Finale Flashcards
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The idealilogical movement in the US during the early 20th century the favorite achieving political and social reform through education political participation and direct action is known as what
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Progressivism
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What are the principles that progresses believed would further reform in the US
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Direct democracy, increased government efficiency, and government intervention
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Who said speak softly and carry a big stick you will go far
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Teddy Roosevelt
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In contrast to the big stick foreign policy President Taft believed in the policy of economic investment in other countries called what
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Dollar diplomacy
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What were the foreign policies that Teddy Roosevelt dealt with during his presidency
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Relations with the Japan, the Panama Canal, and the Philippines
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What was the name of the addition to the Monroe doctrine that started that the US would intervene in Latin American country’s affairs in order to prevent European powers from intervening
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The Roosevelt Corollary
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Following battleship diplomacy by the US for Japan what document was signed in which both countries promise to respect each other’s clothes in the civic and maintain the open-door trade policies in China
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Route Takahara agreement
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Who in 1908 developed and produced to the first really affordable car America
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Henry Ford
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What production method was refined to help mass produce cars cheap and efficient way
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Assembly-line
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Where did the write brothers achieve the first powered sustaining control fire on December 17, 1903
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Kitty Hawk North Carolina
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What book written during this era help prevent the passage of the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act
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The jungle
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teddy Roosevelt belief that every man and woman should receive fair treatment and equal opportunities knows what
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The square deal
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What were the advancements in medicine during the progressive era
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Private group Medicine, battle against yellow fever, and medical organizations
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Who is the most influential woman involved in pushing for women suffrage something that was achieved after her death
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Susan B Anthony
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Progressive writers who expose abuse and corruption through books magazines and articles or knows what
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Muckrakers
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Legislation passed in the southern states during the progressive era that required forced segregation of races in places like trains restaurants hotels in schools was known as what
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Jim Crow laws
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Progressive religious movement look to solve the problems with man and society through social reform instead of salvation through Christ
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Social Gospel
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What famous Supreme Court case during the progressive era help enrich racist attitudes in the south by declaring that it was constitutional to have separate but equal facilities for blacks and whites
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Plessy versus Ferguson
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In opposition to Booker T. Washington’s economic approach to racism and equality was that what organization led by WEB deboys who focus on political equality first
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National Association for the advancement of colored people
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What was the name of the progressive theological movement that applied Darwin evolution to Christianity
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Modernism
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Which pieces of legislation during the progressive ere was considered the most far-reaching progressive act in that gave the government more power to regulate enforce policies on business
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Federal Trade Commission act
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At the outbreak of the great war in 1914 Who were the Allied powers
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Great Britain France and Russia
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President Wilson sent General John J Pershing and the force of soldiers into Mexico to deal with what bandit who had terrorized parts of Southwest
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Poncho via
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The sinking of what oceanliner on May 7, 1915 caused a major change in American attitude toward Germany and the war in Europe
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The Lusitania
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What message issued by President Wilson promise that if another passenger merchant vessels was attacked that the US would break all diplomatic ties to Germany and possible lead to war
Sussex pledge
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Future president Herbert Hoover was put in charge of what organization which was created to help distribute food and fuel for the war effort
Food administration
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Who were the big fourt
Woodrow Wilson George Clemenceau David Lloyd George and Vittorio Orlando
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What was the name of Wilson's idealistic plan to help settle world peace following the conclusion of World War I
14 points
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When was the armistice ending World War I signed
November 11, 1918
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What was the name of Wilson's idealistic point that he proposed following World War I that created an organization of countries that we meet together to help resolve conflicts
League of Nations
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main reasons for the start of ww1
Alliances imperialism militarism
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Who are the captains of industry
Neelys Vanderbilt Andrew Carnegie and John D Rockefeller
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The period of American history following the Civil War and Reconstruction that saw the rise of industry and prosperity in America is known as what
The Gilded Age
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Controlling part of every aspect of an interesting from the ground up or from the raw materials to the finished product is known as what
Vertical integration
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Controlling all of one segment or part of an industry process is known as what
Horizontal integration
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Who invented the first telephone in the United States
Alexander Graham Bell
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Introduced by George H Pendleton act created what independent organization that was to help eliminate the spoil system and oversee the hiring a qualified men for government positions
Civil service commission
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Legal device by which a board is empowered to make the decisions and control the operations of a whole group of companies is known as what
a trust
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What were the three parts of the interstate commerce act of 1887
Railroad rates had to be reasonable and just, railroads had a published rates and financial reports, and they set a standard size of railroad tracks
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What were the human cost of industrialization during the Gilded Age
Extreme working hours unsafe working conditions and child labor
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Led by Terence the Powderly what early labor union was formed in 1869 as a secret society of skilled and unskilled workers from various occupations
Knights of labor
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The American Federation of labor formed in 1881 eventually achieve their aims of an eight hour workday under the leadership of what man
Samuel Gompers
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What were the strikes in the late 1800s that led to the discrediting of the early union movement
Haymarket strike Homestead strike Pullman strike
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Who is known as the great commoner and was the Democratic presidential candidate in the 1896 election
William Jennings Bryan
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The movement of the population from an agrarian area into cities knows what
Urbanization
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Following the Civil War the large number of immigrants coming from Southern and Eastern Europe is not as what
New immigration
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What is a tariff
A tax on imported goods
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The idea of collective or government ownership of the means of production that was popular among labor unions is known as what
Socialism
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What was the name of the labor organization founded by farmers in the 1870s promoted social contract and scientific methods of farming
The Grange
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The book about theory of evolution called the origin of species
Charles Darwin
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What was the nickname given to the US due to the blending of diverse racial and ethnic cultures into a new unify culture and nation
Melting pot
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The application of evolutionary theory to social institutions is known as what
Social Darwinism
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The desire for worldly possessions and the belief that only they can bring happiness is called what
Materialism
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Passed during the president Harrison's term in office what legislation made monopolizing illegal but was difficult for us and was vaguely worded
The Sherman antitrust act
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The dream of linking the east and west coast of the United States become a reality with the completion of what
Transcontinental railroad
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The US government gave contracts to build the transcontinental railroad to which two companies
Union Pacific and Central Pacific
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What were the reasons people came west during the period after the transcontinental railroad was completed
To mine precious metals, to farm the land, amd to run cattle riches
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What was the name of the legislation that the US government passed in 1862 to get people to settle the Western lands
Homestead act
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Farmers in the Great Plains used what type of farming method that consisted of cultivating Crops with the careful conservation water
Dry farming
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What Are the names of the Plains Indians
Cheyenne Comanche SIoux
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Special trucks of lances side for the Indians to live on in peace but which in reality were forced to move to against their will is what
Reservations
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What is the region of the country between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains commonly known as
The Great Plains
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The Battle of Little Big Horn is also known as what
Custer's last stand
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What treaty between Great Britain and the US at all the issues of Civil War maple damages Island territorial claims and fishing rates off the coast of North America
Tree of Washington
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What was the name of the book published in 1881 by Helen Hunt Jackson that retreat the governments ruthless and shady dealings with the Indians
A century of dishonor
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What US naval commander was sent to Japan to open the trade talks that led to the treaty of Kanagawa
Matthew Perry
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What was the name of the French puppet governor of Mexico who is executed following through withdrawal of French troops in response to the US threatening to enforce the Munro doctrine
Maximilian the first
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What are the factors that pushed the US into war with Spain
Yellow journalism the De Lome letter sinking of the USS Maine
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sitting bull and Crazyhorse were leaders of whet indian nation that resisted the settlement of the Lands By white Americans
Sioux
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Who Led the American fleet that defeated the Spanish in Manila bay
George Dewey
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The volunteer unit made up of cowboys and aventures led by Colonel wood and Lieutenant Colonel Tabor Roosevelt was called what
Rough Riders
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The idea of cooperation between all the countries in North Central and South America is known as what
Pan-Americanism
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In what city did the Americans blockade the Spanish fleet and then to feed their army during the Spanish-American war
Santiago
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Who led the Philippine insurrection against the US following the Spanish-American war
Emilio aguinaldo
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Extension of power by one people or country over another country or region is known as what
Imperialism
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Following World War I what promised political philosophy are created by Warren G Harding was the US supposed to return to you in the 1920s
Normalcy
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Violent activities of a few leftist socialists helped provoke the fear of a socialist revolution leading to what temporary panic in 1919 to 1920
Red scare
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What was the name of the meeting of the worlds major naval power's phone the great war in which they try to limit the growth of each countries naval power
Washington Naval conference
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Signed in Paris in August 27, 1928 agreement made war illegal under international law
Kellogg Briand pact
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What was the name of the plan to resolve the vicious cycle of debt repayment between the allies Germany and the US in 1924
Dawes plan
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Germany spent most of their money from US lowens on what
Reparation payments
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The general theme of American foreign-policy during the 1920s and 30s was called what
Isolationism
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Who developed the influential Theory of relativity during the 1920s
Albert Einstein
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Who's view on psychology lead to an argument that self-restraint was repression that led to emotional disorders
Sigmund Freud
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Women with bobbed hair and a fashionably boyish looked who glamorize immortality during that roaring 20s were known as what
Flappers
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What congressional legislation lead to setting of quotas is on immigration in 1924
National origins act
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Was a high school teacher from Tennessee who challenged a law that banned the teaching of evolution in schools
John T Scopes
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What influential item in the 1920s let people from all over the country stay up-to-date on new sports and entertainment
Radio
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Making small monthly payments until an item that was bought on credit is paid for is known as what
Installment plan
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buying something at a low price with the hopes of selling at a higher price for profit is known as what
Speculation
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What were the countries ruled by a fascist government during the 1930s
Germany Japan and Italy
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The stock market crash known as Black Tuesday occurred on what date
October 29, 1929
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Government finance construction projects of public facilities are called what
Public works
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Created by the emergency relief and construction act in 1932 what organization was given 500 million to loans to businesses
Reconstruction finance Corporation
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Large group of unemployed World War I veterans who built a shantytown in Washington DC after being denied their bonuses were known as what
The bonus army
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What was the name given to the promise made by Franklin Roosevelt doing his presidential campaign in 1932's name was soon described is Everts to fix the great depression
The new deal
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FDR's program of weekly radio addresses meant to keep the nation inspired informed during the depression was known as what
Fireside chats
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What were the agencies created under the new deal to provide jobs for the unemployed
Civilian conservation corpse Public Works administration works progress administration
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What agency was created to ensure Americans bank deposits against loss
FDIC Federal deposit insurance Corporation
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Act in 1935 Institute old age pensions and unemployment insurance for American workers
The Social Security act
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Was the name given to the drought the plague the southern Great Plains region during the Great Depression
The dustbowl
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What type of government came to power in several countries in the 1920s That consisted of militaristic nationalism and Totalitarian rule
Fascism
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World War II be and what date with the invasion of Poland
September first 1939
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Was the name of the unofficial policy that Western European nations had towards Germany in the 1930s that lead to Hitler taking more and more land around Germany
Appeasement
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What were the leaders of the axis powers during World War II
Adolf Hitler of Germany I Hideki Tojo of Japan and Benito Mussolini of Italy
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What were the three major force is keeping the US out of the start of World War II
Tradition of isolationism War debt problem and the Great Depression
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What legislation passed by the US Congress authorized USAID to the allies do a cash and carry policy
Neutrality act of 1939
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What famous US General was put in charge of all American forces in the Far East prior to Pearl Harbor and vowed to return to the Philippines after being forced to leave
Douglas MacArthur
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Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese and what date
December 7, 1941
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What was the name of the government agency that oversaw the rationing of supplies and materials during World War II
War production Board
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Who commanded the German troops in north America in 1941 as well as the German defenses in Normandy
Erwin Rommel
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Where did the American forces first fight the Germans once they entered war war ll
North Africa
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What future president of United States was a supreme Allied Commander of the European theater of war
Dwight D Eisenhower
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Operation overlord began on what date with the invasion of Normandy France
June 6, 1944
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Is the name of the battle started in December 1944 that saw Hitler make one last desperate attempt it to be the allies by launching an all out attack on the Ardennes forest
Battle of the Bulge
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You a strategy of bypassing heavily fortified islands and instead capturing less fortified strategically placed all of the specific theater was known as what
Island hopping
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Was the name of the Japanese pilots who would intentionally crashed airplanes into US naval ships
Kamikazes
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What were the big three at the Yalta conference
Winston Churchhill FDR and Joseph Stalin
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What were the islands that were taken by the allies during the pacific campaign
Iwo Jima Okinawa the Philippines
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On what date is VJ day and the end of the world war two
September 2, 1945
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What was the name of the approximately four decades following World War II that saw apprehension of hostility and competition but never an all out war between the US and the USSR
The Cold War
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What are the three major agencies within the United Nations
Secretariat General assembly and Security Council
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What was the name of the policy that was communism alone where it already was promised to resist it's further expansion
Containment
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The US policy of eating countries fighting communists takeovers overs became known as what
Truman doctrine
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The idea that if one country in South East Asia fell to Communism then other nations around it with Soon fall as well as it is what
Domino theory
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What was the better no name for the European recovery program passed by Congress in 1948 that by 1951 had spent 13 billion under restoring the economy of Western Europe
Marshall plan
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What was the name given to President Truman's legislative goals after he came into office
Fair deal
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What were the names of the competing military alliances in Europe formed by the US and the USSR during the Cold War
NATO and Warsaw Pact
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What famous American general orchestrated the famous Inchon landings during the Korean War and argued against fighting and limited war
Douglas MacArthur
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The fighting in the Korean War stop at a cease-fire was signed and a demilitarized border was set up between North and South Korea along what line
The 38th parallel
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What was the name of the senator from Wisconsin who is most closely associated with the red scare in the 1950s
Joseph McCarthy
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President Eisenhower's political philosophy of being conservative with money and liberal with people was known as what
Dynamic conservationism
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What inspiring need to Kennedy give to his legislative program
The New frontier
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LBJ promise that using the government to help all citizens have the opportunity to better themselves politically socially and economically would lead to what
Great Society
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The 24th amendment
Outlaw the use of poll taxes and similar methods of preventing people from voting
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The idea of achieving some sort of agreeable accommodation instead of a victory over communism was known as what
Peaceful coexistence
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Interpreting law and the constitution probably in order to address perceive social issues by judges is known as what
Judicial activism
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Who is the major leader of the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 60s
Martin Luther King Jr.ye
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What was the name of the sales invasion of communist Cuba by US funded Cuban exiles
Bay of pigs
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What incident in 1964 off the coast of Vietnam was used to justify the escalation of US involvement in Vietnam
The gulf of tonkin incident
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Procommunist South Vietnamese fighters that wage to guerrilla war were known as what
Viet cong
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What does the Iron Curtain refer to
The line dividing communist control Eastern Europe from Western Europe
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Economical prosperous era in the United States following World War II is often referred to as what
The affluent society
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What were the pieces of the civil rights legislation during LBJ's great Society
Civil rights act of 1964 voting rights act of 1965 and the 24th amendment
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The rise in the number of babies born in the United States in the 1950s and 60s was known as what
The baby boom
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What was the name of the government health insurance program created in 1965 to help elderly people pay for medical care
Medicare
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What's the Supreme Court case during the civil rights movement led to the schools being ordered to end segregation
Brown V Board of Education
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Was the name of the first of many urban rides in the 1960s
watts riots
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Radical groups which hope to use the resentment of the Vietnam war as a means of overthrew establish American institutions were known as what
New left
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What was the overall youth movement known as during the 1960s and 70s
Counterculture
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What name did Nixon give to what he believed was a majority of the population were opposed to unrest and were in fact respectable hard-working citizens
Silent majority
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What was the method ordered by the courts to increase the disaggregation of schools in the US
Busing
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Who is the influential Secretary of State under Nixon who helped bring about a period of detente with the uss
Henry Kissinger
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In the context of the Cold War what did détente mean
Relaxing of tensions between the US and the USSR
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Nixon's policy of reducing American forces in Vietnam on crease in the world the South Vietnamese forces in the war was known as what
Vietnamization
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What were the events during the next station that further divided the country over the Vietnam War
Court-martial of William Calley kent state rights and the Pentagon papers
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What does NASA stand for
National aeronautics and space ministration
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What organization issued an oil embargo against the US for their support of Israel in 1973
OPEC
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What was the name of the scandal that brought about the resignation of Richard Nixon
Watergate
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The rare economic condition that is marked by high inflation as well as high and appointment is known as what
Stagflation
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What were the populist movement that grew during the 1970s
Environmental movement women's liberation movement and gay rights movement
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What was the name of the monumental Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion
Roe V. Wade
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Through the foreign affairs that President Carter had to deal with while in office
Panama Canal Camp David achords and the Iranian hostage crisis
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What was the name of the conservation movement in the 1980s a stroke and communism believed in limited government and was motivated by social and moral issues
The new right
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What were the goals of the Reagan revolution
American must be strong, to restore America is moral fiber, and to reduce the role of government
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Ronell Reagan use what economic policy of and enhancing productivity and increasing the supply of goods in order to lower the prices
Supply side economics
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What was the nickname given to the economic policy of Ronald Reagan
Reaganomics
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What were the parts of the economic recovery tax act of 1981
Cutting income taxes reduction tax rates for upper incomes and lowering business taxes
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What was the name of the anti Sandinista guerrilla fighters in Nicaragua were organized and supplied covertly by the United States
Contras
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When the government spends more money then it brings in this is known as what
Budget deficit
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Before policy theme of pledging American support two groups fighting communist governments in Third World countries during the Reagan era was known as what
Reagan doctrine
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What are the countries that US send money or supplies to in the 1980s in order tofight the spread of communism
Angola Nicaragua El Salvador
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What was the name of the US supported guerrilla fighters in Afghanistan in the 1980s who drove out the Russians
Mujahideen
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What was the name of the Soviet leader who came to power in 1985 Instituted social political and economic reforms that led to the fall the Soviet union
Mikhail Gorbachev a
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The late 1980s Soviet policy of reconstructing the communist economy by shifting to free market policies to private ownership was known as what
Perestroika
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The leader 1980s Soviet policy of openness in communist society by way of more personal freedom of expression and living was known as what
Glasnost
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In contrast to the Salt agreements in 1970s thay sought to limit the growth of nuclear arms what did the START agreement do
Got the size of the long range nuclear arsenal in half
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What does START stand for
Strategic arms reduction talks
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What was the name of the treaty signed in 1987 that unlimited most medium range missiles based in Europe
Intermediate nuclear forces Tready
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What was the name of the space base defense system nicknamed Star Wars
Strategic defense initiative
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Who was the first female vice president candidate for either major party
Geraldine Ferraro
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The 27th amendment
Congress can raise their page but the pay increase will not take effect until the next election cycle
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What was the name of the attack ordered on January 16, 1991 against the Iraqis in Kuwait
Operation Desert Storm
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Is the name of the defense of operation to protect Saudi Arabia from the further Iraqi aggression during the Gulf War
Operation Desert Shield
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US General was in charge of the troops in the middle east during the first Gulf War
Storming Norman Schwarzkopf
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At first he posed in the later signed into law by George HW Bush what legislation work to prohibit job discrimination based on disabilities and required governments and businesses improvements to help accommodate those with disabilities
Americans with disabilities act
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What presidential candidate in the 1992 election called himself a new Democrat
Bill Clinton
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What was the name of the financial scandal who's investigation persisted during both terms of the Clinton Administration
Whitewater scandal
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What was the name of the gun control legislation passed during the Clinton era that required a five day waiting period and a background check before purchasing a gun
The Brady bill
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What to the passage of the national voter registration act require of states
To allow people to register to vote when getting their drivers license
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What is the name of the trade agreement signed by President Clinton that is trade restrictions between the US and Mexico and Canada
North American Free Trade Agreement
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What was the name of the document containing promises of legislation to be introduced by Republicans if they were elected during the 1994 midterm elections
Contract with America
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The process for allowing the president to live any specific spending items in the federal budget that was later declared unconstitutional is known as what
Line item veto
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What were the parts of the welfare reform act in 1986
Required welfare recipients to go back to work but into years lifetime Of five years on benefits and gave money to states to reform the welfare system
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The defense of marriage act signed by President Clinton did what
Security federal benefits for spouses of traditional marriages only
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What were the countries that the US sent troops during the Clinton era
Somalia Haiti Bosnia
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how many US presidents have been impeached
2
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What were the parts of the conservation backlash to President Clinton's liberal policies during his first term in office
Talk radio Christian Coalition contract with America
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What technical development during the 1990s revolutionize the world of information expression and communication
The internet
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What agreement brokered by President Clinton turned the country Bosnia of into a confederation in which the serbs Croats and Muslims all share power
Dayton accords
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Who are the two major party candidates in the 2000 presidential elections
George W. Bush and Al Gore
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What was the seminal event during George W. Bush is to terms in office
September 11, 2001
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What was the name of the George W. Bush's education policy that was possible he was in office
No Child left behind
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What countries were in the axis of evil identify President Bush during his State of Union speech in 2002
North Korea Russia and Iraq
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Presidential cabinet department was created in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks
Department of Homeland Security
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What act was passed during the Bush ministration with the close of strengthening domestic security and broadening the powers of law-enforcement to help prevent terrorism
USA patriot act
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What is the basic definition of government
Any system a public rule or authority
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First come in to man to exercise wise and responsible dominion over his world is known as what
Creation mandate
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The introduction to send into world and the resulting marrying of Gods images of man is known as what
Human depravity
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What is the absence of government called
Anachary
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What is the ultimate goal of government
To glorify God
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What are the two specific functions that we see government call to fill in Romans 13 and first Peter two
Reward good and punish evil
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What are the obligations of those under the authority of the government
obedience submission interaction
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What philosophy of government devise a nation's power among national regional and local government's
Federalism
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What is a form of government called that runs on the participation of its people
Popular government
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What is three branches of the United States government
Executive judicial and legislative
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The idea of patriotism taken to an extreme of unquestioning support for your country is known as what
Jingoism
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Also known as a pure democracy what form of government sees the people directly affect a government policies and actions
Direct democracy
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Also known as a representative democracy what form of government sees the people elect representatives to operate the government on their behalf
Indirect democracy
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A government ruled by one person was supreme power is known as what
Autocracy
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The difference of opinions and political parties that really exists is it example of what
Pluralistic society
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The numerical majority of the voters making the decisions that are binding upon the entire voting population is known as what
Majority rule
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The democratic principle of equality means what
Political equality equality of justice and equality of the vote
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What are the conditions needed for a democracy to exist
Opportunity educated society and moral responsibility
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Powers given to the national government by the Constitution that define the limits of its authority or known as what
Delegated powers
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A system in which the people directly elect the head of the executive branch independently of the legislative branch is known as what
Presidential system
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In what system of government to the people elect a legislative representatives from different parties after which the majority parties later becomes the head of the executive branch and establishes a cabinet
Parliamentary system
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Why is the U.S. Constitution in doored for so long
Constitutional interpretation the amendment process and a written with a realistic view of human nature of man
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Those who believe the Constitution should be inturpitude in a more creative way are known as what
Broad constructionist
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The idea that the power of the government is confined to only those powers granted by the written laws known as what
Limited government
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Keeping the actions of each branch of the government accountable through powers of another branch in order to hinder the concentration of power and protects personal liberty is known as what
Checks and balances
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The philosophy of government that says that the people are the ultimate source of their government's power is called what
Popular sovereignty
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What is a Confederated government
System where a regional governments retains the privacy while limiting the power of the national government
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Which part of our federal government was meant to be the most representative of the people
House of Representatives
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What type of congressional system is United States Congress
Bicameral
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The number of those serving in the House of Representatives is based on what factor
Population
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How many members make up the House of Representatives
435
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How many members make ups senate
100
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Read drawing congressional districts to favor the political party in power is what
Gerrymandering
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The 17th amendment
The direct election of US senators
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What is the name of the leader and most powerful position in the House of Representatives
Speaker of the house
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What is the name of the honorary head of the U.S. Senate
President pro tempoure
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What are the types of congressional committees
Standing committees selectivities and joint committees
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What is the chief function of Congress
Making laws
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The formal way of preventing or delaying the passage of a bill by the Senate by talking it to death is known as what
Filibuster
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What are the four things of president can do Connor send him a bill
Signed into law veto the bill ignore the bill and pocket veto
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Congressional power specifically listed in the constitution is what
Enumerated powers
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Article 1 section 8 of the Constitution contains causes 125 and six the old deal with what congressional power
Financial powers
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The 16th amendment
Ratified and income tax
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What are the areas of enumerate Congressional powers listed in the constitution
Defense a military commerce governing of DC
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Also known as the elastic clause what cause of the Constitution gives lawmakers great leeway in making laws that are needed for them to perform the powers given to them in the Constitution
Necessary and proper clause
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Congressional powers inherent to Congress being a government body but that are not listed in the constitution and honest what
Implied powers
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What is the name of the document Congress can issue to force a person to testify before committee hearing
Subpoena
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Are the nonlegislative powers given to Congress
Impeachment ratification of the moments and confirmation of senior government officials
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Powers withheld from the federal government but not from the states as stated in the 10th amendment or knows what
Reserved powers
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Big spending projects that are designed to help a member of Congress get reelected are known as what
Porkbarrel
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How many minutes are in the Constitution
27
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What are the five Characteristics of democracy
Majority rule equality necessity of compromise liberty and individual worth
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What are the two countries that the US invaded in response to 9-11
Iraq and Afghanistan
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What is the 18th amendment
Prohibition
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What is the 19th amendment
Women's right to vote
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What are the four main reasons for the rise of industrialization in the US during the Gilded Age
Population growth: right after the war there was a baby boom and new immigrants came to America
A sympathetic government: the government raised the tariff a lot so that the company's could make more money
innovations: new machines made it quicker and easier to work and move west... Railroad
new sources of power: the use of electricity and coal was now being used before it was water and man power
