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What was the significance of the Glass-Steagall act?
(2)

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  1. Seperated commericial banking from investment banking.
  2. Created the FDIC.
    (1933 F Roosevelt.)
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Dissolution of corporate trusts and monopolies, seen as a reform on Gilded age excesses, T. Roosevelt 1899.

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Trust Busting

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First target of T Roosevelts trust busting?

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JP Morgan’s Northern Securities Railroad

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Sherman Anti-trust Act
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  1. Passed in 1890
  2. Declared all combinations in “restraint of trade” illegal.
  3. Paper tiger-rarely enforced.
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Controlled 98% of the sugar industry. Congress refused to dissolve their monopoloy in 1895, led to trust busting efforts by Roosevelt.

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American Sugar Refining Company

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The Great Awakening was among the intellectual trends behind the American Revolution because:

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It promoted religious plurality and diversity

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Passed on March 11, 1941, this act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation deemed “vital to the defense of the United States.”

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Lend-Lease Act (F. Roosevelt.)

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Governor or local ruler in the Ancient Persian empire

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Satrap

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  1. Overhauled America’s Immigration system
  2. Erased Immigration based on country of national origin.
  3. New opportunities for Asian immigrants to join family in USA.
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Hart-Celler Act aka Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (Johnson)

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What was the outcome of the Punic Wars for Rome?

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Control of trade and commerce in the Mediterranean

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In Confucianism, the major qualification for serving in a public office is:

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Proving political merit

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How was the political crisis following the death of the Prophet Muhammad resolved?

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Abu Bakr was elected as Caliph

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In which way is Japanese Feudalism different from European Feudalism?

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Japan had one leader sworn to, Europe had several kings and lords.

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A feudal tenants or vassal’s sworn loyalty to a lord.

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Fealty

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Major causes of the 100 years war?

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  1. The English Kings claim to the French crown (Edward III and Henry V)
  2. The madness of King Charles VI and infighting of the French nobles
  3. The determination of the Dauphin (Charles VII) to retain his birthright and unite France
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Term for the heir apparent to the French throne

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Dauphin (Dolphin)

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What was the major motivation for the German Reunification in the 19th Century?

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Rising trend of centralization and consolidation in industrialized nations

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  1. 1871
  2. Versailles Palace, France
  3. Created a Prussian dominated Nations State
  4. Proclaimed King Wilhelm the I as Emperor
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Unification of Germany 1871

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  1. Rise of European colonialism
  2. Development of the Social Darwin theory
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Reasons for the rise of racism in Europe in the 19th century

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What is the term used to denote the socio-political thought prevalent in the countries who gained their independence from European colonial powers?

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Post Colonialism

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What was the intellectual basis of the establishment of the three branches of the government?

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The Spirit of the Laws
Montesquieu 1748

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The laws of the state take precedence over federal laws, except the Constitution

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Constiutional law regarding States vs Federal rights

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The United States president is elected by:

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An Electoral College based on different criteria in each state

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What important judicial process was established by the Supreme Court case Marbury vs. Madison in 1803?

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Judicial Review

25
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How does the republican system avoid the need for formation of coalitions for guaranteeing an effective government?

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By independent election of the chief executive

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“There are no universal principles by which all states may guide their actions. States must be must always be aware of the actions of other states and use a pragmatic approach to resolve problems.” This statement reflects which theory of international relations?

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Realism

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Which article of the Constitution prohibits the administration of a religious test for political candidates?

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Article VI

28
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Mountains are most likely to form along which type of plate boundary?

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Convergent

29
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How are biomass and fossil fuels related?

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Over time biomass become fossil fuels

30
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The increase in output from adding one more worker.

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Marginal cost

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Which part of the U.S. government determines monetary policies?

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The Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee

32
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Increases in price while supply remains the same.

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Demand-side inflation

33
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Single most destructive bombing raid in military history?

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Operation Meetinghouse, Tokyo 1945

34
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Spanish-American War

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April-August 1898

35
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Treaty of Paris 1898

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  1. Ended Spanish-American War
  2. Ceded Guam, Philipines, and Puerto Rico to the United States.
  3. Gave the US temporary control over Cuba
36
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USS Maine Explosion

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Spanish-American war
(Havana harbor)

37
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The Spirit of the Laws

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Montesquieu

38
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“Man was/is born free; and everywhere he is in chains.”

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Rousseau
The Social Contract

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“The power of any king or government is derived from people who contract to obey their rules in exchange for law and security. Individuals have a natural right to hold property and this can never be taken from them without their own consent. If a ruler infringes the terms of the contract that empowers him or seizes property without consent, the people can resist and depose him”

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John Locke

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On November 15 1777, the second continental congress adopted the 13 articles known as______

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The articles of confederation

41
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Achaemenid Empire also known as

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Persian Empire

42
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Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great and Xerxes are associated with what empire?

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Persian

43
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In 334 BCE the Persian Empire was conquered by_____

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Alexander the Great

44
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The splitting of the European Christian Church into the Western Roman Catholic church and the Eastern Orthodox church is referred to as_____(3)

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  1. The Great Schism
  2. East-West Schism
  3. Schism of 1054
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The Roman church during the Great Schism had what beliefs that placed them at odds with the Byzantine church?

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  1. Only unleavened bread should be used for communion
  2. Clerics should be celibate
  3. The pope should be the ultimate authority over the Orthodox church
46
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  1. Known for great artistic achievements
  2. Renewal of Buddhism, poetry and the arts
  3. Greatest poets and painters were attendants in the imperial court
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Song Dynasty (Song China) 960-1279

47
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A position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

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Sinecure (sign-uh-cure)

48
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Chinese song form of poetry popular in the five dynasty period of imperial China

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Ci (tshe)

49
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Family of Frankish aristocrats and the dynasty (750–887 CE) they established to rule western Europe. The dynasty’s name derives from the large number of family members who bore the name Charles, most notably Charlemagne.

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Carolingians

50
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Wagadu is the other name for what empire?

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Ghana

51
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Between 700 and 1600 there were three great empires in the center of West Africa ______

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I. Mali
II. Ghana
III. Songhay

52
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Oldest mosque built in Timbuktu under the Mali empire?

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Djinguereber Mosque (1327)

53
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Mansa Musa is associated with which major empire?

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Mali

54
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Sonni Ali is associated with which major empire?

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Songhay

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