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1
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18th amendment

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Made alcohol illegal

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20th amendment

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Shorten the time period between election and inauguration

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3
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21st amendment

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Repealed Prohibition

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22nd amendment

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Set a limit on the number of terms a person is eligible for election for presidency

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Yellow journalism

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a style of writing which exaggerates the news to enrage readers

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Three main reasons for imperialism

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Military strength, Newmarket, and believe in cultural superiority

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Banana republic

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A small country that is economically dependent on a single export commodity

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Foraker act

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Establish a civil government in Puerto Rico and appointed a governor

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9
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Results of the US trying to capture Pancho Villa

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John J. Pershing was ordered to capture via the Mexican army five back in the Americans pulled out in 1917

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Importance of the plat amendment

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The US could intervene when necessary, Cuba wouldn’t accumulate wealth, and the US could buy land for naval stations

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Result of the Spanish-American war

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Acquired the Philippines, Guam, vanilla, and Puerto Rico became a US territory
-Spain gave Cuba it’s independence

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Who controlled the Philippines and Cuba before the US intervene

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Spain

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Who is Alfred T. Mahan

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  • And admiral of the U.S. Navy and believe the country’s power came from its control of the seas
  • Made the worlds third strongest navy
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Who was Porfirio Diaz

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The president of Mexico he was unpopular in overthrown in 1911

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Who were the Roughriders and what role did they play

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There are volunteer cavalry units in the spam war organize by teddy Roosevelt

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How long did the panama canal take to build and how much did it cost

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  • 10 years
  • 56,000 workers died
  • $380 million
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Anarchist

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People who opposed all forms of government

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Collectives

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Large farms run by hundreds of families

19
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Appeasement

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Giving a politically to avoid a fight or conflict

20
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Who were famous African-Americans why are they important

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  • Langston Hughes, a poet who described harsh lives
  • Louis Armstrong, a trumpeter who helped bring jazz mainstream
  • Bessie Smith, blues singer
21
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When was black Tuesday

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Tuesday 29th 1929

22
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What was who is approach to trying to fix the great depression

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That the economy Would fix it self

23
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What was the Tennessee Valley Authority

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There appear dams in both new ones this provided jobs

24
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What was the civilian conservation corpse

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It was men ages 18 through 25 to work on public projects that lives on work camps, paid $30 a month, 25 were sent home

25
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What’s the importance of the FDIC

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Insurance people’s money up to $250,000

26
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Who is Francis Perkins

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First female cabinet member and was appointed secretary of labor

27
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What was Roosevelts “Black Cabinet”

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And organization of top African-American to advise FDR on racial issues

28
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What famous movies were released during the great depression

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  • Wizard of Oz
  • Gone with the wind
  • Mr. Smith goes to Washington
29
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What were the neutrality act of 1935

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Outlawed loans to nations at war outlawed sales and loans to nations with a Civil War

30
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What happened at the Munich conference

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Hitler promised that Studenland was all the territory he wanted an appeasement was granted

31
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What happened at Dunkirk

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British and Ella troops were evacuated from the French seaport

32
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What were the Nuremberg laws of 1935

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Excluded German Jews from citizenship and prohibited marrying pure German’s

33
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What is Kristallnact

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This was known as the night of broken glass German troops trashed Jewish businesses, stores, and synagogues

34
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How was Hideki Tojo

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Commander of the Japanese army he invaded China in July 1937

35
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Who was Showa Hirohito

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Emperor of Japan and ignored peace talks with US

36
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When was the attack on Pearl Harbor

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December 7, 1941

37
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What happened on D day

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Three divisions of paratroopers dropped behind German lines on the beaches of Normandy France 1 million ground troops stormed the beaches

38
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Who is the director of the Manhattan project

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Jay. Robert Openheimer

39
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What was Truman strategy for the war in the Pacific

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Wants immediate defeat of Japan

40
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What was the importance of the Enola Gay

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This was the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

41
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How many died as a result of the atomic bombs

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200,000 people

42
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what were the reasons US had for dropping the bombs on Japan

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And the War quickly to save American lives, to demonstrate strength and immediate defeat of the Soviet union, and to force Japan to surrender

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