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What countries were members of the Triple Entente?
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England, France, and Russia
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European countries
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Did we ratify the Treaty of Versailles and were we a part of the League of Nations?
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No, we did not ratify the Treaty of Versailles and we were never a part of the League of Nations.
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Paris
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What was the Harlem Renaissance?
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The Harlem Renaissance was a movement that took place in New York. It had a profound impact not only on Afr.-Am. but the culture of Africa diaspora. It represented an idea of the New African world through intellect, production of literature, art, and music that could challenge the pervading racism and stereotypes of the era to promote progressive or social politics, racial and social integration.
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pride of Afr.-Am. history
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What was the Protestant Fundamentalist Movement?
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It was an Evangelical movement which originated in the U.S. in the late 19th and early 20th century in opposition to Protestant Liberalism and secularism, insisting on the inerrancy of Scripture.
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religious view-Christianity
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What fatal weakness bought about the Great Depression?
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The fatal weakness that bought about the Great Depression was the economic turmoil. In 1929, the U.S. stock market crashed leading to the Great Depression of our nation. The "Black Tuesday" stock market of Oct 29, 1929, marked the beginning of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation and lost job opportunities for economic growth and personal advancements.
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stocks=financial profits or losses
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What was the single most important product of the new consumer culture?
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The single most important product of the new consumer culture was the automobile allowing people to get around from one place to another made it easier.
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transportation
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How did Ford sell his cars through demonstration?
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He demonstrated the mass production of the model-T and it was at low cost price.
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evolution of Ford cars
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How did the radio transform America?
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The radio transformed America by allowing people to listen to the news, listen to music, and is smaller then the jukebox and came before tv was made. It was a means of communicating with the world.
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technological communication device
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What was on of the consequences of the Dust Bowl?
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One of the consequences of the Dust Bowl was severe drought.
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outcome of sandstorm
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Why was Rosa Parks put in jail and why was this event it important?
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Rosa Parks was put in jail for not giving up her seat to a white man. During this time, segregation continued taking place and the bus was divided between blacks and whites just like most places. This event was important because of Rosa Parks, blacks went on marches and strikes for freedom. They also boycotted buses.
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1955
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Why was the Brown vs. Board of Education significant?
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The Brown vs. Board of Education was significant because Brown thought it was unfair and unjust for blacks and whites to be segregated from school. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Brown because blacks and whites are equal human beings who just want to have a great education. It was also due to the 14th amendment that this could happen. Also, the govt. feel they were a bit behind on the systematic laws of education.
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segregation vs. freedom for schools
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"Sit-ins" was a confrontation tactic for what?
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The "sit-ins" was a counter-confrontation tactic against the unconstitutional segregation for schools and services. A network of church and student activists had led "sit-ins" throughout the upper South because four students from North Carolina A&T College violated a Greensboro segregation ordinance by taking seats at a Woolworth lunch counter to demand the service that traditionally were denied to them.
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unfair and unjust segregation in restaurants
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What did SNCC stand for and what was their objective?
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SNCC stood for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, which served as a vanguard within the civil rights movement during the new decade. SNCC was never a large organization, but its members, predominantly young Afr.-Am., were creative and dedicate: "commando raiders," one observer called them, "on the more dangerous and exposed fronts of the racial struggle."
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struggle for equality
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What was the "Jim Crow" laws?
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The "Jim Crow" laws was a system of racial discrimination, segregation of public facilities, and political disfranchisement that was enforced with terror and violence in the 1890s.
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Afr.-Am. law system created by Jim Crow.
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