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Test 16
Chapters 16-18
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History
4th Grade
01/12/2013

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Veteran's Day
Definition
1. November 11
2. the day World War 1 ended
3. we remember all Americans who have served in the Armed Forces
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2 important things the Supreme Court removed from public schools in the 1960s
Definition
1. prayer
2. Bible reading
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World War 2
Definition
Berlin was divided
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Operation Iraqi Freedom
Definition
George W. Bush was President
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Vietnam War
Definition
President Johnson committed the U.S. to heavy involvement
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Grenada
Definition
President Reagan sent American troops to liberate this country in 1983
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President Kennedy
Definition
President shot and killed while traveling in a motorcade in downtown Dallas
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Dwight Eisenhower
Definition
President who began the Interstate Highway System
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World War 2
Definition
Winston Churchill was Prime Minister
Term
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Definition
Saddam Hussein was removed from power
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Spanish-American War
Definition
Theodore Roosevelt led the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill
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the Cold War
Definition
a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union
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desert
Definition
a land that is too dry or too cold to grow many plants
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mountain range
Definition
a long row of mountains
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valley
Definition
a lowland between the hills or mountains
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World War 1
Definition
Woodrow Wilson was President
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Cuban Missile Crisis
Definition
came to an end because of President Kennedy's naval blockade
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New Orleans
Definition
city especially devastated by Hurricane Katrina
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Thurgood Marshall
Definition
first black Supreme Court Justice
Term
Kuwait
Definition
country Saddam Hussein invaded in 1990
Term
"War on Terror"
Definition
declared by President George W. Bush on September 11, 2001, after terrorists attacked the U.S. by hijacking planes and crashing them into the World Trade Center and Pentagon
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William Gorgas
Definition
destroyed insects to help the builders of the Panama Canal
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World War 2
Definition
Nazism was defeated
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James Cook
Definition
discovered Hawaii
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President Nixon
Definition
first American President ever to resign from office
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John Glenn
Definition
first American to orbit the earth
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Operation Desert Storm
Definition
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait
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Alan B. Shepard
Definition
first American to travel in space
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World War 1
Definition
Kaiser Wilhelm II was leader of Germany
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Daniel Inyoue
Definition
first Japanese American to serve in Congress
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Thurgood Marshall
Definition
first black Supreme Court justice
Term
Richard M. Nixon
Definition
the only President to ever resign from office
Term
Robert Weaver
Definition
first black man to become a part of the President's cabinet
Term
Neil Armstrong
Definition
first man to walk on the surface of the moon
Term
Grenada
Definition
President Reagan sent American troops to liberate this island from Communism
Term
Sandra Day O'Connor
Definition
first woman justice of the Supreme Court
Term
President Reagan
Definition
known as the Great Communicator
Term
Operation Desert Storm
Definition
lasted 2 1/2 months
Term
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Definition
man who gave a famous speech about civil rights and influenced political leaders to pass the 1964 Civil Rights Act
Term
Christa McAuliffe
Definition
schoolteacher who died in the Challenger explosion
Term
President Kennedy
Definition
shot and killed while traveling in a motorcade through downtown Dallas
Term
Fidel Castro
Definition
the Communist dictator who took control of Cuba in 1959
Term
World War 1
Definition
the Lusitania was sunk
Term
Brown v. Board of Education
Definition
the Supreme Court ruled that schools should no longer be segregated
Term
Reagan Doctrine
Definition
the belief that Communism should be stopped before it can attack and enslave a country
Term
Russia
Definition
the country that sold Alaska to the United States
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Operation Desert Storm
Definition
the shortest war in United States history
Term
September 11, 2001
Definition
the day on which the worst terrorist attack in American history occurred
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Saddam Hussein
Definition
the dictator whose armies invaded Kuwait in 1990
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altitude
Definition
the elevation or height above sea level
Term
Neil Armstrong
Definition
the first man to walk on the moon
Term
Korean War
Definition
the first war after World War 2
Term
Sandra Day O'Connor
Definition
the first woman justice ever to serve on the Supreme Court
Term
World War 2
Definition
two atomic bombs were dropped
Term
Osama bin Laden
Definition
the leader of al Qaeda who was responsible for the worst terrorist attack in American history
Term
Communism
Definition
the leaders of the Soviet Union wanted to control the world by spreading ____
Term
Cold War
Definition
the long conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States
Term
William H. Seward
Definition
the man who convinced the United States government to purchase Alaska
Term
President Nixon
Definition
the president who withdrew troops from Vietnam
Term
Hurricane Katrina
Definition
the storm that devastated New Orleans in 2005
Term
Reagan Doctrine
Definition
the belief that Communism should be stopped before it could attack and enslave a country
Term
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Definition
the war in which Saddam Hussein was captured by American troops
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"under God"
Definition
the words added to the Pledge of Allegiance in 1954
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World War 1
Definition
this war ended on November 11, 1918
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