The Roaring 6.1-6.2
The Great Depression 6.3-6.4
World War II Begins 7.1-7.3
Post-World War II World 7.4-7.6
Early Cold War 7.5
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What was the period from 1920-1933 called in which the manufacture, sale and distribution alcohol was illegal?
Prohibition
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What related to banks in the United States was a contributing factor to the Great Depression?
Non-regulation by the federal government
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What event caused the United States to enter World War II?
Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor
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What ended the Great Depression in the United States?
Gov't spending on WWII. Factories reopened and repurposed.
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What form of government and economics was the enemy of the United States during the Cold War?
Communism
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A result of nativism in the 1920s was the enactment of quotas on immigration. What was a quota?
a limit
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Who were the primary target of New Deal programs launched under FDR?
unemployed workers
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The Cash and Carry Act, the Destroyers for Navy Bases Deal and the Lend Lease Act all highlight the shift in United States' foreign policy from neutrality towards direct involvement on what continent?
Europe
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Following World War II, what enabled veterans to buy homes and attend college?
GI Bill
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The Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan and Berlin Airlift were efforts in support of what foreign policy concerning communism?
Containment
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How did the "buy now, pay later" mentality of the 1920s adversely affect many Americans?
Many Americans developed debt
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How did FDR's "New Deal" promise to help Americans during the Great Depression?
By providing "direct relief" through programs and agencies that were designed to create jobs.
300
How did Stalin disagree with Roosevelt and Churchill regarding military strategy in Europe during WWII?
Stalin wanted to create a western front by invading France while Roosevelt wanted to liberate North Africa and ensure the flow of Middle Eastern oil through the Suez Canal.
300
What was enduring legacy of the Nuremberg and Tokyo Trials that followed WWII?
people could be held accountable for crimes against humanity committed during war
300
Why was the Cuban Missile Crisis the closest the US and Soviet Union came to fighting during the Cold War?
The Soviets had placed nuclear weapons on the island nation of Cuba. Cuba is 90 miles from the United States. Thus, the Soviets could have destroyed much of America with missiles launched from Cuba.
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Why was the Harlem Renaissance an important foundational step in the Civil Rights Movement that would come in the 1950s?
It was the first time Black culture was accepted and enjoyed by a lot of white Americans.
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What was the fundamental difference between Hoover's approach and Roosevelt's approach to combating and stopping the Great Depression?
Indirect relief versus direct relief.
400
How Truman argue that dropping the atomic bomb would actually save American lives?
An invasion of Mainland Japan would have cost a projected 1 million American lives.
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How did World War II contribute to the post-war economic boom that following in the United States in the late 1940s and 1950s?
During the war, most Americans were forced to save their money because all efforts on of a consumer nature were being funneled to support the war effort. Thus Americans had savings accounts.
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While the US did not technically win the Korean War, why was it a significant "victory" for American foreign policy?
It showed that communism could be contained without the use of nuclear weapons.
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