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History Final
Things to know for your Am. History Final
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11th Grade
01/07/2013

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What was the 1964 incident off the coast of Vietnam called?
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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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Goal of WWI for the U.S.
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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 Sputnik?
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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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OPEC formed to do what?
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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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