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Who helped pioneer the efforts to use electricity in cities with Thomas Edison?

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George Westinghouse

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Who invented the telegraph?

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Samuel Morse

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What was the significance of the Bessemer Process?

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It led the building of skyscrapers

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In what state did the Wright Brothers conduct the first flight?

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North Carolina

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Who invented the telephone?

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Alexander Graham Bell

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Which option below correctly defines imperalism?

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When a large nation controls another region

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After the Spanish American war, the USA controlled all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Philippines, Guam, Venezuela, Puerto Rico

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Venezuela

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Who expanded Germany to become a naval power?

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Wilhelm II

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All of the following were causes of World War I EXCEPT:

Nationalism, Communism, Imperalism, Militarism

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Communism

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All of the following nations were in the Triple Entente EXCEPT:
Britain, France, Germany, Russia

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Germany

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What invention helped Germany to stop a British blockade against their country?

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The U Boat

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What was the final action taken by Germany that encouraged Woodrow Wilson to finally ask Congress to enter the war on the side of the Allies?

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The issuing of the Zimmerman Note: Britain

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_______ contributed greatly to the efforts of the USA to produce propaganda during WWI?

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George Creel

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What was the Great Migration?

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A large group of African Americans who left the South during and after WWI

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What did the 19th Amendment do?

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It gave women the right to vote

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What tactic did Vice Admiral William Sims use to fight against the German U Boats in WWI?

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He implemented the use of convoy systems

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Who had the idea to create the League of Nations?

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Woodrow Wilson

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Who led the effort in America to prevent the USA from joining the League of Nations?

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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______ private businesses control a significant portion of the economy.

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Capitalism

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______ wrote the Communist Manifesto.

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Karl Marx

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All of the following were critiques offered by many against Communism EXCEPT:

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The system gave too much control to wealthy businesses owners.

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______ rose to become the first Communist Dictator of Russia after WWI

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Vladimir Lenin

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What correctly describes the Red Scare?

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It was a movement in which many feared the spread of Communism and Anarchism.

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Who assisted Alexander Palmer with the Palmer Raids?

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J. Edgar Hoover

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All the reasons that American leaders gave for why the USA should not join the League of Nations EXCEPT:
The League of Nations would make Germany too powerful
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Correctly match every leader with their country: | USA, France, England, Italy
Woodrow Wilson (USA), George Clemenceau (France), David George (England), and Vittorio Orlando (Italy)
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What court case determined that segregation could be implemented in the USA?
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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What lawyer won the famous supreme court case Brown vs. Board of Education?
Thurgood Marshal
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How were the tactics to achieve Civil Rights by Martin Luther King Jr. different from the initial tactics of Malcolm X?
Malcolm X didn't support a nonviolent approach
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What was Martin Luther King Jr's occupation?
Pastor
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Who became president after John F. Kennedy was assassinated?
Johnson
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____ led the Communist takeover of North Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
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What European power claimed Vietnam as a region of their colony in the mid-20th century?
France
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Who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr?
James Earl Ray
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Which word describes the attitudes and opinions of the members of the students for a Democratic Society toward the Vietnam conflict?
oppositional
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President Nixon tried to give more power to local and state governments through his economic policy of
New Federalism
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Who was the leader of South Vietnam in 1969 when Nixon was sworn in as President?
Nguyen Van Thieu
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What was the goal of Vietnamization?
To gradually withdraw American troops out of Vietnam and allow the Southern Vietnamese troops to defend themselves
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Who refused to give up her seat on bus in Montgomery Alabama and initiated a series of boycotts to protest discrimination in the area?
Rosa Parks
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What describes the "Great Society" as Lyndon Johnson envisioned it to be?
America would provide insurance for the poor and elderly while seeking to eradicate poverty
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What evidence would a historian use to prove that Nixon practiced Realpolitik?
Nixon pursued friendly cooperation between USA and China
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Who called for the United States to pursue Vietnamzation?
Henry Kissinger
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What describes the content of the Pentagon Papers?
The documents proved Lyndon Johnson was not going to reduce American involvement in Vietnam while he was president
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Roughly, how many Americans soldiers died in the Vietnam War?
Over 58,000
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What describes the Watergate Scandal?
Men working for the President broke into a building
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What describes the attitude that Nixon appeared to have concerning his political pursuits and his political rivals in 1972?
Paranoid
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What happened during the Saturday Night Massacre?
Nixon was told that his various audio tapes must be handed over to the government
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What two reporters were known for persistently reporting on the Watergate Scandal?
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward
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How did Nixon avoid facing charges in the Watergate Scandal and with other issues?
President Ford pardoned Nixon of all crimes related to the scandals
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Who did Nixon lose to in the election of 1960?
John F. Kennedy
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The USA tried to keep ______ secret from the USSR.
The Manhattan Project
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________, an American diplomat suggested that Truman practice the policy of Containment.
George Keenan
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________ became the dictator of the USSR after Joseph Stalin died.
Nikita Khrushchev
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________ is forever remembered as unfair tactics and accusations.
McCarthyism
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Why did Nikita Khrushchev want an alliance with Cuba?
Khrushchev wanted to put weapons on the island
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JFK and ______ had the first televised presidential debate.
Nixon
57
What describes the Bay of Pigs operation initiated by the USA?
A disaster
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Who was the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
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In order to get the USSR to leave Cuba, the USA promised to allow Cuba to remain Communist and they also:
promised to remove weapons in Turkey
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Who assassinated JFK?
Lee Harvey Oswald
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Who killed the assassin of JFK?
Jack Ruby
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What was the first satellite in space?
Sputnik
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Which president practiced the policy or Brinkmanship?
Eisenhower
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Which senator unleashed massive attacks against many individuals accusing them of being Communist?
Joseph McCarthy
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Who led the Communist revolution in Cuba?
Fidel Castro
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All of the following nations were NATO EXCEPT: a. France b. Britain c. USA d. USSR
d. USSR
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What criminal activity did Ford pardon Nixon for in 1974?
Nixon was connected to a burglary that occurred in the Democratic National Headquarters
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What was the purpose of Ford's WIN strategy?
To limit inflation
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What advisor to Ford urged that the USA continue to practice Realpolitik?
Henry Kissinger
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Who was the last president to be in office while the Vietnam war was occurring?
Gerald Ford
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Who did Jimmy Carter defeat in the election of 1976?
Gerald Ford
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What explains why Carter was hesitant to pursue an open, political relationship with Nicaragua?
Nicaragua did not protect human rights within their country
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What best describes the impact of OPEC's political and business tactics on the American economy in the 1970's?
harmful
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Which political party gained massive support from Fundamentalist Christians in the election of 1980?
The Republicans
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What is an example of deregulation?
The government reduced the amount of rules a television company has to follow to operate
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All of the following were critiques that many Democrats offered toward the Strategic Defense Initiative EXCEPT:
It was not needed since the USSR ceased practicing Communism in 1980
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Which person would most likely support Reagan's appointment of Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy, and Sandra Day O'Conner to the Supreme Court?
A member of Jerry Falwell's Moral Majority Group
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What tactic pursued by President Ronald Reagan contributed to a budget deficit?
Greatly funding defense in the government's budget
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What did President Ronald Reagan want to fund expansively in the nation's budget?
Defense
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Who was the leader of the USSR during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Nikita Khrushchev Note: refused to let him into Disneyland
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Who won the Presidential election of 1988?
George H.W. Bush
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Who signed an agreement acknowledging that the Cold War was over in 1992?
Boris Yeltsin
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What explains the historical impact of Nelson Mandela?
He challenged racism in his nation
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What happened in the election of 1992?
A Democrat, Bill Clinton won the election
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What man ran as a third party presidential candidate in the elections of 1992 and 1996?
Ross Perot
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Which company created some of the first practical computers in the USA?
The International Business Machines corporation
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Which two men helped transform computers into mass produced machines that the average American could use?
Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
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What company began selling books online in 1994 and became one of the largest online markets by the 21st century?
Amazon
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What describes one impact that Bill Clinton had on the internet revolution that occurred in the 1990s?
Clinton strongly encouraged schools to become connected to the internet
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What describes the Whitewater Scandal?
Bill Clinton was accused of accepting money in a corrupt manner from a real-estate business
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Who led the movement to implement the Contract with America?
Newt Gingrich
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What did Bill Clinton NOT support as president?
Vetoing the Federal Medical Leave Act
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Why did Kenneth Starr assert that President Clinton should be impeached?
Clinton had lied under oath about an extramarital affair. Note: with Monica Luenski
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Which state could not immediately determine the winner of their electoral college votes after the election of 2000?
Florida
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Which terrorist group was responsible for the attack on the USA on 9/11/2001?
Al-Qaeda
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What word defines the relationship that existed between Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein?
Hostile
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The _________ Act gave more power to the government to pursue suspected terrorists.
Patriot
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Why did George W. Bush pursue operation Iraqi Freedom?
Saddam Hussein refused to allow UN inspectors in his nation
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Why did many Republicans support George W. Bush's economic policy?
They wanted consumers to be allowed to keep more money
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In what nation did the USA discover Osama Bin Laden was hiding in when President Obama sent in a navy seal team to apprehend the terrorist mastermind of 9/11?
Pakistan
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What economic tactic did George W. Bush and Barack Obama both pursue during the Great Recession?
They each supported bailing out various banks

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