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Units
Units that I have learned this marking period -
Prohibition
-18th Amendment established Prohibition but the Volstead Act (October 28, 1919) clarified the law.
-18th Amendment: Made the consumption, production, transportation, import, export, and sale of alcohol illegal.
-Brought age of gangsters and organized crime.
-Speakeasies became a fashionable and common place.
-18th Amendment established Prohibition but the Volstead Act clarified the law -
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League of Nations
(note: years are correct but days may not be)
-Formed after WWI
-Promoted international peace and security
-Failed to prevent WWII
-Did not include US, but the UN did. -
Stock Market Crash
-Black Tuesday
-Repercussions: Factories closed, farms went bankrupt, unemployment up to 25% -
D-Day
-Flags of our Fathers: book written by James Bradly
-Iwo Jima: 6 men rose the flag
-Ira Hayes, Franklin Sousley, Jack Bradley, Harlon Block, Mike Strunk, Rene Gagon -
Korean War
-June 1950: Noth Korea captures South Korea's capital, Seoul
-Sept. 1950: UN forces hold Pusan perimeter
-Nov. 1950: China enters war to repel UN forces
-1951: Truman removes MacArthur from his position
-1952: Eisenhower elected into office -
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Dwight D. Eiesenhower
-"Ike"
-Created Domino Theory
-NATO
-Atoms for Peace 1953
-Brinkmanship
-Interstate Highway Act 1956 -
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The Cold War: Cuba
-Cuba was known as America's Playground
-Fidel Castro: Leader of Cuba
-Cuba allied with Soviet Union
-Cuban invasion force failed: Kennedy did not send Air support
-Bay of Pigs: Failed invasion of Cuba -
Space Race
-Soviet Union launced first manned space vehicle
-October 1957: Sputnik I
-Kennedy wrote to Khrushchev regarding race
-US and USSR cooperated -
Berlin Wall
-Separated East and West Berlin
-Dismantled November 9, 1984: crossing the border is permitted
-Closed border for 28 years
-Was successful at decreasing emigration -
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Jimmy Carter
-Demogratic President
-Established Department of Energy
-Pardoned Nixon
-Human Rights
-Gave Panama Calal back to Panama
-Camp David Accords -
"Evil Empire" Speech
-Given by Ronald Regan
-Regan Doctrine solved "Third Wave of Marxism"
-Strategic Defense Initiative speech on March 23, 1983
-Contra Scandal: money from US going to Swiss bank accounts
