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True/False. The mysterious sinking of the U.S.S. Thomas fueled the movement for war with Spain.

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False

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True/False. The anarchists apposed all forms of government.

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True

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True/False. The panic surrounding the threat of communism in the early 1920s is called the big scare.

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False

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True/False. A dollar down and a dollar forever represents the form of credit called the installment plan.

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True

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True/False. The double standard of the 1920s was based on the fact that women were judged by stricter standards than men were.

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True

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True/False. Fundamentalists in the 1920s supported a literal interpretation of the 1920s.

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False

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True/False. Largest population increase during the 1920s occurred in America’s suburbs.

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False

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True/False. William Jennings Bryan defeated John Scopes in the scopes trial in 1925.

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False

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True/False. Black Tuesday was the day that president hoover forced the bonus army to disband.

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False

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True/False. American industries first began to show signs of economic trouble around 1928.

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False.

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True/False. During the fresh end charities tried to help the urban poor by opening soup kitchens.

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True

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True/False. The stock market crash of 1929 was fueled by price supports unwise investments that people hoped to make them rich overnight.

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False

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True/False. George Patton lead the U.S. Third army to free Paris from German occupation.

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True

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True/False. The battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war.

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True

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True/False. At the yalta conference, Roosevelt, Churchill,and Stalin met to begin the planning of the post world war.

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True

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True/False. Atomic bombs were dropped on the Chinese cities: Nagasaki and Tokyo.

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False

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True/False. The selective service system provided for education and lone guarantees for veterans.

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False

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Whose assassination sparked World War I?

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Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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In 1914 the alliance considered of France, Britain, and Russia were called?

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The allies

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The alliance considered of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire were called?

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The central powers

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The long term cause of World War I involved the development of armed forces and there use as a tool of diplomacy.

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Militarism

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Closely linked with industrialization, this long term cause of World War I involved a conquest (contest) for colonies.

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Imperialism

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In the battle of the sum, this resulted in the exchange of 7 miles of territory at the cost of 1.2 million casualties.

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Trench Warfare

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The leaders who made concessions to hitler in hopes of ending German aggression early on from England.

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Nevill Chamberlain

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Who was the leader of the Fascist government in Italy?

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Benito Mussolini

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Country that was split between Germany and the soviet union near the beginning of the war and is where hitler struck first.

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Poland

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Leader who disapproved of the policy of appeasement.

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Sir Winston Churchill

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Leader whose totalitarian regime was based on a communist philosophy.

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Stalin

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List 3 reasons why you would pick which of these 3 battles were the most important in World War II: The battle of the atlantic, the battle of midway, and the battle of Stalingrad.

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List 3 reasons why you would think Roosevelt was able to gain the confidence of American people to deal with the great depression.

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What did not stimulate U.S. imperialism?

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The need for a new source of cheap labor

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Which countries residents became citizens of the U.S. in 1917?

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Puerto Rico

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Who told artist Frederick Remington, you finish the picture and i’ll finish the war?

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William Hurst

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Where did the big 3 of World War II meet to determine the fate of defeated Germany?

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Yalta

35
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What did the United States insist that Cuba include in their constitution?

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The platt amendment

36
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What helped Roosevelt build his foreign policy?

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The monroe doctrine

37
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What was not a cause of World War I?

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American Isolationism

38
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What caused widespread starvation in Germany?

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The British blockade

39
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How did the U.S. overcome the threat of U-boats?

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Groups of guarded ships

40
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What advanced warfare weapons were introduced (included) in World War I?

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Planes and tanks

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Which was not a member of the big 4?

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Russia

42
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Why did the U.S. oppose membership to the league of nations?

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It would drag the U.S into european conflicts

43
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Attorney A. Mitchell Palmer believed that he needed to protect the American people from…

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Political radicals

44
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What happened to Union membership during the 1920s?

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It dropped considerably

45
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What did owners of businesses accuse workers of?

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Communism

46
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What were underground nightclubs called?

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Speakeasies

47
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What was the Harlem Renaissance about?

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A celebration of African American culture of literature and art

48
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What did the Tennessee law forbid the teaching of?

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Evolution

49
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What did the Fundamentalists believe?

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That the Bible should be taken literally

50
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Who was Charles Lindbergh?

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He was a pilot

51
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What was not a cause of the great depression?

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The growing number of homeless people

52
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After the stock market crash, what did hoover do to help the economy?

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He asked businesses not to lay off employees

53
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What does buying stock on a margin mean?

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Borrowing money to help pay for the stock

54
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What was the name of the men and boys who road the rails looking for jobs (work)?

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Hoboes

55
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What was the name of the government system that paid for food for the poor?

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Direct relief

56
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Who was the first woman to serve in the cabinet?

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Frances Perkins

57
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What was one of the goals of the new deal?

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To regulate the stock market

58
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What role did Eleanor Roosevelt play in Roosevelt’s administration?

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Important advisor on domestic policy

59
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What reached the new high during Roosevelt’s first term?

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National debt

60
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Who wrote the grapes of wrath?

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John Steinbeck

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What leader transformed the soviet union from a rural nation into an industrial power?

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Stalin

62
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What does Genocide mean?

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Deliberate extermination of a specific group of people

63
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When did Britain and France adopt the policy of appeasement toward Germany?

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Before the war began

64
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Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?

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Spain- Francisco Franco

65
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What did Winston Churchill appose?

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The Munich pact

66
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Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?

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Jews

67
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In following their policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?

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Submitted to Hitler’s demand

68
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What country forced the U.S. to enter World War II?

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Japan

69
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What general lead the third army?

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George Patton

70
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Why was the battle of the bulge significant?

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Because it marked the last german offensive

71
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The allied invasion of ___ was given the name ____.

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Europe, D-Day

72
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Who said i shall return to the Philippines?

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General Douglass McArthur

73
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Why did Harry S. truman drop the atomic bomb?

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To end the war and save the American lives

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True/False. The name for the news headline in the stories was called gooroo journalism.

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False

75
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True/False. Remember the name was the rally cry for the U.S. intervention in Cuba.

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False

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True/False. Nationalism was a cause for World War I.

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True

77
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True/False. For more than 3 years, the major form of fighting on the western front during World WarI was air combat.

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False

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True/False. U boats were german battleships.

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False

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True/False. After defeating Russia on the eastern front, the central powers concentrated on fighting in France.

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True

80
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True/False. Wilson, Lord George, and Orlando were referred to as the central powers.

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False

81
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True/False. Wilson’s 14 point plan described his war plan.

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False

82
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True/False. Anarchists apposed all forms of government.

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True

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