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Who proposed that the cause ofthe economic depression during 1930's was an international conspiracy of Jewish bankers?
a. FDR b. Dr. Francis e. Townsend c. Father Charles Coughlin d. Huey Long |
Father Charles Coughlin
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2. Which of the following is the plan that was implemented by president Herbert Hoover?
a. RFC b. AAA c. NIRA d. FERA |
RFC
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3. Which Amendment, raitified in 1933, shifted all future presidential inaugurations to January 20th?
a. 18 b. 19 c. 20 d. 21. |
20TH amendment
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4. Which of the following will eventually pull US out of the Great Depression?
a. Progressive Movement b. WWII c. 22nd amendment d. Russian revolution |
WWII
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5. Which of the following is not a step of FDR's New Deal?
a. Relief b. Recovery c. Reconstruction d. Reform |
Reconstruction
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In 1940 America has its first _____ for men from ages ______.
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draft
18-40 |
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In the 1930s people moved to California because?
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more jobs, higher wages, and higher relief payments
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In 1930 the southern Great Plains suffered several drought years which caused the what?
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dust bowl
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What is the trickledown effect?
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starts from big corporations and works its way down to the little companies
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What was the importantce of the conference at Tehran?
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we started a 2nd front in france because stalin insisted
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What were the Noremburg Blood Laws
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udaism is now declared a race, therefore they cannot change their status and are no longer considered German citizens
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What was the group of young people Hitler begged to join his cause?
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Hitler's Youth
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Which day “will go down in infamy” and what happened on that day?
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December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbour |
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What did Germany want in Africa?
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Suez Canal
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Whose plan was implemented at the Casablanca conference?
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Roosevelt's plan to attack through Germany
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Which former Texas A&M graduate/president lead a team of Army rangers up the cliffs of Normandy? A. loftin b. rudder c. ross d. gates
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RUDDER
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Which school had 20229 people serve in WWII, of which 14123 were officers, more than any other senior military college? A. U.S. air force academy b. Westpoint c. Naval Academy d. Texas A&M
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Texas A&M
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What was the purpose of the National War Labor Board?
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no strikes during war time, to keep a positive morale
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What was the result of the Battle of Midway? [
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Kept Japan from expanding
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What was the Bataan Death March?
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Texas infantry unit attacks Japan via the Philippines and loses. Japan forces U.S. troops into imprisonment and marches them along the Bataan Island
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What land did Japan want?
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Australia
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What happened in Germany on November 11, 1935?
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Krystal Nacht- night of the broken glass
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When did the stock market bottom out
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July 1932
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What was decided at the conference of Quebec? a. to enter Europe through the Balkans
b. to enter Europe through the Italian bootc. to get Russia’s assistance in fighting Japan d. to attack Normandy for a European attack |
to attack Normandy for a European attack
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Why did Russia agree to help the U.S. fight Japan?a. the U.S. agreed to give Russia the Northern Island of Japan
b. the U.s. agreed to give Russia eastern Europe.c. the U.S. convinced Russia to get revenge for the Russo-Japanese war of 1904d. all of the above |
all of the above
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What were the three R’s of the New Deal?
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relief, recovery, and reform
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Why did we choose to bail out Germany after WWI?
A. it was part of the treaty B. to form an alliance with them. C. they must be bailed out in order for America to get money D. to plot an attack against Germany. |
They must be bailed out in order for America to get money
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Which is NOT a reason the Jews did not fight their mistreatment?
They thought God was testing them. B. they planned a counter-attack. C. They were in denial. D. no one would believe them. |
They planned a counter-attack
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Who gets the Enabling Act passed in 1933?
Hitler. B. Stalin. C. Coolidge. D. Roosevelt. |
Hitler
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What was the last group to “roll over” to the Nazi party
The Police. B. The Army. C. The Public. D. Everyone rolled over immediately. |
the Army
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Which of the following is not a theory as to why the stock market crashed
Overextension of credit. B. lack of consumption. C. all the business cycles hit bottom at the same time. D. Big Business Regulation. |
Big Business Regulation
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What was the Mexican repatriation?
Legal Mexican Citizens sent back to Mexico. B. America’s attempt to strike a deal with the Mexican government. C. An alliance. D. all of the above |
Legal Mexican Citizens sent back to Mexico
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Which president had “fireside chats?”
Hoover. B. Franklin Roosevelt. C. Theodore Roosevelt. D. Calvin Coolidge. |
Franklin Roosevelt
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What were Roosevelt’s three main points of the New Deal?
Reconstruction, Increased spending, new tariffs. B. Relief, Recovery, Reform. C. Banks, Bargains, and Belief, D. loans, inflation, equality. |
Relief, Recovery, Reform
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What did the Tennessee Valley Authority do?
Check for fresh water supply. B. make dams with hydro generators. C. control riots. D. pay farmers not to farm. |
Make dams with hydro-generators
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Which of the following is reform agency?
PWA (Public Works Administration) WPA (Works Progress Administration) CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp) SEC (Security Exchange Commission) |
SEC (Security Exchange Commission)
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Why did the Americans “hop” over some islands in the Pacific?
A.There was not landing strips B. America already had armies on certain islands C. America signed an agreement not to go to some D. Fear of failure |
There wasn't landing strips
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What was decided to at the Casa Blanca Conference?
To make an alliance with Russia To attack Japan from behind To go up the Italian boot To release all prisoners of war |
To go up the Italian Boot
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How was America aware of what the Germans were doing?
There were spies in the government The enigma machine was being accessed Secrets were traded with Russia Americans spoke German without the Germans being aware |
The enigma machine was being accessed
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Who were the three fascist leaders?
Churchill, Hitler, Lennon Franco, Mussolini, Hitler Mussolini, Hitler, Franco Roosevelt, Churchill, Coolidge |
Mussolini, Hitler, Franco
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. The ____ trial was an American legal case in which a high school biology teacher was accused of teaching evolution to students.
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Scopes
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Because the stock market crashed in 1942, which class was wiped out?
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Middle Class
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Which republican encouraged Americans to put their money in big businesses & which eventually led to the Great Depression?
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Herbert Hoover
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Biggest difference between communists and nazis was that ____
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They were national, not international
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Nazis pass the Nuremberg law which states that ____
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Jews are now to be declared a race
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Where a conference was held to decide what to do with the refugees/jews (also the name of water)
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Evian
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Kristallnacht is also referred to as ____
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the night of broken glass
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The stock market crashed on ____
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Black thursday
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What are the three R's of the New Deal
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Relief, Recovery, Reform
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hat adminstrative program was commited to creating jobs for Americans
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WPA
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What program paid farmers NOT to farm
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AAA
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. What program created insured banks and protected deposits?
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FDIC
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What program made sure that another stock market crash would not occur?
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SEC
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The Social Security Administration's purpose is to:
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Take care of the elderly
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he Glass-Steagall Act divides two kinds of banks. These are ___
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investment & commercial banks
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The Hoover Dam had nothing to do with the Great Depression. It's purpose was to _____
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have thousand of workers that get paid in cash and that money goes into circulation.
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What laws decided who was Jewish and who was not?
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Nuremburg Blood Laws
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_____ means a politcal marriage between Germandy & Austria
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Anschluss
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. _____ was in charge of allocating raw materials.
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WPB
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___ determined how much information should be given out to the public.
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OWI
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causes of world war II
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-versaille treaty---WWI
-embargo us put on japan -world war I---alliances (Triple Entente)\ -Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 -Nationalists-Francisco Franco & Italians -Republicans- us and existing gvtms (france, britain, us) (soviet Union supported Republicans) -the Depression |
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INVASIONS:
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-japan invades china- july 1937
-Germany annexs Austria- march 1938 -European agreements: munich conference, anschluss, appeasement -Germa occupaton of Czechslovakia- March 1939 invade all of it -Italy conquers Albania & other Balkan countries-1939 -Nazi-Soviet Non Agressian Pact- August 1939 |
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WAR BREAKS OUT
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-Germany invades Poland. Soviets follow suit
-Germany invades Denmark and Norway -Brits replace Chamberlin with Churchill -Soviets take Baltic states upsetting Germany |
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WAR CAMPS
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-German: 6 million Jews, Poles, Romani, Homosexuals, disable & mentally ill
-Soviet Union: gulags (work camps) 3.6 million -Japanese POW camps (most of the time the pow were killed, DEATH MARCHES) -American internment camps: japanese, (150k) italian, and german americans (11k) |
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victory!
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-July 11, 1945- conference in Postdam Germany
-August 6-drop atomic bomb on hiroshima, August 9th-Nagasaki -August 15, 1945-Japan surrenders -Sepember |
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CONFERENCES
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Munich-September 1938: reaction to Czechoslovakia-Germany invaded Czechoslovakia--ally countries decided not to help, italian allies (Munich betrayal)
-Casablana-January 1943:planned Italian compaign -Quebec-August 1943: plan d-day *Normandy -Tehran-November 1943: start second front(put it on Normandy) -Yalta-February 1945:divide Germany/Berlin, Russia enters against japan (war isnt completely done but know that the war is going to end) -Postdam-July 1945-make Japan surrender (complete surrender--no compromise) OUt of all of the countries who lost the most people? RUSSIA 3 |
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3 prong attack
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Stalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow
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f. scott fitzgerald
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jazz age
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W.E.B du Bois
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fight for equal rights
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Gerswin & copeland
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music, composing
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causes of world war II
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-versaille treaty---WWI
-embargo us put on japan -world war I---alliances (Triple Entente)\ -Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 -Nationalists-Francisco Franco & Italians -Republicans- us and existing gvtms (france, britain, us) (soviet Union supported Republicans) -the Depression |
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-japan invades china- july 1937
-Germany annexs Austria- march 1938 -European agreements: munich conference, anschluss, appeasement -Germa occupaton of Czechslovakia- March 1939 invade all of it -Italy conquers Albania & other Balkan countries-1939 -Nazi-Soviet Non Agressian Pact- August 1939 |
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WAR BREAKS OUT
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-Germany invades Poland. Soviets follow suit
-Germany invades Denmark and Norway -Brits replace Chamberlin with Churchill -Soviets take Baltic states upsetting Germany |
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WAR CAMPS
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-German: 6 million Jews, Poles, Romani, Homosexuals, disable & mentally ill
-Soviet Union: gulags (work camps) 3.6 million -Japanese POW camps (most of the time the pow were killed, DEATH MARCHES) -American internment camps: japanese, (150k) italian, and german americans (11k) |
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victory!
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-July 11, 1945- conference in Postdam Germany
-August 6-drop atomic bomb on hiroshima, August 9th-Nagasaki -August 15, 1945-Japan surrenders -Sepember |
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CONFERENCES
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Munich-September 1938: reaction to Czechoslovakia-Germany invaded Czechoslovakia--ally countries decided not to help, italian allies (Munich betrayal)
-Casablana-January 1943:planned Italian compaign -Quebec-August 1943: plan d-day *Normandy -Tehran-November 1943: start second front(put it on Normandy) -Yalta-February 1945:divide Germany/Berlin, Russia enters against japan (war isnt completely done but know that the war is going to end) -Postdam-July 1945-make Japan surrender (complete surrender--no compromise) OUt of all of the countries who lost the most people? RUSSIA 3 |
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3 prong attack
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Stalingrad, Leningrad, Moscow
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f. scott fitzgerald
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jazz age
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W.E.B du Bois
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fight for equal rights
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Gerswin & copeland
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music, composing
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race riots
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detroit
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great migrtion
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black people move north
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white fligt
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white people going to the suburbs
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stock market crash
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black thursday/tuesday
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Benito Mussolini
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starts facism
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Patton & Eisenhower
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fought in Europe
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McArthur
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fought in Pacific
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order of the countries Germany invaded
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Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland
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lightning war
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Blitzkreig
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Which African American leader believed vocational education would lead to equality of the races, urging African Americans to accept social separation. (1 point)
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Booker T. Washington
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People continued to purchase and consume alcohol during Prohibition even though it was illegal. What was the name for the people that transported alcohol illegally? (1 point)
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bootleggers
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“Okies” and “Arkies,” people who migrated west from the Plains in the 1930’s, were written about in which book by John Steinbeck? (1 point)
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The Grapes of Wrath
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“Okies” and “Arkies,” people who migrated west from the Plains in the 1930’s, were written about in which book by John Steinbeck? (1 point)
Langston Hughes : poetry :: Louis Armstrong : painting Louis Armstrong : music :: Langston Hughes : poetry Duke Ellington : poetry :: Langston Hughes : music Louis Armstrong : poetry :: Langston Hughes : painting |
Louis Armstrong : music :: Langston Hughes : poetry
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Which African American leader believed African Americans should fight for full political, civil, and social rights? (1 point)
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W.E.B. DuBois
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The writer who documented much of the 1920’s and labeled them the “Jazz Age” was(1 point)
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Which of the following describes the Supreme Court ruling in the 1896 court case PLESSY V. FERGUSON? (1 point)
"separate but equal" facilities for African Americans were legal African Americans could not be forced to pay a poll tax in order to vote African Americans could not be forced to take a literacy test before registering to vote |
"separate but equal" facilities for African Americans were legal
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During the 1920’s, a large number of African American musicians, artists, and writers settled in a section of New York City. This gathering led to a rebirth of the African American culture. Black artists were not only interested in rediscovering their African roots and culture but also in understanding their place in American society. Whites also started to take notice of the achievements of black artists. What is the BEST name for this time in history? (1 point)
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Harlem Renaissance
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As a result of Prohibition many bars were closed and people went to ____. (1 point)
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speakeasies that served illegal alchohol
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Which Amendment to the Constitution won women the right to vote? (1 point)
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19th amendment
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Georgia O’Keeffe is associated with (1 point)
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being an artist of city scenes, Southwestern scenes, skulls, and huge flowers.
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The painter who chronicled the Great Migration North was (1 point)
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Jacob Lawrence
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racial segregation? (1 point)
was directed at Native Americans affected only immigrants targeted mainly African Americans was not found after the end of the 1800s |
targeted mainly African Americans
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The movement in the late 19th century that tried unsuccessfully to prohibit the purchase and consumption of alcohol was the (1 point)
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Temperence Movement
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The use of machines on farms had reduced labor needs and increased production. In other words, it took fewer farm workers to produce more of the crop because of these new inventions. What did many of the workers left without jobs do? (1 point)
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move north to find jobs in the factories
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____ was a suffragist who worked for women's rights, including the right to vote. (1 point)
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Susan B. Anthony
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An example of segregation is NOT being able to (1 point)
vote in elections go to the bank travel to another state go to the same school as other children |
go to the same school as other children
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Which Amendment to the Constitution made the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages against the law? (1 point)
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18th
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In the 1920s, sales of automobiles continued to grow. Transportation related businesses and industries benefited from this sales boom. Which of the following WOULD NOT have benefited from the automotive sales boom? (1 point)
steel oil/gasoline road construction broadcast |
broadcast
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The greater mobility allowed by the purchase of an automobile caused many people to leave their homes and move to (1 point)
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the suburbs
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With what are George Gershwin and Aaron Copland associated? (1 point)
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composing uniquely American music
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After World War I, most Americans wanted the United States to ______. (1 point)
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stay neutral, avoiding the possibility of being pulled into another European war
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Many African Americans left the South during the Great Migration North in search of better jobs and less discrimination and violence. What did they find when they got there? (1 point)
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better jobs but continued discrimination and violence
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This “Empress of the Blues” sang about the hardships of African Americans. (1 point)
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Bessie Smith
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1. What was the date of the stock market crash? L1
a. October 10, 1910 b. October 29, 1929 c. October 20, 1929 |
October 29, 1929
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2. What is the name given to the stock market crash? L1
a. Black Tuesday b. Black Friday c. Ash Wednesday |
Black Tuesday
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3. Who was the president when the stock market crashed? L1
a. Franklin D. Roosevelt b. George W. Bush c. Herbert Hoover |
Herbert Hoover
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4. What was the name given to the shacks people lived in during the Great Depression? L1
a. Hoovervilles b. The projects c. The Ritz |
Hoovervilles
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5. What are the “three Rs” of the Great Depression? L1
a. Relief, recovery, redeem b. Reduce, reuse, recycle c. Relief, recovery, reform |
Relief, recovery, reform
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7. What political movement did Bunito Mussolini start? L2
a. fascism b. Nazi Party c. Progressive |
fascism
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8. What is “the date that will live infamy”? L1
a. The stock market crash b. The attack on Pearl Harbor c. The attack on the twin towers |
The attack on Pearl Harbour
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9. What happened on June 6, 1944? L2
a. The attack on Pearl Harbor b. The stock market crash c. The largest armada approached Normandy. |
The largest armada approached Normandy
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10. V-J Day was a celebration of victory in Japan. L2
a. True b. False |
True
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12. AAA was an administration created under Hoover’s New Deal. L1
a. True b. False |
false
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3. Roosevelt had a disease called polio. L1
a. True b. False |
true
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board game that was created during the Great
Depression. |
Monopoly
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1. Hitler demanded, and was given, what area in northern czechslovakia?
a.slovakia b. sudetenland c. danzig d.serbia |
sudetenland
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2. ___ administered the Nazi’s final solution
a.Heinrich himmer b.Rienherd Heydrich c.Adolf hitler d.Heinrich strasser |
Henrich Himmer
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Great Britain’s policy of ____ toward Germany was based on the belief that the satisfaction of reasonable demands would maintain peace inEurope
a. firm resistance b.detente c.Anschluss d. appeasement |
appeasement
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4. Neville Chamberlain boasted that the Munich Conference meant
A. Great Britain had made Germany back down. B. Germany and Russia were allies. C. “peace for our time.” D. “safety for Mother England.” |
"peace for our time"
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The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because
A. the German army vastly outnumbered the Swiss army, and yet could not take the city B. the entire German Sixth Army, considered the best of the German troops, was lost C. the Soviet army then used the captured tanks and other weapons to push Germany completely out of the Soviet Union. D. it was the first major defeat suffered by the German army, proving they were not invincible. |
the entire German Sixth Army, considered the best of the German troops, was lost
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The ____ was the period of political tension following World War II.
A. Iron Curtain B. Yalta Era C. Cold War D. Potsdam Period |
Cold war
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7. The American commander in the Pacific was
A. George S. Patton B. Dwight D. Eisenhower C. Bernard Montgomery D. Douglas MacArthur |
Douglas MacArthur
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After a daring raid on Berlin by Great Britain, Hitler
A. continued his bombing of British military targets B. intensified his bombing of British military targets C. began targeting non-military British targets D. none of the above |
began targeting non-military British targets
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Why was “Anschluss” a problem for European stability?
A. the Austrian’s did not want to be controlled B. Hitler broke his alliance and attacked Austria C. It was specifically prohibited by the Treaty of Versailles |
It was specifically prohibited by the treat of Versailles
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Which of the following correctly lists the countries annexed/invaded by Hitler in their proper order from earliest to latest?
A. Poland, Austria, Czechoslovakia B. Poland, Czechoslovakia, Austria C. Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland D. Czechoslovakia, Austria, Poland |
Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland
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Germany and Russia signed the___ Nazi-Soviet Non Agression Pact
The most famous of the Nazi death camps was _________. |
Auschwitz
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The second atomic bomb was dropped on ____________.
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Nagasaki
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Pearl harbor was attacked on
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December 7, 1941
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The _______ was called to deal with the crisis of czechoslavakia
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The Munich Conference
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The turning point was the battle of
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Stalingrad
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The british prime minister who practiced appeasement
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Nevill Chamberlin
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