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SS Places

Social Studies Prep Work for 2004

PlaceIdentifying Fact
Great Plains/Dust Bowl flatlands; westward expansion; believed to be barren desert but soon became breadbasket
Pearl Harbor, Hawaii bombed by Japan, December 7, 1939; brought America fully into the war
London, England capital city, destroyed by Luftwaffe over Battle of Britain
Russia communistic, first allied with Germany, but then on the Allied side
Korea war where chemical weaponry was first and lastly used
Washington, D.C. capital of the U.S.
Ellis Island, New York where most immigrants came to the US through
Montgomery, AL center of Civil Rights Movement
Midway Island refueling spot won through the Spanish American War
New Orleans, LA major port for the US
Harlem, New York renassaince which produced mony new works and styles of art
Promontory Point, Utah where the Transcontinental Railroad met
Vietnam last major war ths US took part in
Germany location of the Holocaust; Hitler
Wounded Knee, South Dakota final battle of the Native Americans
Italy not very strong governmentally but strong military
Ethiopia first country invaded in WWII
France first Ally captured by Germany
Hiroshima, Japan first landing site of the atom bomb
Phillipines major theater for Japan in WWII
China easily taken over by Japan but never captured
Panama site of canal connecting Pacific and Atlantic Oceans
Puerto Rico one country gained from Spanish American War
Cuba location of Cuban Missile Crisis, 90 miles fromUS
Topeka, Kansas Mrs. Burke's hometown
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