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Annexation

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Join or attach

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Arbiration

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Settlement of a dispute by a person chosen to listen to both sides and come to a decision

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Concession

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Grant for a piece of land in exchange for a promise to use land specifically

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Imperialism

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Policy by a stronger nation to create an empire by dominating weaker nations economically, politically, culturally, or militarily.

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Sphere of Influence

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Area of economic and political control exerted by one nation over another nation or other nations.

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Civil disobedience

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Nonviolent refusal to obey a law.

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Recall

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Voters remove an official from office before next election.

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Direct Primary

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Election in which voters cast ballots to select nominees.

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Initiative

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Citizens propose new laws by getting signatures on a petition.

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Injunction

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Court order prohibiting an action.

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Armistice

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Cease fire

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Mobilization

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Readying of troops for war.

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Versailles Treaty

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Treaty that ended WW1

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Genocide

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Deliberate murder of an entire people

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Reparations

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Payment from an enemy for economic injury suffered during a war.

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Communism

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Ideology of the Soviet Union, characterized there by complete government ownership of land and property, single party control of government, lack of individual rights, and the call for worldwide revolution.

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Demographics

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Statistics that describe a population.

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Fundamentalism

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Set of religious beliefs including traditional Christian ideas about Jesus, the belief that the Bible was inspired by God and does not contain contradictions or errors, and the belief that the bible is literally true.

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Quota

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Numerical limit

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isolationism

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Policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with foreign countries.

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Harlem Renaissance

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African American awakening.

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Bonus Army

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Group of WWI veterans and their families who in 1932 protested in D.C> to receive their pensions early.

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Buying on margin

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Purchasing a stock for a fraction of price and borrowing the rest.

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Do Jones Industrial Average

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Measure of average stock prices

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Speculation

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Making high risk investments in hope of high gain.

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Welfare Capitalism

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Approach to labor relations in which companies met some of their workers needs without prompting by unions.

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21st

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Appeals prohibition

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John Maynord Keyes

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British economist who believed that government spending could help a faltering economy his theories helped shape New Deal legislation.

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John Raskob

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Everyone ought to be rich, built empire state building.

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Dorothea Lange

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Photographed migrant farm workers during Depression, inspired go aid programs and Grapes of Wrath.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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32 president of the US fought the Great Depression through his New Deal social programs.

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Demagogue

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Leader who manipulates people through half truths and scare tactics.

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National Debt

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Amount of money owed by national government.

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Social Security System

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Publicly run system that provides regular payments to people who cant support themselves.

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Revenue

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government income

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Public Works Programs

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Government funded project to build public facilities.

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Adolf Hitler

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German leader of the Nazi party who rose to power

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Benito Mussolini

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Italian fasict leader who took power.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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34th president leader of Allied forces in WW2

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Appeasement

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Policy of giving in to someones demands to keep the peace. ExBoyfriend

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Winston Churchill

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Leader of Great Britian before and during WWII

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Joseph Stalin

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Leader of the Soviiet Union worked with Roosevelt and Churchill during WWII

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Manhattan Project

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Secret American project during WWII to develop atomic bomb

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fascism

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Philosophy that places the importance of the nation over an indivisual

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Blitzkrieg

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Warfare emphasizing rapid mechanized movement.

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Why did the US follow a policy of expansion in the late 1800s?

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The nation sought more markets for its goods.

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How did the US reaffirm the Monore Doctrine?

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Passing the Platt Amendment and warning Great Britan to back out of a territorial dispute with Venezula.

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How did William R. Hearst and Joseph Pultizer use thier newspapers?

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They were yellow journalists that increased public sympathy for Cuban rebels.

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What was the main goal of the US during the Spanish American War

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Free Cubans from Spanish rule

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What was a result of the Spanish American War

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We won and signed treaty of Paris so Puerto Rico became an unincorporated territory of the U.S

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Why was the building of the Panama Canal important?

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To get from Atlantic to Pacific.

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How is President Theodore Roosevelt often remembered?

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By his “Sqaure Deal” foreign policy and Expanding Presidental Power

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What event led to the Spanish American War?

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Cubans rebelled against Spanish against Spanish rule by burning stuff

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What was the central message of the Roosevelt Corollary

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We would use force to prevent intervention in the affairs of neighboring countries

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What did Roosevelt’s progressive record include?

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Conservation of forest land, break up of several trust deemed harmful to the public, regulation of food and drugs.

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What was the connection between imperialism and the American frontier?

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Imperialism would offer Americans a new frontier

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Why did Woodrow Wilson win the Election?

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Split in the republican vote

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Why did President Wilson establish the Federal Reserve System?

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To regulate the banks and tell farmers to stop working

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Progressives ended by

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World War I

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What action did Roosevelt take in the United Mine Workers Strike?

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Arbitration, seized and operated the mines. Sent arbitrators to settle the dispute.

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What things did municipal reformers favor by the early 1900s?

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home rule or city control of utilites

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How did Woodrow Wilson’s reform platform during the campaign differ from Theodore Roosevelt?

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He promised to preserve free economic competition

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What event sparked WWI

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Assaination

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Describe the events of the first few year of WWI?

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Both sides were locked in a stalemate

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What caused the US to enter WWI?

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Germany unrestricted submarine warfare

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What was the purpose of the convoy system?

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Transport supplies and soldiers overseas

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What was the role of African Americans

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segergated rarely allowed to fight. Small task manual labor.

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What happend to Russia invovement in the war after Lenin seized control in 1971

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Russia left the war and we came in

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Government increased control of the economy during WWI by

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Overseeing war related production

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How did life change for American women

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Flappers they wore shorter skirts and cut their hair

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Fear of spies and sabotage in the US lead to

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Restriction on immigration, discrimination, violence and restriction of free speech

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President Wilson convinced the allies to

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accept the League of Nations

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Many Senators opposed American entry into the League of Nations because

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They feared it would weaken independence

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What were key features of Republican administrations

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Isolationism and Laissez faire

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The Red Scare was response to

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Russian Revolution

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The economy grew as consumers

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began to buy on installment plans credit

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What did flappers represent

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Women s desire to break with the past

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One major demographic shift in the 1920’s was the movement of

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Americans to suburbs

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The rapid development of mass media promoted

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creation of a national culture

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Why did many Americans fear Lenin and his followers

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They wanted communism and Americans didnt want that

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What caused the labor unrest?

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The cost of living rose significantly

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What was a result of the boom in the auto industry

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New roads were built, Industrial growth, advertising, hotels

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Long term effect of Prohibiton

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The growth of organized crime

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How did most americans feel about the economy in the 1920s

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Confident that business would bring continued prosperity

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One sign that the economy might be weaking was

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collapse of large corporations and personal debt

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American economy in 1920s

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Stock prices rose and economy appeared healthy

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Major enviormental crisis

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Dust Bowl

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What ended with the 21st

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Prohibition

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During the Depression Imigrants

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lost jobs to white males.

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How was the 1932 election a turning point in the way they viewed elections?

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Responsibilites in federal government

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How did most investors react to a suden fall in stock prices in 1929

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sold all stocks took out investment

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What was one effect of the wage cuts and unemployment

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hoovervilles

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Which New Deal agency was created to help buisness?

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National Recovery Act

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How did the National Industrial Recovery Act aim to help buisness

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Bolstering industial prices

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Black Cabinet

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Unoffical group of African American office holders

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What was the Second New Deal?

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A wave of legislation including more socail welfare benefits

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What was not helped by New Deal programs?

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Domestic workers

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What is a legacy of the New Deal legacy

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To create jobs

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What is the legacy of the New Deal?

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Restored sence of hope

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First lady defied tradition by

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Actively and agressively promoting the New Deal

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The recession of 1937 was caused in part by

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Increased federal borrowing, Social Security Tax

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What happened because of the Wagner Act

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Rise in union membership and a wave of strikes

103
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What was the purpose of movies

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provided a temporary escape for struggling Americans

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What did Italy, Germany, and Japan have in common?

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They sought to solve their nations problems through conquest

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What prompted the US to enter in the war in 1941

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Bombing Pearl Harbor

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What happened on DDay

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Landing of Allied powers of Frances Normandy coast

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In what part of the world were the battles of Coral Sea, Midway, and Guadalcanal fought?

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Pacific

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What are Japanese Kamikazes?

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Bomb loaded planes whose pilots deliberately crashed into targets

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What finally brought and end to WWII

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Dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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VE day May 8th marked

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End of war in Europe

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What was the American stragey used in the Pacific?

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Island hopping

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