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Define Imperialism |
Stronger country taking over a weaker country |
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What were the two main causes of Imperialism? |
Economy and shortage of land. |
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Explain the purpose of the Panama Canal. |
To connect the Pacific and Atlantic Ocean to shorten the travel time. |
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What is the open door policy? |
A policy that a loud everybody to trade with China. |
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Who colonized/imperialists the Hawaiian islands? |
America |
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How did economic needs fuel Imperialism? How did the Industrial Revolution lead to imperialism? |
America wanted new markets to protect investments overseas and to rehandle America's Pioneer spirit |
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Who said "Tread lightly but Carry a Big Stick"? |
President Theodore Roosevelt |
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What did the above quote mean? |
Start nice and end hard if you need to. |
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How was yellow journalism/muckraking used to fuel Imperialism? |
Showed people how other people are living in the country |
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What were the M.A.I.N causes of the WWI |
Miltarism Alliances Imperialism Nationalism |
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When was the Archduke of Austria assassinated? What did it lead to? |
The Archduke of Austria was assassinated on June 28th 1914 and it led to the World War 1 |
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When did World War 1 begin and who were the first countries to be involved |
The same day that's assination of of the Arsenic of Australia and Austria Hungary in Serbia where the first to enter the war |
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When was the Lusitania sunk and by whom |
The Germans sunk the Lusitania on May 7th 1915 |
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When did the United States declare war on Germany and enter World War 1 |
The United States declared war on Germany after the Zimmerman Note sent from Germany to Mexico and the entered war on April 6th 1917 |
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Explain the impact of the Zimmermann Telegram /note on World War 1 |
It caused the United States to enter the war |
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Explain the use of the submarine in World War 1 & 2 use them |
Some German enemy ships in America use them |
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What was the League of Nations |
An international is organization to provide a forum for resolving international disputes |
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How was propaganda used in World War 1 |
To gain more troops money and supplies needed for the war |
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Explain Wilson's 14 point plan |
It was a plan for World Peace |
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What were the two failures of Treaty of Versailles |
Major me take the guilt of the war in Germany couldn't pay for the cost |
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Explain how the 1920s could be considered to have shocked Traditional Values |
Factors like the flapper girls in the new entertainment |
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What new values were emerging in the 1920s |
Women's rights and entertainment |
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What was the Harlem Renaissance |
A cultural social and artistic explosion that took place in the Harlem New York spanning the 1920s |
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Provide examples of growing intolerance of the 1920 |
Men were charged and save guilty for breaking law this was greatly influenced by the attitudes of the past causing conflict of the old ideas |
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What was the Great Migration and why were people moving |
6 million African-Americans migrating from the south to the north. Left because they were leaving their economic and social based life in America and finding a new one |
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What were the Jim Crow laws and how did they affect African-Americans |
A practice of segregating black people in the US affected them in unpleasant ways |
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What did the Nineteenth Amendment provide |
Women's right to vote / women's suffrage |
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What was a flapper |
Generation of young Western women in the 1920s wore short skirts Bob their hair and listen to Jazz |
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How did the new Industries lead to theHow did the new Industries lead to the Boom in the 1920s? What new inventions helped this? |
People purchase more items automobile radio and machines |
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How are Prohibition in organized crime related |
The increase in organized crime during the 1920s stemmed from national prohibition |
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Who is Langston Hughes |
Poet social activist novelist playwright and columnist. One of the earliest innovators of jazz poetry |
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Who is F Scott Fitzgerald |
American novelist and short story writer who works illustrate the Jazz Age |
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What was President Hoover's policies slaps approach to the Great Depression |
Believed in a hands-off approach and thought the Depression was just a cycle |
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What was President Franklin Roosevelt's policy / approach to the Great Depression |
Hands-On approach to create programs to rebuild economy |
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what was the court-packing issue with FDR? Why was he trying to change the court? |
FDR tried to add 6 more Supreme Court Justices he wanted to pack the court with people who like his new deal |
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List three causes of the Great Depression |
Unsound banking policies over use of credit and deflation |
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What was a Hooverville |
All homeless camps where where people made shelters out of the things they have left |
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How did FDR use the Fireside Chats |
Use the informal radio addresses to explain president Roosevelt's policies to the American public |
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What three things led to the Dust Bowl |
Overuse of the land high winds and drought |
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Explain the purpose of the New Deal? What is its Legacy today? |
The government with 8 people of America. Results the legacy of new deal today helped America believe a responsibility to ensure health of the nation's economy and the welfare of citizens |
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What is the Social Security Act |
To assist people who are retired disabled or if they lost a spouse |
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What was the Bonus Army and how did it cause problems for president Hoover |
Twenty thousand unemployed World War 1 veterans protesting March in camp out of the Washington DC they are asking for immediate payment of pension |
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What were some criticisms of the new deal |
Do not go far enough, only a temporary relief, and didn't assist minorities. |
