FINAL Flashcards
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John Burgoyne
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Revolutionary war
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Appomattox courthouse
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Civil war
3
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Barron Von Stuben
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Revolutionary war
4
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Erwin Rommel
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WW II
5
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Charles Cornwallis
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Revolutionary war
6
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Peninsular campaign
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Civil war
7
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Thomas Paine
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Revolutionary war
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Eddie rickenbacker
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WW I
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Arch duke Ferdinand
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WW I
10
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First battle of manassas
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WW I
11
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Douglas MacArthur
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W I
12
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treaty of Paris
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Revolutionary war
13
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John J. Pershing
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WW I
14
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Battle of the bulge
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WW II
15
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Dough boys
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WW I
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Hessians
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Revolutionary war
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Battle of Chattanooga
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WW I
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Espionage and sedation act
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WW I
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Siege of Vicksburg
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Civil war
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Fort Ticonderoga
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Revolutionary war
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Benito Mussolini
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WW II
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Horatio mussolini
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WW II
23
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Peninsular campaign
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Civil war
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Zimmerman telegraph
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WW I
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Anaconda plan
Civil war
26
John Adams
revolutionary war
27
Armistice
WW I
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Sons of Liberty
Revolutionary war
29
Copperheads
Civil war
30
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
WWII
31
Marquis de Lafayette
Revolutionary war
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Payment of reparation
WW I
33
Wilderness campaign
Civil war
34
Thomas Jefferson
Revolutionary war
35
Conscription
Civil war
36
Selective service acts
WW I
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Bernard Montgomery
WW II
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Ethan Allen
Revolutionary war
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Island hopping
WW II
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States rights
Civil war
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What were the democrats who were for peace, who sympathized with the south, and opposed Lincoln called?
copperheads
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what famous speech did Lincoln give to dedicate a war cemetery for one of the bloodiest battles of the war?
Gettysburg address
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what term means the draft or the compulsory enrollment of men into military service?
conscription
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why did the north attempt to capture the Mississippi river?
the Mississippi divided the confederacy in two
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which state was unconstitutionally admitted into the Union during the war?
west Virginia
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according to the textbook what was the central issue that started the war?
states rights
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what was one of the souths primary advantages at the outset of the war?
better commanders
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which battle was the first clear cut defeat of the army of north Virginia?
battle of Gettysburg
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What was the significance of the clash between the monitor and the Virginia?
age of wooden ships began to come to a close
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Which battle was the bloodiest day of the civil war?
the battle of Antietam
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What caused a major riot in new York in 1863?
conscription
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Where did the fighting occur in the east?
Virginia
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What was a slave state that did not secede was considered?
a border state
54
The capture of which city ensured Lincoln's reelection in 1864?
Atlanta
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The emancipation proclamation was a result of this battle?
the battle of antietam
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What event almost brought Britain in the war?
the trent affair
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During what daring campaign did Grant cut his army off from his supply bases to surprise his enemy?
battle of shiloh
58
What statement from the peninsula campaign is false?
the army of the Potomac kept advancing despite its losses
59
Describe the strategy behind General Winfield Scott's anaconda plan to win the war.
Scott wanted to blockade the southern ports. He also wanted to capture the Mississippi river so that the confederacy would be split in two and they couldn't transport goods and men.
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In which way did the war did benefit the northern home front?
The north didn't suffer the plague as bad as others did. Their food production grew after the war. They learned to rely on machinery and iron work.
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What severe depression hit America during grover Cleveland's second administration?
panic of 93
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What term means a court order forbidding an action?
injunction
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What philosophy advocates the collective or government ownership or regulation of the means of production?
socialism
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What was not a major cause of American industrial growth during the gilded age?
low tariff
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What issues dominated politics during the gilded age?
civil service reform, tariff revision, and regulation of trusts,
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What Midwest free silver party became prominent in the 1890s?
populist party
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Who developed the theory of natural selection?
Charles Darwin
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What was the main plank of the populist party platform?
free silver
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Why did John D. Rockfeller choose to invest in oil refining rather than one of the other segments of the industry?
refining was a safe investment
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What was the first major trust that became the inspiration for many others?
standard oil company
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the twin pillars of the new south were tobacco and what?
textiles
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What was the most significant communications achievement during the Gilded age?
telephone
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Why was it called the gilded age?
its glittery on the surface but corrupt underneath
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When did the American railway union defy an injunction by federal courts?
the Pullman strike
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What was the most significant goal of the grange during the 1870s?
state regulations of railroads
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Problems in what industry were the main cause for passage of the interstate commerce act?
railroads
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Why was the tariff of 1883 called the mongrel tariff?
numerous amendments made the tariff revisions ineffective
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What event discredited the knights of labor?
haymarket riot
79
Explain why americans feared the new immigration?
I am sure that during this time it could have been very scary the amount of people coming in. One of the reasons why they were afraid was because of disease. They feared sickness. They also didn't want their jobs to go away. Another reason is they didn't want other reason is they didn't want other religions to overpower puritanism.
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List three causes of American industrial growth after the Civil war.
During this time, a lot of people were coming in. With all the people coming in they had a bigger innovative spirit, meaning more ideas. With this, they had new sources of power. They also had more jobs and supplies.
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What invention enabled farmers to fence their land on the treeless plains?
barbed wire
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What was the last major effort by the Indians to retain their land?
the soux war
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What term is used for tracts of land set aside for Indians?
reservations
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What was the key to the culture of the plains Indians?
buffalo
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What Chinese rebellion against foreigners was stopped by an international military force that included U.S troops?
boxer rebellion
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What term means the extension of power by one people or country over another for the benefit of the controlling country?
imperialism
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What term means mission boards that are not supported by guaranteed funds from a denominations?
faith missions
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What was the subject of a century of dishonor?
the Indians plight
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What term was given to sensationalized news reporting that became popular in the united states late in the nineteenth century?
yellow journalism
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In which war did the united states fight over the independence of Cuba?
the Spanish-American war
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The first transcontinental railroad was built primarily by what two groups of immigrants?
the irish and Chinese
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What is the significance of promontory point, Utah?
it was the junction of the transcontinental railroad
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What was the American government's foreign policy during the last half of the 1800s?
defending the western hemisphere against European intervention, extending united states territory, and creating new trading opportunities
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Explain how the homesteaders adapted to the lack of rain and lack of trees on the great plains.
The great plains had lack of rain so they used a lot of irrigation. They also used windmills to pump water. They lived in clay brick and sod homes. One woman claimed that life is too short to live in sod homes. The dirt would get into the food. The point of it was because it kept them warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
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Explain why the Indian victory at little bighorn actually worked to the advantage of the U.S. army.
In the war, Armstrong Custer died and the Indians won. However, the Indians started to move away. After the Americans found out they sent more people over to the ground. The Indians weren't paying attention, so some Indians got killed off.
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the third president of the united states
Thomas Jefferson
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chief justice of the supreme court
john marshall
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explorer of the Louisiana territory
Meriwether lewis
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president who oversaw the war of 1812
james Madison
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American hero of the battle of horseshoe bend; the friend of the common man
Andrew Jackson
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author of the national anthem
francis scott key
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court decision that maintained that it is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is
Marbury vs. Madison
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landmark decision that protected congress's power to regulate interstate commerce
gibbons vs. ogden
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landmark court decision that denied states the power to interfere with the ability of congress to enact a national bank
mccullloch vs. maryland
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speaker of the house who formulated the Missouri compromise
hennery clay
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the little magician whose administration was marred by a depression
martin van buren
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he supported states rights and unexpectedly became president when the president died
john tyler
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a tax on imported goods
tariff
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national funding for roads, canals, harbors, and railroads
internal improvements
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replacement of government office holders with supporters of the new administration
spoils system
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designed to end the nullification crisis by reducing the tariff rates
compromise tariff of 1833
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forced removal of the civilized tribes form their homeland
trail of tears
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invented the cotton gin
eli whitney
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steamboat
Robert fulton
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erie canal
de witt Clinton
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Telegraph
Samuel morse
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abolitionist editor of the liberator
William Lloyd Garrison
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leader of the slave rebellion
Nat Turner
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eloquent former slave
Frederick douglas
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Former slave who made trips to the south to lead slaves to freedom
Harriet Tubman
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Public education reformer
Horace Mann
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Father of American Methodism
francis Asbury
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founder of the African Methodist episcopal church
Richard allen
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founder of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints
joseph smith
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founder of salt lake city, the Mormon capital
brigham young
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dark horse president
James K. Polk
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fought Texans and Americans
Santa ana
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slaughter of a small Texas outpost by the Mexican army
the Alamo
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Mexican cession of new Mexico and California
treaty of hidalgo
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first republican president
Abraham Lincoln
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president of the confederate states of America
Jefferson Davis
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belief that each territory can decide on the status of slavery within its borders
popular sovereignty
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California gold rush
fourty niner
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antislavery, probusiness
republican
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leaving the union
secession
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Which amendment separated the ballots for the president and vice president?
12th amendment
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What type of high tax on imported goods is designed to protect national manufacturers against foreign competition?
protective tariff
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What famous road did the government build from Baltimore westward?
national road
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What party long claimed to be that of the common man and is still in existence today?
democrats
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What was Jackson's close circle of informal advisers called?
the kitchen cabinet
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What can the government grant an inventor to protect his rights to an inventor?
patent
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What was the fastest type of sailing ship ever built?
clipper ship
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What term describes a Methodist minister who traveled on horseback to the small frontier settlements in his region?
a circuit rider
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What mission became the rallying cry during Texas's war for independence?
the Alamo
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What is the term for a candidate who is largely unknown by the general public?
dark horse
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Which federal arsenal was attacked in 1859 in hopes of sparking a slave revolt?
harpers ferry
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Where was the first shot of the war between the states fired?
fort Sumpter
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What was the name of the former slave who the supreme court denied was a citizen with rights?
dred scott
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Who was the southern spokesman for slavery in the territories?
John C. Calhun
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Explain the basic position promoted by Lincoln and Douglas in the famous debates.
Douglas was for popular sovereignty. Lincoln did not support slavery, but he didn't think it was immoral
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In what year did the united states enter the great war?
1917
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What term was popularly used to refer to American solders in world war 1?
dough boy
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On what exact date did the germans sign an armistice ending world war one?
11/11/18
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What name was given to the clause in the peace treaty making Germany responsible for the war?
war guild clause
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What unreasonable economic demand did briain and france inpose on Germany in the treaty of Versailles?
war reparations
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Which event sparked world war one?
murder of arch duke Ferdinand
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What was the purpose of Germany's Schlieffen plan?
to defeat france quickly then attack Russia
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Germany's invasion of which nation brought great Britain into world war one?
belgium
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What was the main provision of the espionage and sedition acts?
banning criticism of the war effort
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What famous phrase came from the schenk decision?
clear and present danger
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Who was the Mexican bandit leader who raided a new mexico border town?
pancho villa
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Why did the size of America's army increased tenfold in less that two years of war?
the draft
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Which plank from the fourteen points was included in the treaty of Versailles?
self determination
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What was probably the greatest factor in America's entrance into the war?
submarine warfare in the Atlantic
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Explain the term Hoovernizing.
Herbert Hoover became the leader for food supply. He worked on saving and producing food. The people came up with the slogan " food will win the war" along with "meatless Mondays" and "wheat less Wednesdays". They started creating gardens and also helping Europe.
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Explain the difference between the Irreconcilables and the reservationists over the treaty of Versailles.
The democrats naturally sided with their party leader (Willson). However, the republicans were split into two parties. The irreconcilables were against the treaty. The reservationalist wanted to ratify the treaty. Lodge sided with them. However, they feared war with Europe.
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What was the theme of Harding's campaign?
return to normalcy
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What occupational group experienced had times during the 1920's?
farmers
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Which county was offended by the Washington navel conference because it was not recognized as a power equal with the united states?
Japan
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If a new laptop is advertised for payments of $15 a month what type of credit agreement is the computer company offering?
installment plans
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In what year did the stock market crash sparking the great depression?
1929
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What was the main theme of America's foreign policy?
isolationism
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What prevented European trade with the united states?
fordney mcumber tariff
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What happened to America's economy almost immediately following the great war?
it worsened
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Who was the teacher arrested for teaching evolution?
John T. Scopes
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What was the main point of disagreement in the fundamentalist modernist controversy?
doctrine
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What demand by America hindered Europe's recovery after world war one?
payment of allied war debts
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What major effect did the automobile have on American society in the 1920's?
gave a rise to the suburbs
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Who flew the first solo flight, nonstop across the Atlantic?
Charles A. Landenberg Jr.
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What scandal involved the secretary of the interior?
tea pot dome
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Which president's administration is most closely associated with the great depression?
Herbert hoover
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In 1920the most severe prejudice was against blacks and what other group of people?
immigrants
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Who was the Austrian psychologist who opposed self restraint?
Sigmund Freud
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The tree presidents during the 1920's were from what party?
republican
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Who was the king of Chicago's underworld?
Al Capone
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What was the time of near panic caused by wave of leftist bombings?
red scare
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What act empowered that president to supply nay allied nation on almost any terms he wished?
lend lease act
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What agreement between Churchill and Roosevelt listed their common principles and goals on the war effort?
atlantic charter
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In which section of northern France did the allied expeditionary force land in 1944?
Normandy
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At which winter battle did the Nazis counterattack against the allied invasion of Europe, almost stopping the advance into Germany?
battle of the bulge
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Which country did german solders invade beginning world war one?
Poland
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What type of warfare was the battle of Britain?
air combat
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What was the min provision of the neutrality act of 1939?
buy weapons from the U.S. with cash and carry it in their own ships
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Which American hero became a leading spokesman for isolationism?
Charles Lindenburg
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What were the provisions of Roosevelts four freedoms?
freedom of speech, worship, want, and fear
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Who was the commander of all American forces in the far east?
Douglas MacArthur
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Which event brought the united states into world war two?
pearl harbor
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Who was the American admiral commanding U.S. forces at the battle of midway?
Chester Nimitz
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Where did American forces first fight the Germans?
north Africa
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List three reasons why America stayed out world war 2 for so long?
Before the war, the great depression hit. The united states was still recovering from it. Also, they were in debt previously because other countries didn't pay us back. Finally, the united states was contributing to isolationism.
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Explain ways in which the Japanese attack on pearl harbor was a failure.
When the Japanese bombed pearl harbor they didn't realize that if they would have gone a bit farther they would have gotten our weapons. The point of pearl harbor was to keep the U.S. out of the war, but instead it woke a sleeping giant. We declared war on them as Germany declared war with us.
