Cold War
Dust Bowl
WW1
WW11
Pearol Harbor
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what started the cold war?

tensions between the two nations

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What two states in the Dust Bowl region have panhandles ?

Texas and Oklahoma

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What was the main cause of World War I? 

The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.

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What was the cause of World War II?

They include the impact of the Treaty of Versailles following WWI.

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what war did pearl harbor happen

December 7, 1941

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How long did the Cold War last?






45 years

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 According to John Wesley Powell, how much annual rainfall was necessary to grow crops in arid regions like the Southern Great Plains?


20 inches annual rainfall was needed to grow crops reigen of southern great plains.

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What countries fought in World War I? 

Serbia, Russia, France, Britain, Italy and the United States.

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What countries fought in World War II?

Germany, Italy, and Japan France, Great Britain, the United States  China

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what war did pearl harbor lead to?


World War II



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What the cold war










What defines Cold War?



The Cold War was an ongoing political rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies that developed after World War II.

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 How many acres of crops were harvested in the Plains states in 1879?    In 1899?    In 1929?

1879-10 millon

1899-50 millon

1929-150 millon


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How was trench warfare used in World War I? 

 allowing soldiers some protection from enemy fire but also hindering troops from readily advancing and thus prolonging the war.

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What were the turning points of World War II? 

The war in the Pacific turned against Japan during the Battle of Midway June 3–6, 1942.

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What factors led to Pearl Harbor?

resources and perceived opportunity costs and America's embargo policy.

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When was the Cold War ended?

March 12, 1947 – December 26, 1991

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How many dust storms were reported in 1932 and 1933?

14 in 1932 to 28 in 1933.

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What was the significance of World War I? 

World War I was one of the great watersheds of 20th-century geopolitical history. It led to the fall of four great imperial dynasties.

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Why did Adolf Hitler start World War II? 

Hitler had an overriding ambition for territorial expansion which was largely driven by his desire to reunify the German peoples and his pursuit of Lebensraum.

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How many died in Pearl Harbor?







2,403



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how did the cold war end?

During 1989 and 1990, the Berlin Wall came down, borders opened, and free elections ousted Communist regimes everywhere in eastern Europe.

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What caused the Dust Bowl?






Farmers neglected their plants by not watering or plowing them enough.

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  • What were the main provisions of the Treaty of Versailles?

The treaty forced Germany to surrender colonies in Africa, Asia and the Pacific; cede territory to other nations like.

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Did the Pearl Harbor attack signal the beginning of World War II for the United States?

On December 7 1941 a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would live in infamy the Imperial.

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why did japan attack pearl harbor?

to prevent the United States Pacific Fleet from interfering with its planned military actions in Southeast Asia.