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Who was the Apache Indian who led a small band of Indians in fighting off the Americans?
Geronimo
What government health insurance program was instituted to help provide insurance for elderly people?
Medicare
What were Japanese suicide pilots called in WWII?
Kamikaze pilots
Where did the Soviet Union wish to place nuclear weapons that almost put both the US and the USSR on a path to war?
Cuba
Where did the National Voter Registration Act allow citizens to register to vote?
DMV
What was the rallying political point for the disaffected youth of the 1960’s?
Anti-Vietnam War
What popular term refers to the breaking up of monopolies?
Trust busting
Why did World War I escalate so quickly in Europe?
Alliances tied almost every European nation together which dragged them all to war
What do we call the increased population in the US after 15 million soldiers returned from World War II?
Baby Boom
What was the nickname of the missile defense shield proposed by President Reagan that would shoot down incoming nuclear missiles with lasers?
SDI Star Wars
Which is the best example of Progressivism at the turn of the century?
Reforming democracy to be more inclusive
At what conference did the Big Three leaders of the Allies meet to discuss post World War II Europe?
Yalta Conference
What did the Supreme Court case Brown v the Board of Education rule concerning education?
Schools were ordered to desegregate
How did Reagan seek to battle Communism throughout the world?
Increased funding for modernizing the military
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If the US had not used the atomic bombs, what was the alternative strategy to win World War II?
Invade the Japanese home islands by land troops
How did the US acquire rights to build the great canal that served as the "Crossroads of the Americas”?
The US helped a Panamanian revolt and then got the rights from Panama
Why was the battle of Midway the turning point in the Pacific in World War II?
Four Japanese Aircraft Carriers were destroyed
What was a system after the Civil War that kept African Americans from having equal rights by trapping them in a debt cycle?
Sharecropping
What two wars did the US engage in after terrorists attacked the US World Trade Centers and the Pentagon in 2001?
Iraq & Afghanistan
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List the top three spending items contributing to the US National Debt.
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, Defense/Military
President Wilson pushed for the Sedition Act during WWI, which enacted which of the following?
Restricted the freedom of speech to prevent negative wartime protests
List at least 2 contributing factors to the Great Depression (bonus points for 3 :)
What were the two impeachment charges against President Clinton in his trial before the Senate?
perjury & obstruction of justice