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What was the "White Man's Burden"? |
The idea that white Americans or Europeans were superior to non-whites of Africa, Latin America, or Asia and therefore whites should rule over or control their "little brown brothers." |
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Why did many Americans support taking over foreign lands? |
1) economic: gain raw materials and markets to which to sell American products 2) religious: spread Protestant Christianity |
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What was/is Yellow Journalism? |
biased, pro-war media that helped cause the U.S. to declare war in the Spanish-American War |
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In winning the Spanish-American War, did the U.S. gain Cuba as a protectorate of the U.S.? |
yes |
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In winning the Spanish-American War, did the U.S. gain an expanded sphere of influence in the world? |
yes |
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In winning the Spanish-American War, did the U.S. gain an increase in nationalism? |
yes |
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In winning the Spanish-American War, did the U.S. gain colonies in Africa? |
no, the U.S. gained colonies in Asia and Latin America |
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What was the purpose of U.S. propaganda posters during World War I and World War II? |
To have Americans support the war effort, especially buying liberty bonds, which helped pay for the war |
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Why did President Woodrow Wilson create his Fourteen Points after World War I? |
to plan for a peaceful post-war world |
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What does the failure of the U.S. Senate to ratify the Treaty of Versailles after World War I illustrate? |
The U.S. Senate desired to follow a policy of isolationism, staying out of European politics |
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Did the U.S. expand its influence during World War I through the Espionage and Sedition Acts? |
yes |
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Did the U.S. expand its influence during World War I through the War Industries Board? |
yes |
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Did the U.S. expand its influence during World War I through the use of propaganda? |
yes |
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Did the U.S. expand its influence during World War I through the expansion of civil rights? |
no, because the freedom to oppose the war was restricted through the Espionage and Sedition Acts |
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Did African American move to northern cities during World War I to fill the factory jobs when white soldiers went to fight in the war? |
yes |
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What caused the Red Scare of 1919-1920 after World War I? |
the belief that New Immigrants were spreading radical political ideas like communism and anarchy |
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Did women, including "flappers," in the 1920s gain the right to vote? |
yes |
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Did women, including "flappers," in the 1920s become more independent socially? |
yes |
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Did women, including "flappers," in the 1920s challenge traditional gender roles? |
yes |
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Did women, including "flappers," in the 1920s become heads of corporations? |
no |
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What was the Harlem Renaissance? |
rebirth of African American culture from World War I through about 1937 |
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Did mass production leading to lower priced goods contibute to a rise in consumer spending during the 1920s? |
yes
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Did installment buying contibute to a rise in consumer spending during the 1920s? |
yes
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Did improved wages for all Americans contibute to a rise in consumer spending during the 1920s?
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no, because wages did not improve for all Americans |
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Did consumption of alcohol decrease and organized crime increase as an effect of prohibition? |
yes |
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Did new celebrities and values in popular culture occur during the 1920s? |
yes |
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What did conservative Republican presidents Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover believe about the relationship between business and government? |
Government should leave businesses alone and follow laissez-faire policies. |
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Was one of the causes of the stock market crash overspeculation? |
yes |
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Did the stock market crash contribute to the Great Depression? |
yes |
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Did an unequal distribution of wealth help lead to the Great Depression? |
yes |
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Did the debt of millions of consumers from credit troubles help lead to the Great Depression? |
yes |
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Did overproduction in industry and agriculture help lead to the Great Depression? |
yes |
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When did President Franklin D. Roosevelt become president compared to when the Great Depression started? |
FDR was elected president in 1932, three years after the stock market crashed in 1929, which began the Great Depression |
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How did Franklin D. Roosevelt's liberal, Keynesian economic policies differ from Herbert Hoover's conservative, "trickle-down" economic policies? |
FDR directly and actively used the federal government to help people who could not help themselves, while Hoover wanted indirect help for those harmed during the Great Depression |
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Has greater government involvement in the economy been a legacy of Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal? |
yes |
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What was the Dust Bowl? |
bad farming conditions which had both natural and human causesduring the Great Depression in the Great Plains, especially Oklahoma |
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Did the U.S. mobilize or become prepared for World War II by volunteering or being drafted into the military? |
yes |
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Did the U.S. mobilize or become prepared for World War II by rationing food and essential materials? |
yes |
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Did the U.S. mobilize or become prepared for World War II by women working in war factories as shown by "Rosie the Riveter"? |
yes |
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Were many Japanese-Americans during World War II forced to dispose of their property and relocated to internment camps? |
yes |
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Did the U.S. Congress respond to the outbreak of World War II in Europe in 1939 by passing the Neutrality Acts so that the U.S. government did not officially take sides? |
yes |
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Was a U.S. goal during World War II to fight against fascism and totalitarianism, as shown on the bumper sticker of Woody Guthrie's guitar? |
yes |
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Are the following events in the proper chronological order? 1) rise of fascist leaders 2) passage of U.S. neutrality acts 3) Pearl Harbor 4) D-Day invasion |
yes |
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Did the attack on Pearl Harbor bring the U.S. into World War II? |
yes |
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Under the Lend Lease Act did the U.S. assist Great Britain in its war against Germany in World War II?
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yes |
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Did the U.S. fight World War II in both Europe and Asia? |
yes |
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Is the concept of total war during World War II represented by the dropping of the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? |
yes |
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Is the concept of total war during World War II represented by converting an automobile factory for making tanks and jeeps? |
yes |
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Is the concept of total war during World War II represented by rationing of food and necessary wartime materials? |
yes |
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Is the concept of total war during World War II represented by using diplomacy to negotiate an end to the war? |
no, because negotiating an end to war implies that a country does not totally receive everything it wants |
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Was a similarity between the Red Scare after World War I during the 1920s and McCarthyism in the 1950s that the civil liberties of U.S. citizens were threatened? |
yes |
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Was the Cold War a conflict between the U.S. and the Soviet Union involving threats but no direct military confrontation? |
yes |
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Did the containment policy express the U.S. desire to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War? |
yes |
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Did the Truman Doctrine express the U.S. desire to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War? |
yes |
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Did U.S. involvement in the Korean "War"/Conflict express the U.S. desire to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War? |
yes |
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Did the building of the Panama Canal express the U.S. desire to stop the spread of communism during the Cold War? |
no, because the building of the Panama Canal was part of imperialism in the early 1900s after the Spanish-American War of 1898 |
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Was a U.S. perception of communism during the Cold War that Americans feared that communism threatened their property rights and individual liberties? |
yes |
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Was a U.S. perception of communism during the Cold War that Americans feared that communists would deny voting rights? |
yes |
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Was a U.S. perception of communism during the Cold War that Americans feared that communists would control every aspect of society? |
yes |
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Was a U.S. perception of communism during the Cold War that Americans feared that communism favored wealthy industrialists? |
no, because wealthy industrials feared that communism would benefit the poor at their expense |
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Was a result of McCarthyism that many people were "blacklisted" as communists and lost their jobs? |
yes |
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What what the space race? |
The competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union for technological superioirty, especially to control outer space after the Soviet Union launched the first space satellite, Sputnik, in 1957; the U.S. put the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969. |
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Did the Korean Conflict maintain the division of the Korean Peninsula between communist North Korea and non-communist South Korea? |
yes |
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Was the Cuban Missile Crisis the closest the U.S. and Soviet Union came to direct war during the Cold War? |
yes |
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Was the Vietnam "War"/Conflict a victory for the U.S. policy of containment? |
no, because Vietnam was successfully reunited under communism in 1975 |
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Was a result from the growth of the suburbs during the 1950s an increase in cultural conformity? |
yes |
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Was a result from the growth of the suburbs during the 1950s a rise in consumerism? |
yes |
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Was a result from the growth of the suburbs during the 1950s a major population shift from cities to suburbs? |
yes |
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Was a result from the growth of the suburbs during the 1950s greater opportunism for African Americans? |
no |
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May the increase in income for many Americans have contributed to the baby boom of the 1950s? |
yes |
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Were minorities and the poor intended to benefit the most from President Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society" program? |
yes |
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Was the main reason why the United States was involved in Vietnam from 1954-1975 to control communism from spreading throughout Southeast Asia? |
yes |
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Was the impact of the television portrayal of the war in Vietnam, including the Tet Offensive, that many Americans turned against the war? |
yes |
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Was rejection of middle class values a characteristic of the counterculture of the late 1960 and early 1970s? |
yes |
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Was the message of "tune in, turn on, drop out" a characteristic of the counterculture of the late 1960 and early 1970s? |
yes |
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Was use of illegal drugs a characteristic of the counterculture of the late 1960 and early 1970s? |
yes |
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Was support of organized religion a characteristic of the counterculture of the late 1960 and early 1970s? |
no |
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Did not being able to distinguish between enemy and civilian make fighting the war in Vietnam difficult for the American soldier? |
yes |
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Did the guerilla warfare tactics used by the enemy make fighting the war in Vietnam difficult for the American soldier? |
yes |
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Did lack of support for the war at home, within the U.S., make fighting the war in Vietnam difficult for the American soldier? |
yes |
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Was trench warfare associated with fighting in Vietnam? |
no, trench warfare is most associated with World War I |
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Did the U.S. Supreme Court rule in "Brown v. Board of Education" that it is unconstitutional to segregate school children by race? |
yes |
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What was the significance of the Voting Rights Act of 1965? |
African Americans truly had the right to register to vote and then actually vote |
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Accoring to Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King, Jr., should African Americans have gained their rights through staging nonviolent protests? |
yes |
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What is protected under the 14th Amendment as highlighted by the Civil Rights Movement? |
a citizen's right to equal protection under the law |
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Is "de facto" segregation more difficult to end than "de jure" segregation because "de facto" segregation is based on tradition and custom rather than laws? |
yes |
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Was the Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed in an effort to end racial and gender discrimination, especially the Jim Crow segregation laws? |
yes |
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What is affirmative action? |
taking positive steps to remedy or make up for past discrimination |
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Which group would have been most affected by the proposed Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s? |
women |
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What was the overall significance of the Pentagon Papers, the Vietnam "War"/Conflict and Wategate? |
Americans lost trust in the federal government |
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Was Richard Nixon's foreign policy the part of his presidency historians are most likely to praise? |
yes, because he made relations better with the communist Soviet Union through "detente" and recognizing communist China |
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What is "trickle-down" economics? |
The government allowing the rich to have more money benefits the middle class and poor because the rich will be more likely to hire them and/or provide better quality goods at lower prices for them as consumers |
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Was President Ronald Reagan likely to support the conservative economic policy of tax cuts to stimulate the economy? |
yes |
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Did President Ronald Reagan increase military spending to try to help bring about an end to the Cold War? |
yes |
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When did women achieve suffrage/the right to vote? |
1919-1920, during the Progressive Era and immediately after World War I |
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When was the Great Depression? |
1929-U.S. involvement in World War II - December 7, 1941 through 1945 |
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When was World War II? |
1939-1945 |
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When was the Cold War? |
1945-1991 |
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Was the U.S. being able to extend civil rights to women and minorities a trend throughout 20th century U.S. history? |
yes |
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Was the size and power of the federal government expanding a trend throughout 20th century U.S. history? |
yes |
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Was the U.S.'s status as a global power increasingly significantly a trend throughout 20th century U.S. history? |
yes |
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Was the U.S. becoming an increasingly rural society a trend throughout 20th century U.S. history? |
no, because the U.S. became increasingly urban, a nation of cities, not rural, or living in agricultural/farming areas |
