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what was the dust bowl? causes? what were the consequences?
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drought in midwest. no rain, over plowing. dust storm, lost land.
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overproduction of goods, how did this hurt farmers?
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prices for crops went down.
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what caused the stock market to crash? on what day? what is buying on margin?
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speculation adn buying on margin. october 29, 1929. buying with money you don't have.
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what role did banks play? what happened to depositors with money in the bank?
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lones. lost money.
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what is the difference between a liberal adn conservative? give an example of a politician that fits each.
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leberal - government takes over. conservative - people do it themselves.
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what was the purpose of the new deal? who created it? how did it change role of government?
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relief, recovery, reform. roosevelt.
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alphabet soup: know roles of AAA, CCC, TVA, WPA, NRA, social security
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agricultural adjustment administration, civilian conservation corp., tennessee vally authority...
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what was role of dr. townshead? huey long? FDR? herbert hoover? fireside chats?
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conservation people and programs
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isolationists vs. internevtionists: know the goals and actions of each.
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isolationists - doves; interventionist - hawks
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know roles of: josef stalin, winston churchill, FDR, adolf hitler, emperor hirohito, harry truman.
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j.s. - russia; w.c. - brit.; FDR - u.s.; a.h - germ.; emp. h. - japan; harry t. - u.s.
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who came up with the lend lease act? did americans support it? what did it allow FDR to do?
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FDR; yes; give money and weapons to allie countries.
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when did america enter pacific thearter? what was strategy? reasons for/consequences of A-bomb use.
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december 7, 1941. island hopping
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who did we fight in european theater? allies of u.s? important battles: d-day, bulge, operation torch
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germany and italy
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identify 3 ways civilians could participate in war effort.
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rationing, growing own crops, collected materials for war.
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define containment.
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the restriction of communisim to it's current borders.
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NATO - what is it? purpose? members? USSR response?
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north atlantic treaty org.; weastern europe needed military. created for soviet agression.
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define domino theory
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if one country falls, more will fall(like dominos)
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who were hawks? doves? what strategies were used to protest war? what was kent state incident?
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hawks - for war; doves - against war; make songs agains war; kids were protesting and got shot.
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brown vs. board of education - who was lawyer that argued case? what did ruling say? why was impact of ruling limited?
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segrigation (seperate but equal) was not right.
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montgomery bus boycott - why did it start? who started it? what was the outcome?
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rosa parks wouldn't give up her seat to a white man. montgomery bus boycott.
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what president supported domino theory?
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LBJ
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what impact did rationing have? how did labor shortages impact role of women and minorities?
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helped the troops in the war have food and weapons; women and minorities had a harder time finding jobs
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what warfare did vietcong use?
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guerrilla warfare
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little rock nine - what state did this occur? who were they?
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little rock, arkansas; nine black students went to school at an all white school.
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