japan does a surprise airstrike on Hawaiian Navy base. This pulls the US into WWII
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Biggest Carrier battle of WWII fought by Japan and America at Midway Island
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Supreme court case that upheld the exclusion of Japanese Americans from Westcoast military areas during WWIII
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The allied nations attempt to win back Nazi Germany Occupied France. Troops landed on Normandy Beach 4.414 allied soldiers died.
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Meeting of Allied Forces leaders. FDR, Churchill, and Stalin were all present
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Last meeting of America, England, and USSR. Stalin, Churchill, and New president Truman were present.
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Germany surrenders ending the war efforts in Europe
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Japanese Surrender end of WWII
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Churchill's speech that calls US and Britain guardians against Soviet Communism
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Establishment that US would provide aid to all democratic nations under external or internal authoritarian forces
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US policy that uses numerous strategies to stop the spread of Communism.
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US Aid program that focused on Western Europe after WWII
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization pledges to ally with each other if any of the allied nations are attacked. These nations were Britain, the US, Canada, France, and other western European countries
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Truman announces US support for South Korea in the North-South Korea war. This enters the US into the war on South Korea's side.
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Alger Hiss accused of being a soviet spy in the 30's. He would be convicted for lying under oath.
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Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of espionage. They passed atomic secrets during and after WWII
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Hundreds of Americans are accused of being communist, these Americans were subject to aggressive government investigations
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An alliance similar to NATO South East Asian countries agree that a soviet attack on one country is an attack against them all.
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The Theory that a political event in one country will cause similar events in neighboring countries like falling dominoes.
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Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat, this inspires MLK to lead a boycott of city buses.
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Famous American Singer. Known for "Jailhouse Rock"
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USSR surprises world by launching the first artificial orbital satellite
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USSR blockaded all routes in and out of west Germany, creating a series of yearlong airdrops of supplies to the stranded citizens
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American U-2 spy plane is shot down by the USSR
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The CIA funded and trained groups infiltrate Cuba with the intent to topple to Communist regime there
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The Nuclear threat from the USSR over missiles in Turkey by placing Missiles in Cuba. This was the Closest to Nuclear war America and the USSR ever got.
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The first black student admitted to the previously racial segregated University of Mississippi.
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Supreme Court case that upheld the 6th amendment right to an attorney and that the state must provide one if the defendant can not afford one.
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The act prohibits discrimination of race, sex, religion, or nationality in the work place.
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Authorized Lyndon B. Johnson to take any necessary action to protect America from Communist North Vietnam and brought America into the Vietnam war.
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Congress passed measures to provide Medicare, federal aid for education, more civil rights legislative
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Supreme Court Case that created the need for Miranda Rights. As without them everything a defendant says is inadmissible to the court system.
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The First African American Supreme court Justice
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A series of major attack in Vietnam that allowed North Vietnam to briefly hold several major cities
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One of the worst incidents of violence committed against Vietnamese civilians during the Vietnam war.
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Civil Rights Activist Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated at age 39
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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks between the USSR and the US. The first agreements to limit important armaments
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The largest anti-war protest was led in D.C. and many more across the nation.
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Ohio national guard shoots 13 unarmed protesters, killing 4 at Kent State Univeristy.
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President Nixon visits the People's republic of China in an important strategic and diplomatic overture
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Amid calls for Nixon to be impeached for the Watergate scandal, Nixon instead Resigns from office.
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South Vietnam falls to communist North Vietnam marking the end of the Vietnam war
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52 American Hostages taken from the American Embassy in Iran were finally released after two years
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A program to develop a sophisticated anti-ballistic missile system to protect the US from missile attacks from other nations
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Reagan went on national TV to admit to an arms deal with Iran but denied the allegation the trade was for hostages.
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Political changes and pressure in Eastern Europe as well as Civil unrest in Germany forced Eastern Germany to loosen regulations on travel to West Germany including the fall of the wall that separated Berlin.
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German Democratic Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany unify and form the reunited nation of Germany
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The Military operation to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia
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Many countries leave the USSR fueled by the Fall of Berlin Wall and Romanian Revolution