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Prohibition.KKK.WWI

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Who organized the KKK?   ex-confederates  
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What year was the KKK organized?   1866  
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What was the symbol used to identify a KKK act?   Burning Cross  
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Who introduced the idea of the burning cross   William Simmons  
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Year the second KKK was organized   1915  
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The KKK was against which groups   anti-black, anti-immigrant, anti-catholic, antisemtic  
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At the KKK's peak its membership reached...   4-5 million members  
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Who revived the KKK in the 1990s?   David Duke  
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Who was the ex-Baseball player turned preacher against the drinking of alcohol?   Billy Sunday  
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Which ammendment made alcohol illegal?   16th  
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When did Prohibition begin?   January 16,1919  
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In what year was prohibition abolished?   1933  
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What percentage of crime involved alcohol during the prohibition era?   50%  
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Who was the Rum Running Queen   Mrs. Willie Carter Sharpe  
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Who was the most famous gangster from Chicago, in-charge of the illegal liquor trade?   Al Capone  
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What is the name of the bloody massacre committed by Al Capone's men?   St. Valentine's Day Massacre  
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What % of the cops were "on the take" during prohibition?   50%  
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Which countries made up the Triple Alliance?   Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy  
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Which country left the Triple Alliance to join the Triple Entente?   Italy  
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Which three countries made up the Triple Entente?   Great Britian, France and Russia  
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Which group did Turkey later join?   Triple Alliance  
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Whose armies doubled between 1870 and 1914   France and Germany  
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What was Von Schlieffen's plan   to attack France by going through Belgium if Russia attacked Germany.  
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Nationalism   being a strong supporter of the rights and interests of one's country.  
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Alliance   an agreement made between two or more countries to give each other help if it is needed.  
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Imperialism   when a country takes over new lands or countries and make them subject to their rule.  
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Militarism   when army and military forces are given a high profile by the government.  
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What advantage did the bolt-action rifle give a soldier in WWI?   It added speed, accuracy and distance  
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The Machine Gun had the fire-power of how many single guns?   100  
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Name the two gases used in the WWI   Chlorine Gas and Mustard Gas  
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What was the Zeppelin?   an airship used by the Germans to carry machine guns and bombs.  
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What was the problem with the Zeppelin?   It was easily shot down  
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what is it called when two planes fight in the sky?   dogfight  
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The Germans torpedoed what passenger liner?   The Lusitania  
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What year did America join the war?   1917  
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Empire   Where a powerful country controls several less powerful countries.  
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The Treaty of Versailles blamed who for WWI?   Germany  
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The incident that sparked the beginning of WWI   the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand  
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Germany agreed to a cease-fire on what date   Nov. 11, 1918  
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A cornerstone of Pres. Wilson's Fourteen Points was the creation of a world peace organization known as what?   League of Nations  
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World War I came to be known as what?   The war to end all wars.  
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List the 5 main causes of the First World War.   Rise of Nationalism, Growth of Imperialism, Increased Militarism, Formation of Military Alliances, Igniting Incident  
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A truce or agreement to end an armed conflict   Armistice  
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British intercepted telegram in 1917 revealing a German proposal that Mexico go against the US   Zimmerman note  
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Term for large-scale movement of hundreds of thousands of Southern blacks to northern cities.   Great Migration  
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1917 law that required men to register for military service   Selective Service  
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Biased mass communication designed to influence people   propaganda  
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1919 peace treaty at end of WWI which established new nations   Treaty of Versailles  
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Compensation paid by a defeated nation for war damages   reparations  
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The leader of the American Expeditionary Force who believed in aggressive combat   John J Pershing  
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US senator who led campaign to keep America out of the League of Nations   Henry Cabot Lodge  
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America's president during WWI   Woodrow Wilson  
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The international organization for the peaceful settlement of grievances   League of Nations  
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Federal agency led by Bernard Baruch that regulated the economy and increased efficiency during the war   War Industries Board  
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A person who opposes warfare on moral grounds   conscientious objector  
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The Fourteen Points of the early 20th century were issued to do what?   were issued by President Wilson as a basis for a lasting peace.  
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A cause for the US becoming involved in WWI was...   threats to American security by Germany  
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In the months leading up to WWI, the US wanted to maintain its neutrality because   the US was trading heavily with European nations and did not want its business interrupted.  
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The US Congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles (1919) because   it felt the League of Nations would restrict America of its sovereignty.  
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How did WWI impact African Americans?   It accelerated the Great Migration  
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