<p>Also Powderly was very much against striking, and the Haymarket riot was responsible for the knights' downfall.</p>
<p>"what trial signified that the power moved from wall street to DC in the beginning of the 20th century?"
Northern Security Co. v. US
first official trustbusting</p>
<p>13th-banned slavery
14th-all ppl. born in the US are citizens, and all states shall have fair representation
15th-the right to vote
16th-congress can collect taxes
17th-each state gets 2 senators, each with one vote
18th-ban on liquor</p>
<p>...I had to look the amendments up because I would never have known them otherwise :)</p>
<p>Q: what were political machines?</p>
<p>Well, look at it this way--you're reviewing. I mean, it's not only helping you, but the people who utilize the room.</p>
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<p>Who established the Great Society? What was the organization's main components?</p>
<p>Great Society is Johnson.</p>
<p>Finanical aid for the poor, civil rights stuff, I'm not too sure on the specifics...</p>
<p>Political machines: Tammany Hall, which sought political success through corruption.</p>
<p>Great Society was of course Lyndon B. Johnson. The focal points of the system encompassed Medicare and Medicaid.</p>
<p>guys i just want the 1000th post lol.</p>
<p>What was the decision in the case of Korematsu vs. the US, involivng the interment of Japanese Americans during WWII?</p>
<p>Political machines -- urban politics, provided services for immigrants/poor of the cities in exchange for votes, overall corrupt control of city politics</p>
<p>Great Society -- Johnson. Domestic reform and programs, expansion of New Deal programs (Well, I think so, Johnson was Democratic) and included welfare type programs. Medicare, Medicaid.</p>
<p>they could do it, that under times of war it rights could be taken away and that it was justfiied</p>
<p>"What was the decision in the case of Korematsu vs. the US, involivng the interment of Japanese Americans during WWII?"</p>
<p>I don't remember the details, but it basically upheld the United States' right to hold Japanese-Americans in concentration camps.</p>
<p>it was constitutional to have put japanese in internment camps. I'm not really sure but because of national security. Kind of like how they justified the espionage act in Scheneck v. US</p>
<p>Korematsu vs. U.S. upheld the constitutionality of internment of Japenese Americans because it was during war.</p>
<p>Also, speaking of civil rights during WWII, what was the "Double V" campaign and who supported it?</p>
<p>"Also, speaking of civil rights during WWII, what was the "Double V" campaign and who supported it?"</p>
<p>"V"ictory over Europe (European dictators, that is) and racial discrimination, and African-American soldiers, or maybe just most African-Americans in general, during WWII supported it.</p>
<p>Other WWII terms...latch-key children/eight-hour orphans...what were they?</p>
<p>victory over fascism and victory for equality at home.</p>