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American History

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Emergence on the World Stage 1912-1920
Workers during ww1,
Women during ww1,
Agriculture during ww1
35  cards
Woodrow Wilson 1912-1921
Bankind reform the federal reserv...,
Anti trust measures federal trade...,
Clayton anti trust act
18  cards
New Deals 1933-1945
Agriculture overproduction agricu...,
Success in agriculture agricultur...,
Why was agriculture recovery impo...
15  cards
Situation by 1933 and why did Hoover failed
Economy by 1933 market confidence,
Depression by 1933 the nature of it,
Foreign policy by 1933
9  cards
Foreign Policy - Europe 1919-1932
Washington disarmament conference...,
The kellogg briand pack 1928,
Implications of the kellogg brian...
9  cards
Reason for economic boom 1919-1932
1 new business methods,
2 protectionism,
3 laissez faire
13  cards
The Wall Street Crash and its effects
Reasons for the crash the banking...,
Why was the banking system a reas...,
Reasons for the crash over specul...
6  cards
Problems in the economy 1920-1930
Falling demand for consumer goods,
Why was there a falling demand fo...,
The instability of get rich quick...
6  cards
The Good Neighbour Policy and Neutrality Acts 1933-1941
The good neighbour policy 1933,
Examples of the good neighbour po...,
Examples of the good neighbour po...
8  cards
The US response to the European War 1939-1941 and Japan
Expressing strong support for the...,
Lend lease 1941,
Atlantic charter 1941
6  cards
The impact of the Second World War on the USA
Economic recovery war production,
Economic recovery in comparison w...,
Economic recovery agriculture
30  cards
Foreign and Imperial policies 1890-1912
Reason for us involvement in the ...,
Result of the spanish american wa...,
Motives for imperialism need for ...
12  cards
Foreign and imperial policy 1901-1912
Relations with japan overall,
China,
Cuba the platt amendment 1903
17  cards
Economic growth 1870-1890
Economic situation by 1880s,
What were robber barons,
Vanderbilt and the railroads
8  cards
The presidents of the Gilded Age 1877-1890
Hayes 1877 1881 civil service reform,
Hayes 1877 1881 the railroad stri...,
Garfield 1881
12  cards
The Westward expansion 1860s to 1870s
Reason for westward expansion in ...,
Westward expansion before the civ...,
What is the manifest destiny
9  cards
Foreign policy 1865-1877 (The Reconstruction Era)
The monroe doctrine 1823 stated that,
Reasons for isolationism in the 1...,
Example when the us intervened du...
9  cards
The achievements of the New Deal 1933-1941
Economic effects of the new deal ...,
Deficit reduction because of the ...,
The new deal 1933 the national to...
8  cards
Foreign Policy under Eisenhower 1950-1960
Warsaw pact 1955,
Implication of the suez crisis in...,
The eisenhower doctrine 1957 cong...
18  cards
The arms race in 1945-1960
The development of the military i...,
Why did the us become involved in...,
Post war military spending 1945 1960
13  cards
The development of the Cold War 1945-1951
Trumans attitude towards stalin,
Example of soviet influence poland,
Example of soviet influence romania
16  cards
Prosperity in the years after the Second World War
Example to illustrate the post wa...,
Economic expansion employment,
Not all areas of the usa were equ...
10  cards
McCarthyism and the Red Scare in the 1940s
The house committee on un america...,
Mccarthyism 1950 his power,
The development of the red scare ...
5  cards
Truman and Eisenhower in the 1940s and 1950s
Trumans full employment bill 1945,
What was the context of labour re...,
Trumans attitude in labour relations
22  cards
Growth of suburbs in the 1940s and 1950s
House construction away from urba...,
Home ownership in the 1940s and 1...,
Name 2 negatives of the growth of...
7  cards
The consumer society in the 1940s and 1950s
Wages in the 1950s,
What did high wages in the 1950s ...,
Consumer boom advertising industry
4  cards
The civil rights for African Americans in the 1940s and 1950s
Progress in education in the late...,
How did education failed for afri...,
Montgomery bus boycott 1955
15  cards
Kennedy and the New Frontier 1960-1963
Why did kennedy win the 1960 elec...,
New frontier changes to new centr...,
New frontier civil rights example
9  cards
Johnson and the Great Society 1963-1968
Economic reform the office of eco...,
Social reform the elementary and ...,
Opposition to the great society
8  cards
The conflict in Vietnam 1954-1964
The tet offensive 1968 what happened,
The significance of the tet offen...,
Television and the vietnam war in...
15  cards
The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Why was the bay of pigs invasion ...,
Implication of the bay of pigs in...,
Result of the crisis public perce...
5  cards
The USA and China in the 1970s
4 events that deteriorated relati...,
Reasons for improved relations wi...,
Reasons for improved relations wi...
5  cards
China in 1945-1960
What did the us do in the chinese...,
Example of tension,
How did china interpreted the kor...
7  cards
The Berlin Wall 1961
What happened in 1961,
What was khrushchev motives,
Why was there tension after the c...
4  cards
Détente 1968 and SALT 1972-1975
What is detente,
Why did detente start globally,
Why did detente start domestically
6  cards
The role of Martin Luther King in 1960-1968
Progress in the early 1960s impli...,
Progress in the early 1960s examp...,
Supreme court ruling in december ...
18  cards
Malcolm X and Black Power in the later 1960s
What did the nation of islam aim ...,
What did malcolm x do 1952 1964,
Why was malcolm x successful 1952...
6  cards
The student movement in the 1960s and early 1970s
Reasons for student protest a gre...,
Reasons for student protest stude...,
Reasons for student protest vietn...
10  cards
The women's movement in the 1960s and early 1970s
Eleanor roosevelts report in 1963,
Betty friedans belief in 1963name...,
The national organization for wom...
9  cards
Settlement in the West 1877-1890
Railways in the 1890s,
Positive impacts of the railways,
Challenges for new settlers in th...
18  cards
The lives of African Americans 1877-1890
Overall problem in the 1870s,
Migration and work for aa impact ...,
Migration and work for aa facts
18  cards
Foreign and imperial policies in the 1870s and 1880s
Overall attitude in the 1870s and...,
Why was there a greater interest ...,
How inadequate was us navy during...
10  cards
The position of African American 1890-1912
The plessy v ferguson case in 189...,
The plessy v ferguson case in 189...,
Cumming v board of education in 1...
15  cards
The lives of Native Americans 1877-1890
How was the native american way o...,
What was involved in americanisation,
Achievements of the americanisati...
20  cards
The position of women after the Second World War 1945-1950
Progression after the second worl...,
Progression during the second wor...,
Stagnation after the second world...
10  cards
President Nixon and Watergate 1968-1974
Situation during nixon presidency...,
Domestic achievements,
Civil rights attitude and an exam...
15  cards
Reasons and impact of industrial growth in 1865-1877
Reason for industrial growth 1865...,
Reason for industrial growth 1865...,
Reason for industrial growth 1865...
20  cards
The impact of Native Americans in 1865-1877
Describe the lifestyle of native ...,
The importance of buffalos to nat...,
The impact of westward expansion ...
14  cards
Reasons for the emergence of the Populists in the 1890s (p.73)
Agricultural discontent,
Agricultural discontent tariffs o...,
When was the formation of the pop...
18  cards
The emergence of Progressivism in the 1890-1912
Name the two meaning of progressi...,
Why did progressivism emerge econ...,
Why did progressivism emerge econ...
14  cards
The rise of organised labour 1877-1890
The national railroad strike 1877...,
The national railroad strike 1877...,
The national railroad strike 1877...
14  cards
Immigration in 1877-1890
Reasons for immigration economic ...,
Reasons for immigration anti semi...,
Reasons for immigration name a pu...
17  cards
Intolerance in US society in the 1920s
Why were immigrants less welcome ...,
How did the first world war contr...,
What did americans blame immigran...
16  cards
The position of women in the 1920s
Context of the position of women ...,
Example of womens initial social ...,
The impact of the first world war...
23  cards
Theodore Roosevelt and Progressivism 1901-1908
Proceedings against big businesse...,
Why did roosevelt wanted to prose...,
What did the proceedings against ...
16  cards
Economic developments in the years 1890-1912
Facts to show the continued devel...,
Example of the continued developm...,
Facts to show the continued expan...
18  cards
Mass immigration in the years 1890-1912
Effects of mass immigration facts,
Effects of mass immigration general,
What did the immigrants do
10  cards
Opposition to the First New Deal 1933
The republican party,
The supreme court,
Example of opposition from the su...
4  cards
The achievements of the New Deal 1933-1941
Women and the new deal,
Example of women and the new deal,
The new deal working against wome...
14  cards
The US political and economic situation in 1865
Weaknesses of federal government
1  cards
Reconstruction under Lincoln and Johnson
What was reconstruction,
What did reconstruction included ...,
What problems did lincoln face in...
19  cards
Interpretations of Reconstruction
Political effects treatment to th...,
Economic effects overview,
Economic effects the progression ...
18  cards
Differences between the North and South 1861-1865
Southern statess stance on slavery,
Why was there tension between nor...,
The reason for southern supportiv...
12  cards
Slavery before the Civil War in 1865
Positive view on slavery,
Evidence draw for the positive vi...,
Facts of slave escaping for the p...
5  cards
Civil War 1861-1865
Causes slavery,
Causes the formation of the confe...,
Causes what did lincoln promise
8  cards
The Presidency of Taft 1909-1912
Anti trust policies,
Social poicies,
Fiscal policies
10  cards
Motives for imperialism in 1890-1914
Accidental emprie,
Progressive imperialism,
Example of progressive imperialism
8  cards
US foreign and imperial policy in the 1890
0  cards
The 'Gilded Age' 1877-1890
How did historians portray the gi...,
Politicians during the gilded age,
Criticism of the spoils system
15  cards
The domestic and foreign policies of Harding and Coolidge
Overview of harding and coolidge,
What was coolidge given credit fo...,
Why did harding achieve little
17  cards
The USA by 1975
The impact of watergate the posit...,
The impact of watergate disillusi...,
The impact of watergate lost conf...
21  cards

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