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1
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state laws that restricted the rights of african americans were called?

A

black codes

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2
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what discoveries encouraged people to move west?

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gold and silver

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3
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at what point did the two lines of the transcontinental railroad meet?

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promontory, utah

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4
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what was the average life expectancy in 1900?

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47 years

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5
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who shot president lincoln?

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john wilkes booth

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what was the third party formed in the early 1890’s primarily by farmers who felt that they were overlooked by the republicans and the democrats?

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populist party (or people’s party)

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7
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electric power contributed to what revolution?

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the second industrial revolution

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8
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the black educator who accepted social segregation and discrimination?

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booker t washington

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9
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the black activist who favored taking action to obtain civil rights for african americans?

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w.e.b. dubois

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10
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what was the practice that justified racial segregation and was upheld by the plessy vs ferguson decision?

A

separate but equal

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11
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which country took most of the blame for ww1?

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germany

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12
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what are the 4 causes of ww1 (hint: MAIN)

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militarism, alliances, imperialism, nationalism

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13
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which president of the US came up with a plan called “the 14 points” in order to settle the issues of ww1?

A

woodrow wilson

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14
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what is social darwinism?

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a theory that human groups and races are subject to the same laws of natural selection as plants and animals

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15
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what is the eugenics movements?

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the scientifically erroneous and immoral theory of “racial improvement” and “planned breeding” to the perfect human beings and eliminate so-called social ills through genetics and heredity

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16
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in what year did women win the right to vote?

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1920

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17
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who was the president most associated with the panama canal project?

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theodore roosevelt

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18
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in 1934, what caused the great plains to be called the “dust bowl”?

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drought and over-plowed farmland

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19
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many people from the dust bowl moved to what state?

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california

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20
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what is the title of president franklin roosevelt’s program to end the great depression?

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the new deal

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21
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the stock market crashed in 1929 leading the US into what?

A

the great depression

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22
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the wright brothers first flew in what year?

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1903

23
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who installed the first assembly line cut production time from more than 12 hours to 1 1/2 hours?

A

henry ford

24
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by 1933, there are 28 states without a single what open?

A

bank

25
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who was the first african american to play major league baseball?

A

jackie robinson

26
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what was one way hitler and his regime brainwash the youth of germany?

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they targeted the youth as the “special audience” in their messages

27
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ww2 started with the invasion of what country?

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poland

28
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when did the attack on pearl harbor, hawaii happen?

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december 7, 1941

29
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what was the name for the allied invasion which took place in northern france at normandy?

A

d-day

30
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what was the manhattan project?

A

the name of the american project to develop the atomic bomb

31
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what 2 japanese cities were targets of the atomic bomb to end ww2 with japan?

A

hiroshima and nagasaki

32
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what did the allies find after invading germany?

A

concentration camps

33
Q

approximately, how many jews were murdered during the holocaust?

A

6 million (1 million were children)

34
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what happened to the japanese americans during ww2?

A

most of them were transferred to relocation camps and some served in war

35
Q

the best code talkers during world wars came from what american group?

A

various native american tribes

36
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the cold war took place between what 2 nations?

A

the US and the soviet union

37
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which country and its capital were divided between west and east after ww2?

A

germany

38
Q

the mutual defence organization of the US and european countries is called NATO and it stands for what?

A

north atlantic treaty organization

39
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the communist attempt to cut off supplies to west berlin but was defeated by what?

A

berlin airlift

40
Q

what event in november 1989 symbolized the fall of communism?

A

the berlin wall was torn down

41
Q

the generation born in the years following ww2 is called what?

A

baby boomers

42
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who took action at the montgomery bus boycott?

A

rosa parks

43
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what was the tactic by african americans to integrate lunch counters?

A

sit-ins

44
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what was president kennedy’s legislative program called?

A

the new frontier

45
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who shot president john f kennedy?

A

lee harvey oswald

46
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who was the civil rights leader that was assassinated in 1968?

A

mlkj (martin luther king jr)

47
Q

man landed on the moon in what year?

A

1969

48
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who is the first person to walk the moon?

A

neil armstrong

49
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what 2 programs that provided medical care came into being during president johnson’s term?

A

medicare and medicaid

50
Q

a deadly clash between college students and national guardsmen took place at what university?

A

kent state university

51
Q

what was the first war to be televised?

A

the vietnam war

52
Q

AIDS became a pandemic in the early 1980s, what does AIDS stand for?

A

acquired immune deficiency syndrome

53
Q

in 1986, what space shuttle failed and was destroyed on live television killing all onboard?

A

challenger

54
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how many flights were involved in the terrorist attack on 9/11 (september 11, 2001)

A

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