WWII
WWI
Civil War
Roaring Twenties - Great Depression
Reconstruction - Westward Expansion
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What did Germany not like about the Treaty of Versailles?
They had to pay reparations to the countries they went to war with / couldn't have their own army
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MAIN stands for:
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
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What caused the Civil War?
Slavery
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Why was it the roaring 20s?
The stock market was soaring after the WWI goods were cheap and people had credit to by things
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Reconstruction
The policy of re building the south and protecting African American's
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Who were the allies in WWII?
US
Britain
France
Soviet Union/Russia/USSR
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What country becomes the first Communist country after WWI?
Russia
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Underground Railroad was:
Secret pathways that led enslaved African Americans to freedom
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What was the great depression?
The aftermath of the roaring 20s, massive unemployment - and inflation
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Westward Expansion
US imperialism and annexation of western territories'
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What did the Dumberton Oakes conference do?
Create the United Nations
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What organization failed to keep peace after WWI?
The League of Nations
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Dredd Scott Decision
Black people in general had no rights in the US, regardless if they were enslaved or free
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New Deal was
economic programs that helped US get out of the great depression
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Homestead Act
The US gave white settlers land for going out west
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What was the result of the Postdam Conference?
The division of Germany into 4 zones
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What was the Zimmerman Telegram?
A secret message from Germany to Mexico - promising to give them US land if they invaded
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Sherman's Plan
The Anaconda Plan - to surround the south and strangle the south
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What caused the great depression?
over production
under consumption
stock market crash
tariffs
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Granger Laws
Laws Farmers passed to limit Railroad expansion
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What was the Lend Lease Act?
The United States gave money to the Allies (Soviet Union , France , Britain) to fight the Axis (Germany, Japan, Italy)
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Who was assassinated that started WWII?
Franz Ferdinand
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What amendment ended slavery? What amendment gave everyone born in the US citizenship, what amendment protected voter rights from racial descrimination?
13th 14th 15th
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FDR scandal was
Court packing trying to get more supreme court justices in
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Why was the gold standard disliked?
It meant less money but more value - meaning wealthy were wealthier and poor were poorer
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Why did the U.S. government promote the type of practice featured on this poster during wartime?
to reduce the effects of shortages caused by mandatory rationing
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What was the purpose of soldiers using this strategy of warfare? What is it called?
It's called trench warfare - soldiers dug and used trenches for cover to protect themselves from machine gun fire.
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What is this cartoon portraying?
Carpetbaggers - business owners from the North going down South after the Civil War to make money
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What is this cartoon conveying/referencing?
The New Deal Programs Created During the Great Depression
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What policy is this cartoon showing / what is the purpose of it?
Big Stick Policy - the policy of building up the US military to intimidate and control smaller countries in the Caribbean and Latin America