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This term means a fear of immigrants and belief in the superiority of U.S. born Americans
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Nativism
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This new Deal reform agency protected against bank failures
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FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
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This federal program was designed to bring Mexicans to work farms in the Southwest
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Bracero program
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Part of Truman’s “Fair Deal” platform dealt with what minority issue
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Segregation or discrimination
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Name of LBJ’s program that created Medicare, Medicaid, Head Start and other welfare programs to help the poor
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The Great Society
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The crash of the stock market was caused by speculation and ____________.
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Buying on Margin
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Reason the Hawley-Smoot tariff is so historically important
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Highest tariff rates in U.S. history – slowed trade nearly to a halt
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FDR created many agencies to convert the economy to wartime. This process is called ______________.
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Mobilization
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This new technology helped create a national culture, especially through advertising.
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Television
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This government agency was created to help with pollution and waste issues.
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EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
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Name one of the entertainment mediums that helped create a national culture
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Radio or Movies
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Geographic disaster that contributed to the misery of the Depression in the Great Plains
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Dust Bowl
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As in WW1, these provided a source of food for many households.
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Victory Gardens
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Because of the Space Race and Arms race, these two subjects got more emphasis in schools
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Math and Science
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The term rock-n- roll originated in this city
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Cleveland, Ohio
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Civil rights organization that used legal action to achieve its goals
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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Unemployment for African Americans reached this % during the Depression
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67%
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What did the 2 “V”s in Double V Campaign stand for?
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Victory against Nazis in Europe and victory against discrimination and racism at home
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Martin Luther King, Jr. and the SCLC believed in this technique for achieving civil rights
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Passive resistance, non- violent civil disobedience
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Law that prohibited discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting and public accomodations
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Amendment that gave women the right to vote
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19 th amendment
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Why were married women fired during the depression?
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To make more jobs for men
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Industry where most women worked during WW2
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Defense industries
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Reason for feelings of discontent by women during the years after WW2
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Forced out of jobs and encouraged to return to homemaking
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Organization created by middle class white women to push for equal rights
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NOW (National Organization for Women)
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