US History Final Study Guide

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This Act encouraged people to move West and help expand the nation.

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This Act was created because settlers needed transportation to travel & ship goods.

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This act gave US citizens access to higher education.

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Settlers used this to overcome the lack of trees and other building materials.

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This invention allowed settlers to build fences for their livestock.

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Settlers used these wo draw water from wells.

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This invention helped settlers farm on the tough, prairie soil.

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This technique was used because of the lack of water in the praries.

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Steam Technology

• Faster & cheaper production

• replaced the labor of people & animals in cotton gins & mills

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McCormick reaper & seed drills

• Faster & more efficient planting

• replaced the need for workers on farms

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internal combustion engine

• allowed farmers to use tractors & trucks

• replaced the need for workers in farms

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What did the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 do?

• denied Chinese immigration for 10 years

• denied Chinese immigrants eligibility for naturalization

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What was the purpose of the People's Party in Louisiana?

• advocated reforms to Louisiana's electoral process

• encouraged laws that helped farmers & laborers

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His work predates the Progressive movement & he used political cartoons to make commentary on corrupt politicians & businesses

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Her father's oil business collapsed; she was forbidden from becoming a scientist; she documented Rockefeller's illegal business methods; her articles resulted in Standard Oil being split into different companies.

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He came from poor parents but had wealthy grandparents that paid for his education; he exposed the unhealthy work conditions in the meat industry with his book The Jungle; his writing resulted in the Meat inspection Act & the Pure Food & Drug Act

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He was a police reporter for New York City newspapers; he exposed the conditions in tenement slums; his work led to the Tenement House Commission

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Why do some historians describe the 15-day 1913 Louisiana constitutional convention as a failure?

• The delegates focused on too many issues which kept them from solving the main proposed issues.

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Which president used "Big Stick" diplomacy?

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Germany, Italy, and Austria Hungary made up the:

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Russia, France, and Great Britain/the UK made up the:

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Serbia & Montenegro were:

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All countries that are unshaded on this map were:

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A group called the

put out propaganda in support of WWI.

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This group was recruited by the Creel Committee to speak publicly in support of WWI:

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The most famous propaganda posters featured which famous character?

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Cause: Industrial Revolution in Russia led to crowded cities & lack of housing

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Cause: Russian soldiers shot into a crowd of peaceful protesters. (Bloody Sunday Massacre)

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Cause: Russia experienced widespread poverty, food shortages, loss of lives, & massive expenses in WWI

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Cause: Russia continued to fight in WWI; people rioted over food shortages

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Cause: a civil war occurs

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The Greenwood District was a Black neighborhood in

known as Black Wall Street

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looted shops & set them on fore in 1821.

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The National Guard

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City leaders worked to

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Henry Ford's assembly line

the cost of manufacturing automobiles and the price of automobiles.

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Henry Ford's assembly line

the supply of automobiles, the number of people who owned automobiles, the speed & distance people could travel, & people's standard of living.

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As the temperance movement grew, it reflected an increasing hostility toward

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People in the temperance movement viewed alcohol as

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(alcohol drinkers) did not support a prohibition against alcohol.

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_______ supported a prohibition against alcohol. The KKK used the platform of the ______ & worked to convert them to their way of thinking.

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The "Roaring 20s" was a period of

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Americans believed

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Because of this perspective, Americans were more willing to

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Economically, this perspective led many Americans to

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Income inequality continued to

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High tariffs

demand for American goods in other countries.

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The Federal Reserve did

regulating the economy.

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Cause: Lumber industry in Louisiana boomed & railroad companies created spurs to lumber mills

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Cause: Lumber company employees paid high rent, worked long shifts, low/ irregular pay, & bought supplies on credit at company-owned stores

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Cause: Lumber companies opposed changing working conditions in mills.

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Cause: Many mills closed in the 1930s

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Cause 70% of state forests were overharvested

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Cause: Companies overproduced goods & ended up with a surplus.

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Cause: People were unable to pay their mortgages.

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Cause: Many people were homeless

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Supported nationalistic ideologies; Concept of a unified nation was grounded in Aryan supremacy.

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Supported nationalistic ideologies; glorified Ancient Rome and returning to the "superior Roman race"; nickname means "the Leader"

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supported nationalistic ideologies; nickname means "Man of Steel"; worked to collectivize farms; created conditions that created families

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Supported nationalistic ideologies; was an emperor with spiritual and military authority over his people

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This act enabled President Roosevelt to supply weapons & equipment to any country whose defense was critical.

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This was a joint declaration established at the first ever war-time conference between Roosevelt & Churchill. It was focused on human rights & is viewed as the first step in the founding of the United Nations.

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Which 2 statements demonstrate the greatest significance of the Nuremberg & the Tokyo War Crimes trials?

• These trials set the standard for future international trials

• These trials were the 1st time leaders & high ranking officials were held accountable for their actions by international law

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WWII led to

of resources.

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The Office of Price Administration set

prices for certain goods.

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The OPA also

the goods Americans

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US, Great Britain, & Russia discuss Operation Overlord; Stalin agrees to declare war on Japan in exchange for territory; Roosevelt introduces UN plan.

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Russia given control over part of Manchuria; Russia given access to ports in North China; Stalin agrees to declare war on Japan; Roosevelt, Churchill, & Stalin discuss war reparations

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Truman, Churchill, & Stalin negotiate borders; Germany to be demilitarized & disarmed; Allied Control Commission Temporarily controls Germany; Allied leaders agree on reparations; Truman & Stalin clash over Stalin's demands

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The advent of television news

newspaper sales.

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Newspaper mergers

newspaper sales until the 1980s.

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The advent of cable television

the viewpoints presented in television news.

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The push to provide immediate coverage in cable news

misinformation.

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Opposition to integration in the South became known as

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along with state troopers, blocked the entrance to the auditorium at the University of Alabama to prevent Black students James Malone & Vivan Hood from registering for classes.

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The

& federal marshals had to intervene to allow James Malone & Vivan Hood entrance.

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Because of the Soviet Union's support of one side & the United States' support of the other, the Vietnam War was a

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When the USS Maddox was attacked, President Johnson & Congress

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The

granted the president broad authority to employ any means necessary to address the conflict in Vietnam.

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an alliance between free nations; formed by the US and its allies

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an alliance between communist nations; formed by the Soviet Union and its allies

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Members of NATO & the Warsaw Pact agreed to help each other if

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In 1969, the US Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency created

to establish a communications system that would not by affected by a Soviet Nuclear attack.

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, which became the internet, was created within the decade & allowed networks to talk to each other.

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In 1991 the 1st server came online & became known as the

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The early home computer used ________ connections & were later replaced with __________ connections.

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The main planner of the World Trade Center bombing in 1993 and the 9/11 attacks was associated with

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The United States sent troops into Iraq in 2014 to fight against