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History Final 05-15
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was the leader of the continental army during the American Revolution? | George Washington |
| The 1st inhabitants in the Americas were called | Paleo Indians |
| These first Americans got here by crossing a | Bering Land Bridge |
| What other continent did these early Americans cross over from? | Asia |
| How many original English colonies were there? | 13 |
| Finish this phrase “No Taxation Without | Representation |
| Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| This man sailed for Spain and believed he had reached Asia when actually he had discovered a new world. | Christopher Columbus |
| When was our Declaration of Independence adopted? | July 4, 1776 |
| The first ten amendments to the constitution are known as the | Bill of Rights |
| When you have an overabundance of something you are said to have this, I can cause prices to drop. | Surplus |
| This is when one stronger country carves out sections of control in another weaker country where the stronger has control of trade. | Sphere of influence . |
| Name the large land acquisition made in 1803 by Thomas Jefferson. | The Louisiana purchase |
| This man was elected President in 1860, and his election sparked the civil war. | Abraham Lincoln |
| U.S. gained this island by force, overthrowing their queen. | Hawaii |
| This man led a group of Rough and tumble soldiers, during the Spanish American War | Theodore Roosevelt |
| This man led a group of Rough and tumble soldiers, during the Spanish American War, what were the soldiers called | Rough Riders |
| The sinking of what ship sparked the United States involvement in WWI | The Lusitania |
| We purchased this land for 7.2 Million Dollars, it became our 49th state | Alaska |
| This is pride in your country. | Nationalism |
| This is when a stronger country uses the resources of another country for its own financial gain. | Extractive economy |
| *This is the buildup of a country’s military/ or the belief in strong military | Militarism |
| This was long ditches dug to protect from enemy attacks | Trenches |
| These were underwater German boats used for surprise attacks. | U-boats |
| This is the treaty that ended World War I. | Treaty of Versailles |
| This man expressed confidence and optimism in his inaugural address in 1929. | Herbert Hoover |
| Assured by faith in the nation’s economic status many Americans purchased things on | credit |
| This is a name given to market where stocks are on an upward trend. | Bull market |
| This is when stocks have a downward trend. | Bear market |
| Stocks plummeted to a new low when investors dumped more than 16 million shares of stock on the market. This day was known as | black Tuesday |
| This is the inevitable ups and downs of business in a free enterprise economy. | Business cycle |
| This is a place where men and women would wait in lines for soup and a piece of bread. | Bread lines |
| This was a nickname for the poor shantytowns that would pop up on the outskirts of major cities. | Hooverville |
| What was is called when men and women would walk around with their pants pockets pulled out for all to see | Hoover flags |
| This was the name if the fires burning in these shantytowns | Hoover heaters |
| Huge protest of WWI veterans came to Washington for support of the veterans’ bonus bill, these guys came to be known as the | bonus army |
| This man was elected President In 1932 | FDR |
| A traveling homeless person was known as a | Hobos |
| This was buying stocks on credit. | Margin buying |
| The _________ was when a certain dictator in the Soviet Union was in control and killed over 10 million of his own people | Great Terror |
| This is a refusal to trade. | Embargo |
| *This is the name for Anti-Jewish feelings | Anti-semitism |
| This was Hitler’s plan to invade Great Britain. | Operation sea lion |
| This is when 7000 American and Filipino soldiers were walked to death. | Bataan Death march |
| This is another name for Hitler’s Lightning War. | blitzkrieg |
| This was the book Hitler wrote while in prison. | Mein Kampf |
| What was Mussolini’s nickname? | the Duce |
| FDR said “Today is a day that will live in | infamy |
| This man developed a way to send messages through short electrical impulses. This allowed for messages to be sent great distances in seconds | Samuel FB Morse |
| What was this method of sending messages called? | Telegram |
| This man invented the first telephone in 1876 | Alexander Graham Bell |
| Who invented the first light bulb? | Thomas Edison |
| This is the day the allies launched their famous invasion on the beaches at Normandy. | D-Day |
| This was the American governments plan to build nuclear bombs. | The Manhattan Project |
| This court case stated that separate facilities were legal as long as they were equal. | Plessy vs Ferguson |
| This court case overturned the famous separate can be equal case. | Brown vs Board of Education |
| This woman became a symbol for the civil rights movement when she refused to give up her seat on a bus | Rosa Parks |
| The Woman in Question 58 sparked this form of nonviolent protests. | Bus Boycotts |
| This group became a symbol for young militant African Americans, and led armed patrols in urban neighborhoods | Black Panthers |
| The Korean war was fought over the spread of what idealism | Communism |
| Prior to US involvement in Korea the nations were divided along the | 38th parallel |
| *After the Korean War North and South Korea was divided along the | 38th parallel |
| This man was the Communist leader in North Vietnam. | Ho Chi Minh |
| This man was appointed to rule in South Vietnam | Ngo Dinh Diem |
| The man in question _______ was considered crooked and unpopular in Vietnam for all of the reasons except | He was close friends with he who enlightens |
| This was the name given to the North Vietnamese Enlisted army | Vietminh |
| This was the name given to the South Vietnamese rebels | Vietcong |
| How many American soldiers lost their lives or where MIA in Vietnam | 58000 |
| This was the lone major offensive organized against the Americans for the duration of the Vietnam War | The tet offensive |
| This was the supply line to the South in Vietnam | The Ho Chi Minh Trail |
| These are people opposed to the war in Vietnam | Doves |
| These are people who were for the war in Vietnam | Hawks |
| How many Americans served in the Vietnam War | Over 2 million |
| Which of the following best describes the welcome home from vietnam | Harsh cruel often times criminal |
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