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Final Exam For US History

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show 1901  
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show McKinley was assassinated.  
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show Born wealthy, Poor Health, Attended Harvard, Former New York Police Commissioner, Elected assistant secretary of Navy in 1896, Former governor of New York  
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Theodore Roosevelt lead what Calvary group during the Spanish-American war?   show
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Who was Theodore Roosevelt's political boss?   show
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show Old Guard, Reformers, Agrarian Progressives  
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Describe the Old Guards.   show
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show Middle Class Professionals  
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show Farmers, or those who lived in rural areas  
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What deal do the Old Guards make with Theodore Roosevelt?   show
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What year did Theodore Roosevelt gain complete control of the party?   show
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Who did Theodore Roosevelt run against in 1904?   show
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What two types of big businesses did Theodore Roosevelt deal with?   show
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What misnomer (misleading nickname) did Theodore Roosevelt earn?   show
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show They were unavoidable, so they should within the public's interest.  
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Why did Theodore Roosevelt prosecute the Northern Securities Company?   show
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According to the government, did the NSC violate the SAA?   show
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show No, the companies still did what they pleased.  
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What other businesses violated the Sherman Antitrust Act?   show
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What did Theodore Roosevelt do to the Interstate Commerce Commission?   show
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What was the Elkin Act?   show
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show 1903  
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show It extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It also allowed them to set side rates and new rates.  
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When was the Hepburn Act passed?   show
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show Owners of coal mines were upset with the working conditions of their mines set by the coal companies.  
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show John Mitchell  
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A year before the strike, the United Mine Workers tried to negotiate with the coal companies. What were their conditions?   show
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show George Bear  
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When coal started running short because of the strike, who first tried to negotiate with Bear and Michell?   show
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show Former Senator of Ohio and Former Political Manager of McKinley  
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Who tried after Mark Hanna to negotiate with Bear?   show
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show He threatened to bring in the army and let the government run the coal mines without the purpose of money.  
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show Yes.  
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show Sets up arbitrary commission, 10% increase in pay (10% increase in coal prices), 8 hour days for some employees, unfair weighing system still exists  
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show They are unrecognized.  
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After Theodore Roosevelt read "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair, what did he do?   show
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What did Theodore Roosevelt do about the bad food conditions?   show
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What did the Pure Food and Drugs Act state?   show
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What did the Meat Inspection Act state?   show
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When did the Pure Food and Drugs Act and Meat Inspection Act pass?   show
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show Set aside about 150 million acres of land, mainly for farmers. He also created about 50 wildlife refuges.  
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show William Howard Taft (Republican) and William Jennings Brian (Democratic)  
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Describe Taft's life before the election.   show
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Who ended up winning the election?   show
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show Former Speaker of the House  
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show A group of rebels (Insurgents) told Taft to cut Cannon's power. Taft refused, but the rebels were able to eventually cut Cannon's power.  
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What was the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act?   show
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Did the Payne–Aldrich Tariff Act pass?   show
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show Essentially nothing.  
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show Old Guards told him to.  
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Who was Richard Ballinger?   show
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show Head of Forestry Service  
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What did Pinchot do to Ballinger?   show
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show They decided Ballinger was falsely accused, and fired Pinchot.  
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How did Pinchot being fired affect Taft?   show
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What did the Mann-Elkins Act do?   show
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show No, it was abolished by Congress in 1913.  
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show The Old Guard didn't want the Insurgents to control patronage.  
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show First, Old Guards punished Insurgents for opposing them (1909). Then, Taft threatens the Insurgents with no patronage if they keep opposing (1910).  
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What did the Insurgents do?   show
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show Robert LaFallot  
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Why was 1910 an important year for Theodore Roosevelt?   show
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show He had received letters from Pinchot and others complaining about how Taft had destroyed everything he stood for.  
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show 1911  
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How successful was Theodore Roosevelt running against Taft?   show
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show He joins the Progressive Party.  
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show Bull Moose Party  
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Who did the Progressives nominate for president in 1912?   show
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show New Nationalism: More political and economical laws  
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What were the specific political goals of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912?   show
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show Federal regulation for industrial commission, prohibit child labor, workman's compensation, minimum wage for women, income tax, and a limitation on the army  
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show Woodrow Wilson and James "Champ" Clark  
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show Southern Background, Attended Princeton Law School, Taught At Princeton, Quit To Run For Governor Of New Jersey  
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Who won the election of 1912?   show
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show Lowered the tariff, and improved the federal reserve system  
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show Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act  
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show It lowered basic tariffs from 40% to 25%.  
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show 1913  
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What did Wilson do to improve the federal reserve system?   show
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show Panic of 1907  
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show Pujo Committee  
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What did the Pujo Committee discover?   show
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How did the Conservatives want to improve the Federal Reserve Act?   show
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show The government should control the banks.  
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How did the southern states want the Federal Reserve Act to work?   show
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What did the final version of the Federal Reserve Act contain?   show
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show A seven member committee appointed by the president that supervised banks.  
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What two acts were created for trusts?   show
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show It set up a five member committee called the Federal Trade Commission that told corporations they can't practice unfair trade.  
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show A better version of the Sherman Antitrust Act. It also made labor unions exempt from prosecution.  
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show He pushed for the Progressive Party's votes.  
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What did Wilson do to get the Progressive's votes?   show
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show It allowed people to take out long term loans with low interest rates.  
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show It provided agricultural, industrial arts, and commerce programs for public schools.  
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show It caused an increase in taxes.  
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show Charles Hughes  
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Who was Charles Hughes?   show
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Who did the Progressives nominate for the 1916 elections?   show
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show He passed the Adamson Act.  
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show It created 8 hour days and overtime payment for railroad workers.  
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Who was Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla?   show
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Since the land was owned by Columbia, how did the US gain control of it?   show
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show He convinces them to start a revolution to break away from Columbia.  
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show Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty  
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show It gave the US a 10 mile wide canal area if they pay Panama about 10,000,000$ a year.  
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How did the US settle tension with Columbia?   show
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show A policy the US created in 1823 that said any European nation that tries to colonize American land will be viewed as aggressors.  
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show An extension of the Monroe Doctrine that said any European that intervenes in conflicts with Latin American countries will be viewed as aggressors.  
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show It is having many revolutions because of an oppressive government and economic exploitation.  
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What does Wilson do about Mexico?   show
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show He wishes to remain neutral.  
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How does the government react to WW1?   show
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What did Germany do to make the United States more hostile to them during WW1?   show
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Other than the Lusitania, what ship did Germany sink during WW1?   show
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show He built up the army, and tried to convince the countries to compromise. He was unsuccessful in making them compromise.  
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How does Germany cause the US to join WW1?   show
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Why does Germany sink US ships during WW1?   show
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What is the problem with Germany's plan to sink the USA's ships?   show
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How does the US respond to Germany sinking their ships?   show
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show They create the War Industries Board, the Railroad Administration, and the War Labor Board.  
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show Most were opposed to it. 56 Congress members were also against it.  
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How did Wilson respond to the American people's feelings about the war?   show
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Who was the head of the Committee of Public Information?   show
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What was the point of the Committee of Public Information?   show
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How does the government respond to critics of the war?   show
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What did the Espionage Act of 1917 do?   show
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show It allowed the government to stop foreign newspapers.  
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What did the Sedition Act do?   show
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Who was arrested under the Sedition Act?   show
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What was the Bolshevik Revolution?   show
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What makes the United States arrest the citizens that are part of the Bolshevik Revolution?   show
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How successful was the USA in arresting the those part of the Bolshevik Revolution?   show
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What does the USA do with those supposedly part of the Bolshevik Revolution?   show
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What is the Treaty of Versailles?   show
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What did the Treaty of Versailles say?   show
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What does Wilson push after WW1?   show
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What were the most important points of the fourteen points?   show
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What does Germany request after WW1?   show
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show Not successful.  
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Who was Henry Lodge?   show
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How does the USA respond to the army after WW1?   show
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The USA took over the railroads during WW1. What do they do with the railroads after the war?   show
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What does the USA do with their excess of ships after WW1?   show
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Who takes advantage of the USA selling their ships after WW1?   show
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show He uses their steel for scrap metal.  
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What other tactics did the USA use to sell ships?   show
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show There were less jobs.  
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show Strike  
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show Boston Police Strike, Steel Strike, Coal Mines Strike  
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show Boston Police went on strike. Criminals weren't controlled, so Calvin Coolidge in the state troops.  
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What was the Steel Strike?   show
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show A Pennsylvania strike by the United Mine Workers. John Louis demanded a 60% increase in pay and 30 hour weeks.  
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show Warren G. Harding  
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show James G. Cox  
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show Harding  
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What happened to Harding in 1923?   show
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show Veteran’s Bureau Scandal, Tea Pot Dome Scandal, Daugherty Scandal  
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What was the Veteran’s Bureau Scandal?   show
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What was the Tea Pot Dome Scandal?   show
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What was the Daugherty Scandal?   show
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show Calvin Coolidge  
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Who did the Republicans nominate for president in the election of 1924?   show
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show Al Smith and William G. Mackadoo  
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What were the problems with the Democrats choices for president in the election of 1924?   show
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show Neither Smith or Mackadoo. John W. Davis is nominated.  
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show Robert LaFallot  
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show Coolidge  
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show He favored businesses too much.  
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show He had the FTC show business men how to get around laws, had the Commerce Department show businesses how to minimize competition, created the Emergency Tariff of 1921, and taxed rich people less and poor people more.  
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show It created a tariff on agricultural goods and foreign goods. It was the highest tariff that existed during that time.  
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show The government ends subsidies (assisted pay to business) and new industries form.  
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What happens when the government ends subsidies?   show
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What are the four main new industries during Coolidge's term?   show
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show Top 200 corporation controlled 20% of the nation's wealth, and 1% of the banks controlled 50% of the nation's wealth. Competition was also getting eliminated.  
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show They were taken down by corporations.  
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show They refused to sell steel to companies that supported unions, and wouldn't allow unions even when 95% of their workers wanted them.  
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Whose death caused a decline in leadership for unions?   show
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What were farmers problems during Coolidge's term?   show
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Why was cooperative marketing a problem for farmers during Coolidge's term?   show
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Why were politics a problem for farmers during Coolidge's term?   show
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show It set up a balance between prices and sales for agricultural goods.  
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Where were the chief economical and political centers in the 1920s?   show
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show They reduce foreign debts and send a banker to Germany to restart the economy.  
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show An international community that cooperated Naval arms control.  
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What were the problems with the Naval Disarmament Conferences in the 1920s?   show
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What compromise did the Naval Disarmament Conferences make?   show
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show Emergency Quota Act and National Origins Act  
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What was the Emergency Quota Act?   show
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What was the National Origins Act?   show
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Why were there problems for blacks in America during the 1920s?   show
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What was the name given for the migration out of the south?   show
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What were the organizations involved in the black nationalist movement?   show
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What did the Universal Negro Improvement Association want?   show
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show Marcus Garvey  
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show National Association for the Advancement of Colored People  
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What did NAACP want?   show
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show Housing  
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What was prohibition?   show
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show 1915  
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show 18th  
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show 1919  
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When did the 18th amendment start going into affect?   show
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show Criminals  
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What was the Volstead Act?   show
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show Herbert Hoover  
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Who received the Democratic nomination is 1928 for presidency?   show
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Who won the 1928 presidential elections?   show
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show 1929  
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show People no longer wanted to buy stocks (very brief answer).  
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What were some long term problems that caused the Great Depression?   show
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What were some immediate problems that caused the Great Depression?   show
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show Do-Nothing-President (cause he was a shitty president)  
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Did Hoover actually do nothing?   show
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show Directly aid big businesses to help themselves build up. With the excess of money, the businesses will raises wages and give bonuses. Here is a picture to simulate how it actually works: http://i.imgur.com/Osr49.jpg  
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show Businesses don't fire anyone and raise wages, and the unions won't strike. This was unsuccessful.  
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Why did the government's original request on how to end the Great Depression not work?   show
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What does Hoover then do to help the Great Depression?   show
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show Reconstruction Finance Corporation  
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show A group that helped distribute 500,000,000$ to corporations in hopes that trickle down economics would work.  
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What Act did Hoover pass to try and help the lower class during the Great Depression?   show
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What did the Emergency Relief and Construction Act do?   show
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What was the Farm Holiday Association?   show
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What was the Bonus Army?   show
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show A group of 15,000 soldiers who wanted their money immediately.  
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show No.  
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show Herbert Hoover  
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Who did the Democrats nominate in 1932 for presidency?   show
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show Roosevelt  
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Describe Franklin Roosevelt's life before the election of 1932.   show
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What type of people did Franklin Roosevelt put in his cabinet after being elected?   show
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How does Franklin Roosevelt help banks?   show
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What was the Emergency Banking Act?   show
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How successful was the Emergency Banking Act?   show
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What was the New Deal?   show
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What were some topics the New Deal covered?   show
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show The government created more money. This caused a 15% in the dollar's value, but more money was around to distribute.  
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show Not Good  
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What groups were created to help deficit and relief spending?   show
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show Put 250,000 men to work on reforestation. They earned 30$ a month, but 25$ went back to their families.  
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show Was suppose to be a relief fund for the people, but it didn't work. Eventually dissolved.  
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show Was suppose to put writers and artists to work, but failed.  
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show Built dams, schools, and bridges. It put millions to work, and was successful. It lasted for 6 years.  
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show They helped middle class families pay for their houses.  
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What did the NRA do?   show
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show It fixed farm mortgages, prices, and production.  
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show Farm Credit Administration  
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What was the Farm Credit Administration?   show
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How did the New Deal fix agricultural prices and production?   show
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What was the Agricultural Adjustment Act?   show
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What happened to the Agricultural Adjustment Act?   show
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What was the American Liberty League?   show
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Who was Francis Townsend?   show
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What was the Townsend Plan?   show
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show He created Social Security. This was a much less generous version of the Townsend Plan.  
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show He proposed the Share Our Wealth Program.  
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What was the Share Our Wealth Program?   show
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What three acts passed in 1936 because of the New Deal?   show
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What was the National Labor Relation Act?   show
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show It gave old-age pensions and unemployment pensions.  
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show It heavily taxed large corporations.  
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What three organizations were formed in 1936 because of the New Deal?   show
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What did the REA do?   show
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What did the WPA do?   show
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What did the NYA do?   show
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show Alfred Lyndon  
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show Franklin D. Roosevelt  
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What type of people voted for Franklin Roosevelt?   show
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What was the Union Party?   show
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Who lead the Union Party?   show
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show Coughlin predicted 12 million votes, but only received 1 million  
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What was the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937?   show
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show No.  
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What was a consequence of trying to pass the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937?   show
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Who is Francisco Franco?   show
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What did the USA do about Franco?   show
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Who ended up assisting Franco?   show
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What was the point of the Spanish Civil War?   show
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show Yes  
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show He got people to run against those who voted against him and the New Deal.  
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show One of the Congressmen that won a position in office in 1938 because of Franklin Roosevelt.  
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Why was there a small recession from 1937 to 1938?   show
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show National Housing Act of 1937 and Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938  
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show It created large amounts of public houses.  
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What did the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 do?   show
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show It brought some relief and some recovery, but it wasn't perfect. It also created more equality.  
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show Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) and Tennessee Value Authority (TVA)  
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show John L. Lewis  
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show Lewis tried to get the American Federation of Labor (AFL) to open up industrial unionization. When the refused, he created the CIO.  
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Was the CIO successful?   show
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show A group that noticed rivers were had to navigate. They wanted to fix that.  
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Were the TVA successful?   show
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show They were last hired and first fired.  
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show From the south, most went west. A few went north.  
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show An African American who won the 1936 Olympics, and Hitler refused to shake his hand.  
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show An African American opera singer who was suppose to give a concert in Constitution Hall, Washington DC. She was denied access.  
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What were the Communist and Socialist parties like during the Great Depression?   show
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Who was Normal Thomas?   show
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What was the Popular Front Movement?   show
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What happens to central and southern America during the Great Depression?   show
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Who was the new nationalist leader of China in the 1920s?   show
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show They plead to the USA and League of Nations for help.  
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How the USA respond to China's plea?   show
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What was the Stimson Doctrine?   show
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What was the Panay Incident of 1937?   show
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What are the Neutrality Acts?   show
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What was the Quarantine Speech?   show
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show When Hitler started taking over countries, Russia let them have Poland as long as Hitler didn't invade Russia. Russia and Germany then create the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939.  
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What was the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact of 1939?   show
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show Franklin Roosevelt announces the Neutrality Acts go into effect.  
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show The United States remain neutral even though they sympathize with the Allies.  
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Does the United States remain neutral?   show
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show White Committee and America First Committee  
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What did the White Committee stand for?   show
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What did the America First Committee stand for?   show
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Who was elected for presidency in 1940?   show
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What does Franklin Roosevelt create after being elected to office for a third time?   show
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What was the Destroyer-Naval Base Deal?   show
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show Britian would get weapons, tanks, airplanes, and ammunition from the USA, and would pay it back in goods and services.  
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What is the Atlantic Charter?   show
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show Germany sinks four US vessels.  
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What does Japan do in 1939 that makes it clear they want more than China?   show
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What does the USA realize about WW2?   show
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After Japan takes over Indonesia, China, and other southern Asian countries, what do they do with their government?   show
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Who becomes the Prime Minister of Japan?   show
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What does Japan do after the USA refuses to give into their demands?   show
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What countries declare war after the attack on Pearl Harbor?   show
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Though Franklin Roosevelt wins office for a fourth term, why is his last term not very successful?   show
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What economical advantage does the USA have over the Axis powers at the beginning of the war?   show
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show A government agency dedicated to making weapons and wartime goods. It gave a lot of people jobs.  
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What was the benefits of labor during the war?   show
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show A federal agency dedicated to labor during WW2.  
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show There was a lot of need for food, especially in Britian.  
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show The Atomic Bomb  
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show A program that researched and developed the first atomic bomb.  
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show J. Robert Oppenheimer  
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What was the Office of Public Information?   show
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show Arkansas, Wyoming, and Idaho  
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show Germany  
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What did Germany do that caused them to lose WW2?   show
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What does the USA force General Eisenhower to do?   show
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show Fifteen  
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What two important decisions were made by Churchill and Franklin Roosevelt at the Casablanca Conference?   show
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What happens when the USA and Britain hit Italy?   show
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What does Russia do in response to Germany attacking them?   show
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What happened at the Moscow Conference (1943)?   show
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show We start to use long range bombing. We lose 85,000 pilots in the process.  
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show The day the Allies decide to invade France and liberate Paris.  
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show Battle of the Bulge  
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show Allies  
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show Russia promises East Europe democracy.  
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show It never happens.  
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When do the Germans surrender?   show
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show Japan and the USA  
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show Japan  
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show They slow them down and gain a small advantage.  
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Who won the Battle of Midway Island?   show
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show They suffered massive casualties.  
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What happened at the Battle of Leyte Gulf?   show
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Who won the Battle of Leyte Gulf?   show
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show B-29 airplanes and firebombs  
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How many troops did the USA lose in WW2?   show
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show Over 1,000,000  
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show 2,200,000  
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How many troops did Russia lose in WW2?   show
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show 3,500,000  
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How many troops did Japan lose in WW2?   show
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Who took over office when Franklin Roosevelt died?   show
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show The president must report to Congress about the state of the economy.  
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show It started the Department of Defense and the CIA.  
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show Very little other than arguing.  
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show Look for a replacement for Truman.  
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show Laborers don't like Truman's labor laws, and many strikes occur. When a large railroad strike occurs, Truman takes over the railroads.  
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show Helps the Liberal Labor Block by placing liberals into office, Ends segregation in military, and recognizes Israel to get the Jewish vote.  
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show A law that hindered the power of labor unions.  
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Who won the presidential election of 1948?   show
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