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Triple Alliance before WW1

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Germany, Austria, Hungary and Italy

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Triple Entente

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France, GB and Russia

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Serbia allied to… before WW1

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Russia

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June 28, 1914. Started WW1

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The Assassination of Archiduke Franz Ferdinand

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Who declared WW1 first?

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Austria Hungary

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Woodrow Wilson position towards WW1

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Neutral

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7
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The American public……. Woodrow

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Supported

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Central Powers WW1

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Austria Hungary, Germany, Bulgary and the Ottoman empire

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Allies in WW1

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Serbia, Russia, France, the UK, Italy, Belgium and the US

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Why did the US enter WW1?

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Zimmerman note
Loans
Attacks on submarines by Germans
Belgium attacks

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11
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President of Mexico with Zimmerman note

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Carranza

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12
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Who won WW1

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Allies

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13
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Time of prosperity after WW1

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Roaring 20s

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14
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Great invention by Henry Ford; could resist different terrains

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Affordable automobile
($490 then $10 now)
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New industries in the roaring 20s

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Gas stations, road building, mechanics, rubber

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New hobby for families, which led to hotels, restaurants and highways

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Road tripping

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Women became independent with jobs as phone operators and in department stores; danced and drank

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Flappers

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Variety shows with juggling, animal shows, comedy, dancing, singing, blackface (eugh); died because of movies with sound and Broadway

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Vaudeville shows

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When African American migrated to the North due to racism and bas economic panorama

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Great Migration

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20
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White people complained about ________________ and wages, blamed AA

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Unemployment

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21
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AA were segregated to _________ and other black neighborhoods

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Harlem

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22
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In ______ _____________ was prohibited thanks to religious groups (18th amendment)

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1919, Alcohol

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23
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People trafficked _______ ________ with alcohol, mafias were created. ________ _________ famous Mafia boss in chicago, captured for tax evasion

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Near Beer in Speakeasies

Al Capone

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24
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What marked the end of the R20s?

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The Great Depression

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25
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Who said that poverty was almost over in 1928?

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President Hoover

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Great Depression

___________ _________ and ___________ slowdown. _______ __________ crashed because bankers had no regulations

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Construction boom
Agriculture
Stock Market

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______ _________ predicted the SM collapse, everyone panicked and took their money out.

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Roger Babson

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28
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The _________ crisis, people stopped paying banks and savings were lost

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Banking

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29
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Unemployment, no consumption of goods, companies disappeared, unpaid debts

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Great depression

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30
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What did people start doing through the depression?

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Odd jobs like selling apples, bubble gum, taxi drivers, start fires and then stop them

31
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Who suffered the most during The Great Depression?

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African Americans (2x the unemployment)
Mexican Americans were deported
32
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Who did people blame for the Great Depression?

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President Herbert Hoover

33
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Hoover’s most important project to fight the Depression

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Hoover dam

34
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The US entered WWII

A

Dec 7 1941 (Pearl Harbor)

35
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Who was president during WWII?

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Franklin Roosevelt

Harry S Truman

36
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When did Japan invade China

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1937

37
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Who was the leader of Japan WWII

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Emperor Hirochito

38
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When did Japan Surrender?

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Sep 2, 1945

39
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When did France enter WWII? And why?

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Sep 1939, because Germany invaded Poland

40
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When did France surrender WWII?

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1940

41
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When did the USSR enter WWII and why?

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1941, Hitler tried to invade them

42
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When did China join WWII? Why?

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1937

Wanted a place in the bargaining table

43
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When did GB join WWII and why

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1939, Poland invasion

44
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French leader WWII

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Albert François Lebrun

45
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Soviet Union leader

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Stalin

46
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Leader of China WW11

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Chiong Kay-Shek

Mao Zedong

47
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Leaders of GB wwII

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Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill

48
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People called things _________ villes, blankets etc

A

Hoover

Newspaper blankets

49
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Pockets inside out without money

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Hoover flag

50
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What did Hoover do immediately?

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Raise taxes

51
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What did Hoover do right?

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Reconstruction Finance Corporation

52
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Besides the Hoover dam, he built _____________ to give employement

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The Golden Gate Bridge

53
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___________ was elected with a New Deal for Americans

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Roosevelt

54
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Roosevelt three Rs

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Relief, Recover and Reform

55
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The US wanted to remain neutral towards European conflict (1930)

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Isolationsim

56
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The US tried to have a good relationship with ________ and LA to avoid their ally ship with Germany

A

Mexico “The Good Neighbor”

57
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Japan attacked ________ in 1931, the US did nit intervene as they were in the Depression

A

China

58
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No selling weapons (cash and carry)

No loans to warring countries

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Neutrality Acts

59
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What was the Stimson Doctrine?

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US does nit recognize Japan’s invasion

60
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What happened on Dec 7 1941

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Pearl Harbor attack (military base in Japan)

61
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Allies WW11

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US, USSR, GB

62
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Fascists WWII

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Germany, Japan and Italy

63
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What was the role of women during WWII

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Replace male workers as they went to war

Build weapons, pilots

64
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Harlem Hellfighters and Black Panthers

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Battalions of AA

65
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Japan conquered the _________ and other islands in the Pacific. They had Korea, China and South East Asia

A

Philippines

66
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American _________ decoding machine that helped decipher the Japanese code messages

A

Magic

“Japan will attack the midway islands”

67
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The Us ambushes Japan and defeats them, turning point

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Battle of the Midway (1942 June)

68
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What was Project Manhattan

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Atomic bomb

69
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1942, Hitler conquered most if Europe. Only _____ and _____

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USSR and England

70
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Dwight Eisehnhower plan to land on the coast if Normandy France to push Hitler off France

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D Day

71
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On June 6 1944 the Allies recovered ________and the Soviets captured ______

A

Paris

Berlin

72
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April 25 1945,

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Hitler suicide

73
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August 6 and August 9,

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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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