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SS Final Review
Question | Answer |
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Why southern states ratified 13th Amendment | approval to rejoin the Union |
Freedman's Bureau | contributed to education of former slaves |
Little Big Horn Valley | Native American victory over cavalry troops |
problem Plains farmers faced due to climate | harsh winters |
Ida B Wells | African American journalist campaigned against mob violence |
Major effect of Dawes Act | Native Americans sell land |
changed American minds about Seward's Folly | prospectors found gold |
result of Spanish-American War | Cuba, Puerto Rico, Philippines granted limited independence |
NOT factor to call for war with Spain | dispute over southwestern land |
President Wilson's goal of League of Nations | protect independence of all nations |
setback for Allies in 1917 | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk |
ways women's lives changed in 1920s | right to vote, new appliances, new employment opportunities |
American thoughts about President Hoover's efforts to end the depression | should have done more, acted sooner |
Adolf Hitler | used Jews as scapegoat |
D-Day invasion | freed France, Allies could then advance to Germany |
example of how Marshall Plan worked | helped France rebuild economy |
how discrimination affected lives of Af. Am. and Latinos after WWII | children prevented from attending white schools |
Montgomery bus boycott | nonviolent protest |
Voting Rights Act 1975 | helped Latinos |
NAACP | helped African Americans vote, challenged segregation |
American reaction to terrorist attacks on 9/11 | united to combat terrorism |
encouraged westward expansion in 1860s and 70s | railroads, cattle ranching, Homestead Act |
Populist Party | farmers' association |
Queen Liliuokalani | steps down to avoid war with US |
Colombia | lost territory as result of Panama Canal |
Cultural changes in the 1920s | automobile and radio |
nightly broadcasts | play by play sports |
Fads of the 1920s | flagpole sitting, dance marathons, the Charleston |
Cold War competition for power | Korea divided: communist North, democratic South |
Lyndon Johnson | set up programs like Medicare, Department of Housing & Urban Development, and Office of Economic Opportunity |
Office of Economic Opportunity | job training |