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History Semester Test
History Multiple Choice
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History
11th Grade
05/14/2015

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Atomic Bombs
Definition
Shorten war
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2 Cities
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Hiroshima, Nagasaki
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United Nations
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Peacekeeping
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After WW2
Definition
Germany divided into four zones
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1942
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Japanese Americans- Relocation camps
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War Bonds
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Pay for the war
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Island hopping
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forced japan to give up islands
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Victory in North Africa
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Allies- way to attack Europe
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Midway Island
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Turing in war in pacific
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Calvin Coolidge
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Admirer of business
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Harding's Administration
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Kickbacks- Bribes
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1920's
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Quotas- Limited immigration
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Communists
Definition
Were feared- Possible revolution
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Treaty
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is weak no way to enforce
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Isolationists
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Avoid War
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Radio
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1920's- Sporting events
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1920's
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Americans bought goods- no reason
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Postwar Prosperity
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Growth of new industry
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Plessy VS Ferguson ;)
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resulted in 60 years of racial segregation
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Poll taxes
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you had to pay a tax for black people to vote
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Equal Doctrine
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did not keep black people from voting
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Jim Crow Laws
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Literacy Test
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1900
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numbers of blacks attending school was not increasing
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Newspapers dropped to a penny a copy
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the printing press printed both sides of the paper making the price drop
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Railroad lines
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Cities could expand outward because of railroads
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Crowding in cities
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was lessened by improvements in transportation
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asphalt
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to fix poor roads and streets
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tenements
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crowded poorly built run down apartements
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Ethnic neighborhoods
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immigrant would go because you would have the same culture as you did in your homeland

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Restrict immigration
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because we feared that immigrants were taking jobs away from americans
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Ellis island
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1892 new york harbor
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new immigrants
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were from southern and eastern Europe
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Steam ships
Definition
Made your ticket to America cheaper and shorter
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Letters
Definition
How Americans foudn out about america
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