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| "Seward's Folly" refers to what? |
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| Which President was called the "trust buster"? |
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| The phrase "Remember the Maine" was used in which war? |
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| What was the Freedman's Bureau used for? |
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| gave freed slaves food, clothing, education and helped them get jobs |
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| Which king of industry used vertical integration? |
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| Dictators ruled which countries in 1930? |
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| Germany (Hitler), Italy (Mussolini), Soviet Union (Stalin) |
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| What was the international peacekeeping organization set up at the end of WWII? |
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| The idea that communism would spread throughout Southeast Asia during the Vietnam and Korean Wars was called what? |
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| Germany sent the Zimmerman telegram in order to do what? |
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| cause Mexico to attack America |
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| Who were William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer? |
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| The American Protective Association and the Chinese Exclusion Act were examples of what? |
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| anger and fear towards immigrants |
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| What happened at the Battle of Little Bighorn? |
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| General Custer and his troops were killed by Native Americans |
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| What was the main reason that immigrants came to the USA? |
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| freedom, to escape persecution |
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| President Garfield tried to limit the spoils system by reforming what? |
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| Writers and artists who wanted to show life as it was were known as what? |
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| Early farmers who settled the Great Plains built their homes of what material? |
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| During the Spanish-American war, Commodore George Dewey led American naval forces in what area? |
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| What was the G. I. Bill of Rights? |
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| gave land and money to returning troops |
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| What is the Open Door Policy? |
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| allowed a nation to trade in any other nation's sphere of influence in China |
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| Boss Tweed was attacked by what cartoonist? |
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| Who were the Allies of the US in WWI? |
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| Which group lived in the central part of large cities? |
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| Who flew solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1920? |
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| Why did Pres. Roosevelt declare a "bank holdiay" in 1933? |
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| banks were on the brink of collapse |
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| What is a settlement house? |
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| community center to offer services to the poor |
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What did the following Amendments do?
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| Gave citizenship to African-Americans |
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| voting rights to African-Americans |
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limit on number of president's terms
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| What was the immediate cause of WWII? |
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| What was the Lend-Lease Act? |
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| allowed US to sell or loan war materials to Britain or the Soviet Union |
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| required military service |
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| Who was the Supreme Allied Commander of the invasion of Normandy, France in 1944? |
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| After WWII, the US gave billions of dollars in aid to Europe under what program? |
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| After the Korean War, President Truman fired whom? |
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| What is the purpose of NATO? |
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| provide a defense organization for its members |
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| Who were the two superpowers in 1960? |
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| spread ideas about a cause and hurt its opponent |
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| Who were Ida Tarbell, Carry Nation, and Jacob Riis? |
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| muckrakers/social reformers |
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| How did the government encourage railroad building? |
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| How did the government encourage settlers to move onto the plains? |
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| Why did people move to the cities in the late 1800s? |
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| Becoming part of another culture. |
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| What was the purpose of labor unions? |
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| improve working conditions |
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| a stronger country taking over a weaker one |
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| What was the major problem the US had in building the Panama Canal? |
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| Why did Commodore Matthew Perry go to Japan? |
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| Why did the US build the Panama Canal? |
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| What were the terms of the Peace Treaty of 1898 (Spanish-American War) between US and Spain? |
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| Puerto Rico and Guam went to US. |
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| What did the Tuskegee Institute do? |
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| taught practical skills to African-Americans |
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| What was the immediate cause of WWI? |
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| assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand |
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| What did the Treaty of Versailles include? |
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| create League of Nations to work for world peace |
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| an agreement to stop fighting |
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| What is installment buying? |
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| purchasing something in installments (buying on credit) |
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| the day the stock market crashed |
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| What was a major cause of the Depression? |
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| makeshift shanty towns where homeless lived during Depression |
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| What is collective bargaining? |
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| when the union negotiates with management for a contract |
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| What was the immediate result of the bombing of Pearl Harbor? |
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| US entered WWII and declared war on Japan |
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| capturing some islands and going around others to defeat Japan |
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| Allied troops crossed English channel and invaded Europe |
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| What caused Japan to surrender in WWII? |
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| bombing of Nagasaki (atomic bomb) |
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| What was the main goal of the Supreme Court case Brown v. the Board of Education of Topeka? |
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| prove that segregation in schools in unconstitutional |
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| What was the Truman doctrine? |
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| stop spread of communist influence |
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| What was the result of the Korean war? |
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| both sides signed armistice in 1953 |
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| Why were Japanese Americans placed in relocation camps during WWII? |
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| Americans didn't trust them after Pearl Harbor |
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| What did Senator Joseph McCarthy (1950) accuse people of? |
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| What year did WWII begin? |
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| veterans who were promised a bonus and marched on Washington to get it early |
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