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Unit 5, 7 Flashcards

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Who were the leaders of the respected countries during WWI?

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  1. ) Wilson- U.S President and commander in chief
  2. ) Zar Nicholas II (the 2nd)- Russia, he was assassinated
  3. ) King George V (the 5th)- England, Great Britain
  4. ) Kaiser Wilhelm- Germany, bad guy
  5. ) Lenin- New leader of Russia
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What are the weapon advances that came out during WWI?

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  1. ) The Flamethrower- From Germany used to kill people, set them on fire
  2. ) Artilery/tanks
  3. ) planes/air ware-fare
  4. ) poisons gas
  5. ) submarines
  6. ) machine guns that are very developed
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what type of economy did the Siox and Cheyenne cultures have?

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Nomadic

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What animal was massively important for many Native Americans groups in the West and provided food, clothing, and shelter for their people?

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Buffalos

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5
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Which type of person would most likely hold the belief of Manifest Destiny in the late 1800’s?

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A citizen of the USA moving to the Great Plains

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Which option below best explains how the introduction of horses and guns by Europeans to Native Americans impacted the culture of the Native Americans by the lates 1800s on the USA?

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Many Native American cultures transitioned from being agrarians to nomads.

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All of the following were motivations encouraging American citizens to go west in the late 1800s EXCEPT?:

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The opportunity to work in the new factories

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At ______, US militia killed 150 people and most of those killed were women and children.

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the Massacre at Sand Greek

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What option below best explains why sitting Bull refused to sign the Treaty of Fort Laramie?

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He would not sign it because he felt it interfered with the nomadic way of life.

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Who led the Seventh Calvary at the Battle of Little Horn?

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George Custer

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What conflict was the last major battle of the Indian Wars?

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The Battle of Wounded Knee

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What explanation below explains why railroad companies were able to charge high prices to farmers to ship their crops in the late 1800s?

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The railroad companies had essentially no competition

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Politically, most citizens in the South were____and most citizens in the North were____ during the late 1800s?

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Democrats (south) / Republicans (north)

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14
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Silverties wanted what economic policy?

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The use of gold and silver to back money

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What explanation below explains why very wealthy individuals supported the gold standard?

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The gold standard kept inflation from drastically increasing

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Andrew Carnegie formed a monopoly in the ____ industry?

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Steel

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When company buys out all of its competitors to be a monopoly, that company is practicing ____ integration.

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Horizontal

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When a company buys out all the suppliers of its product to be a monopoly, that company is practicing____ integration.

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Vertical

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What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-trust Act?

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To stop monopolies from forming

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20
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which option correctly defines a strike?

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When workers refuse to work and protest a company

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21
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Who formed the National Labor Union?

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William Sylvis

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In the late 1800s and early 1900s, many big business owners heavily supported the economic system of____, while many common laborers began going against this arrangement and supported the economic system of____.

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Capitalism / Socialism

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What notable historical impact did Pauline Newman accomplish in her desire to support common workers?

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she started the Ladies Garment Workers Union

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Mark Twain called the era during United States history from the 1870s to the 1890s the ____ Age?

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Gilded

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25
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Which option below correctly defines the term “kickback”?

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when a leader is provided unlawful, financial gain from a city project

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26
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Which option below functioned as the second in the chain of command in the political machines?

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The Ward Bosses

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Which option below correctly defines the term “graft”?

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The use of political power for personal gain

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Which leader below is typically remembered as a mayor who did not use his office for selfish gain?

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Roscoe Conkling

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____ is a system in which government jobs can be awarded to anyone regardless of qualifications.

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Patronage

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30
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What was President Cleveland’s position on tariffs?

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He supported reducing tariffs to lower prices for consumers

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31
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The 4 Goals of Progressivism

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  1. ) promote social welfare
  2. ) Advance Moral Improvement
  3. ) Pursue Economic Reform
  4. ) Increase Efficiency
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Progressives wanted all of the following EXCEPT:

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higher wages for factory owners

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33
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What description below accurately describes a muckraker?

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A journalist who exposed corruption

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34
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How did Jacob Riis help people to understand the living conditions occurring in New York City?

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He used photographer to display the conditions

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35
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How did Jane Addams impact the Progressive Movement?

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she developed settlement houses

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36
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In the Progressive Era, many women claimed_____ causes spouse abuse, increased unemployment, and led to other social ills.

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Alcohol

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37
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What is suffrage?

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The right to vote

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38
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Which individual below supported socialism?

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Eugene V. Debs

39
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What movement is Susan B. Anthony most associated with?

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Women’s Rights

40
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Who was William McKinley’s Vice President?

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Theodore Roosevelt

41
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Why was the explosion that occurred on the USS Maine significant?

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It provoked the USA to go to war against Spain

42
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what option below best describes TR’s perspective on Social Darwinism?

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He believed the government should break up monopolies and refused to allow the principles of Social Darwinism to rule the economy.

43
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What option below is associated with TR’s response to the Northern Securities Company?

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TR used the Sherman Anti-trust Act

44
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____ wrote a book called “The Jungle”, which he exposed the unsanitary conditions of the Meat Packaging Industry.

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Upton Sinclair

45
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____ exposed the terrible living conditions of immigrants in his book, “How the Other Half Lives”.

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Jacob Riis

46
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Which of the following was impacted by Theodore Roosevelts’s commission that inspected claims of “The Jungle” and other sources?

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The Meat Inspection Act

47
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Which of the following defines imperialism?

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when a larger nation controls a weaker region

48
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How did William Seward have a historical impact on the United States?

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He led the efforts to buy Alaska from Russia

49
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Who started the Bull Moose Party?

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Teddy Roosevelt

50
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Who won the Election 1912?

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Woodrow Wilson

51
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What nation below did the USA gain in the Spanish American War?

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Guam

52
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How did Teddy Roosevelt impact the Russo-Japanese War?

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He got both sides to sign a peace treaty

53
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Which option below correctly links each dictator with his country?n

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Mussolini (Italy), Stalin (USSR), Tojo (Japan), Franco (Spain)

54
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Which dictator below practiced Communism in his nation?

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Stalin

55
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Which leader below transformed Russia into a Communist nation?

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Lenin

56
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which system of government did Hitler remove from power?

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The Weimer Republic

57
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Why did Hitler and Mussoloni send troops to help Francisco Franco?

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Franco was a supporter of Fascism

58
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All of the following were reasons why many government leaders in the USA wanted to avoid getting involved in the conflicts of Europe prior to WWII EXCEPT:

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Many felt the League of Nations could fix the problems in Europe

59
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What was the global of the Neutrality Acts?

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To keep the USA impartial in global conflicts

60
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What is a synagogue?

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A Jewish place of worship

61
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What did the Nuremberg laws accomplish?

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The laws took jewish property and removed their citizenship.

62
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What event occurred from 11/9/1938 to 11/10/1938 in which jewish business, homes, and synagogues were destroyed and many had windows broken out?

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The Kristallnacht

63
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When an entire people group are targeted for mass exterminated, then ___ is being committed against that people group.

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Genocide

64
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Which nation allowed many jews to relocate to Palestine?

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Britain

65
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Who was the leader of Germany when the holocaust occurred?

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Adolf Hitler

66
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When you allow a nation to get away with an unjust action, if they promise not to pursue similar actions in the future, you are practicing____

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appeasement

67
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Who was the British Prime minister when the Munich Agreement was signed?

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Neville Chamberlain

68
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which dictator assisted the Nazi’s to invade and take over France?

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Benito Mussolini

69
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Hitler had to develop a German army to pursue his invasion goals in various parts of Europe. What was Hitler breaking by building a German army?

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The Treaty of Versailles

70
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What invention helped Britain stop a German invasion of their nation?

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radar

71
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In 1935,___ passed the Neutrality Acts to try and keep the USA out of foreign conflicts=.

A

Congress

72
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Germany,____ and Japan formed an Alliance of the Axis Powers.

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Italy

73
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Many Americans wanted to avoid getting involved in the early conflicts of the World War II for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

A

Many Americans felt the League of Nations would end the various conflicts

74
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Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

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Japan was concerned that the USA would stop their pacific conquest

75
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Which action taken by the USA showed the government was not fully neutral in the conflicts that came about early in WWII?

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The passing of the Lend-Lease Act

76
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Why did Joseph Stalin and the Soviet Union begin to receive aid during WWII from the USA?

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The Soviet Union was invaded by Germany

77
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How did the attack on Pearl Harbor by Japan impact the foreign policy of the United States?

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There was no longer a significant group of leaders desiring neutrality

78
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All of the following nations were on the Allies with the USA in WWII EXCEPT:

A

Spain

79
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Which Civil Rights leader demanded that the war industry sector of the USA, during WWII, abandon the policy of discrimination?

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A. Philip Randolph

80
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Which not the following is an example of rationing during WWII?

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A group of neighbors rides to work together

81
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How many people of Japanese descent were forced into internment camps on the USA during WWII?

A

Over 100,000

82
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What explanation below explains why college attendance soared after WWII in the USA?

A

The creation of the GI Bill of Rights

83
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With whom did Hitler break the Nonaggression Pact with in WWII?

A

The USSR

84
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What explanation below explains why the Allies invaded North Africa?

A

The goal was to attack Italy

85
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Who became President of the USA when FDR died?

A

Harry Truman

86
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What contribution did the Tuskegee Airmen have in WWII?

A

They helped with the invasion of Italy

87
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Who oversaw the American Pacific Front military operations against Japan during WWII?

A

General Dougless MacArthur

88
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Which military action radically increased the morale of the USA and proved that the USA could strike the mainland of Japan?

A

Doolittle’s Raid

89
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Who was the President when the USA dropped atom bombs on Japan?

A

Harry Truman

90
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why was the battle of Midway such a significant conflict in WWII?

A

After this, Japan was forced to fight a defensive strategy

91
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The Manhattan Project to build the first atom bomb was led by____

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

92
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what happened at the Nuremberg Trials?

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Many Nazi leaders were sentenced to death for war crimes

93
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The United States used atom bombs to attack Hiroshima and____

A

Nagasaki

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