History 2301 Exam 2- Cunningham TTU
2023
The "new negro" - ANS-political awareness, sense that there is racial pride
Harlem Renaissance - ANS-cultural
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Emergency Quota Act of 1921 - ANS-early immigration law, foreigners immigration were
primarily from eastern europe and didn't speak english, creates quota system limiting
number of people immigrating- 3% cap on 1910 census
Johnson-Reed Act of 1924 - ANS-early immigration law, replaced 1921 law, 2% cap on
1890 census
Margin Buying - ANS-borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock
The Great Crash - ANS-stock market crash on Black Thursday, market closes down,
lost billions of dollars
"Bonus Army" - ANS-veterans that fought in WWI received a bonus paycheck, these
veterans march on capitol hill because they want their checks immediately
Neutrality Acts - ANS-laws passed in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 to limit U.S.
involvement in future wars.
Lend-Lease Act - ANS-he principal means for providing U.S. military aid to foreign
nations during World War II.
Pantex - ANS-nations assembly and disassembly nuclear weapon storage in amarillo
Manhattan Project - ANS-was a research and development undertaking during World
War II that produced the first nuclear weapons.
Bracero Project - ANS-series of laws and diplomatic agreements, initiated on August 4,
1942, when the United States signed the Mexican Farm Labor Agreement with Mexico.
Executive Order 9066 - ANS-initiating a controversial World War II policy with lasting
consequences for Japanese Americans. The document ordered the removal of resident
enemy aliens from parts of the West vaguely identified as military areas.
Blitzkrieg - ANS-"lightning war"
Operation torch - ANS-invasion of North Africa in 1942
Operation Overlord - ANS-invasion of Normandy, associated with D-Day
Battle of the Bulge - ANS-the last major German offensive campaign on the Western
Front during World War II.
The "Long Telegram" - ANS-written by George Kennan, comes up with the policy of
containment, argues that USS/Stalin does not believe coexistence is possible, believes
war is inevitable, is committed to strengthening its military, is the "underground
operating directorate of world communism"
Truman Doctrine - ANS-President Harry S. Truman established that the United States
would provide political, military and economic assistance to all democratic nations under
threat from external or internal authoritarian forces.
Marshall Plan - ANS-American initiative passed in 1948 to aid Western Europe, in which
the United States gave over $12 billion (nearly $100 billion in 2016 US dollars) in
economic assistance to help rebuild Western European economies after the end of
World War II.
National Security Act of 1947 - ANS-a major restructuring of the United States
government's military and intelligence agencies following World War II.
NATO - ANS-prevent soviet aggression in Western Europe, "... an armed attack against
one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against
them all."
Warsaw Pact - ANS-The Soviet Union formed this alliance as a counterbalance to the
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) , a collective security alliance concluded
between the United States, Canada and Western European nations in 1949.
Executive Order 9835 - ANS-established the first general loyalty program in the United
States, designed to root out communist influence in the U.S. federal government.
HUAC - ANS-House Committee on Un-American Activities, investigate alleged
disloyalty and subversive activities on the part of private citizens, public employees, and
those organizations suspected of having Communist ties.
Alger Hiss - ANS-American government official who was accused of being a Soviet spy
in 1948 and convicted of perjury in connection with this charge in 1950.
Joseph McCarthy - ANS-Becomes "authority" on communist indication, McCarthy
proclaimed that he was aware of 205 card-carrying members of the Communist Party
who worked for the United States Department of State.
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