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This version of the KKK held a role in politics. It was more anti-"anyone who isn't white" than just anti-black.
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Prohibits the production, sale, and transport of alcoholic beverages
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Only 150,000 Europeans allowed; Mexicans exempt from quota; all immigrants from Asia are banned
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Argues the teaching of evolution v. creationism in public schools.
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Al Smith (D) : Carried the urban vote - he was the governor of NY, pro-alcohol (wet), and a Roman Catholic
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FDR beats President Herbert Hoover, denying him a chance at a second term (Hoover was seriously disliked).
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Created to eliminate competition and favor the workers by providing minimum wage, maximum hours, and allowing labor unions.
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Reforms and restores the economy instead of nationalizing it.
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Old-age pension financed equally by a tax on employers and employees.
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Created the National Labor Relations Board to preside over labor management relations. Allowed the organization of unions and made it mandatory for management to negotiate with unions on matters of wages, hours, and working conditions.
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Run by the government and had too much power.
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Bans U.S arms trade with any countries at war.
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FDR focused on attacking the rich and promising reforms.
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U.S cannot give loans to any countries at war.
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Why did Japan leave? Watch this
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Previous provisions made permanent and the cash and carry policy was started.
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Come to the U.S with physical cash and take the purchases home yourself.
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Granted unskilled and non-unionized workers maximum working hours and minimum wage.
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Annexed in a bloodless coup since Austria was Hitler's #1 fan
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Japan demands free hand in China and normal trade relations, while the U.S demands that Japan leave China alone.
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Russians defeat Germans and advance into eastern Europe.
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The allies take back France after a battle in Normandy, France.
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Allows the Soviets to control elections in eastern Europe.
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Having two bombs dropped on you within the span of three days will make you do that.
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Proposes whether or not atomic weapons should be turned over to the UN
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Proposed by George Marshall, secretary of state, to aid European countries with rebuilding after the war
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Devotes a large defense budget to focusing on air power
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Congress was reluctant about adopting the plan but did anywa
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Russia blocks all rail and highway traffic to and from Berlin - Truman ordered airlifts of food, fuel, and supplies to the city.
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Result of the Berlin blockade, airdrop of supplies into Soviet Berlin. It's the first real confrontation in the cold war.
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Triggers the U.S development of their own hydrogen bomb.
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Led by Mao Tse-tung, heighening tension about the threat of communism
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Makes a list of suspected communists in the state department - the numbers always change and many innocent people had their lives ruined when they were accused.
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Makes the segregation of schools unconstitutional Angry father argues against the segregation of schools because his young daughter had to walk a mile to school when a whites-only school would be much more convenient.
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Peaceful protest led by Martin Luther King Jr. afer Rosa Parks was arrested for not giving up her seat on a bus. Led to the decline of African-Americans riding the buses, they would walk, bike, or carpool.
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Formed by MLK, focused on organizing peaceful protests for the civil rights movement.
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First launched animals then the first cosmonaut; led to the funding of technology programs in U.S schools
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The governor of Alabama had the national guard in to keep the Little Rock 9 from entering but Eisenhower was having none of that.
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Went up against Richard Nixon. It was the first election to include a publicly televised debate.
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Atemped invasion of Cuba by the CIA to contain communism - did not end well.
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Soviets claim its to keep spies from coming in, but in reality they don't want the East Berliners to escape to a better world.
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Discovered by U-2 missiles.
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Mississippi literally blocked an African-American student from entering when they were enrolled into the university.
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Given prior approval by Kennedy; resulted in further destabalization in South Vietnam.
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Declares war on poverty
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Johnson given authority to do whatever the heck he wants in Vietnam to fight the northern communists
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Focuses on women's liberation and equality.
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All forms of segregation (public and private) made illegal; established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; also applied to women
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N. Vietnam attacks S. capital on the Vietnamese holiday Tet - led to the conclusion that the war could not be won.
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