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15 Cards in this Set
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What was Henry Ford's dream?
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To make cars cheap enough so everyone can buy one.
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What are suburbs?
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Towns outside of cities.
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What is an assembly line?
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in a factory, where each worker does one simple job
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What does "PC" mean?
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Personal computer
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What are two synonyms of "paved?"
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smooth, tar, asphalt
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Tell how other industries grew because of the auto.
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The oil, glass, and rubber industry all grew because these things are needed in cars.
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What are the names of the two men who invented computers?
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Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
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How has the computer changed the lives of Americans?
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We can now look up information and know about many things very quickly.
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What is the name of Apple's competition?
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IBM
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What was the name of the first computer? The second?
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Apple I and Apple II
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Which president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb?
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President Truman
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What are the names of the two cities in Japan that were destroyed?
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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Why did Truman decide to drop the bomb?
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Even though many Japanese civilians would be killed, many American soldiers' lives would be saved.
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What city is responsible for developing the atomic bomb?
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Oak Ridge, TN
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Where was the atomic bomb tested?
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over the New Mexico desert
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