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The taking over of other countries is called
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Imperialism
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The term for the belief that one’s culture is superior to all others is
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Ethnocentrism
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What event was the final “spark on the powder keg” which caused World War I to begin in Europe?
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The assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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This was the final straw which caused the United States to get involved in World War I
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The sinking of the Lusitania
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How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to World War II?
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Punished Germany harshly, enabling Hitler to rise to power
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What was the Red Scare?
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Extreme fear of Communism in the United States
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A period of time in which African- American culture flourished was called the
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The Harlem Renaissance
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How did farming contribute to the causes of the Great Depression?
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Overproduction of food
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Who was the President who believed in a hands off approach to the Great Depression?
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Herbert Hoover
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The name of FDR’s programs to deal with the Great Depression was
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The New Deal
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What is the meaning of “totalitariasm”?
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Complete government control
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What date was Pearl Harbor bombed by the Japanese?
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December 7,1941
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The D-Day invasion liberated what country?
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France
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Name of the agreement between Hitler and Chamberlain in which Hitler agreed to not invade any other countries if they were allowed to take over the Sudentenland.
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The Munich Pact
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Who was the President who made the decision to drop the Atomic Bombs on Japan? What two cities were bombed?
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Truman Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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The economic system in which all businesses are privately owned is called
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capitalism
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Who was the Communist dictator of Cuba during the Cold War?
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Fidel Castro
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The belief that if one country in Asia fell to communism, they all would fall
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Domino Theory
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Who was Ho Chi Mihn?
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Communist leader of North Vietnam
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The turning point in the Vietnam War in which most Americans turned against US involvement was
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Tet Offensive
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Plessy vs Ferguson made what LEGAL?
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Separate but Equal
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Why is Rosa Parks significant to the Civil Rights movement?
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Refused to give up her seat on a bus, which sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Why was Emmett Till murdered in Mississippi?
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Accused of whistling at a white woman
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Who was the eventual Supreme Court Justice who argued the case for Brown vs. the Board of Education?
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Thurgood Marshall
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Name of the man who argued the case of Brown vs. the Board of Education
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Thurgood Marshall
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Name of the hotel in which Nixon’s campaign staffers stole documents
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The Watergate Hotel
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The US war on terror began after what event?
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The attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001
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Which President is best known for “trickle-down economics?”
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Ronald Reagan
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Which political party is usually associated with liberalism? Conservatism?
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Liberalism: Democratic Conservatism: Republican
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The name of LBJ’s programs designed to help improve the lives of the poor, minorities, etc
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The Great Society
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What was the 19 th Amendment to the Constitution?
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Gave women the right to vote
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