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38 Cards in this Set
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What year did the Spanish-American War take place?
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1898
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Where did the Spanish American War take place?
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Havanah, Cuba
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Who fought in the Spanish American War?
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Rough Riders
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What battle sight
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San Juan Hill
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Why did the US enter the Spanish American War?
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1)Sink the Main by Spain
2)German's unrestricted Naval warfare |
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What was the "support" called for the Spanish American War?
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Yellow Journalism. (Sensationalizing and exaggerating the war)
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Name the person who created the support for the Spanish American War and what was this person's job?
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William Randolph Hearst
In support for the Spanish American War. |
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Imperialist
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To conquer and take land by force.
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Expansionism
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The act of acquiring land
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Manifest Destiny
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A belief in the will of divine providence allowing the right to acquire land.
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What year did WWI take place?
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1914 to 1918
US entered in 1917 |
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Who did we fight during WWI?
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Austria Hungarian Empire
Germany. |
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Name the treaty that eneded WWI.
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Treaty of Versaille
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Name our president during WWI and his plan for ending the war. Did the plan work?
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Woodrow Wilson's
Fourteen Points Plan |
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18th Amendment
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Prohibit the manufacture, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
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Twenty First Amendment
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Repealed the the 18th Amendment allowing citizens to consume alcoholic beverages and sell alcohol.
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Ninteenth Amendment
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Women's suffrage. Voting rights for women.
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Red Scare!!
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Xenophobic fear of Communisms expansion in the world by the Soviet Unions (USSR).
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Depression
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Characterized by a collapse of financial markets (banks,stockmarket)that leads to unemployment and human suffering.
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League of Nations
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President Woodrow Wilson's plan to solve World issues such as War.
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Prohibition
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Designating drinking alcohol as illegal by the 18th amendment to the Constitution of the US.
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Name the year of World War II
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1941-1945
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Why did the U S enter WWII the war in the Pacific?
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Attack on Pearl Harbor. Prompted by Japanese fears of US imperialistic designs in the Pacific region.
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Why did the US enter the WWII in Europe?
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Sinking of Merchant marine ships who traded with England and Germany. Political fears of Nazis control of World.
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What year did the Stock Market Crash?
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October 29, 1929
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What was the end result of the Dustbowl?
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Mass migration to the West of farmers who lost farms to banks. New farming techniques to save top soil.
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Name the deal that changed the US economy after the Great Depression.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt implemented his plan to get government involved in creating jobs- The New Deal!!
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What German demagogue sought control of the world during WWII?
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Adolph Hitler
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Truman Doctrine
(President Harry S. Truman) |
Doctrine of the US to prevent the spread of Communism.
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Reconstruction plan after WWII implemented to bring stability back to Germany and Europe.
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Marshall Plan.
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What had the greatest impact in encouraging the US to become directly involved in WWI.
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Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare. Wolf Pack!
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What court case of the 1920's is associated with William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow?
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Sopes v. State of Tennessee
Scopes Monkey Trial |
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What was the turning point of WWII in the Pacific?
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The industrial might of the US was brought to bear after the Attack on Pearl. Japan had committed a fatal error!!
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Teaty of Paris
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Ended the American Revolution resulting the Britains defeat and Colonies victory.
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First Successful British settlement.
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Jamestown
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Sputnick was launched by the Soviet Union prompting the challenge from the US in the Space race.
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1957
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Lousiana purchase was bought from?
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France through Napoleon Bonaparte for 15 million dollars.
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Who wrote Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson.
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