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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| provided 160 acres in the West to any who would cultivate the land for 5 years. It attracted people who wanted to be self-sufficient and independent from large cities. | Homestead Act |
| a railroad line linking the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States, completed in 1869. | Transcontinental Railroad |
| a labor system in which a planter would rent a portion of his land to a farmer who agreed to raise a cash crop and give a share to the farmer, in exchange for the land and access to a house | sharecropping |
| laws enacted by southern legislators that restricted the freedom of African Americans and required separate-but equal public facilities for whites and for blacks | Jim Crow Laws |
| A shift to the widespread use of machines and factories to produce goods. | industrialization |
| The formation or growth of cities. | urbanization |
| a reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices like child labor, poverty, illiteracy, and improving the conditions for all workers | Progressive Movement |
| movement to increase farmers’ political power to work to pass laws in their interest & end corruption after years of hardships | Populism |
| people who believe that their nation can seize control of foreign lands and rule over the inhabitants of weaker nations. | imperialist |
| a policy that allowed each foreign nation to trade freely in the other nations areas that they controlled in China. | Open Door Policy |
| staying out of the world’s conflicts and avoid international political and economic relations. | isolationism |
| payment by the losing country in a war to the winner for the damages caused by the war. | reparations |
| A rebirth of African American culture and creativity, which included great artistic accomplishment, especially in literature, dance, music and painting in New York City | Harlem Renaissance |
| the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages | prohibition |
| Huey Long’s proposal that all Americans should have a home, enough food, and security in their old age; it would be financed through higher taxes on the nation’s wealthiest citizens | Share Our Wealth Program |
| the political machine and the radical populist doctrine established by Huey Long. | Longism |
| a period, lasting from 1929 to 1940, in which the U.S. economy was in severe decline and millions of Americans were unemployed | Great Depression |
| President Franklin Roosevelt’s program to alleviate the problems of the Great Depression, focusing on relief for the needy, economic recovery, and financial reform | New Deal |
| a law, passed in 1941, that allowed the United States to ship arms and other supplies, without immediate payment, to nations fighting the Axis powers | Lend Lease Act |
| a period of tension between the US and the Soviet Union and their allies. The term is used because there was no large-scale fighting directly between the two superpowers. | Cold War |
| a policy aimed at easing Cold War tensions. | détente |
| a Supreme Court decision to outlaw Jim Crow Laws (separate but equal) and to desegregate all public schools. | Brown vs Board of Education |
| it required that people be given equal access to public facilities throughout the nation regardless of their race. It also outlawed discrimination in employment based on race or gender called the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO). | Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
| a government body set up to coordinate national efforts to combat terrorism. | Dept of Homeland Security |
| any violent action or threat of violent action to try to get people, groups of people, or the government to change their mind | terrorism |
| What is the imaginary 0˚ line that divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern hemispheres? It is equal distance from the North and South Poles. | equator |
| What type of source is an original object or document; first hand information? Examples would include speeches, autobiographies, and photos taken by the person who was there. | primary |
| These Sources were written "after the fact". What type of Sources are they? | secondary |
| What are the correct coordinates for Letter "C"? | 0, 25 E |
| the granting of concessions to a hostile power in order to keep the peace | appeasement |
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