The Colonies
Civil War
Political Parties
World War I and II
Cold War
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How many colonies were originally in the United States?
13
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Dates of the civil war
1861-1865
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Which political party was headed by Thomas Jefferson?
Democratic-Republicans
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years of WW1 and WW2
WW1: 1914-1918
WW2: 1939 – 1945
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What was the Berlin Airlift
Planes flew in food, fuel, and other supplies to 2 million Berliners during the Berlin blockade which cut off west Berlin from the rest of the world
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What was the main religion that reigned in the 13 colonies?
The New England colonists were largely Puritans, who led very strict lives. The Middle colonists were a mixture of religions, including Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews, and others. The Southern colonists had a mixture of religions as well, including Baptists and Anglicans.
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What does the 13th amendment declares?
The constitutional amendment ratified after the Civil War that forbade slavery and involuntary servitude
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Define alien
someone who is not a citizen of the country in which he or she lives
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what were some propaganda tools use in WW1?
demonization (portray enemy as evil)
emotional appeals (fear)
name-calling
Patriotic appeal (national pride)
Half-Truths/ Lies (portray country as victim of aggression)
Catchy Slogans
Evocative Visual Symbols (flags, moms, children)
Humor (attention)
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What happened in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union came close to nuclear war when President Kennedy insisted that Nikita Khrushchev remove the 42 missiles he had secretly deployed in Cuba. The Soviets eventually did so, nuclear war was avoided, and the crisis ended.
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Mention the 5 southern colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
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Brief description of the Dred Scott vs. Sandford
1857
Supreme Court decisioned that stated that slaves were not citizens; that living in a free state or territory, even for many years, did not free slaves; and declared the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional
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Who was John Adams?
Second President of the United States; Federalist; signed commissions and appointed judges at the very end of his presidency
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What was the Treaty of Versailles?
the treaty imposed on Germany by the Allied powers in 1920 after the end of World War I which demanded exorbitant reparations from the Germans
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Brief description of the Truman Doctrine
Policy statement by President Harry S. Truman in 1947 that promised military and economic aid to nations threatened by armed minorities or outside groups. Specifically targeted at Greece and Turkey who were threatened by communist aggression.
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Why was the main reason the New England colonies were set up?
religious freedom
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What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862, it declared that all slaves in the rebellious Confederate states would be free
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Which clause declares the federal constitution and laws will be able to take precedence over state constitutions and laws
Supremacy Clause
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Cause of World War 2
The causes of World War II, broadly, included German fascist leadership under Hitler, provocations and alliances with foreign powers, and territorial expansion into neighboring Austria in 1938.
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Why did the Berlin Wall became the symbol of the Cold War?
The Berlin Wall would become a symbol of ideological division and suppression of human rights during the Cold War. It represented from the “Iron curtain” that separates Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc.
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How did New England, Middle colonies, and southern colonies make a living?
new england: fishing, shipbuilding, whaling, lumber
Middle colonies :farmed
Southern colonies: cash crops
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Define the Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Act set up Kansas and Nebraska as states. Each state would use popular sovereignty to decide what to do about slavery. People who were proslavery and antislavery moved to Kansas, but some antislavery settlers were against the Act. This began guerrilla warfare.
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What were the Necessary and Proper Clause?
"elastic clause"; gives Congress the power to pass all laws necessary and proper for carrying out the powers granted by the Constitution
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What was the Pearl Harbor?
December 7, 1941 - surprise attack by the Japanese on the main U.S. Pacific Fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii destroyed 18 U.S. ships and 200 aircraft.
American losses were over 2,000, Japanese losses less than 100. In response, the U.S. declared war on Japan. Germany then declared war on the U.S. in which U.S. then declared war on them officially bringing the U.S. into WW2.
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Why was it called the cold war?
This was to be a long-lasting and continuing confrontation between the Soviet Union and the United States, lasting from 1945 to 1989. It was called the Cold War because neither the Soviet Union nor the United States officially declared war on each other and there was no direct fighting between them