American History Final Exam

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Black shirts

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What was the name of Benito Mussolini's private military group which he used to gain and sustain power in Italy

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Fascism

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What was the name of the authoritarian political theory developed by Benito Mussolini in Italy

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Great Depression

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What was the name of the economic hardships that World War II ultimately ended for the United States

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Japanese American

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In the United States during World War II which nationality of people were sent to internment camps

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United Nations

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What is the name of the current world peace-keeping organization which was created after World War 2

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Benito Mussolini

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Name the fascist leader of Italy during World War II

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Rationing

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What was the name of the strategy during World War II which limited the amount of goods people could buy in order to have more supplies for the war effort

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Pearl Harbor

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What event ended American isolationism between the World Wars on December 7th 1941

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Us didn't want to join

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What was the major failure of the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War 1

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Joseph Stalin

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Name the leader of the Soviet Union during World War II

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Went from broke to Boom

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How did the US economy change during World War 2

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Appeasement

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Nina term which the US and the European powers employed by giving into Hitler's demands instead of setting up to him at the beginning of the war

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Prejudice against Jews

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Define the term anti-semitism

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US and Soviet Union

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Which two countries were superpowers during following World War II

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Job opportunities were enabled because men were off to war

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How did the World War II ultimately developed opportunities for women and minorities

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Hauc

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Which government committee during the Cold War was used to hunt down communist

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To help defend countries against communism

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What was the goal of NATO and the Marshall Plan

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Communism

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Who was McCarthyism a reaction to

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Prevent communist from blaming poverty on capitalism

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Why did the u.s. give Aid to European countries following World War II

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Soviet Union

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Which country had the Berlin Wall built in Germany

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38th parallel

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Which line of latitude divides North Korea and South Korea

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The US wanted Nations to govern themselves and build one economy and the Soviet Union wanted to spread communism and keep your Germany divided

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Discuss the differences between the Soviet Union and the United States and tensions for Europe following World War II

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Mao Zedong

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Name the communist leader in China who helped overthrow an American backed capitalist government

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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

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Which couple was executed during the Cold War after being accused of stealing Atomic Secrets and giving them to the Soviets

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Bay of Pigs

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What was the name of the unsuccessful attempt by the US government to overthrow Fidel Castro by invasion

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Spy planes

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How did the United States find missiles in Cuba

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Hawks supported doves it was not their business

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Describe the public reaction to the Vietnam War

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Space race

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Which competition for exploration with the Soviet Union led to an increase in spending for Math and Science Education

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Permitted open discussion of political issues as well as allowed less censorship in the media

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Describe Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of Glasnost

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Hauc and Blacklist

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What was created during the Cold War. To investigate federal employees of being communist

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Separation line between eastern and western Europe

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Describe what Winston Churchill referred to as the Iron Curtain

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Berlin Airlift

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How did the United States and the British conquered Stalin's Berlin blockade

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Polio vaccine

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What was Jonas salk's main contribution to society

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Television

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The development of which technology in the 1950s became a major source of advertising and information

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Emmett Till

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Name the 14 year old boy who was murdered for speaking to a white woman

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Believe music was provocative and sounded too black

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Why did some white families not care for Elvis's music

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Riots boycotts and sit-ins

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Name three popular forms of protest during the Civil Rights Movement

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Baby boom and suburbs increase

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Describe the population changes in the United States following World War II

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Little Rock

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Which city was the first day and agreed previously segregated High School in the south

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Brown vs. Board of Education

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Which court case overturned Plessy versus Ferguson

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Sunbelt

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Name the region of the United States which stretches from South Carolina to Southern California

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James Earl Ray

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Who killed Martin Luther King jr.

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Ray Kyrie

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Who was responsible for franchising McDonald's food chain

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Montgomery Bus Boycott

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Refusal of Rosa Parks to move from her seat led to which civil rights protest

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April 4th 1968 in in Tennessee

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In what year and city was Martin Luther King jr. Assassinated

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Violence would give them equal rights and was to protect civil rights through armed resistance

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Describe the views of the Black Panthers

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Low cost of homes baby booms and car ownership increased

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List three advantages to living in suburbs

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Helped James Meredith enroll and Ole Miss

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What was the overall goal of Medgar Evers

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Begin to question the views of black Islam and the Nation of Islam

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Why was Malcolm X murdered