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1
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what type of market describes an upward trend in stocks

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bull market

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2
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what are you doing while buying and selling stocks

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playing the market

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3
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the day the stock market crashed

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black tuesday

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4
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official date of the stock market crash

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october 29, 1929

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5
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list one reason for the stock market crash

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margin buying

easy credit

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6
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where did people wait for soup and bread

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breadlines

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7
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who was the president when the stock market crashed

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hoover

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8
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president roosevelt closed all banks

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bank holiday

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9
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gives benefits to people over 65, unemployment for workers who lost their jobs, and payments to the disabled

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social security

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10
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leader of germany during WWII

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hitler

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11
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leader of japan during WWII

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hirohito

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12
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leader of russia during WWII

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stalin

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13
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what party did hitler belong to

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nazi party

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14
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what did you join if you were a young man in nazi germany

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hitler youth

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15
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hitlers secret police

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gestapo

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16
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hitlers attempt to kill europe’s jewish population

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holocaust

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17
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when did hitler test new weapons

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during the spanish civil war

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18
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luftwaffe bombed london, england

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battle of britain

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19
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hitlers plan to invade the soviet union

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operation barbarossa

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20
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what did japan attack which caused the americans to get involved in WWII

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pearl harbor

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21
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who was in charge of all concentration camps

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eichman

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22
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who was i. charge of entire holocaust

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himmler

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23
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name one concentration camp

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auschwitz

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24
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largest battle between russia and germany

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battle of stalingrad

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25
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the invasion of normandy france by allied nations

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dday

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26
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where was hitler when he committed suicide

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bunker in berlin

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27
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name the two cities we dropped atomic bombs on

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hiroshima and nagasaki

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28
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where were the nazi leaders found guilty

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nuremberg trials

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29
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nation formed in 1947

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israel

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30
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have veterans benefits

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GI bill

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31
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outlines truman’s policy on containment

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truman doctrine

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32
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gave europe 12 billion dollars

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marshall plan

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33
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what sent supplies to west berlin because of the berlin blockade

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berlin airlift

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34
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who did we prevent from overrunning south korea in order to stop the spread of communism

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north korea

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35
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accused many important americans of being communists

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joseph mccarthy

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36
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where did many middle class families move in order to get away from the cities

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suburbs

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37
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president for most of the 1950s

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dwight eisenhower

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38
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joseph stalins attempt to fix the industrial system of russia

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5 year plan

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39
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where stalin sent his enemies during stalin’s reign of terror

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gulags

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40
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wealthy farmers in russia

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kulaks

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41
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stalin started out 5-8 million ukrainians

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terror famine

42
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falls to communism when mao sedona takes power

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china

43
Q

we entered into this war when the north invaded the south

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korean war

44
Q

the korean war ends about where it started

A

along the 38th parallel

45
Q

in 1952 the US tests this successfully

A

hydrogen bomb

46
Q

name of the first satellite in space

A

sputnik

47
Q

leads a communist revolution in cuba in 1959

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fidel castro

48
Q

refused to give up her bus seat

A

rosa parks

49
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nine children who were the first african americans to attend central high school in little rock arkansas

A

little rock 9

50
Q

famous boxer who converted to islam and refused induction into vietnam

A

muhammad ali

51
Q

where did MLK give his “i have a dream” speech

A

lincoln memorial

52
Q

killed MLK

A

james earl ray

53
Q

makes it illegal to discriminate in employment and enforced school desegregation

A

civil rights act of 1964

54
Q

campaign to register african americans voters in the south

A

freedom summer

55
Q

brutally beaten and killed in mississippi. pictures of his open casket were printed in many newspapers

A

emmett till

56
Q

two of the largest riots in american history

A

detroit and watts (los anglers)

57
Q

failed attempt to overthrow the leader of cuba

A

bay if pigs

58
Q

nikita krushchev put this up in order to prevent east berlin citizens from fleeing to west berlin

A

berlin wall

59
Q

began when a U2 spy plane took photos of nuclear mussels located in cuba

A

cuban middle crisis

60
Q

claims that only one person was involved in the kennedy assassination

A

warren commission

61
Q

where was JFK when he was shot

A

dallas texas

62
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who was charged for the assassination of JFK

A

lee harvey oswald

63
Q

who was lee harvey gunned down by while being moved between prisons

A

jack ruby

64
Q

krushchev agree to remove the middles from cuba if we removed jupiter mussels from where

A

turkey

65
Q

what did lyndon b johnson declare war on during his first year in office

A

poverty

66
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johnson’s vision for america

A

great society

67
Q

johnson amended the social security act and added what

A

medicare and medicaid

68
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supreme court in the 1960s and is considered the most liberal in US history

A

warren court

69
Q

leader of north vietnam

A

ho chi minh

70
Q

secretary of state people blamed for starting the war

A

robert mcnamara

71
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takes office after kennedy dies

A

lyndon b johnson

72
Q

a massive bombing campaign against north vietnam

A

operation rolling thunder

73
Q

who soldiers fought most of the time in the south

A

vietcong

74
Q

senator of arizona

was once a vietnam POW for 5 1/2 years

A

john mccain

75
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once one country falls to communism, many will follow

A

domino theory

76
Q

resolution essentially gave lyndon B johnson war making powers

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gulf of tonkin

77
Q

a network of supply lines and dead ends hidden throughout the jungles of laos, cambodia and vietnam

A

ho chi minh trail

78
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occurred when north vietnamese and vietcong attacked during the vietnamese new year

A

tet offensive

79
Q

leaked to the press, suggesting the government misled the public about vietnam

A

pentagon papers

80
Q

peace with honor occurred after there was an agreement to cease fire by this president

A

richard nixon

81
Q

in the early 60s many great bands came over from great britain

A

british invasion

82
Q

one of the headliners of woodstock

A

jimi hendrix

83
Q

tried to change mainstream america by doing drug, listening to protest music, and ultimately creating an alternative lifestyle

A

hippies

84
Q

event that truly celebrated the counter culture movement

1969

A

woodstock

85
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where was the hippie movement believed to have originated

A

san francisco, california

86
Q

much of nixon’s support came from non shouters and non demonstrators

A

silent majority

87
Q

group of arab countries that controls the price of oil

A

OPEC

88
Q

set air quality standards and tough emissions guidelines

A

clean air act

89
Q

worst nuclear reactor spill in the US

A

three mile island

90
Q

nixon’s foreign policy advisor

A

henry kissinger

91
Q

who becomes president when nixon resigns

A

jimmy carter

92
Q

what does carter give to vietnam draft dodgers

A

unconditional pardon

93
Q

carter won a nobel peace price in 1978 by helping negotiate between egypt and israel

A

camp david accords

94
Q

SDI was the nickname

A

star wars

95
Q

october 1983

2000 US military personnel landed here and helped set up a new gov

A

grenada

96
Q

ha promise mikhail gorbachev have to russians giving more freedom

A

glasnost

97
Q

gorbachevs plan to restructure the soviet economy and government by increasing foreign trade and cutting military spending

A

perestroika

98
Q

took most of the blame and responsibility for the iran contra affair

A

colonel oliver north

99
Q

began because saddam hussein invaded kuwait

A

persian golf war

100
Q

the american operation in the persian golf war

A

operation desert storm

101
Q

what is timothy mcveigh known as

A

oklahoma city bomber

102
Q

clinton lies under oath about a relationship with a young intern

A

monica lewinsky

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