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| What is the function of the supreme court? |
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| Where have most immagrints to the U.S. come from since 1970? |
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What is the simplest form of business organization?
Define it. |
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propriortorship
one person owns the buisness |
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What type of economic system does the U.S. have?
What are the 4 parts of that economic system? |
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Capitalism
1.Free Enterprise
2.Private Property
3.Competition
4.Profit Motive |
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| What was the name of the amendment which failed to pass in refrence to the wome liberation movement of the 1970's? |
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| ERA- Equal Rights Ammendment |
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What was Brown vs. Education?
Where did it take place?
Which movement would this have refrence to in American History? |
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A black girl named brown wanted to attend an all white school. The U.S. Supreme court ruled you couldn't have seprate but equal schools.
Topeka, Kansas
Desegragation & Civil Rights Movement |
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| When Thomas Jefferson said "Unailenable Rights" what did he mean? |
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| Rights that you are born with and cannot be taken away from you |
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| What did both Ghandi and MArtin Luther King stand for? |
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| Equality Amoung all races |
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| Which nationality was rounded up in the U.S. during WWII & sent to security camps? |
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| What is the reason for the U.S. census? |
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| To determine the size of the U.S. House of Rep. based on population |
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| What did the Sherman Anti-trust act do? |
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| Who was the President during WWI? |
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Who does the president report the state of the union address to?
What does the address deal with? |
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The people & congress
Current State of the union |
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Roe vs. Wade
Miranda vs Arizona |
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Right to abortion
Must be read yor rights when arrested |
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When prices rise & supply is low & demand is high
Gasoline |
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Court ordering making it mandatory for workers to return to work for the betterment of the country
President |
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| How are the Korean & Persian Gulf war similar? |
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Both fought over sensless casulaties
fight for democracy |
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| What type of government does the U.S. operate as? |
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| What is the currency of the U.S? |
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| Black man wanted to ride in a railroad car for whites. Supreme court said yes because seprate but equal is not possible |
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| 3 rights guarenteed as a U.S. citizen |
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List any of the 1st 10 ammendments
or
voting right ammendments |
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What was the Tenn Valley authority?
2 ways human activity affected the physical geography of this area |
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Tenn Valley Authority put people to work during the great depretion through the building of Dams, the area recieved hydrotedric power
Human activity was affected because people had jobs, electricity, and flooding was controlled |
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19th- women recieved the right to vote
17th- Allowed for the direct election of senators |
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| 2 resources to help a high school graduate find a carrer |
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| Internet, School Counselor, Newspaper |
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| When did the cold war take place? |
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| End of WWII until the tearing down of the berlin war |
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When did WWII take place?
Which major countries were affected?
Who were the leaders of the major countries? |
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1939-1945
Allies:
Britain-Churchill
U.S.-Roosevelt
France-Clemendean
Russia-Stalin
Axis:
Germany-Hitler
Italy-Mussolini
Japan-Hirohito |
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When was the NAACP founded?
Who was the founder? |
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| Urbanization vs Development |
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Urbanization- The uilding of cities or small towns around large cities
Development- The putting infrastructure and services in place |
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| What weapon as banned in the 1990's? |
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| Expalin 3 ways the passage of the U.S. highways act effected the U.S. economy |
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Created the interstate highway system
1.Put people tow ork building the interstate
2.Interstate bypassed cities causing many types of buissnesses to close
3.Made the transportation of goods easier |
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| What were territorial changes in Europe caused WWII |
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Germany was destoryed
Berlin was divided |
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| Who was the most recent president elected who didnt recieve popular vote? |
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| Which city was last to be urbanized? |
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Who was the .S. Senator who accussed many people of being communist in the 1960's?
What did this come to be called? |
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Which war did 60,000 men die
Young people prtoested
& Lyndon B Johnson was president? |
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| What was a cultural diffrence between mexico city, mexico, & shreveport LA? |
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| Which maps get more distorted the further ot moves from the equator? |
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| Describe how the human & physical regions were affected in the mississppi river |
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Soil Erosion
Transportation
Jobs |
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| Which pact involves countries from Europe, except France |
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NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
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| What connected the atlantic to the pacific oceans & the french tried & failed in 1880's? |
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| This group tried for equal rights for blacks & worked for civil rights? |
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| When did the harlem renaissance, the rd scare, & black tuesday take place? |
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| What's most likley use of state & local taxes? |
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| Who invented the light bulb? |
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| Who made his fortune in the petroleum industry? |
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| ho made his fortune in the steel industry? |
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| Why are people in the U.S. loosing jobs as companies down size and close? |
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People in foreign countries are willing to work for cheap wages, so companies are having goods made or fixed in other countries.
EX:Tennis shoes all made in forien countries
Computers fixed by people in foriegn countries |
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What was the cuban missile crisis?
When was it?
Who was president of the U.S. at the time? |
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The soviet union placed missiles in cuba which were pointed toward the president said if launched it would ba all out war. Navy surrounded Cuba & missiles were removed.
1962
Pres Kennedy |
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| What is the purpose of the electoral college? |
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| How do democrats & republicans decide who their presidential candidates will be? |
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| Through primary elections for delegates in each state. The delegates niminate the candidate at the party convention. |
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| How were Freedom Rides & Sit ins instrumental to aafrican americans during the civil rights movemnent? |
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| this showed unity amoung blacks and sent the message that they would stay united and not give in |
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Which decade was mass production 1st used?
In which industry? |
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| Hardiing, Wilson, & Clinton had what in common? |
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| Scandals in their administration |
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| Where did U.S. drop atomic bomb in WWII? |
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| What is the function of the U.S. Supreme Court? |
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| Largest # of native americans settled in which part of the country? |
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| 3 things the equal rights ammendment wanted |
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Equal Pay
Equal Carrer opportunities
Equal supervisory positions |
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Passive Reistance
(No fighting) |
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| 3 things united nations did |
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1.Promoted human rights
2.Peace keeping mission
3.Humanitarian affairs |
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| Which European city was affected by the cold war most? |
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| 2 things that contributed to the great depression |
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Natural Disaster
&
Foreclosures |
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| Where were most immigrants since 1970's from? |
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| name 3 unailenable rights |
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| Type of map to read to get over a mountain |
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What are checks & balances?
Name 3 branches of government that do this. |
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Judicial- Interprets Laws
Legislature- Makes Laws
Executive- Carries out laws |
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| Purpose of sherman anti trust act |
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| to curve monopolies to stop them |
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| What was the name given to Franklin Roosevelts talks to the nation over the radio during WWII? |
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| Why do diamonds cost more than ivory? |
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| What was the dominoe effect used for? |
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Who became President upon John F. Kennedys's death?
What Civil rights act did he sign? |
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| The automobile was responsible for: |
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Selling of more gas
Building of more restraunts
Creation of more jobs |
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| Who said "Survival of the fittest"? |
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| What is possession of a drivers license an example of? |
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| What does federal law require of all males at age 18? |
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| What was the only reason that made a president resign? |
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| Which economic policy does the federal reserve control? |
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| Amount of money in circulation |
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| Where did most immigrants from 1880-1914 come from? |
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| Type of leader whose title is handed down or inherited |
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| The policy of containment refers to |
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| stop the spread of communism |
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| Which type of government is the U.S. similar to? |
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| Great Britain - Parliment |
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| Who was the writer that pushed for reform by exposing poor conditions? |
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| Upton Sinclair - The jungle |
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| What type of tax is placed on luxuries? |
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| The ideal place to establish a settlement in the best physical & human regions would include |
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Fresh Water
Cool Temp
Wildlife |
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Who was the senator from wisconsin who accused many americans of being communist?
What did this become known as?
What was his downfall? |
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McCarthy
McCarthyism
Accused members of the U.S. army of being communist |
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| WWI vetrans were promised a bonus to be paid in 1945. However during the depression everyone needed money. The vetrans marched to Washington D.C. demanding Hoover gove them their bonuses. They were run out of town. |
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| Name 3 actions taken by the U.S. or the people that have made the U.S. more democratic |
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19th- gave the women the right to vote
26th- Gave 18 year olds the right to vote
20th- Limited terms of Pres thus not allowing 1 person to have to much power |
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| How could the scale of justice become unbalanced? |
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| Get more power than anoher branch |
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| 2 reasons why the U.S. enter WWI |
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Sinking of U.S. merchant ships
Sinking of the Lusitania |
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| What was President Wilson's 14th point? |
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| Which government body must approve a law? |
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| List 3 ways the vietnam conflict was fought on the home front |
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1. Demonstartions in nations cities
2. Burning of draft cards
3. Dodging the draft - move to canada |
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| What was Wilson's view on the U.S. & WWI? |
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Eastern
Central
Rocky Mt.
Pacific |
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| Why did the U.S. begin to use time zones? |
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| To keep railroad times clear toa ll people |
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| When & why did the U.S. begin to use daylight savings time? |
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| Name the allied powers in WWII |
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| Which nation began the cold war? |
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| Who proposed the program "Share Our Wealth"? |
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| What was the time period of WWII? |
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| Which country was mostly affected by the "Open Door Policy"? |
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| Who was an aggressive civil rights leader? |
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| What did the virginai plan & the 3/5th compromise have in common? |
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| Country slaves as population |
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| What was the purpose of the new deal? |
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| To bring immidiate relief to the needy |
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| What is tax impoted goods called? |
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| What is tax impoted goods called? |
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| Where do monsoons mostly occur? |
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| What did Plessy vs Fergeson deal with? |
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| When did Vietnam conflict begin? |
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| U.S. had combat troops involved from 1955 until the official withdrew in 1973 |
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| In which state would a person campaigning for president spend the most time & money? |
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| What are 2 effects of an assembly line? |
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| Less time to build something more of product can be produced. Things are more productive today because technology has repalced the human element of production |
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Communism
Imperialism
Nationalism
Isolationism |
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bad!
taking land of anothe country
Pride in ones country
To remain neutral |
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| What is the language of Saudi Arabia? |
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| Describes a gasoline shortage |
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1914 - 1918
9/1/1939 - 8/14/1845 |
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| Under which president was the peace corp established? |
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