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148. How did World War I start
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The sole heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was assassinated by a Serbian nationalist (Gavrillo Princip) and member of the terrorist group, “black hand.”
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149. What year did World War I start?
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1914.
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150. Who was on the Axis side is World War I?
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Austro-Hungarian Empire, Germany, and Italy.
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151. Who was on the Allies side?
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France, Great Britain, and Russia.
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152. Why didn’t we get involved at the start of World War I?
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Most Americans felt that it was a European War and there was no reason for the U.S. to become involved.
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153. Why did we finally get involved in World War I?
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Inability to remain neutral in the face of increasing threats to U.S. national interests (economic and political ties to Great Britain), Germans unrestricted submarine warfare (shot ships to prevent supplies from getting from place to place), interception of the Zimmerman telegram.
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154. How did we help to end World War I
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Fresh troops, supplies, etc.
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155. What was the League of Nations?
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League in which nations joined to settle their disputes and differences diplomatically without going to war.
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156. Why did the League of Nations fail?
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No way to enforce diplomatic laws or rules.
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157. What was the Treaty of Versailles?
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Treaty that ended WWI and embarrassed Germany.
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158. How was Germany treated after World War I
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Horribly, they were forced to pay for the war, gave up land, etc.
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159. What is theory of evolution?
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Natural selection was a primary relationship to evolution.
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160. What was the Scopes Trial?
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Fought evolution, and the role of science and religion in public schools in American society.
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161. What were flappers?
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Women who embraced new fashions and ideals; smoking, drinking, and “dirty talk.”
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162. What was Prohibition?
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Smuggling alcohol and speakeasies.
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163. What amendment outlawed the sale of alcohol?
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Prohibition.
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164. What caused the Stock Market crash of 1929
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Panicked investors had unloaded their shares at unbelievably low prices due to their loss of confidence in the market; over speculation, excessive expansion of credit, business failures, bad bank deposits, banks ran out of money.
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165. What was Black Tuesday?
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October 29, 1929; stock market crashed.
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166. What caused the Great Depression?
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Over-speculation of stocks, bank collapse, farming dustbowl.
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167. What things happened as a result of the Depression
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Increased unemployment, increased homelessness, collapse of U.S. banking system, labor union become more violent, banks foreclosed on farms and farmers lost their land.
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168. Which president was blamed for doing nothing to solve the nation’s problems after the Depression?
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Herbert Hoover.
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169. Who became president in 1932
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Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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170. What were relief programs? Give an example.
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Provided direct payment to people for immediate help; (paychecks).
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171. What were recovery programs? Give an example.
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Increased the productivity of American businesses by creating jobs for people; Adjustment Administration.
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172. What are reform programs? Give an example.
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Protects banks from every closing and people from losing their money; Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
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173. Who was Adolph Hitler?
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Dictator of Germany.
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174. Why did the US stay neutral at the beginning of World War II?
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They didn’t want to get into European affairs and wanted to stay isolated.
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175. Franklin Delano Roosevelt-
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President during the beginning of World War II, and before the U.S. got involved.
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