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| What were the 4 main causes of World War 1? | Militarism, Nationalism, Alliance System, Imperialism
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| 2 things that forced the U.S. to enter war in 1917 | Germany kept bombing U.S. cargo ships transporting goods to Europe with U-Boats
Zimmerman Note, asking Mexico to form an alliance with Germany against the U.S.
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| Which group of people suffered the greatest amount of discrimination in TX? | Germany Americans
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| The over-production of what agricultural product led TX into bust economy in the 1920's? | Cotton
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| Why were women and African Americans displaces from their jobs in the factories? | Because soldiers coming back from war needed jobs.
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| What started the Great Depression? | Stock market crash of 1929
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| What decadde did the majority of the Great Depression take place in? | 1930-1939
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| What state did people move to during the Great Depression to look for work? | California
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| What put an end to the great depression? | WW2
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| What was NOT an effect that the Great Depression had on TX? | Cotton Prices rose
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| Which BEST describes the cause of the Dust Bowl? | Drought & over-cultivation (plowing) of the land caused loose topsoil that was blown away.
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| The Dust Bowl caused what illness in people? | Pneumonia
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| President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed which act to aid farmers in planting crops in a way that would avoid future dust storms? | Soil Conservation Act
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| Drought and dust ruined crops in the TX . . . what? | Panhandle
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| What state was NOT heavily effected by the Dust Bowl? | Illinios
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| What were the 4 Allied Powers? | U.S., Soviet Union, Britian, France
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| What were the 3 Axis Powers? | Germany, Italy, Japan
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| What TXan was the nations most decorated soldie with 33 medals and awards? | Audie Murphy
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| What jobs did women perform in the factories? | Assembly Lines, Operating Punch Press, Riveting Metal Parts
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| Urbanization | An increase in people living ot working in cities
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| Houston Ship Channel | Channel that connects Houston with the Gulf Of Mexico
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| Suburbs | Residential neighborhoods built outside of a central city
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| Francisco "Pancho" Villa | Led rebel forces in the North against Mexico for political freedom. He also attacked & killed Americans on a train headed to El Paso and in a raid at Columbus, New Mexico, for the recognition of his rival, President Carranza.
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| Neutral | Not alligned with either side during a conflict
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| Allied Powers | Great Britian, France, & Russia. Battled the Central Powers in WW1
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| Central Powers | Germany, Austia-Hungary, Turkey. Battled Allied Powers in WW1
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| Demobilization | Moving from a war time to a peace time economy
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| Stocks | Shares of ownership in a company
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| Great Depression | Severe global economic slowdown in the 1930's
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| Dust Bowl | Parts of the Southern Great Plains in which dust & drought ruined crops & killed thousands of cattle during the 1930's
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| New Deal | Program initiated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to fight the Great Depression
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| Women's Auxiliary Army Corps | Group of women who served in non combat positions during WW2
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| Holocaust | Nazi Germany's attempt to kill the Jews of Europe during WW2
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| Cold War | Term describing the tensions between the United States & the Soviet Union after WW2
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| Nonviolent Resistance | Peaceful public demonstrations
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| American GI Forum | Organization formed by Hector P. Garcia to protect the rights of Hispanics
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| Civil Rights Act of 1964 | Law passed under President Lyndon B. Johnson that banned segregation in public places & prohibited employers, unions, or universities with federal government contracts from discriminating based on race, sex, religion, & national origin
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| National Aeronautics And Space Administrations ( NASA ) | Program created in 1948 to take charge of the U.S. space program & work toward U.S. space goals
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| Two party system | Political system in which two major parties compete to gain political office
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| 50's | 1954 - Brown vs. Board of Education ruled segregation illegal in public schools
1958 - NASA Founded
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| 60's | 1963 - President John F. Kennedy assassinated
1968 - Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
1965 - U.S. enters Vietnam War
1969 - Neil Armstrong (American) becomes first man to walk on the moon
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| 70's | 1973 - U.S. pulls out of the Vietnam War
1974 - U.S. president Richard Nixon resigns after the Watergate Scandal
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| 80's | 1981 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan and the Pope are nearly assassinated
1986 - U.S. Space shuttle Challenger explodes on Live TV
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| 90's | 1991 - Operation Desert Storm (U.S. war against Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein)
Three major bombings shock the nation
1993 - Twin Towers
1995 - Oklahoma City
1996 - Atlanta Olympic Games
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| Where are the Appalachian Mountains? | East U.S.
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| Where are the Rocky Mountains? | Western & Central U.S
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| Where are the Sierra Nevada Mountains? | In Eastern California
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| Where is the Mississippi River? | From Minnisota to Louisiana to the Gulf Of Mexico
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| What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1846? | Oregon Compromise
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| What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1848? | Mexican Cession
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| What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1853? | Gadsden Purchase
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| What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1803? | Louisiana Purchase
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| What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1818? | Red River Basin
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| What land area did the U.S. get in . . . . 1845? | Texas Annexation
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| What land area did the u.s. get in . . . . 1812? | Claimed Area of Louisiana
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| Land area U.s. get . . . . 1819 | Florida Cession
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| Land area u.s get . . . . 1800 | States and Territories
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| land area u.s get . . . . . 1842 | claimed area of Maine
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