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1
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according to this graphic where did the first confrontation start ?

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charleston south carolina

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Which Amendment to the Constitution best describes the purpose of this cartoon?

ch

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14th Amendment

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who led a communist revolution in cuba in the late 1950s.

rm

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fldel castro

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a practise of using public offices/jobs to benefit members of the winning party

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spoils systems

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Who lead the slave revolt?

R.L.H

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Nat Turner & Grabiel Prosser

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what industrial leader made steel.

kb

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carnegie

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What was an example of a breakthrough in medical research?

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vaccine for polio

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8
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Who invited the Cotton Gin?

C.K

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Eli Whitney

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9
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Which Amendment to the Constitution does this graphic best illustrate? CH

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14th Amendment

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10
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What did the 13th admendment do?

CDL

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Abolished Slavery

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Who won the French and Indian war?

C.K

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British

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12
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Who were the Industrial Leaders?

C.K

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Carnegie(steel),Morgan(finance),Rockefeller(oil),Vanderbilt(railroads)

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13
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Belief in the Us to stretch from ocean to Ocean?

CDL

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Manifest destiny

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14
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What does this picture represent?

C.K

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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15
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Which country invaded the highlighted portions of this map during World War II?

ch

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Imperial Japan

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16
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where did blacks begin to move for jobs and to escape poverty and discrimination

kb

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the North

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17
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What is associated with this picture?

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Numremberg Trials

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18
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Who was the president most associated with the beginng of what this graphic is talking about?

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Kennedy

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19
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What battle was where British troops fired on anti-British demonstrators?

BMS

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Boston Massacre

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20
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What prohibited settlement west of the appalachian mountains?

BK

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Proclamation of 1763

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21
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What was the religious movement that swept colonies in mid-1700s?

TMS

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The Great Awakening

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Representatives from all thriteen colonies; first time the colonies acted together?

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First Continental Congress

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23
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What was the first permanent English settlement in 1607?

TMS

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Jamestown

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24
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Who believed in complete independence frome england?

BK

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Patriots

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25
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Who won the election of 1800?

BMS

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Thomas Jefferson

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26
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What was the first confrontation of the Civil War?

TMS

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Fort Sumter

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27
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What act gave 160 free acres of land to anyone who would live and farm on it?

BMS

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Homestead Act of 1862

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28
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Who purchased the louisiana territory from france?

BK

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Thomas Jefferson

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29
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Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803, doubling the size of the US?

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Louisiana Purchase

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30
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What was Lincoln’s speech at the cemetery dedication called?

TMS

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Gettysburg Address

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31
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Who agreed to work on tabacco plantations to pay for the passage to the New World or relief from debt?

E.N.D

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Indentured Servants

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32
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What helped industrial economy and support the westward movement?

E.N.D

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Railroads & Canals

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33
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Who was president during the civil war who insisted that the Union be held together?

TMS

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Abraham Lincoln

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34
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Who was the Confederate general of the Army of Northern Virginia?

TMS

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Robert E. Lee

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35
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Who ran for Senate in Illinois in 1858?

SMB

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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas

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36
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Which Amendment, voting rights guaranteed regardless of “race, color, or previous conditon of servitude”

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15th Amendment

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37
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Religious movement that swept colonies in mid-1700s

MB

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Great Awakening

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38
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Who was the Union commander that won victories over the South after several Union commanders had failed?

TMS

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Ulysses S. Grant

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39
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What did the 13th Admendment do?

SMB

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abolished slavery permanently in the United States

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Who led a communist revolution in Cuba in the late 1950s?

TMS

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Fidel Castro

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41
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Provided financial aid to rebuild european countries?

BK

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Marshall plan

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42
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What did American entry into WWI ensure?

SMB

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Allied Victory

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43
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What was the CIA-sponsored attempt to invade Canada?

BMS

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Bay of Pigs

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44
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Phillippinies and Puerto Rico annexed; the US asserts the right to intervence in Cuba?

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Spanish American War

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45
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Satisfied South by counting slaves as three-fifths of population when determining representation in House

MB

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Three-Fifths Compromise

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46
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What established the policy of containement?

BK

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Truman doctrine

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47
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Who wrote ‘Uncle Tom’s Cabin’?

E.N.D

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

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48
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Who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad joining Mississippi to the Pacific?

E.N.D

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The Chinese

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49
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Suprise air attak on Hawaiian naval base on December 7, 1941?

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Pearl Harbor

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50
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What are some modern day technologies?

BMS

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Cell phones, internet, cable tv

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51
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What is a systematic persecution (or destruction) of a racial, political, cultural, or religious group called?

TMS

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Holocaust/Genocide

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52
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The attached graphic best describes the impact of _____ on American History.

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Manifest Destiny

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53
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What caused the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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Internal Pressures

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54
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US victory over the British produced US claim to the Oregon Territory and increased migration into Florida

MB

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War of 1812

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55
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Who led a communisr revolution in Cuba in the late 1950s?

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Fidel Caastro

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56
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Changed public opinion and got legislation passed?

BK

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Civil rights protests

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57
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Southeners argued that individual states could nullify laws passed by congress and had entered the Union freely and could thus leave freely

MB

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Nullification

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58
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What is this called?

President Taft encouraged businesses and banks to invest in latin American with promise of U.S. involement if unrest occured.

E.N.D

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Dollar Diplomacy

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59
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What policy gave all nations equal trading rights in China?

TW

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Open Door Policy

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60
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Who led Slave revolts?

BMS

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Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser

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61
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This graphic is used to show states included in the __________ ___ __ ____.

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Homestead Act of 1862

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62
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Who said “ I have a Dream?”

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Martin Luther King

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63
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This is a picture of what kind of machine? Used for farming.

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Mechanical Reaper

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64
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What was one of the causes of the Great Depression?

TW

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High Protective Tariffs

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Who led a communist revolution in Cuba during the late 1950’s?

TW

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Fidel Castro

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66
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This graphic best shows ____ what conditions?

BK

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Labor

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67
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This image is when ______and ______ had a debate while running for Senate in Illinois.

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Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas

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68
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This graphic best shows that USSR tested what in 1950?

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Nuclear Power

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69
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Who was the first female astronaut in the US?

TW

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Sally Ride

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70
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_________ brought American forces closer to Japan, but both invasions cost thousands of American livesand even more Japanese lives.

MB

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Iwo Jima and Oklinawa

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The graphic below best describes the_____________.

E.N.D

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Open- Door Policy

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72
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Who was the first person to walk on the moon?

TW

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Neil Armstrong

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73
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what was wilsons plan to eliminate the causes of war

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14 points

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75
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Who is Thomas Paine?

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English immigrant, and author of Common Sense

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76
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believed in complete independence from england

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patriots

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77
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What was the religious movement that swept colonies in the mid-1700s that gave power to individuals?

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Great Awakening

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who bega

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79
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who led the abolitioinist and was a publisher of the newspaper The liberator?

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William Lloyd Garrison

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81
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who began moving to northern cities for jobs and to escape poverty and discrimination

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blacks

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82
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what were the causes of the great depression

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overspeculation in stock market

stock market crash of 1929

federal reserve failed to prevent widespread collapse of banking system

high protective tariffs

83
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What is significant about the election of 1800?

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It was the first peaceful transition of power

84
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what war has to do with “minutemen” fighting with the british troops?

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Lexington & Concord war

85
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What was Wilson’s plan to eliminate the causes of war?

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Fourteen Points

86
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loyal to britain (pay for protection from indan attck)

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loyalists

87
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Who led slave revolts?

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Nat Turner and Gabriel Prosser

88
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what where the the 3 R’s of the new deal

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relief, recovery, reform

89
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the growth of ______helped the industrial economy and supported westward movement

A

Railroads/Canals

90
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How did congress limit immigration?

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

91
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Germany’s decision to exterminate all Jews

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Final Solution

92
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established judical review

A

marbury v. madison

93
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What prohibited settlement West of the Appalachian Mountains?

A

Proclamation of 1763

94
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What is Teddy Roosevelt known for?

A

Square Deal

95
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what act gave the president the power to lend or sell wepons to allied powers

A

lend-lease act

96
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The removal of Cherokees from Georgia to present day Oklahoma

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Trail of Tears

97
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_____states favored high protective tariffs to protect manufacturers from foreign competition

A

Northern States

98
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99
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Who was the father of the consitution?

A

James Madison

100
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what used the government to reform problems created by industrialization

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progressive movement

101
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abolish slavery permanently in the US

A

13th amendment

102
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prohibited states from taxing agencies of the federal gov’t

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McCulloch v. MD

103
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What was the objective of the Square Deal?

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Limit power of monopolies

104
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Where was the site of Lee’s surrender to Grant?

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Appomattox

105
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Who were the two important women related to the Women’s Right’s Movement

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Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Stanton

106
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Who ordered the use of atomic bombs?

A

Truman

107
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when blackes moved north to find jobs and escape discrimanation from the south

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great migration

108
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example of containment in asia

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the vietnam war

109
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supreme court decision that overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery (outraging northerners)

A

Dred Scott

110
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111
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Supreme Court decision that overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery

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Dred Scott

112
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what brought american forces closer to japan

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Iwo jima and Okinawa

113
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What two acts limited immigration?

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Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

114
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What was created as a defensive alliance among the U.S and Western Europe to prevent Soviet invasion?

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NATO

115
Q

The gateway for many immigrants

A

Ellis Island

116
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who believed in complete independence from England?

A

Patriots

117
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the first 10 amendments to the constitution

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the bill of rights

118
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Who pledged that the U.S would “pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, opposed any foe, in order to assure the survival and success of liberty.”

A

Kennedy

119
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What was Fourteen points?

A

Wilson’s plan to eliminate the causes of war.

120
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Attempt by FDR to get the country out of depression

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New Deal

121
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_______of the english in the american colinies oftern led to violent conflicts with american indians.

A

Exploration/Settlements

122
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document that officaly started the womens rights movement

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Seneca Falls Declaration

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124
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Seizing islands closer and closer to Japan to use as bases for air attacks on Japan

A

Island Hopping

125
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what was the us’s frist goverment that had a weak national goverment and each state had only one vote

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articles of confederation

126
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What is island hopping?

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seizing islands closer and closer to Japan to use as bases for air attacks on Japan.

127
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outlaws price fixing (exempts unions from sherman act)

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Clayton Anti Trust Act

128
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____was settled by people seeking economic opprotunities

A

Virginia/Southern

129
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Where hundreds of thousands of German soldiers were killed in a months-long siege

A

Stalingrad

130
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British won this war

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French and indian war

131
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what was the turng point of the civil war

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gettysburg

132
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What was the Marshall Plan?

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U.S. plan to provide financial aid to rebuild European economics and prevent the spread of communism.

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134
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what does this net represent

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38 parall

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136
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What were the causes of this event?

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Over speculation in the stock market, Stock market crash of 1929, Federal reserve failing to prevent a widespread collapse of banking system, high protective tarrifs

137
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Name three countries involved in this showdown of the cold war in 1962.

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Cuba, US, Soviet Union.

138
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When and where was this first permanent Englsih settlement at?

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Jamestown - 1607

139
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what is depicted in the pictur it is also the first confrntaion of the civil war

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ft. sumter

140
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who and what does this have to do with ?

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Montesquieu/Checks and Balances

141
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What is the Spoils system?

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Pratcice of using public offices/jobs to benfit members of a winning party

142
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What Labor union was associated with Haymarket Square?

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Knights of Labor

143
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Who said “We have nothing to fear, but fear its self?”

A

Franklin D. Roosevelt

144
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What supported Western Movement?

A

Railroads

Canals

145
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Enlightenment phlisopher who believed all people are free,equal, and have the right to “life,liberty,and property”?

A

John Locke

146
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Who was the Author of common sense?

A

Thomas Paine

147
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who lead a revolt in cuba in the late 1950’s?

A

Fidel Castro

148
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How are women progressing in the work force?

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  • Women are increasing in population at work
  • Many women are working instead of staying home
  • Women are getting non traditonal jobs
149
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Which group of Minorities earned a high number or decorations during the war?

A

Asian- American

150
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Who was president but also sided with the Union during the civil war?

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Abraham Lincoln

151
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who where industrail leaders in the 1920’s?

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  • carnegie (steel)
  • Morgan (Fianace)
  • Rockefeller (oil)
  • vanderbelt (railroads)
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152
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Does this Graphic agree or disagree with the Lousiana Purchase?

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Disagree

153
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Using this graphic, what percentage of students have Bilingual or Speical Speech Educaton services in Providence?

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16%

154
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What does this picture show?

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Social security was dead until being reborn by the Social Security Act

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156
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157
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What was the religous movement that swept colonies in the mid-1700s?

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Great Awkakening

158
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what was the religious movement that swept colonies in the mid 1700s

A

Great Awakening

159
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Prohibited settlement west of the Appalachian mountains

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Proclamation of 1763

160
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What war did US get victory over the British ?

A

War of 1812

161
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What supreme court decision overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery?

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Dred Scott.

162
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Who wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

A

Harriet Beecher Stowe

163
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Supreme court decision that overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery, outraging Northerners

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Dred Scott

164
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List 3 labor conditions

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Dangerous; child labor; long hours; low wages; no benefits or job security; company towns

165
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What colony was settled but Puritans seeking religious freedom in Europe?

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The New England Colony

166
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What was the Dollar Diplomacy ?

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Pres Taft encouraged business and banks to invest in Latin America with promise of US involement if unrest occured

167
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List 5 inventions/innovations

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Steel

Light Bulb

Telephone

Airplane

Assembly Lines

168
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Who had a strong national government that over powered state governments?

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Anti-Ferderalists (Anti-Radification)

169
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What Caused WWII?

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Hitlers inasion of poland in 1939

170
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What happened in the Final Solution?

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Germany’s decison to exterminate all jews

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172
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What was the Dred Scott decision?

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A decision made by the supreme court that over turned efforts to limit the spread of slavery, outraging Northerns

173
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American migration into Texas led to an armed revolt against Mexican rile and a famous battle at the Alamo

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Texas Revolution

174
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What is Island Hopping?

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Seizing islands closer and closer to japan to use as bases for air attacks on japan.

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What did the Cold War do ?

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made foreign policy a major issue in every presidential election during the period

176
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What was Fidel Castron known for?

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Led a communist revolution in Cuba in the 1950’s

177
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How many business reforms were there and what were they?

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2; Sherman anti trust act and Clayton anti trust act

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believed that education was meaningless without political and social equality; helped with NAACP

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WEB DuBois

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limit the power of monopolies (fair in both businesses and workers)

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Square Deal

180
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What were the 2 reasons for immigration?

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Political freedom and Economic Opportuinity

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182
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What are 7 types of communication and Media?

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Cable TV

Personal Computers

Cellular Phones

World Wide Web

Telecommuting

Distance Learning

Growth in white collar careers

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What did the treaty of Versailles do?

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It ended world war I

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Brought American forces closer to Japan to invade Hawaii

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Iwo Jima & Okinawa

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187
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Pledged an inaugural address that the US woud “pay any price, bear any burden……”

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Pres. Kennedy

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189
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Reasons for immigration

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Political Freedom

Economic Opportunity

190
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Germany’s decision to exterminate all Jews

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Final Solution

191
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who is this union military commander who won many battles against the South after many others had failed.

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U.S. Grant

192
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What was the Manifest Destiny?

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the belief in US destiny to stretch from ocean to ocean

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195
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Reasons for Immigration

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Political Freedom and Economic opportunity

196
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what was the gateway for many immigrants?

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Ellis Island

197
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Sen. McCarthy accused government officials and others of being communists with no evidence

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Communists witch hunts

198
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Reasons why US entered the war

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Continuing German Submarines warfare

Amercian ties to great britain

Wilson’s argument that US had to “make the world safe for democracy”

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Marbury v. Madison ?

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established judical review (the power of the federal courts to declare laws unconstitutional)

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Wilson’s plan to eliminate the causes of the war

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14 points

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what did immigants work in ?

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Textile Mills and Steel Mills

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Who said “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.”

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Pres Kennedy

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