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2nd semester final exam

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helped to standardize middle class culture, change values and strengthen ethnic traditions   mass media  
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first person to fly nonstop across the Atlantic   Charles Lindbergh  
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encouraged by easy credit plans, advertising, merchandising and installment buying   consumerism  
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new music style that influenced classical musicians, one of the most influential contributions by African American artists in the 1920's   Jazz  
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women of the 1920s who cut her hair, wore short dresses, drove and participated in sports   Flapper  
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caused bootlegging boom and deaths from alcohol related causes declined   Prohibition  
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was the fastest growing industry in the 1920s   Automobile industry  
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designing products to go out of style   Planned obsolescence  
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the fight to ban alcohol   Prohibition  
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teacher who’s trial exposed the division between religious and scientific values in American society during the 1920s   John Scopes  
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farmers from Oklahoma v   Okies  
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books to help people forget problems of the depression (like westerns or Orphan Annie)   Escapist novels  
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Roosevelt’s plan to turn around the Depression   New Deal  
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intended to stop bank withdrawals   Bank Holiday  
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said the New Deal was too costly, gave the gov. too much power and said the New Deal did not go far enough   Critics of New Deal  
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helped preserve cultural heritages   Native Americans and New Deal  
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FDR’s radiobroadcasts   Fireside Chats  
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Eleanor Roosevelt pulled her membership from the DAR after she was not allowed to sing at constitution hall   Marion Anderson  
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Hoover’s did little to end the problems caused by this   Depression  
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large-scale stock selling caused the market to crash on this day   Black Tuesday  
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caused by debt, global economic problems, and overuse of credit,mortgages   Great Depression  
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group of WWI vets that tried unsuccessfully to pass the Veterans Bonus Bill   Bonus Army  
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provided electricity, flood control and recreational facilities for the Tennessee River valley   TVA  
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extended power lines to isolated areas   REA  
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gave older Americans benefits so they could retire   Social Security Act  
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crucial to 1936 election of FDR   African American  
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gave jobs to young men, helped create parks, planted trees   CCC  
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many Americans wanted to make money from rising stock prices so invested in the   Stock Market  
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many lost their land during the depression due to lack of money to pay their   farmers  
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his belief in rugged individualism caused him to oppose direct federal relief   Herbert Hoover  
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Tenant farmer left land and headed west because of this   Dust Bowl  
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Roosevelt’s plan to add new justices over the age of 70.   Court packing  
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helped in many ways to ease the depression, saw the creation of shantytowns during the depression   urban communities  
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leader of the US during WWII   Franklin Roosevelt  
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Mexican Americans were victims of violence during these   Zoot Suits riots  
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systematic slaughter of European Jews by Germany   Holocaust  
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Dec. 7, 1941   Pearl Harbor  
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forced movement of US troops to prison camps in the Philippines   Bataan Death March  
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invasion of Australia was halted by this   Battle of the Coral Sea  
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after invasion of this island the US knew it could attack mainland Italy   Sicily  
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after the atomic bombs were dropped on these two cities WWII ended   Hiroshima and Nagasaki  
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One of several military organizations that accepted women volunteers for military duty during WWII.   WASP'S  
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1942 invasion of North Africa resulted in allied control of this area   Mediterranean  
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Giving into demands in an effort to avoid larger conflicts   Appeasement  
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policy of withdrawing from world affairs   Isolationism  
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marked allied invasion of France   D-Day  
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imprisonment of Japanese Americans   Internment  
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years US was involved in WWII   1941-1945  
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leader of all Allied troops in Europe   Dwight D. Eisenhower  
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another name for Germany’s quick attacks on Poland and France “lighting war”   Blitzkrieg  
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Japan violated all international agreements and invaded what area?   Manchuria  
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the most important consequence of WWII was the emergence of the US and USSR   Superpowers  
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systematic slaughter of European Jews   Holocaust  
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commander of US forces in the Pacific   Douglas MacArthur  
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strategy of attacking certain positions and bypassing others   Island Hopping  
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Selective training and service act, selling war bonds, hiring women were all part of   mobilization  
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codename of the atomic bomb project   Manhattan Project  
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required members of the US communist party to register with the Government   Internal Security Act  
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head of US forces that helped administer Japan after the war   Douglas MacArthur  
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under this veterans were given federal aid to buy homes, attend college and start businesses   GI Bill  
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provided Europe with financial aid to combat communism   Marshall Plan  
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began when North Korea invaded South Korea   Korean War  
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political party that split in 1948 over civil rights issues   Democratic Party  
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president who ended racial discrimination in the military   Truman  
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divided into four occupation zones, Berlin was jointly controlled, the Nazi party should be crushed here   Germany  
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countries under Soviet control   Satellite Nations  
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required member so the US communist party to register with the government   Internal Security Act  
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dividing line between North and South Korea   38th parallel  
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placed atomic energy under civilian control   Atomic Energy Act  
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policy of restricting the spread of communism   Containment  
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was divided after WWII because the Soviet Union and the US occupied the nations   North and South Korea  
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shows on this new medium of the 50’s often reinforced racial and ethnic stereotypes   television  
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showed that some southern whites were unwilling to accept Brown vs. Board   Little Rock Arkansas  
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gave teenagers of the 50’s an outlet for rebellion   Rock n Roll  
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established the segregation was illegal   Brown vs. Board  
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senator who tried to find communists in the US   Joseph McCarthy  
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started the civil rights movement by not giving up her seat on a bus   Rosa Parks  
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blockade of the Berlin was ended by the   Berlin Airlift  
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in response to NATO the soviets formed their own military alliance known as the   Warsaw Pact  
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increase in the number of births in the US   baby boom  
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the search for these created a climate of fear and suspicion   Communism  
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brought in the National Guard to keep schools segregated   Governor Faubus  
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agency developed as a direct result of Sputnik   NASA  
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after WWII people were moving where?   suburbs  
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arms-reduction talks were halted when this plane crashed   U-2 incident  
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Location of failed invasion by anti-Castro Cuban refugees.   Bay of Pigs  
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referred to the influence of English bands such as the Beatles.   British invasion  
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urged black to use “any means necessary” to fight for freedom   Malcolm X  
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led to a generation gap, experimentation with drugs   Counterculture  
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Supreme Court case that made police officers read everyone their rights   Miranda vs. Arizona  
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Marked the high point of the counterculture movement   Woodstock  
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program that sent volunteers to work for two years in developing countries   Peace Corps  
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Established that women and men holding the some job must receive the same pay   Equal Pay Act  
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Tactic used by early civil rights activists to fight for equal rights   Nonviolent resistance  
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resulted in the “hot line” removal of missile bases in Cuba and the limited nuclear test ban treaty   Cuban missile crisis  
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requires protesters to never resort to violence   nonviolent resistance  
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reflected the social changes of the time   Music of 1960’s  
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the most recognizable symbol of the cold war?   Berlin Wall  
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first president of South Vietnam   Ngo Dinh Diem  
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The process of relocating the inhabitants of and destroying South Vietnamese villages was called   Pacification  
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transportation and communications system used to move weapons and supplies from North Vietnam to South Vietnam, passed through Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos   Ho Chi Minh Trail  
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were conducted by US forces to flush Vietcong from hiding places   Search and destroy  
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if one country became communist all the rest would   Domino Theory  
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lowered voting age from 21 to 18   26th Amendment  
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believe all war is wrong, Vietnam was not important to the US, US involvement in Vietnam was against the wishes of most Vietnamese   Doves  
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site of one of the worst cases of US killing civilians during Vietnam   Mai Lai  
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as designed to limit the power of the President   War powers Act  
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this was supposed to result in gradual withdrawal of US troops, peace with honor, stable South Vietnam   Vietnamization  
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two years after US military forces left Vietnam   Saigon fell  
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