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| Who were the candidates in the election of 1908? |
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| William Howard Taft & Williams Jennings Bryan |
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| What was so odd about Taft's figure? |
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| He was huge. (Bigger than Drew) |
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| What did Taft to that was comparable to Roosevelt? |
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| He broke up more trusts in 1 term than Roosevelt in two. |
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| Who was head of the USFS (United States Forest Service)? [in Taft's presidency] |
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| Who was Taft's secretary of interior? |
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| What did Roosevelt do in the 1912 election? |
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| He ran for re-election and got more followers than Taft, but didn't get the nomination. |
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| Who wins the 1912 election? |
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| What happened to Wilson that lowered his mobility and speaking ability? |
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| Where did the USS Dolphin Dock |
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| What happened in Mexico because of the USS Dolphin? |
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| American Sailors got into trouble whilst on Liberty and Mexico didn't solute the Dolphin when it departed |
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| What does Wilson do in response to the Dolphin Incident? |
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| He got mad and sent the Marines to take over Veracruz |
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| A leader of a gang of banditos that ravaged the American South West |
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| What years did World War I happen in? |
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| What were the two main opposing sides of the war? |
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| Triple Entente (Winning Forces) and the Triple Alliance (Losing Side) |
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| What were the 3 countries of the Triple Entente? |
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| Great Britain, France and Russia |
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| What were the 3 countries of the Triple Alliance? |
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| Germany, Austria-Hungarian Empire and Italy |
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| What Triple Alliance country joins the Entente? |
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| When does the US enter the Alliance? |
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| What is the nickname for the winners of World War I? |
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| The Big Four (US, Britain, France, Italy) |
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| What German influenced events caused the US to enter WWI? |
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| Their disregard of US Naval regulations with unrestricted U-Boat warfare and the Zimmerman Note |
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| What was the Zimmerman Note? |
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| An intercepted message from Germany to Mexico urging the Mexican Government to declare war on the US. |
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| What was the US Military called during WWI? |
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| The AEF (American Expeditionary Forces) |
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| What was the nickname for US soldiers in WWI? |
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| Who was the most popular American hero in the AEF during WWI? |
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| Who said "Lafayette, we are here." when the AEF landed in Europe? |
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| What did the sedition act of 1917 do? |
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| Restricted the basic rights of freedom of speech and press. |
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| What was Wilson's most important of the 14 Points? |
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| He called for the creation of the League of Nations |
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| What holiday was formed by the end of WWI? |
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| Armistice Day (Presently called Veterans day) |
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| What was a major part of the Treaty of Versailles? |
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| Heavily punishing the Triple Alliance. |
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| How long did negotiations last for the Treaty of Versailles? |
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| What was a big reason for the great depression? |
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| Money from war debt began to cycle around the war (ex. our money goes to germany, they use it to pay france, etc.) |
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| What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act? |
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| It gives the national government more power to regulate corporations, and makes labor unions legal. |
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| What 3 amendments are added during Wilson's presidency? |
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| What did the 17th Amendment do? |
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| Established the direct election of senators |
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| What did the 18th Amendment do? |
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| Prohibits the use, production and sales of Alcohol. |
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| What did the 19th Amendment do? |
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| Who was president from 1921-1923? |
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| Who was president from 1923-1929? |
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| Who was president from 1929-1933? |
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| What characteristic best defines the political views of the presidents of the 1920s? |
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| Who was president from 1961-1963? |
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| Who was president from 1963-1969? |
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| What characteristic best describes the political views of the 1960's presidents? |
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| What year did women get the right to vote? |
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| What were the "loose" women that often listened to Jazz called? |
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| What started to change about African Americans |
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| They began to have "Black Pride" |
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| What was the nickname of Marcus Garvey? |
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| What era was referred to as the Harlem Renaissance? |
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| A movement for black intellectual and artistic thinking. |
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| What three ethnic groups did the KKK hate? |
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| The Blacks, Catholics and Jews |
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| What was the number one sport in the 20s? (by far!) |
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| What was the most famous athlete of the time? |
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| What was the number 2 sport in the 20s? |
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| What was the Fordney and McCumber Tariff? |
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| What was the Hawley and Smoot Tariff? |
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| After the Fordney & McCumber,it made tariff rates even higher |
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| What was the Washington Naval Conference? |
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| A series of treaties that limited military capabilities by limiting the amount of tonnage in your navy |
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| What was the worst scandal during Harding's presidency? |
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| What was the Teapot Dome Scandal? |
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| Federal land set aside in Wyoming because of its rich oil deposits and the US Government was taking the money. |
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| What was unique about Coolidge? |
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| What makes Coolidge decide not to run again? |
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| What was the Immigration act of 1924? |
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| Often called the Quota Act it allows only a certain amount of immigration into the country |
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| What did Coolidge do to the Native Americans? |
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| He made them all automatically citizens. |
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| What was the era of FDR called? |
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| The Third American Revolution |
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| What was FDR's most famous quote? |
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| The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself. |
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| What was the name for FDR's domestic program? |
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| What was FDR's campaign song |
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| Happy Days are Here Again |
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| FDR's Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation which allowed banks to join if the met standards and opened after the banking holiday |
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| What are the 3 R's of the New Deal Policy |
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| Relief, Recovery and Reform |
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| What was the NRA (Not national rifle association) |
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| The National Recovery Act; it gave government loans to heavy industry so it could survive |
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| A Catholic Priest conservative talk show host. FDR's biggest conservative critic |
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| Also known as KINGFISH he was Roosevelt's biggest liberal critic |
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| What did most black people vote? |
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| What did most women vote? |
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| Who was the Fascist leader of italy? |
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| Who was the Fascist leader of Germany? |
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| What were the Axis Powers? |
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| Germany, Japan and Italy's alliance for WWII |
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| Britain, US and Russia's alliance for WWII |
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| What did FDR do to help before the US entered WWII? |
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| He established the Lend Lease Act, which gave military equipment to Britain without actually joining the war. |
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| Who was the supreme allied commander in Europe? |
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| Who was the supreme allied commander in the Pacific? |
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| When did America officially join WWII? |
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| 1941 with the bombing of pearl harbor |
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| Where were american soldiers first stationed? |
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| What was the battle of the Midway? |
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| A Naval Battle in which the US was successful |
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| "Decision Day" The June 6th, 1944 beach invasion of France |
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| Who were the 3 allied leaders? |
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| FDR (US), Churchill (Britain), Stalin (Russia) |
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| What were the 3 major meetings of the allied leaders? |
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| Casablanca (Stalin could not attend), Teheran, and Yalta |
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| Who replaces FDR as the US representative? |
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| When did Truman decide to use the atomic bomb? |
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| What two cities were bombed? |
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| What even causes the Japanese to surrender in WWII? |
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| The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki |
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| How long do we keep Japan? |
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| What were the 5 permanent Nations in the UN? |
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| US, Russia, England, France and China |
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| What did the Marshall Plan do? |
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| Gives money to Europe for rebuilding. We get 10 dollars for every one we spend. |
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| What was the Truman doctrine? |
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| The US would give military aid to countries not at war |
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| What happened to Berlin after WWII? |
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| Its was separated into 4 parts divided among Russia, France, the US and German |
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| What was Stalin's plan for Berlin? |
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| He wanted to wait for everybody to leave so he could have it all to himself. |
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| What did the Point 4 speech declare? |
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| It declared that scientific advancements would be shared with the world community. |
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| (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) A major military alliance still in effect today |
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| What happened to China after it's civil war? |
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| Its weakness is taken advantage of and it is taken over by communists |
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| What was the Warsaw Pact? |
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| Major Soviet Military during the Cold War between Russia and all the countries it controlled |
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| When did the "Cold War Era" begin? |
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| Tension and a few battles between the US and Russia |
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| What is the imaginary line that separates the Koreas? |
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| What deal do we make with Russia? |
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| We will take over the South if the take over the North |
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| What does Russia do with North Korea? |
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| They turn it into a communist country |
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| What happens in 1950 on the Korean Peninsula? |
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| North Korea suddenly invades South Korea |
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| What is the US response to the Invasion of South Korea? |
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| MacArthur sends troops over but they are quickly driven out. |
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| How does MacArthur turn the tide of war |
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| He lands on the North end of North Korea and pushes the forces down |
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| What does China do in the Koreas? |
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| They help North Korean forces and push back the UN forces to the 38th parallel |
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| What does Truman call for in Korea? |
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| The use of Nuclear weapons. He is denied by Truman. |
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| How many Jews died in the holocaust? |
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| How many total people were exterminated in the Holocaust? |
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