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65 Cards in this Set
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What was the main reason that the Senate would not pass the treaty of Versailles?
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had to go to war with out congress vote.
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What happened to Pres. Wislons health after his big speaking tour?
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he had a stroke
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How much money did the world owe the US after WWI?
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13 billion
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What did the five power naval treaty stop?
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battleship construction
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what was the emergency qouta act and the national origins act trying to limit?
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immigrants
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There were two groups that people felt prohibition was targeting?what two groups?
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German Immigrants
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Name two government properties that was leased cheaply in exchange for a bribe?
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tea pot dome
elk hills |
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Who was the vice president during this time period that went on to become president?
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Calvin Coolidge
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Which political party took credit for the country doing well?
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Republicans
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What was the date of the largest single day fall in stock market history?
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October 29,1929
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The fair labor standards act established what two things?
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max. and min. wages
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what was the final event that turned americans off to hoover as president?
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bonus march
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what finally ended the great deppression?
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WWII
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What party did most black americans vote for in 1936?
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democrats
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which two states did not vote for roosevelt in 1936?
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Maine and Vermont
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What was the first thing that roosevelt did in office after calling Congress into session?
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FDIC
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List Roosevelts three aims for the new deal.
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relief recovery reform
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What two parts of the new deal were declared unconsituitional?
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AAA and NIRA
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Name two thins that hoover tried to do to end the depression?
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cut taxes and increase spending on public works
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What happened to the total income of Americans between 1929 and 1932?
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dropped from 87 billion to 42 billion
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The soldiers marched on DC in what year to get there bonus?
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1932
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What did the second new deal pass to help farmers?
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commodity credit cooperation
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What myth did jesse owens destroy at the 1936 olympics in berlin
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master race
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how did germany double cross russia?
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broke the nonaggresion pact and invaded
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how many men were drafted into the military service for WWII?
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10 mill.
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What other nation invaded poland from the east?
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USSR
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What did the first neutrality act state?
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could not trad w/ either side in a war
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How many jews were put to death during the holocaust by germany?
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six million
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Hitler hated the jews..in what two ways did he feel they were inferior?
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morally and physically
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Germany invaded Poland on what date?
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Sep. 1 1939
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France surrendered on what date?
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End of june,1940
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First neutrality act was passed on what date?
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August 1935
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Germany invades USSR on what date?
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June 22 1941
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Hirohito leader of?
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Japan
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Fransisco Franco leader of?
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Spain
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Winston Churchill leader of?
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England
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Italy invades Ethiopia events?
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neutrality laws applied
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Germany invades Poland events?
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Cash and Carry policy
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Sinking of the Rueben James events?
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armed merchant ships and removed commerce restrictions
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Spanish governor Weyler hered cubans into conc. camps how many died?
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200,000
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mckinley sent uss maine to havana harbor on what date?
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Jan. 1898
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USS maine sank on what date and how many were killed?
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Feb 15 1898 and 266
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on what date did mckinley ask congress the power to secure cubas freedom?
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April 11,1898
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The US offered spain how much money to recieve phillipines?
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200 million
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On what date did the american fleet pull into tokyo harbor to open trade?
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July 8 1853
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Lincoln was shot on what date?
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April 14,1865
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How many buffalo were in the middle of the us during the civil war?
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12 million
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The transcontenintal railroad met on what date?
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May 10,1869
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The discovery of the comstock load brought how many settlers?
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15,000
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1860 how many wild cattle were grazing in texas?
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five million
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Who invented barbed wire in what year?
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Joseph Glidden 1873
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Who invented dry farming?
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Hardy Campbell
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How many immigrants came to us between 1860 and 1900's
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14 million
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List the four central powers
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Germany Hungarian Austria Bulgaria
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6 allied powers?
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US England Russia Serbia France and Belgium
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Two countries considered as the western front?
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France and Belgium
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Three territories Germany promised Mexico in the Zimmerman Note if mexico started a war with the US
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Texas New mexico Arizona
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Wilson asked Congress for war on what date?
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April 2 1917
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How many descendants of slaves got jobs during the war?
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half a million
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How many people died from the Spanish flu?
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20 million
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what were tanks used for?
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to shield troop advancements
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how many american soldiers died in the war?
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126,000
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Who ran the league of nations?5
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France England Japan Italy Us
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Give the date of the armistice with Germany
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Nov. 11 1918
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Which two countries were found after the war through self-determination?
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Poland and checoslavia d
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