Who was the President of the US on September 11, 2001?
George W. Bush
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor, which war did the US enter?
World War II
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How many original colonies were there?
13
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How would the US feel if one great power gained control over all of Europe's resources in the 20th century?
threatened
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What was one major consequence of the US dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945?
World War II ended; Japan surrendered
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Who was the President of the US during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
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Which country aided the American colonists in the Revolutionary War?
France
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List two new technologies that allowed the US to expand its economy so quickly in the 1900s and to trade with other countries more easily
railroads, factories, steamships, telegraph, radio
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What happened to President John F. Kennedy in 1963?
He was assassinated :(
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Which of these presidents had the most economic growth during his presidency?
a. Ronald Reagan
b. Gerald Ford
c. Bill Clinton
d. George W. Bush
c. Bill Clinton
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What major social/economic program did Franklin D. Roosevelt create in the 1930s to help the US recover from the Great Depression?
The New Deal
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Who won the Civil War? Why?
The North; because they were stronger (they had more industry, railroads, and a much larger population overall)
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What is "Manifest Destiny"?
the belief that Americans had a right and duty to expand and settle land farther west, spreading an "empire of freedom and civilization across America"
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What happened to most Native American tribes east of the Mississippi in the US by the 1850s?
They had died out or been forcibly removed to reservations in the west (Oklahoma)
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Name two effects of the 2nd wave of immigration (1880-1920) on the USA.
population grew; factories had more workers; anti-immigrant sentiments rose; American culture grew and expanded; new talents (musical, culinary, etc)
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Who warned the US to steer clear of "foreign entanglements and alliances"?
George Washington
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Why did the US wait so long to become involved in WWI?
Because of isolationism; they felt they were distant and unaffected
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How was immigration after 1965 different than immigration before? What was responsible for this?
Lyndon B. Johnson's new immigration reform law; now immigrants were from Asia and Latin America more than Europe
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What was one problem the US encountered with the free-market economy in the 1920s?
When the stock market crashed, there were few "safety nets" for people--people had previously believed in "the best government is the least government" but now they were homeless and hungry and needed help!
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How did the world feel about the President George W. Bush declaring a "War on Terror" in 2002?
many nations became scared of the US's enormous military power, sympathy for the US after 9/11 began to fade, the UN refused to support the invasion of Iraq; hundreds of thousands of people around the world participated in anti-American and anti-war protests
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Who was the only US President to resign during office and why?
Richard Nixon; because he was found guilty of planning the burglary of the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate building and he couldn't handle the disgrace
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What was "Containment" (in the context of the Cold War)?
The US's policy of limiting the spread of Communism without open war
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Pick one US President that you believe helped the US grow and expand the most and give me 2 reasons why he was so influential.
I'll accept multiple answers. Impress me.
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What troubles did the US face at the end of the 1960s?
Race riots, violent anti-war protests (against the Vietnam War), rising levels of poverty, white Americans were increasingly skeptical of the liberal anti-povety reforms they had previously supported
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By 1973, how did Americans feel about the Vietnam War? What happened as a result of this?
the war was so unpopular that the US was forced to withdraw troops even without a clear victory. Belief in America was undermined at home and abroad