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Freedom of religion

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1st amendment

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voting aliberty, individualism, populism, laissez-faire, egaliterianism

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tocqueville

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president has the power to veto a bill

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checks and balances

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protection from unreasonable search and seizure

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4th amendment

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The American values observed by Tocqueville

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Americans took initiative to create a life they wanted.
Americans wanted government out of their economic lives.
Americans saw themselves as socially equal.

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Guaranteed in the fifth amendment

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Americans have the right to due process
Americans have the right to be paid for land the government takes

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Significance of the U.S. consitution

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outlines the responsibilities and functions of the government

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How is the concept of “consent of the governed” AND the value of populism similar?

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Founders wanted citizens to have a voice in how the government affects them.

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extended hours for factory work to be done at night

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light bulb

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produced steel in large quantities

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Bessemer Process

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Organization that wanted better pay and conditions for workers

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Union

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Government giving special treatment to certain businesses

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Political corruption

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Businesses became wealthy; corrupt government officials
supported business first policies

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Gilded Age

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Law passed to prevent immigrants from taking jobs from settlers
out West

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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Potato famine, lack of work, economic opportunity, religious freedom

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Reasons for immigration

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What are monopolies and why are they bad for consumers?

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Big business owners bought out smaller companies
and created monopolies. Monopolies hurt consumers because it eliminates competition and keeps prices high.

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How did Thomas Edison’s light bulb affect the development of the U.S. economy?

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Increased production since
people could work longer hours, which led to big profits for business owners

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Why were nativists in favor of the Chinese Exclusion Act?

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To protect jobs for themselves

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How did the Homestead Act result in the settlement of the Great Plains?

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Settlers were able to claim land for free
as long as they lived on the land and developed it (farmed)

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What was the purpose of the Dawes Act?

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To assimilate Natives into American culture

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What were some goals of labor unions during the Gilded Age?

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Labor unions hoped to increase employee pay,
improve working conditions, and end child labor

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TWO effects of the Transcontinental Railroad on the United States?

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further settlement in the West
development of towns along the railroad line

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Helped train African Americans for jobs

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Booker T. Washington

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22
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Granted women suffrage

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19th Amendment

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Organization created to ensure equality for minorities

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NAACP

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24
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Created by Roosevelt to preserve America’s beautiful scenery

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National Park Service

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Made alcohol sales illegal, resulted in growth of organized crime

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Prohibition (18th Amendment)

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Established by Jane Addams to help immigrants assimilate

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Settlement house movement

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Investigative journalist who fought for equality of all African Americans

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Ida B. Wells

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What was President Roosevelt’s Square Deal?

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A policy that focused on conservation, control of corporations, and
consumer protections

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How was Upton Sinclair responsible for the government passing the Pure Food and Drug Act?

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Wrote book, The Jungle,
that brought awareness to unsanitary food packaging practices

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Why was W.E.B. DuBois significant during the Progressive Era?

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Helped found the NAACP (National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People)

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Why was the Child Labor Act passed?

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To limit the number of hours worked by children because so many young children
had been working long hours under unsafe conditions

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Why is the 19th Amendment still important today?

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Women have the right to vote and participate in government

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What were the effects of Prohibition?

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Increased crime and speakeasies, eventually the 21st Amendment was passed to
allow the sale and consumption of alcohol

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TWO Progressive reforms that positively impacted U.S. society?

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The Pure Food and Drug Act- protect consumers from tainted or mislabeled food and medicines

19th Amendment- voting rights to women

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Land acquired by the U.S. after the Spanish-American War

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Puerto Rico

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36
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Made U.S. travel more efficient, benefiting the economy and military

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Panama Canal

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37
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Created a stalemate between enemies during WWI

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Trench warfare

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38
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Served as nurses in the war and took on jobs in factories to produce goods

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Women

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39
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Issued to help finance the U.S. government during WWI

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War bonds

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40
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Believed in isolationism after WWI

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Henry Cabot Lodge

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40
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Developed quality soldiers in the AEF to win major battles

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John J. Pershing

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Why did America want to acquire land after the Spanish-American War?

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new
markets to trade with and natural resources, it also helped the U.S. establish navy bases around the world

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How did the Panama Canal benefit the United States?

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More efficient travel time for navy and merchant ships

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Why was trench warfare so deadly?

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Anyone who crawled out was quickly killed by machine gun fire, poison gas
used to force soldiers out creating chaos and confusion

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44
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What events caused America to join WWI?

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Sinking of the Lusitania, unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman
Telegram

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What was the Selective Service Act of 1917?

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Required males to enter their names for a draft

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Why did some Americans support isolationism after WWI? Explain your answer.

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Henry Cabot Lodge and others did
not want the U.S. to be pulled into another war in the way that the country had been pulled into WWI

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What was the Espionage Act of 1917 AND why did many Americans feel it violated their First Amendment Rights?

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made it a crime to speak against the U.S. or the war effort.

anyone who publicly protested
against the war, or the military draft could be open to investigation and prosecution.

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Large role of federal government in the lives of everyday Americans

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Resulted in foreclosure of homes and farms

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Poor farming conditions caused by a long drought

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51
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Created to stabilize and restore faith in financial institutions

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52
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Idea disliked by many because it would increase executive power

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53
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Federal government guaranteed people’s bank deposits

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54
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Time period characterized by large rates of unemployment

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55
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describes the Harlem Renaissance?

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It was a time African Americans created national organizations dedicated to civil rights.
It was a time when African Americans shared their culture through music and art.

56
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What was one cause of the Great Depression?

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Overspeculation, bank failures

57
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What was one effect the Great Depression?

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High unemployment rates, widespread foreclosures of property and
farms

58
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Why was Henry Ford’s mass-manufacturing technique significant to American history?

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The process produced large
quantities of goods at a rapid pace, resulting in lower prices for consumers

59
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What was the purpose of the Social Security Act?

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Financially help the elderly and disabled

60
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How did the 19th Amendment change women’s roles in society?

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Young women now had the freedom and
independence to do what they wanted, often challenging societies norms

61
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How did the New Deal expand the power of the federal government?

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Federal government played a larger role in
the lives of Americans to ensure a healthy economy

62
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What were TWO effects of mass manufacturing on the United States?

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the price of
goods decreased. With automobiles and other goods now cheaper, Americans had greater access to affordable
products. Mass consumption also gave way to Americans buying these new, innovative products on credit.
Installment plans allowed Americans to pay interest to attain expensive products.

63
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Resulted in the surrender of Japan to the Allies

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Atomic bomb

64
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Bought by Americans to help raise funds for the war

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War bonds

65
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Group of people that took on new roles to support the war effort

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Women

66
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Caused the U.S. to join WWII

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Bombing of Pearl Harbor

67
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Research and development during WWII that produced nuclear weapons

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Manhattan Project

68
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Policy the U.S. took prior to the attack at Pearl Harbor

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Neutrality

69
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U.S. victory that prevented further Japanese expansion in the Pacific

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Battle of Midway

70
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Which descriptions explain a cause of World War II?

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German forces invaded Poland
Appeasement towards German annexation of lands
Rise of militarism in Germany and Japan

71
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How did victory gardens benefit the war effort?

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Helped prevent food shortage, helped make sure there was enough food for soldiers

72
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How did Navajo Code Talkers contribute to World War II?

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Navajo men joined the U.S. Marines and developed an
unbreakable code that would be used across the Pacific during World War II

73
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What were the Nuremberg trials?

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Trials of high-ranking German officials responsible for the Holocaust

74
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What was the goal of the two-front war strategy used by the Allies?

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To weaken German forces by forcing them to fight the war in two separate geographic areas

75
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What was the effect of Pearl Harbor being bombed?

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U.S. entered into WWII

76
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How did Americans help on the home front?

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Planted Victory Gardens, bought war bonds, conserved energy and
resources, recycled old metal and paper, rationed goods

77
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Prevented the spread of infectious diseases like polio

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Vaccines

78
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Competition between U.S. and Soviets to develop superior weapons

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Arms Race

79
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U.S. used airplanes to bypass Soviet blockade of West Berlin

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Berlin Airlift

80
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Resulted in increased consumer spending and Interstate Highway System

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Economic prosperity

81
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Claimed there were Communists in every level of government

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Senator McCarthy

82
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U.S. got involved to try and prevent spread of communism

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Korean War

83
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Caused U.S. to create space program and invest more in technology

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Sputnik I

84
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What was the Marshall Plan?

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After WWII, the U.S. loaned large amounts of money to countries to help them
rebuild their economies

85
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Why did McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee grow in popularity in America during the Cold War?

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People feared communism and its spread, associated communism with Soviet Union, U.S. and Soviet Unions were rival superpowers during Cold War

86
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Why did America get involved in the Korean War?

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Containment of communism

87
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What is NATO?

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An arrangement between the U.S. and western European allies that states if one country was attacked, all the countries would come to its assistance

88
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How did America respond to the Soviet’s blockade of West Berlin?

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Berlin Airlift – U.S. provided supplies to people in need

89
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What factors contributed to the growth of suburbs after WWII?

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Baby boom after WWII increased housing demand

90
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Civil rights group that used armed force to protest and protect themselves

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Black Panthers

91
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Argued that there is no equality in segregated schools

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Thurgood Marshall

92
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Supreme Court ruled to desegregate schools

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Brown v. Board of Education

93
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Civil rights rally to peacefully protest ending discrimination of minorities

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March on Washington

94
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Ordered the National Guard to prevent African American students from
entering Little Rock High School

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Governor Orval Faubus

95
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U.S. President that advanced the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress

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Lyndon B. Johnson

96
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How did the Civil Rights Era improve life for African Americans, women, and other minorities? Select TWO correct answers.

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A. Employers could no longer discriminate against potential employees based on race and gender.
C. Congress passed legislation forbidding the use of poll taxes to prevent people from voting.

97
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What did the 24th Amendment do?

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Forbid the use of poll taxes or types of taxes to prevent people from voting

98
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Compare and contrast Martin Luther King Jr. and the Black Panthers.

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Compare – advocates to end discrimination of minorities during Civil Rights Era; Contrast – MLK believed in civil disobedience, while Black Panthers used violence if necessary

99
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Why did President Eisenhower send federal troops to Little Rock, Arkansas?

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To escort the Little Rock Nine into school, because Governor Orval Faubus wanted to prevent the nine African American students from entering

100
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What was the impact of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech?

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It put pressure on the government to pass civil rights legislation

101
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Why was the Equal Employment Opportunity created?

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To ensure fair employment among government agencies

102
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How has the civil rights movement impacted life today?

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improved political
rights and economic opportunities of minorities

103
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Musicians performed to protest the Vietnam War and to spread a
message of peace

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Woodstock

104
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Health care for people 65 and older

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Medicare Act of 1965

105
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Protest over the Vietnam War and credibility gap of government

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Anti-war movement

106
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Conflict to prevent the spread of communism

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Vietnam War

107
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United farm workers to get better labor conditions and pay

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Cesar Chavez

108
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Ordered a blockade around Cuba to halt Soviet missile delivery

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John F. Kennedy

109
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Initiative that helped develop new technology products

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Space Program

110
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What caused the Cuban Missile Crisis?

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Soviet Union were trying to deliver nuclear missiles to Cuba (90 miles off
coast of U.S.)

111
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What was the counterculture movement?

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American youth developed their own cultural movement that strongly
opposed the Vietnam War

112
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How did the Great Society aim to improve the lives of Americans?

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affordable housing through HUD and health insurance for senior
citizens through the Medicare Act

113
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Why was there a large anti-war movement in the U.S. while the Vietnam War was being fought?

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Credibility gap of
government (difference in how good the war was going as reported by the government versus how bad the war
was actually going as communicated by reporters)

114
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Compare and contrast the Tonkin Resolution and the War Powers Resolution.

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Tonkin Resolution allowed the
president to take military action without a declaration of war from Congress, War Powers Resolution – Congress
limited the military powers of the executive branch (President)

115
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How was Cesar Chavez significant to the Chicano Movement?

A

Fought to get better labor conditions and pay for
migrant farm workers

116
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Resulted in the U.S. War on Terror, Afghanistan invasion

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September 11, 2001

117
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U.S. music and sports adopted worldwide

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Culture diffusion

118
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Worked with Congress to create the Environmental Protection Agency

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Richard Nixon

119
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Source of power that does not use oil and is environmentally friendly

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Alternative energy

120
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Increased efficiency of manufacturing and telecommunications

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Computers & internet

121
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Developed software for computers, entrepreneur

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Bill Gates

122
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Organization that passed an embargo on U.S. and caused a price spike on gas

A

OPEC

123
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How does the aerospace technology from the Space Race impact the daily lives of Americans today?

A

Equipment
developed for space flight is now used in practical everyday products

124
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Compare and contrast government leaders: Sandra Day O’Connor and Barack Obama.

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Compare – minorities
who achieved ‘firsts’ in U.S. government. Contrast – Sandra Day O’Connor was the first female Supreme Court
justice and Barack Obama was the first African American U.S. president

125
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What were the effects of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?

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Lead to the War on Terror with the U.S.
invading Iraq and Afghanistan

126
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How did the actions of OPEC impact Americans?

A

OPEC restricted the gasoline supply in the U.S. which caused a
spike in gasoline prices and a fuel shortage crisis

127
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Why is there a push to develop an alternative energy source?

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Oil reserves are decreasing, need a new renewable
energy source

128
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Why do you think American pop culture has been diffused in countries around the world?

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