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Social Studies
12th Grade
01/18/2012

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Term
The United States joined European nations in a race to conquest smaller, "uncivilized" nations and to gain access to their resources and markets. This was known as _________
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Imperialism
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What territory was annexed by the U.S. in the Pacific Ocean in 1898?
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Hawaii
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What war did the U.S. become involved in 1898?
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Spanish-American War
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What name was given to the sensational journalism that served as a major cause of the Spanish-American War?
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yellow journalism
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What group of volunteers did T. Roosevelt lead in the famous charge at the Battle of San Juan Hill?
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Rough Riders
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What group of islanders in the south Pacific did the U.S. gain control over as a result of the defeat of the Spanish?
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philippines
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President Roosevelt led the movement to build what canal in Central America?
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panama canal
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What addendum to the Monroe Doctrine was made by Roosevelt justifying American intervention in the South America nations in trouble?
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Roosevelt Corollary
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How did Tafts foreign diplomacy differ from Roosevelts?
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Dollar Diplomacy
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What were the long term causes of the first World War?
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Imperialism, Militarism, Nationalism, Alliances
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What was the immediate cause of WW1?
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The assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
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Why did the U.S. enter WW1?
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Sinking of the Lusitania and the Zimmerman Note
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What types of technological innovations were used in WW1?
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Tank and submarine
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What treaty ended WW1?
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Treaty of Versailles
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What was the purpose of imperialism?
Definition
To expand your country
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What type of fighting took place in World War 1?
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trench warfare
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Who came up with the idea of the tank?
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British
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What type of technological innovation did the Germans bring to WW1?
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submarine
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Who were the Central Powers?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire
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Who were the allied powers?
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France, Britain, U.S. Russia, Italy
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What acts contributed to the Nativist hatred of immigrants especially during and after WW1?
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Espionage and sedition
Term
Name several groups of people who benifited from the diminished workforce during WW1.
Definition
Women, African-Americans, Mexican Americans
Term
Which country refused to sign the Treaty of Versailles because the League of nations was included in it?
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united states
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Name the organiztion in which the nations of the world would join together to ensure security and peace for all members.
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League of Nations
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Which president supported the League of Nations?
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Woodrow Wilson
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Which political party rejected the League of Nations?
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Republicans
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An intense fear of communism and other extreme ideas that gripped the u.s. during the 1920s.
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red scare
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Trial in which two immigrants were given an unfair trial due to their ethnic background and were eventually put to death.
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Sacco and Vanzetti
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Name given to the summer in 1919 in which race riots erypted in about 25 cities nationwide.
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Red Summer
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By 1922, this organizations membership had grown to about 100,000 and by 1924 to 4 million.
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Ku Klux Klan
Term
Migration of blacks from the south to the North for jobs.
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Great Migration
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A number limit set up by laws to limit annual immigration.
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Quota
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This type of immigration was banned altogether in the 1920s.
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Asian immigration
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List several technological innovations in the 1920s.
Definition
Cars, planes, home appliances
Term
African American literary awakening of the 1920s was known as....?
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harlem renaissance
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African American author of "Their Eyes were Watching God."
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Zora Neale Hurston
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List three leading poets/writers of the Harlem Renaissance.
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Claude McKay,Countee Cullen,Langston Hughes
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This type of music grew out of African American music in the south, especially ragtime and blues.
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jazz
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The 1920s ferred to as what type of age.
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Jazz Age
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Illegal bars that flourished during prohibition.
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Speakeasies
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Case over the teaching the theory of evolution in the classroom.
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Scopes Trial
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