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100 Cards in this Set
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The main issue temporarily solved by the Missori Compromise of 1820 was...
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Slavery
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The Compromise of 1850 did the following:
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Admitted California as a free state, Passed the Fugitive Slave Act, Nullified the Compromise of 1820
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Violoenc in the Kansas territory was a direct result of the
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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Popular sovereignty held that the decision of whether a territory would be free or slave should be left to the...
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residents of the territory
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In the Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that...
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being on free territory did not make a slave free.
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The main issue in the Lincoln-Douglas Debates was...
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Slavery in the territories.
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Name famous abolitionists:
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown, Frederick Douglass
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The 1860 Republican platform on which Abraham Lincoln ran for teh presidence DID NOT include a demand for...
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abolition of slavery in the Southern states.
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The President of the Confederate States of America was...
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Jefferson Davis
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The first act of open rebellion by the Confederacy was at...
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Fort Sumter
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In what area did the South have an advantage over the North in the Civil War?
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Military Leadership
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The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in which area?
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The Confederacy
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Which of the following abolished slavery?
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The 13th Amendment
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The Battle of Gettysburg is considered a turning point in the Civil War because it...
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Was the last Confederate invasion of the Union
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Which pair of military officers is known for having adopted a strategy of "Total War" during the Civil War?
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US Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman
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The significance of the outcome of the Battle of Vicksburg was that it gave the Union forces control of...
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The Mississippi River
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Where did Robert E. Lee surrender to the Union?
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Appomattox
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President Johnson's impeachment was a result of...
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His opposition tot he Radical Republicans in Congress
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What was intended to protect the voting rights of all male citizens, regardleaa of race, color, or previous condidion of servitude?
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15th Amendment
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What signaled the end of Reconstruction?
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The Compromise of 1877, which made Hays president
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Who supported the most radical plan for Reconstruction?
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The Radical Republicans
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What did Congress establish to help former slaves adjust to freedom?
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Freedmen's Bureau
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Scalawags were Southern whiets who
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Became Republicans
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Carpetbaggers were northern Republicans who
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Moved to the South
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What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments commonly referred to?
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The Reconstruction Amendments
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What did the 14th Amendment do?
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Defined who was a citizen, protect the civil rights of citizens, and require all the states to follow the Bill of Rights
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What one thing contributed to the end of the open range cattle era?
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Barbed wire
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Sand Creek and Wounded Knee ar famous for being the sites of...
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US Army massacres of Native Americans
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The Exodusters...
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were former slaves from the south who settled on the Great Plains
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The HOmestead Act required...
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to live and work the land for 5 years.
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Literary tests and poll taxes were designed to
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Keep African Americans from voting
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What prevented the greatest number of children from being able to attend public high school?
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Racism
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Who founded the NAACP?
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WEB DuBois
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Jim Crow laws were that...
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separated races
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In Plessy V. Ferguson the Supreme Court ruled...
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Racial segregation in public accommodations was legal
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Booker T Washington created the...
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Tuskegee Institute
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Robert M LaFollette gained fame for being a
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reform govenor
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The 17th Amendment allowed for...
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direct election of senators
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In the Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed
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unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry
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Susan B anthony was best known...
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as a leader in the women's suffrage movement
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Define Suffrage:
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The right to vote
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Carrie Nation was a leader in prohibition. What is prohibition?
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Sale and production of alcohol
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The 19th Amendment:
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allowed for suffrage for women
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The formation of the Bull Moose Party in 1912 led to the election of:
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Woodrow Wilson
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Founder of Socialist Party of America:
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Samuel Gompers
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Interstate Commerce Act:
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Regulated railroad rates
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What made it possible to construct skyscrapers in the 1880's?
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New methods of steel construction
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Industrial consolidation and trusts functioned during the late 1800's to reduce
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Competition
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The Sherman Antitrust Act:
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was used by labor unions to fight for worker rights
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In the late 1800's, collective bargaining was used to...
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win worker rights
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Scab's are workers who:
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are used to break fights.
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The Bessemer Process:
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Madi it easier and cheaper to produce quality steel
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Written communication was enhanced with the 1876 invention of:
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typewriter
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Social Darwinism discouraged:
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Government Intervention
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Andrew Carnegie gained control of a large percentage of the steel industry by...
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buying out his suppliers, buying out his competition, underselling his competitors
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Inventor of Telephone:
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Alexander Graham Bell
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Industry of the Great Strike of 1877:
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Railroads
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Industrial Workers of the World was organized by:
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Radical unionists and socialists
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The first successful oil well was drilled in 1859 by:
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Edwin Drake
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John D Rockefeller:
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Standard Oil Company
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Samuel Gompers:
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Socialist Party
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Stalwarts supported:
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Spoils System
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Tammany Hall was the name...
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NYC political Machine
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Settlement houses were founded in the late 1800s by
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social reformers
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Purpose of patronage:
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reward one's supporters
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The Chinese Exclusion Act:
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Decreased Chinese Immigration
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The Gentlemen's Agreement:
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Caused anti-American rioting in Japan
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Tammany Hall was run by:
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William Marcy "Boss" Tweed
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The East Coast reception station for immigrants:
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Ellis Island
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Mark Twain novel that gave the name for time of corruption in the 1800s.
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The Guilded Age
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Movement by native-born Americans against immigration:
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Nativism
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The policy in which stronger nations extend their economic, political or military control over weaker territories:
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Imperialism
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Alfred Mahan advocated for:
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Development of a Naval Fleet, Building a canal across Panama, establish additional Naval bases
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What influenced America to acquier Hawaii?
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US businesses owned sugar plantations there
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Yellow Journalism:
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Reported exaggerating the news
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Teddy Roosevelt let what group into Cuba during the Spanish American War...
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Rough Riders
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The main motivation for the construction of the Panama Canal...
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reduction of travel time between oceans
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The series of policies which called for open access to China's ports was:
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Open Door Policy
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The Boxer Rebellion was in response to:
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The spread of Western Influence in China
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"Big Stick" Diplomacy is accociated with what leader?
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Theodore Roosevelt
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The argument that Europe must not intervene in Latin America and that the US could be forced to become an international police power>>>
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Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
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William Howard Taft used what type of diplomacy?
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Dollar Diplomacy
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In 1914 what stance did the US take toward WWI?
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Remain neutral.
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What event sparked WWI?
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Assissination of ARchduke Ferdinand
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Which counties belonged to the Triple Entente(Allied Powers?)
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Great Britian, France, Russia
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What countries belonged to the Central Powers during WWI?
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Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria
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Trench Warfare in WWI can be attributed to:
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Macine guns
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Who was the leader of Germany during WWI?
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Kaiser Wilhelm
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What British passenger liner, sank by a German U-Boat, killed 128 Americans?
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Lusitania
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The Zimmerman Note propoeed an alliance between which two countries?
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Germany and Mexico
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Which President led America into WWI?
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W. Wilson
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Which General led the American Expeditionary Force in France?
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John Pershing
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Who replaced men in the factory jobs during WWI?
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women
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The US financed WWI in part by...
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selling war bonds
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Who led the Bojlshevik Revolution in Russia?
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Vladimir Lennin
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How did the Bolshevik Revolution effect Russia's involvement in WWI?
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Withdrew from the war
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Wilson's peace plan was called...
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14 Points
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The Big Four were:
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Britian, France, US, Italy
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Why did the US Senate oppose membership in the League of Nations?
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It would drag America into European Conflicts
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The Versailes Treaty forced the Germans to
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Pay reparations
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