yeer Flashcards

1
Q

Why did President Nixon resign? Why? What did he do ?

A

Presdident Nixon resigned office b/c of the cover up plan. He pleaded the fifth.

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2
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What did the picture of the elphent represnt?

A

The ending of slavery

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3
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what did the midwest suffer from

A

A severe drought ( Dustbowl)

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4
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Who repreesnted the New Deal?

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W.P.A ( Workers Progress Acossiation) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Coropation (FDIC)

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5
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Abuse,Homeless,Violence, Crime repreesnted what ?

A

Social problems in the 1920s

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6
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What is another way of saying the United Nations?

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The leuage of nations

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7
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WHat was a major development in the U.S.

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The Panama Canal

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8
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The treay of Verailles was waht?

A

contained WW1 settelments

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9
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Whihc communityb was hot hard by the G.D.

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Hovvervilles

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10
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What lead the U.S. into war ?

A

German attacks on U.S. ships

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11
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What was a shift of the industrial work force?

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Urban

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12
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What gave woman jobs?

A

WW1 on homefront?

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13
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Why did the granger movement start?

A

It was development b/c of law farms, crisis, surplus, and high railroad

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14
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How did Muckrakers change society?

A

By exposing corruption

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15
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What did Boss Tweed do?

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Boss Tweed had a political machine(corruption)

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16
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What was the cause of ethnic neighborhoods?

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It was a direct result of immigration in NYC

17
Q

The Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln did what?

A

Gave freedom to slaves rebelling

18
Q

Slavey was replaced by debt through what?

A

Sharecropping in the South after The Civil war

19
Q

Who started the Nazi Party?

A

Hitler

20
Q

Who caused the U.S. to enter the war ?

A

The Soviet Union

21
Q

How did the U.S justify the use of a nuclear weapon against Japan?

A

By saying that it would end the war and save lives

22
Q

What ended communism in Eastern Europe.?

A

The Fall of the Berlin wall

23
Q

what did the completion of the Erie canal do?

A

The completion of the Erie Canal made it easy to travel between the great lakes and the Atlantic ocean

24
Q

What did the Kansas controversy do?

A

The Kansas controversy threatened to change the balance of slaves and nonslaves states

25
Q

The Confederate resources had a larger population but the Union had what?

A

Better leaders

26
Q

What was the effect of the Civil Rights Movement?

A

Made African Americans able to register and to vote