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| WWI Alliance of Germany, Austria/Hungary, The Otooman Empire, and Bulgaria |
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| WWI Alliance of GB, France, Soviet Union, Italy, Serbia, and others |
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| President of US during WWI |
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| government controls and plans the economy. Goal of common ownership. Single-party political system. |
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| Why did the US enter WWI? |
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| sinking of the Lusitania (ship) |
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| low interest loan by civilians to the gov't meant to be repaid in a number of years |
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| 1917 law that sets heavy fines and long prison terms for anti-war activities. |
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| Committee of Public Information |
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| gov't organization produced propaganda (ads) to build support for the war |
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| region (KS, OK, TX, CO, NM)farms are damaged by dust storms |
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| Why was the radio popular in 1930s? |
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| no TVs, only thing for mass communication |
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| Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Joseph Stalin |
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| Why were the dictators able to get support in Germany & Italy in 1930's? |
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| the economy of Europe was bad |
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| What brough the US into WWII? |
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| How did WWII help end Great Depression? |
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| war created jobs. US needed war supplies (tanks, jeeps, boats, guns, missiles) |
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| Japanese-American Internment |
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| removal of Japenese Americans from the West to prison camps |
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| Prime Minister of Great Britain |
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| Why the British believed Germans needed to leave Africa before Allies invaded Europe? |
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| Churchill (British) thought Allies were unprepared for such an invasion. 1st drive Germans out of Africa to gain control of the Mediterraneon & open way to invade Europe through Italy. |
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| Allied invasion of France on June 6, 1944. |
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| Nazi German crime of killing more than 11 million Jews and other persecuted people in concentration camps |
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| Why did Americans buy war bonds? |
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| Why did Americans buy war bonds? |
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| government would repay with interst, help the war, Movie stars promoted (raised billions of $$) |
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| guard that accompanies and protects ships or troops |
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| the American Ace of Aces (flying ace) |
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| What happened at Cantigny? |
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| American/Allies took over the Germans (forced the Germans to leave France) |
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| organization set up after WWI to settle international conflicts |
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| 1919 Treaty that ended WWI |
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| movement of African Americans from the south to the northern cities between 1910-1920 |
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| 1919-1920 a fearful reaction that the US was threatened by a communist revolution |
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| a theory that business (if free of gov't regulation) will act in ways that benefit the nation |
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| a young woman eager to try the latest fashion, dance, or fad |
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| a legal ban on alcohol imposed by the 18th Amendment |
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| night clubs that illegally served alcohol |
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| communications that read a large audience |
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| racist group that used violence to keep former slaves powerless and America "racially and morally pure" |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - a group formed in 1909 to protect the rights of African Americans |
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| a burst of African American culture in the 1920s and 1930s |
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| Why did so many Americans move to Paris in the 1920s? |
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| Disppointed in the USA after WWI - they followed freedom and tolerance in Paris (Lost Generation) |
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| serious and world-wide economic decline of the 1930s |
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| Stock Market Crash of 1929 |
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| Plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression |
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| Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) |
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| Democratic President who created the New Deal to counter the effects of the Great Depression |
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| Why was Herbert Hoover unpopular |
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| Republican President who failed to halt (stop) the Great Depression |
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| 1933-1935 Program created by Franklin Delano Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression |
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| Economic System in which members of a society owned businesses equally |
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| Law creating fund for assisting retired workers and the unemployed |
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| series of radio talks in which Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) explained his policies in a casual style |
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| helped prevent a war between Germany (Hitler) and the British (Chamberlain). Allowed Germany to gain control of the Sudetenland. |
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| Hitler's plan to kill the Jews |
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| What was the turning point of the war in the Pacific? |
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| U.S. plan developed by George C. Marshall to help boost the economies of European nations after the war |
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| top-secret government project to develop the atomic bomb |
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| Japanese city that was hit with the first atomic bomb on August 6, 1945 |
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| international peace-keeping body founded by 50 nations in April 1945 |
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| place for Jews to live after the Holocaust (created by the United Nations) |
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| Why did China enter the Korean War? |
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| MacArthur's troops advanced past the line (38th parallel) pushing the North Koreans across the Yalu River into China |
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| How did the Korean War end? |
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| in a stalemate (North Korea/South Korea) |
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| Senator who accused many Americans of having communist ties |
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| How did the USA population change after WWII? |
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| there was a baby boom (it exploded) |
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| sharp increase in the U.S. birth rate following WWII |
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| massive hydroelectric dam in Nevada to provide electricity to 3 states (Hoover) |
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| citizens could not be stopped from voting because of race, color, or previous position of servitude (slave) |
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| laws meant to enforce separation of white and black people in public places in the South |
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| the young woman who did not give her seat to a white person on a bus |
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| 4 African-American college students began a sit-in* Feb 1960 to desegregate a lunch counter at a store (*protest in which people sit & refuse to move until their demands are met) |
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| separation of blacks and whites |
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| United Farm Workers Committee |
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| labor union formed in 1962 and brought national attention to the conditions of farmworkers. Worked to get favorable contracts between workers and employers. Inspired Mexican Americans to organize. |
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| give equality of rights regardless of sex |
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| an agreement dividing North Vietnam and South Vietnam |
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| anti-communist Prime Minister of South Vietnam |
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| What disadvantages did the USA have in Vietnam? |
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| did not understand the land; difficult to battle (traditional battle didn't work: needed guerrilla warfare--surprise attacks by small bands of fighters) |
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| surprised Communist attack on U.S. and South Vietnamese forces in 1968; further weakened American support for the war |
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| secret Defense Dept. papers showing Presidents were not honest with the public about the U.S. involvment in Vietnam |
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| How did the Vietnam War end? |
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| Peace Agreement (1-27-1973) US & South Vietnam agreed to a cease fire and US withdrew its troops |
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| How were soldiers treated after Vietnam War? |
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| Americans did not support the war. When soldiers came home, they were not welcome |
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| legislation passed by Congress in 1973 limiting President's war-making powers. |
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| illegal actions by President Nixon and his aides to cover up crimes related to Nixon's re-election campaign |
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| What was Carter's domestic problems as President? |
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| inflation was high; oil and gas shortages; high unemployment |
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| How did Reagan lower inflation? |
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| Conservative Goals 1)lower taxes 2)deregulation 3)smaller gov't 4)conservative Supreme Court 5)cut entitlements (welfare) |
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| 1990-1991 War in which the US and United Nations drove Iraq out of Kuwait |
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| Increased technology leads to |
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| PROGRESS (more global economy) |
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| North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) |
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| lifted tariffs (taxes) in an effort to increase US trade with Mexico and Canada |
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| Why did George W. Bush send US troops to Iraq? |
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| sent troops in response to 9-11 |
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