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1
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Battle of Midway: When, what did it do, why did we win?

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1942, 6 months after Pearl Harbor
Limited their Navy and was a major blowto their carrier fleet. Japan couldn´t mount a major offensive after

We won because of our ability to repare and manufacture boats

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Iwo Jima: When was it? Was it helpful?

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1945, 6 months before the Atomic Bomb

High casualties, low tactical advantage, too late in the war

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Battle of Leyte Gulf: When was it and why was it important?

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1944 (2 years after midway)

Japanese retreated closer and closer to their home island and following the battle, the Japanese Navy never left their home bases again in WWII. Defeated Navy.

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Keynesian Economics

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Government Spending and public sector speding are necesary to boost the economy

Used during recessions

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Priming the Pump

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Government Spending leads to Private spending. You must also lower interest rates and taxes to stimulate the economy

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Strait of Hormuz

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Between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

Iran´s check point for 20% of the world’s petroleum

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Suez Crisis

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1956

The Egyptian government seized control of the Suez Canal which provided access to Middle Eastern Oil. This was a possible threat to the EU oil supply. It also threatened the regional stability of Britain, France, US, Israel, UN and USSR

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Jesse Owens

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James Cleveland

Most successful athlete at the 1936 olympics in Berlin. He challenged the Nazi view of the Arian race and racial equality

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When was the Berlin Wall errected and destroyed?

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1961-1989

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Khruschev’s Secret Speech

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1956

Khrushchev criticized Stalin and his rule of terror

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Title IX

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1972

Educational Amendment: Equal treatment on the basis of sex in all educational activities including athletics. Created women’s sports teams

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12
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Hungarian Revolution

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1956

Student uprising against Soviet imposed policy
Nation wide, they were winning but the soviets came in and killed and arrested the protestors. Put a bad face on marxism.

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Boer Wars

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1880-1881, 1889-1902

South African Farmers

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The Red Badge of Courage

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Stephen Crane novel about the Civil War

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15
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Who uses .net?

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Computer networking companies

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Who uses .org? Is it unbiased?

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Non-profits. Can be one sided

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Transitional economics

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Moving from centrally planned economy to a free market where the market sets the prices

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18
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Supply side economics

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Lower tax rates and decrease government regulation in order to boost the economy

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Monetarism

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Control money supply to control inflation. Government controls the circulation of currency for price stability

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Gulf of Aden

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Pirates Alley, between the Arabian Sea and the Suez Canal

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The Thin Red Line

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James Jones, WWII

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Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and Incident

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1964, President Johnson, Presidential discretion in defending US forces in and around Vietnam.

Sea battle where the USS Maddox was attacked by 3 vietnamese torpedo boats when doing a patrol. All missed. 2 days later, the USS Maddox and Turner were attacked again but Hanoi stated that there was no fight. It was a lie to start war

23
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Cloture

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1st used for filibuster against the treaty of Versailles in 1919

in 1975, it means 3/5ths of the vote must be cast to end the filibuster, or a supermajority of 60 votes (i.e. half the votes + 60)

24
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Enrollment

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Formal procedure for printing a bill in official, final format for presentation to the President for signature or veto

25
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Recommital

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Parliamentary procedure used for the majority

Opponents can refer proposed legislation to a committee again

26
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Maxim

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Expression of a general truth or principle. Proverbial saying

27
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Standard Deviation

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The square root of the variance

The distribution around the mean

28
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Variance

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The spread of the distribution around the mean

29
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Capital Gains Tax

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Profit attained by sale of an asset bought at a lower price (ex. stock)

30
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Progressive Taxes

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Based on a person’s ability to pay. Income tax

31
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Yugoslavia disbanded into which 7 countries in 1992?

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Bosnia
Herzegovina
Croatia
Macedonia
Montenegro
Serbia
Slovenia
32
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What country is now Ceylon? Why is it important?

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Sri Lanka, 1972
Center of Buddhist religion and has one of the oldest documented histories in the world. Also one of the fastest growing economies

33
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East Pakistan is the old name for which country?

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Bangladesh, 1971

Between India and Burma

34
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League of Nations

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Developed by Woodrow Wilson after WWI, from his 14 points for peace. Became part 1 of the treaty of Versailles to create a long lasting peace. It was replaced by the UN

35
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Détente

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Broad but informal easing of tensions (not a formal treaty to end hostility)

1970s, US and USSR: SALT1- Strategic Arms Limitations Talks
Helsinki accords
anti-ballistic missiles treaty.

36
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House Rules Committee

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Controls access to the floor for consideration of most bills i.e.

Amount of time allotted for debate and if it will be subject to amendments

37
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Committee on Standards of Official Conduct

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Policing behavior of members. Ethic violations

38
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The ways and means committee

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Makes decisions related to taxes and taxation. House of Reps

39
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Appropriations Committee

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House of Reps

Uses funding from the Federal Treasury and pays for programs authorized by the chamber’s various authorizing committees

40
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House Rules Committee

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Controls access to the floor for consideration of most bills i.e. amount of time allotted for debate and if it will be subject to amendments

41
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1st amendment

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freedom of expression and assembly
Prohibits the establishment of an official religion
Right to free practice of religion

42
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2nd Amendment

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Right to keep and bear arms

43
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Third Amendment

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Prohibits quartering of troops in private homes during peacetime

44
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Fourth Amendment

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Due process

Protection form unreasonable and warrantless searches and seizures of property

45
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In 1950, Truman sent troops into Korea without seeking congressional approval of war. What organization did he do this with?

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UN Security Council

46
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Supply-side economics

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lower marginal tax rates as an incentive to work

People keep more money they earn, boosts economic growth

47
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CNN effect

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24 hour news coverage. Puts pressure on policy makers

48
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Computer Virus vs Rootkits vs Worm vs Trojan Horse

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Virus- Program that can copy itself into computers and causes files and hard drives to be deleted

Rootkits- gain access to and control a computer system to get passwords, credit card information, etc

Worm- not infected from downloading files like a virus. They can attack networks and slow things down.

Trojan Horse-hides within other programs and disables antivirus software and removes firewalls

49
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Standing committees

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permanent committees that have legislative jurisdiction established by both the House and Senate

50
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Ad hoc

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For a specific purpose

51
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Conference Committees

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Temporary, ad hoc panel of house and senate members who have been approved to resolve disputes and differences in bills passed

52
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Authorizing committees

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standing committees that make decisions regarding public policy in particular issue areas and can report bills to the floor for final consideration in each chamber. Usually about federal spending

53
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Select committees

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special issues when they arise. Limited mandate, investigatory in nature, rarely have members from BOTH chambers, don’t have authority to report legislation to the floor.

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