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- What year did the Spanish-American War take place?
- 1898
- Where did the Spanish American War take place?
- Havanah, Cuba
- Who fought in the Spanish American War?
- Rough Riders
- What battle sight
- San Juan Hill
- Why did the US enter the Spanish American War?
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1)Sink the Main by Spain
2)German's unrestricted Naval warfare - What was the "support" called for the Spanish American War?
- Yellow Journalism. (Sensationalizing and exaggerating the war)
- Name the person who created the support for the Spanish American War and what was this person's job?
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William Randolph Hearst
In support for the Spanish American War. - Imperialist
- To conquer and take land by force.
- Expansionism
- The act of acquiring land
- Manifest Destiny
- A belief in the will of divine providence allowing the right to acquire land.
- What year did WWI take place?
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1914 to 1918
US entered in 1917 - Who did we fight during WWI?
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Austria Hungarian Empire
Germany. - Name the treaty that eneded WWI.
- Treaty of Versaille
- Name our president during WWI and his plan for ending the war. Did the plan work?
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Woodrow Wilson's
Fourteen Points Plan - 18th Amendment
- Prohibit the manufacture, distribution and consumption of alcoholic beverages.
- Twenty First Amendment
- Repealed the the 18th Amendment allowing citizens to consume alcoholic beverages and sell alcohol.
- Ninteenth Amendment
- Women's suffrage. Voting rights for women.
- Red Scare!!
- Xenophobic fear of Communisms expansion in the world by the Soviet Unions (USSR).
- Depression
- Characterized by a collapse of financial markets (banks,stockmarket)that leads to unemployment and human suffering.
- League of Nations
- President Woodrow Wilson's plan to solve World issues such as War.
- Prohibition
- Designating drinking alcohol as illegal by the 18th amendment to the Constitution of the US.
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Name the year of World War II
(WWII)? - 1941-1945
- Why did the U S enter WWII the war in the Pacific?
- Attack on Pearl Harbor. Prompted by Japanese fears of US imperialistic designs in the Pacific region.
- Why did the US enter the WWII in Europe?
- Sinking of Merchant marine ships who traded with England and Germany. Political fears of Nazis control of World.
- What year did the Stock Market Crash?
- October 29, 1929
- What was the end result of the Dustbowl?
- Mass migration to the West of farmers who lost farms to banks. New farming techniques to save top soil.
- Name the deal that changed the US economy after the Great Depression.
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt implemented his plan to get government involved in creating jobs- The New Deal!!
- What German demagogue sought control of the world during WWII?
- Adolph Hitler
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Truman Doctrine
(President Harry S. Truman) - Doctrine of the US to prevent the spread of Communism.
- Reconstruction plan after WWII implemented to bring stability back to Germany and Europe.
- Marshall Plan.
- What had the greatest impact in encouraging the US to become directly involved in WWI.
- Germany's use of unrestricted submarine warfare. Wolf Pack!
- What court case of the 1920's is associated with William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow?
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Sopes v. State of Tennessee
Scopes Monkey Trial - What was the turning point of WWII in the Pacific?
- The industrial might of the US was brought to bear after the Attack on Pearl. Japan had committed a fatal error!!
- Teaty of Paris
- Ended the American Revolution resulting the Britains defeat and Colonies victory.
- First Successful British settlement.
- Jamestown
- Sputnick was launched by the Soviet Union prompting the challenge from the US in the Space race.
- 1957
- Lousiana purchase was bought from?
- France through Napoleon Bonaparte for 15 million dollars.
- Who wrote Declaration of Independence?
- Thomas Jefferson.