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The changes shown in the chart were most directly the result of what?
Passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were added to the Constitution during the Reconstruction period to do what?
Grant legal rights to African Americans.
3th amendment freed African Americans from slavery.
14th amendment granted citizenship and guaranteed African Americans equal protection of the law.
15th amendment granted African American men the right to vote
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What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
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Which innovation extended the number of hours in a day that Americans could work and play?
Electricity
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During WWII what was a wartime symbol of the growing role of women in factories?
Rosie the Riveter
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In the Civil War what was the purpose of the Anaconda Plan?
To surround the Southern states and cut off trade.
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Early in his Presidency, Abraham Lincoln declared that his primary goal as President was to do what?
to keep the Union together
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What is the manufacture of large quantities of a product quickly and cheaply called?
Mass production
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What event occurred that caused the President to finally take action against Spain in 1895?
destruction of The Maine
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Which day did FDR refer to when he said, “A date which will live in infamy?"
December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
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What was the immediate cause of the secession of Southern states from the Union prior to the start of the Civil War?
The election of Abraham Lincoln
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Which amendment guarantees citizenship rights for all?
14th Amendment
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What was the goal of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
Prevent the formation of business monopolies
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Why are “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” significant to WWII?
They were the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Throughout WWII, the United States government asked the American people to limit their purchases of certain goods, such as gasoline, sugar, and meat. What was this called?
rationing
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sectionalism
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One effect of industrialization in the United States in the late 19th century was movement of people to the cities. What was this called?
Urbanization
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During the Progressive Era (1900-1920) what name was given to journalists who exposed harmful practices of business and government?
Muckrakers
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Who helped fuel a “Red Scare” by declaring that there communists holding positions in US government agencies during the 1950's?
Joseph McCarthy
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Over which two ideologies did the US and USSR disagree?
Capitalism and Communism
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By defeating the south and ending slavery, what government asserted its power over states?
Federal Government’s power over the states was strengthened.
By defeating the south and ending slavery, the Federal government asserted its power over states.
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By maintaining a large number of nuclear weapons during the Cold War, the US and the USSR practiced a policy called what?
Deterrence
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How were the Korean and Vietnam wars similar?
The US joined both wars to prevent the spread of Communism. OR Both were proxy wars during the Cold War.
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When necessary to achieve justice, what method did Martin Luther King, Jr, urge his followers to employ?
Civil disobedience
It means to peacefully but actively resist certain laws or demands. Sit-ins are an example of civil disobedience.
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Following the United States’ military withdrawal from Vietnam in 1973, what happened in that country?
It adopted a communist form of government.