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- Why did Congress impeach President Johnson?
- deliberatly violated the Tenure of Office Act
- What did the Compromise of 1877 result in?
- withdrawal of Federal troops in Lousiana and South Carolina by Hayes, Southerner named the post master general,
- What did the government give railroad companies to encourage them to build more rail lines?
- subsidys, aid, money
- What was unique about the way the Pullman Strike ended?
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-Federal troops were sent in
-violated Sherman Anti-Trust Act - What was the major election issue in 1896?
- currency (gold and silver)
- Why did American imperialists want us to keep the Philippines after the Spanish-American war?
- opened the door to Chinese markets
- What reforms did Populists want?
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-free and unlimited coinage of silver
-graduated income tax
-nationalization of railroads
-eight hour workday
-restriction of immigration - How did Sinclair's the Jungle influence federal legislation?
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-Meat inspection act of 1906 (Roosevelt)
-Pure Food and Drug act - What was the name of TR's reform proposals during his administration?
- -progressivism
- Where was Woodrow Wilson from?
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-president of princeton university
-gov. of New jersey
-born in Staunton, virginia - What was the immediate cause of WWI?
- -assasination of Franz Ferdinand
- Why did Wilson want the US to get involved in the war?
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-help British out
-prevent German expansion
-establish America as a world power - what was the most controversial aspect of the Versailles treaty in the US?
- League of Nations
- What immigrant groups were given quotas in the 1920s?
- -east asia, people from eastern europe, southern europe
- What was the first talking motion picture?
- -the Jazz Singer
- What event destroyed any hope of Hoover being reelected?
- Bonus Army-army of unemployed veterans who wanted their bonus
- What caused the Great Depression?
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-rising productinvity, less purchasing power
-gold standard
-speculative trading - How did FDR propose to handle the Depression?
- -new deal
- What areas did Mussolini and Hitler invade? What nation's government did Franco overthrow?
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-ethopia, Rhineland,
-Franco overthrew the Spanish government in spain - How did the US raise money for the war?
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-taxes
-borrowed from public, war bonds - what battle is the turning point of the conflict in the pacific?
- fight for Okinawa
- who led the d-day invasion?
- Eisenhower
- What is the purpose of the United Nations
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-maintence of international peace and security
-oversees disagreements between nations - What started the disagreements which led to the cold war?
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-violations by soviets of the Yalta agreements
-setup of puppet governments in eastern europe - why did truman fire Macarthur
- he wanted to takeover all of korea and china
- how did president eisenhower react to the little rock nine situation?
- he sent federal troops to escort the students into the building
- What ended McCarthy's communist crusade?
- charged that the army was soft on communism
- What public works project did eisenhower endorse during his presidency?
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interstate highway
-st. lawrence seaway
-social security - what ended the summit between Eisenhower and Krushchev in 1960
- spyplane crashed in russia
- Why did Dr. King organize the march on washington
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stand in front of lincolns statue
-demonstrate in nation's capital - How did the Kennedy-Nixon debate influence the election?
- -kennedy looked clam and composed while nixon was sweating
- How did Kennedy react when the soviet union tried to put missles in cuba?
- -naval blockade of cuba
- what was the name of johnson's reform program?
- Great Society
- What happened at the 1968 democratic convention?
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-riots broke out, police used clubs and gas
-riots were started by protesters a mile away - What was the issue at the crux of the watergate scandal
- -did the president know about it
- Why did the US boycott the 1980 Olympics?
- -the soviet union invaded afgahnistan (they boycotted in protest of the invasion)
- Who was the catelyst for the Great Awakening?
- George Whitefield
- What area of Land were the French and British fighting over in the French and Indian WaR?
- Ohio River Valley
- What things did the first continental congress decide?
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Declaration of American rights
-Constitutional Association of 1774 - Why is the battle of Saratoga the turning point of the revolution?
- made the French realize that the Americans could win
- What groups started the first anti-slavery societies?
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-Benjamin Lundy-Universal Emancipation
-American Colonization Society
-William Loyd Garrison - What caused Shay's rebellion?
- heavy taxes due to war loans
- What powers did the Federal government have under the Articles of Confederation?
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-foreign affairs
-war and peace
-coinage
-postal service
-indian affairs
-power over western territories
-no power to enforce taxes - Who is the father of the constitution?
- Madison
- What did the Great Compromise at the constitutional convention decide?
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-equal rep in senate
-rep by pop in house of rep - Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury?
- Hamilton
- Who was the first Secretary of State?
- Jefferson
- Who was the first Chief Justice?
- John Jay
- What issue started the nullification crisis?
- Tariff of 1828
- Who was responsible for bringing the Mormans to Utah?
- Joseph Smith Jr
- Who wrote Civil disobediance?
- Thoreau
- Who wrote the Scarlett Letter?
- Nathianel Hawthorne
- Who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin?
- Harriet Stoweq
- Who wrote a Century of Dishonor?
- Helen Jackson