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| What were the requirements for the Homestead Act? |
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| Which invention influenced southern farming the most in the early 1800s? |
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| Railroad allowed a new way to transport goods |
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| Railroad and steamboats effected Am. industry by faster travel between farms and factories |
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| Causes of WWI... 3 questions |
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| Why did some people lose money even though they didn't buy stocks in the crash of 1929? |
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| One factor leading to the GD was under consumption, which was caused by? |
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| How did people buy stocks in the 1920s? 2 specific terms needed... |
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| President on Black Tuesday |
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| What was the federal program during the Great Depression? |
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| What were the results of the New Deal? Specifically with people's confidence and hope? |
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| What president ran Relief, Reform, Recovery in the 1930s |
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| Rust Belt is what part of the U.S.? (be able to identify on a map) |
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| Appeasement of Hitler was in order to do what? |
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| Where did Allied forces land on D-Day? |
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| Date that will live in infamy... Test doesn't say that but should... Pearl Harbor is attacked when? |
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Why did Truman drop da' bomb on Japan? What was he trying to avoid?
Not sure if I said this or not... Trying to avoid a longer war with millions more fatalities/deaths on both sides. |
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| John Steinbeck wrote The Grapes of Wrath... |
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| What incident pushed the U.S. into WWII? (pay attention to the number after WW) |
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| What was the purpose of the Bay of Pigs Invasion? |
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| What was one effect of the Korean War? Answer is we successfully contained communism w/o starting WWIII |
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| Social Security is threatened by what population trend? |
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| Main purpose of the tax cuts Reagan supported was to? |
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| What scandal caused Nixon to resign? |
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| What is the current problem with Social Security in this country? (think about how the baby-boomers might be wrecking it) |
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| Bob Dylan was a rock and roll singer that gave pop music a social consciousness and was a spokesperson for the counterculture of the '60s. |
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| Know the characteristics of the '60s counterculture. Long Hair was one we didn't cover... |
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| Know characteristics of Rock and Roll and its origins. |
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| What did Plessy v. Ferguson set up? (question is specific w/ education but know it was for all facets of society) |
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| What was one of MLK's greatest strengths? |
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| Women still don't get paid equal wages... |
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| Know how "Reaganomics" works. |
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| PWA and PWAs purpose was to do what during the GD? |
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| Truman's response to the Berlin Blockade was? |
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| Major cause of the movement to suburbs in the decades following WWII was?? |
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| What did Ike do to get Little Rock to admit the Little Rock 9? |
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| McCarthyism of the '50s was critiqued by saying the idea showed how gov't. power could lead to erosion of our liberties |
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| Removal of MacArthur during the Korean War showed our military is still run by a civilian. |
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| Know Effects of the Tet Offensive in 1968. |
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| National Organization of Women was created to? |
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| Brown v. Board of Education ruled? |
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| Main objective of Vietnam was? |
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| Characteristics of Vietnam... Use of TV, how did they decide who was winning, length, popularity (know about each of these issues) |
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| Who attacked us on 9/11, 2001? |
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| Enforcement of Prohibition was most difficult with what group? |
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| What 2 factors caused the KKK to decline? |
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| Positive of Big Business of the 1920s? |
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| What Changed due to the GD? Specifically how did people see the gov't.'s roll in their lives? |
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| Economic Depressions characterized by? (Think of what our depression is characterized by... usually 2 things that show the economy is doing poorly) |
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