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What is the Cold War
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intense economic, political, military, and ideological rivalry between nations, short of military conflict; sustained hostile political policies and an atmosphere of strain between opposed countries.
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What is the Airlift
 Definition
a system for transporting persons or cargo by aircraft, especially in an emergency.
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What is the Berlin Wall
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a guarded concrete wall, 28 miles (45 km), with minefields and controlled checkpoints, erected across Berlin by East Germany in 1961 and dismantled in 1989.
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What was the Marshall Plan about
 Definition
any comprehensive program for federally supported economic assistance, as for urban renewal.
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what president made the Truman Doctrine
 Definition
the policy of President Truman, as advocated in his address to Congress on March 12, 1947, to provide military and economic aid to Greece and turkey and, by extension, to any country threatened by communism or any totalitarian ideology.
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What does NATO stand for
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This was an organization that was formed in the year of 1949.
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What was the Warsaw Pact about
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an organization formed in Warsaw, Poland (1955), comprising Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, and the U.S.S.R., for collective defense under a joint military command.
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What happened in the Korean War
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the war, begun on June 25, 1950, between North Korea, aided by Communist china, and South Korea, aided by the United States and other United Nations members forming a United Nations armed force: truce signed July 27, 1953.
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What happened during the Cuban Revolution
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the revolution led by Fidel Castro and a small band of guerrilla fighters against a corrupt dictatorship in Cuba; 1956-1959
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What year did the Bay Of Pigs Invasion take place
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The Bay Of Pigs Invasion took place in the year of 1961.
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Cuban Missile Crisis was between what states
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A confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union in 1962 over the presence of missile sites in Cuba; one of the “hottest” periods of the cold war. The Soviet premier, Nikita Khrushchev, placed Soviet military missiles in Cuba, which had come under Soviet influence since the success of the Cuban Revolution three years earlier. President John F. Kennedy of the United States set up a naval blockade of Cuba and insisted that Khrushchev remove the missiles. Khrushchev did.
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What was the Vietnam War about
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a conflict, starting in 1954 and ending in 1975, between South Vietnam (later aided by the U.S., South Korea, Australia, the Philippines, Thailand, and New Zealand) and the Vietcong and North Vietnam.
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Why was Sputnik Launched? And what year did it takes place
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The year that sputnik. Had launched was the year of 1957. any of a series of unmanned Soviet satellites, Sputnik 1 (launched in 1957) being the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth
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In what year did the Koren War Ends
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The Korean War Ended in the year of 1953.
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Why did the US pull out of Vietnam
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The year that the United States pulled out of the Vietnam War was in the year of 1973
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When did the Vietnam War Ends
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The Vietnam War ended in the year of 1975
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What year did the Cold War Ends
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The Cold War ended in the year of 1991
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Who was George H.W. Bush. What was his son name?
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George H.W. Bush served as the 43rd Vice President. George W. Bush (1981–1989)
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What started WW1 Assassination of Archduke
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The assassination of Archduke is what started WWI.
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Recall
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to bring back from memory; recollect; remember: Can you recall what she said?
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What year was the Progressive Era taking place?
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The year 1896 marks the approximate beginning of the Progressive Era, and reform peaked during the period before America’s entry into World War I in 1917.(1890 - 1920
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What was considered Big Businesses and what happened during this event?
 Definition
large business, commercial, and financial firms taken collectively, especially when considered as a group having shared attitudes and goals and exercising control over economic policy, politics, etc.
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What does the word Tarbell mean
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Ida Minerva, 1857–1944, U.S. author.
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Who cultures participated in the Spanish American War and what year did the fight happened?
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A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba. Accounts of Spanish mistreatment of Cuban natives had aroused much resentment in the United States, a resentment encouraged by the yellow press.
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Did Sitting Bull have a leader. If so what were their name?
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1834–90, American Indian warrior: leader of the Hunkpapa; victor at Little Bighorn, 1876.
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What was the Sin Clair about
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Harry ford, 1876–1956, U.S. oil businessman: a major figure in the Teapot Dome scandal.
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Why did the Wounded Knee take place
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a village in SW South Dakota: site of a massacre of about 300 Oglala Sioux Indians on Dec. 29, 1890.
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What year did people build the Rail Roads
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a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
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Was Pullman Strike a conflict between unions
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The Pullman Strike was a nationwide conflict between labor unions and railroads that occurred in the United States in 1894
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What was the Conservation Movement about
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The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species.
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What was the Jim Crow Laws
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any state law discriminating against black persons.
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What happened during the Panama Canal
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a canal extending SE from the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama. 40 miles (64 km) long.
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What kind of source was Standard Oil Company
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Source

Standard Oil was a predominant American integrated oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company.
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Who are the Muckrakers
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A muckraker is, primarily, a writer who investigates and publishes truthful reports involving a host of social issues, broadly including crime and corruption and often involving elected officials
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What war began September 1, 1939 WWII
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the war between the Axis and the Allies, beginning on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of Poland and ending with the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, and of japan on August 14, 1945. Abbreviation: WWII
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What are colonies called
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a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.
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What was the First amendment
 Definition
an amendment to the U.S. constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, prohibiting Congress from interfering with freedom of religion, speech, assembly, or petition.
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What companies was in the triple alliances
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the alliance (1882–1915) of Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy.
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What was the Triple entente dealing with
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an informal understanding among Great Britain, France, and Russia based on a Franco-Russian military alliance (1894), an Anglo-French entente (1904), and an Anglo-Russian entente (1907). It was considered a counterbalance to the Triple Alliance but was terminated when the Bolsheviks came into control in russia in 1917.
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Who was Richard Nixon
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Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the 37th President of the United States (1969–1974), having formerly been the 36th Vice President of the United States (1953–1961).
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What other colonization participated in the English Settlement
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British colonization of the Americas (including colonization sponsored by both the Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland before the 1707 Acts of Union which created the Kingdom of Great Britain)
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What started the European settlement
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The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to 1492, although there was at least one earlier colonization effort.
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What started the American Settlement
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The start of the European colonization of the Americas is typically dated to 1492, although there was at least one earlier colonization effort.The first known Europeans to reach the Americas were the Vikings (Norse) during the 11th century
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What was the British Colonies
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The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom
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Who was Vasco Da Gama
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Vasco da Gama , 1st Count of Vidigueira ( ) (c. 1460 or 1469 – 24 December 1524) was a Portuguese explorer, one of the most successful in the Age of Discovery
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Who was Neville Chamberlain
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The prime minister of Britain from 1937 to 1940, who advocated a policy of appeasement toward the territorial demands of Nazi Germany. This appeasement policy essentially turned a blind eye to Germany’s 1938 annexation of Austria and the Sudetenland.
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Who was Winston Churchill
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The prime minister of Britain during most of World War II. Churchill was among the most active leaders in resisting German aggression and played a major role in assembling the Allied Powers,
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Who was James Doolittle
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A U.S. Army general best known for leading the famous “Doolittle Raid” in 1942, in which B-25 bombers were launched from an aircraft carrier to bomb Japan and then crash-landed in China.
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Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower
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A U.S. Army general who held the position of supreme Allied commander in Europe, among many others. Eisenhower was perhaps best known for his work in planning Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Europe. After the war, he was a very popular figure in the United States and was elected to two terms as U.S. president, taking office in 1953.
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Who was Benito Mussolini
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Fascist prime minister who came to power in 1922 and ruled Italy as an absolute dictator. In many ways, Mussolini served as an inspiration to Adolf Hitler, with whom he chose to ally himself during World War II. In 1943, Mussolini was overthrown in a coup orchestrated by some of his subordinates, and in 1945 he was executed by Italian partisans just prior to the end of the war in Europe.
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Who was Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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The 32nd U.S. president, who led the country through the bulk of World War II until his death from a cerebral hemorrhage in April 1945, just a few months before the war ended. Together with Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin, Roosevelt played a decisive role in holding together the Allied coalition that ultimately defeated Nazi Germany.
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Who was Joseph Stalin
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General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1922 until his death in 1953. In some ways, Stalin was responsible for the USSR’s severe losses at the beginning of World War II, as he failed to head the warnings of his advisors and did not allow the Russian military to prepare a proper defense. At the same time, he did succeed in holding the country together and inspiring among his people an awesome resistance against Germany, which ultimately forced a German retreat. Stalin’s own regime in the USSR was just as brutal as the Nazi regime in many ways, and the alliance between Stalin and the Western Allies always remained rather tenuous because of mutual distrust.
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Who lead the country through the last few months of WWII
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The 33rd U.S. president, who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt upon Roosevelt’s death in April 1945. Truman, who led the country through the last few months of World War II, is best known for making the controversial decision to use two atomic bombs against Japan in August 1945. After the war, Truman was crucial in the implementation of the Marshall Plan, which greatly accelerated Western Europe’s economic recovery.
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What countries participated in the organization of the Allied Powers
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An alliance during World War II made up of the countries that opposed the aggression of Nazi Germany. Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union were the most prominent members, although many other countries also joined.
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What is the definition of Anschluss
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Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s doctrine of German political union with Austria, which effectively enabled Germany to annex that nation in March 1938.
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What countries participated in the Appeasement
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The British and French policy of conceding to Adolf Hitler’s territorial demands prior to the outbreak of World War II. Associated primarily with British prime minister Neville Chamberlain, the appeasement policy enabled Hitler to systematically take over the territories of several neighboring countries.
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What countries participated in the Axis Powers
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The collective term for Germany, Italy, and Japan’s military alliance in opposition to the Allied Powers. Several smaller countries in Eastern Europe also became members of the Axis Powers temporarily.
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What year did the Battle of Britain take place
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An extended campaign from July 1940 to the spring of 1941 in which British air forces fought off wave after wave of German bombers and denied Germany in its quest to attain air superiority over Britain. Although major cities in England sustained heavy damage, the British resistance forced Germany to abandon its plans to invade across the English Channel.
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What was the and how long was the Battle of the Coral Sea take
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A battle from May 4–8, 1942, in which U.S. naval forces successfully protected the Allied base at Port Moresby, New Guinea, the last Allied outpost standing between the Japanese onslaught and Australia. The battle, which caused heavy losses on both sides, was the first naval battle in history fought exclusively in the air, by carrier-based planes.
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How was long was the Battle of Midway
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A battle from June 3–6, 1942, in which U.S. naval forces severely disabled the Japanese fleet at Midway Island in the Pacific. Coming close on the heels of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway forced Japan into defensive mode and turned the tide of the war in the Pacific theater.
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What does the word Blitzkrieg mean
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Literally “lightning war,” the term for Hitler’s invasion strategy of attacking a nation suddenly and with overwhelming force. Hitler applied the blitzkrieg strategy, with varying degrees of success, to the German invasions of Poland, France, and the Soviet Union
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What month and what day did D-Day take place
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June 6, 1944, the day on which the Allied invasion of France via the Normandy coast began.
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What was the code name of the U.S. government Manhattan Project
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The code name for the U.S. government’s secret program to develop an atomic bomb. Begun in 1942, the Manhattan Project utilized the expertise of world-famous physicists, including Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi, to develop the weapon. It finally succeeded in conducting the first successful atomic bomb test in July 1945 at Alamogordo, New Mexico. After a difficult decision by President Harry S Truman, U.S. forces dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, prompting Japan’s surrender.
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What was the year and month did V-E Day take place
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May 8, 1945, the day on which the Allied forces declared victory in Europe
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What was the year and month did V-J Day take place
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August 15, 1945, the day on which the Allied forces declared victory over Japan.
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What country was a total of dictatorship under the Nazi Party. Germany
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In 1938, Germany was a total dictatorship under the Nazi Party and Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Although the 1919 Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I had imposed strict disarmament terms on Germany, by the late 1930s, Hitler had dropped all pretense of observing the terms of the treaty. He began not only to rebuild his military rapidly, but also to speak openly of Germany’s need for lebensraum , or “living space.”
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Which was the longest and one of the deadliest battles of the war. Battle of Verdun
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The longest and one of the deadliest battles of the war, lasting from February 21 to December 18, 1916. Germany, hoping to wear France down and inflict large numbers of casualties, assaulted the fortified town of Verdun, which blocked the German forces’ path to Paris. The battle ended without a clear victor, despite the deaths of more than 650,000 soldiers.
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Was the Black Hand a terrorist organization
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A terrorist Serbian nationalist group that was responsible for training and arming Gavrilo Princip and others who participated in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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What was the “Blank Check”
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Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany’s unconditional promise to defend Austria-Hungary if Russia attacked it while Austria was invading Serbia. The guarantee was made on July 5, 1914, a week after Archduke Ferdinand’s assassination.
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Was Central Powers taking place during WW1
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An alliance during World War I that originally consisted of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Other nations, including Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire, joined later.
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What was the War of Attrition about
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A war in which victory is determined purely by which side is better able to endure numerous, prolonged casualties (as opposed to a war in which victory is determined by accomplishing a specific objective, such as capturing a major city).
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What year did the Zimmermann Telegram
take place
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A January 1917 telegram sent by German foreign minister Alfred Zimmermann to the German ambassador to Mexico, discussing a secret plan to bait Mexico into attacking the United States. Under the plan, Germany intended to offer Mexico financial incentives to attack the United States, as well as military support to help Mexico retake its former territories of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona. British intelligence intercepted the telegram, which was eventually published in the American press, sparking an uproar that shifted American public opinion in favor of entering the war.
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What was the 2nd Amendment
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Protects the right to keep and bear arms
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What was the 3rd Amendment
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Prohibits the forced quartering of soldiers out of war time
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what was the 4rd Amendment
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Prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures and sets out requirements for search warrants based on probable cause
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What was the 5th Amendment
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Sets out rules for indictment by grand jury and eminent domain, protects the right to due process, and prohibits self-incrimination and double jeopardy
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What was the 6th Amendment
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Protects the right to have a fair and speedy public trial by jury, including the rights to be notified of the accusations, to confront the accuser, to obtain witnesses and to retain counsel
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What was the 7th Amendment
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Provides for the right to trial by jury in certain civil cases, according to common law
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What was the 8th Amendment
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Prohibits excessive fines and excessive bail, as well as cruel and unusual punishment
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What was the 9th Amendment
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Asserts the existence of unenumerated rights retained by the people
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What was the 10th Amendment
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Limits the powers of the federal government to those delegated to it by the Constitution
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What was the 11th Amendment
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Immunity of states from suits from out-of-state citizens and foreigners not living within the state borders. Lays the foundation for sovereign immunity
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What was the 12th Amendment
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Revises presidential election procedures
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What was the 13th Amendment
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Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime
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What was the 14th Amendment
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Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post-Civil War issues
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What was the 15th Amendment
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Prohibits the denial of suffrage based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude
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What was the 16th Amendment
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Allows the federal government to collect income tax
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What was the 26th Amendment
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Establishes 18 as the national voting age
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What was the 19th Amendment
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Establishes women's suffrage
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