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11 Cards in this Set
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Who were industry leaders and their products in the American industrial revolution? |
Andrew Carnegie- steel Henry ford- assembly line John Rockefeller-oil/kerosene |
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Why was the industrial revolution able to begin in England? How did it impact the development of the United States? |
England had all the natural resources an materials available. Americans studied English processes to develop their own industries. |
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Describe how labor practices in the Industrial Age changed to our current labor laws? |
Workers were paid low wages, for dangerous jobs in bad conditions for too many hours. Laws were developed against hours workers would work, safety, and payment. |
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How does Vladimir Lenin use Russia's military failure in WWI as a springboard to take over via the Bolshevik revolution? |
His ideas opposing capitalism gave him a plan to organize the government. It was aimed at giving the poor a more fair chance. |
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How does Joseph Stalin take over the U.S.S.R. And turn it into a world superpower? |
They used terror and force to take control. |
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Describe similarities between the rise of Vladimir Lenin and Adolf Hitler. |
The state of the country at the time, had followers, used fear to control opposition. |
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Outline President Wilsons fourteen point plan at the end of WWI? Why did the U.S government refuse to join the League of Nations? |
It dealt with issues of concern and territorial questions. America would have been ignored and it would have hurt their economy. |
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What damages were done to Germany via the first treaty of Versailles? How did it affect Adolf Hitlers rise to power? |
Military reduction, made them pay money back for damage, and return territory captured. Many were poor and wanted to return to previous glory. |
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How did the end of WWII begin the Cold War between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.? |
Could not agree on how to coexist Germany and both had overpowering military's. |
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Why was the Bay of Pigs invasion a disaster for the Kennedy administration? |
Weakened Kennedy in the media and increased tension with Russia. Increased attempts of assassination on Cuban leader. |
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How did the Cuban Missile Crisis put the world on the brink of WWII? |
Nuclear war threats by soviet controlled Russia. |
