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55 Cards in this Set
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What did the People's Charter of 1838 petition for? |
suffrage for all men |
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Who invented the radio? |
Gugliemo Marconi |
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What was the first country to give women the right to vote? |
New Zealand |
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What was Thomas Edison's most noteworthy invention? |
light bulb |
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How did the US acquire most of the territory west of Texas? |
Mexican-American War |
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What caused widespread starvation in Ireland? |
great potato famine |
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What is meant by the term manifest destiny? |
a 19th century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable |
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What amendment to the US Constitution ended slavery? |
the 13th amendment |
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What concept is the theory of evolution based on? |
survival of the fittest, Darwin's theories |
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What was the impact of the Civil War on the American economy? |
it was expensive |
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In what country did most protestants oppose home rule? |
Ireland |
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do? |
end slavery
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What was India referred to as the "jewel in the crown"? |
India had so many people and so much wealth
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Which US business interest group pushed for the annexation of Hawaii? |
sugar cane planters
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Queen Lili was the last monarch of what area? |
Hawaii
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What was the result of the Berlin conference of 1884-1885? |
regulated European colonization and trade in Africa during the New Imperialism period, and coincided with Germany's sudden emergence as an imperial power
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Define Imperialism |
a policy of extending a country's power and influence through a diplomacy or military force
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What was the result of the Sepoy Mutiny? |
the British government took direct command of India
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What nation did Texas fight to win its independence from? |
Mexico
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Why did nations desire lands in the Pacific Rim? |
their natural resources and strategic location
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Where were the Cherokees forced to migrate to on the Trail of Tears? |
west
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Who was the American inventor and industrialist who made factory production more efficient by introducing the assembly line? |
Henry Ford
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Why did American sugar planters overthrow Queen Lili? |
because she wanted a constitution that returned her to power as the ruler of Hawaii
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How was WWI a total war? |
the entire resources and population are mobilized towards the war effort
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Define militarism |
a belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests
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What area is referred to as the "powder keg" of Europe? |
Balkan Peninsula
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What was the system of rationing designed to limit? |
consumer goods
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What was Germany's promise to Mexico in the Zimmerman Note? |
to return their lands to them
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Who led Germany during the last decades of the 1800's and most of WWI? |
Stalin
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What did the armistice signed near Paris in November 1918 bring an end to? |
WWI |
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What was trench warfare intended to accomplish? |
to protect soldiersnfrom enemy gunfire on the frontlines |
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What reduced the power of the League of Nations, which was established to prevent another world war? |
to improve living and working conditions in all parts of the world
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What gamble did Germany take before the US joined WWI? |
that their blockade would defeat Britain
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Define total war |
a war thats unrestricted in terms of the weapons used, the territory or combatants involved, or the objectives pursed, especially one in which the laws of war are disregarded
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What impact did the war have on the economy of Europe? |
it drained the treasuries of Europe
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What was the purpose of propaganda during WWI? |
propaganda helped drum up support for the war
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What was the American public's opinion about joining the League of Nations? |
many objected to the joining because they wanted to stay out of Europe's affairs
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Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for WWI under the Treaty of Versailles? |
Germany
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How did the Treaty of Versailles affect postwar Germany? |
they lost territory and had to pay for the war
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What were the Fourteen Points? |
a blueprint for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations after WWI
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What impact did the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk have on Germany? |
allowed Germans to focus all their efforts on the western front
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What did the Pogroms that occurred in the late 19th century Russia do? |
violently persecute Jews
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What event in Sarajevo ignited the Great War? |
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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Which US President was elected during the Great depression? |
FDR
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What was the major cause of the collapse of the stock market? |
stocks sold for more than they were worth
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What effect did the Dawes Plan have on the economy of Germany after WWI? |
saved Germany from an inflationary crisis and stabilized economy
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What was Hitler's main method for achieving lebensraum during the 1930's? |
gain land by invading other countries
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What is the title of Hitler's book, Mein Kampf translated in English? |
my struggle
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Which country signed a non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939? |
Germany
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Who were the Bolsheviks? |
radical Russian Marxist revolutionaries
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The Munich Conference was held to address the problems of German threat to what nation? |
Czechoslovakia |
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What did Germany, Italy, and Japan have in common during the early 1930's? |
sought to solve nations problems by conquest
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Define totalitarian state |
a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state
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What did Neville Chamberlin boast about at the Munich Conference? |
"peace for our time" |
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What did not increase in the US during the Great Depression? |
prices |
