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MILL PRACTICE TEST

Term	Definition
textile	The need to clothe hundreds of thousands of soldiers during the Civil War led to the expansion of this industry in the mid 1860s.
Great Plains	In the late 1800's farmers living in the _____, produced large quantities of corn and wheat.
immigration	In the late 1800's, political and social unrest caused the ________ rate to rise dramatically.
Booker T Washington	This Civil Rights leader believed that African Americans should prove their value through their work ethic and job skills.
railroads	The growth of this transportation industry greatly aided the development of the farming and ranching industries.
Alexander Graham Bell	This great inventor is responsible for the telephone and the first metal detector.
labor unions	Low wages and unsafe working conditions pushed many workers to join these in the late 1800s.
monopolies	One controversial aspect of the Gilded Age, was the attempt of Robber Barons to create _____with their businesses.
railroad	Grange laws were passed in the late 1800s in an attempt to help farmers fight the _______ companies.
Imperialism	In the late 1800s, American businesses greatly expanded into foreign markets during the age of ____________.
radio	During the 1920s, the automobile and these means of communication dominated popular culture in the United States.
World War One	British propaganda, the Zimmernan Note, and German U-boat warfare were all factors that led to the U.S. entering _______________.
prohibition	In the 1920s, speakeasies became popular in America as a result _______________.
suffrage	Governor Roberts of Tennessee called the state legislature in for a special session to vote on women's _____________.
Great Depression	Over-production of goods, purchasing stocks on margin, and weak financial regulations led to the _________.
Trustbuster	Because of his desire for fairness in the business world Teddy Roosevelt was know by this famous nick-name.
WEB Dubois	This early Civil Rights leader disagreed with Booker T. Washington, he stressed higher education and political power.
FDR	With his Four Freedoms Speech, this U.S. President prepared the American people for World War II.
dictators	The terrible economic conditions in Europe after World War I allowed these types of leaders to come to power.
Fascism	This form of government used by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, involved dictatorships, supremacy of the state and one party rule.
Great Depression	During the 1930s, religious revivalism expanded in the U.S. as a response to the economic conditions caused by the _____________.
Manhattan Project	This was the secret code name of the plan to build the atomic bombs.
jobs	The Works Progress Administration was enacted during the New Deal to create as many _______ as possible.
Poland	When this country was attacked by Germany in 1939, Great Britain and France declared war on Germany marking the beginning of World War II.
Oak Ridge	This Tennessee city became known as the Secret City during World War II.
Supreme Court	Congress said no to President Roosevelt when he tried to Pack this organization to continue his goal of ending the Great Depression.
Soviet Union	This World War II Allied power had a government that was the most different from the United States.
Cuba	This Latin American country fell to Communism in 1959 to add to the tension of the Cold War.
Eisenhower	This U.S. President helped the growth of suburbs and the U.S. economy by getting the Interstate Highway Act through Congress.
North Korea	The U.S. became involved in the Korean War after this country invaded South Korea.
Warren Court	This liberal Supreme Court handed down controversial decisions that helped suspects such as Miranda V. Arizona and Gideon V. Wainwright.
Alabama	The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Bull Connor incident both occurred in this Southern State.
brinkmanship	In the 1950s, the U.S. used this policy of threatening countries with the use of nuclear weapons.
Al Gore Sr.	Estes Kefauver and _______ were two of only three U.S. Senators that refused to sign the 1956 Southern Manifesto.
Communism	In his first speech as President, John Kennedy stated that the U.S. would bear any burden to defeat this foe.
Sam Walton	This Arkansas entrepreneur found great success by developing discount stores that focus on low prices and high volume sales.
Korean	The U.S. was involved in this war to stop communism from 1950 to 1953.
Jeff Bezos	This entrepreneur started Amazon.com as an online bookstore.
Washington Post	The two newspaper reporters that exposed President Nixon and the Watergate Scandal worked for the ___________.
Vietnam War	The U.S. policy of containment led to the U.S. getting involved in this war in southeast Asia during the 1960s.
Bill Clinton	In the mid 1990s, this U.S. President became the first President in over 30 years to eliminate deficit spending and create a budget surplus.
McDonalds	Ray Kroc was an entrepreneur that greatly expanded the fast food industry with his leadership with this franchise.
reservations	the Indian Reorganization Act allowed Native Americans on ________ to establish local governments for their tribal groups.
China	In 1949, America was shocked as this country was taken over by communism and the leadership of Mao Zedong.
baby boom	The increase in the number of college applicants during the 1960s and 1970s was the result of the __________.
resign	President Nixon became the only President in U.S. history to _______ in 1974 due to his role in the Watergate Scandal.

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