Question 1

The sinking of the USS Maine off the coast of Cuba

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Why did America enter into the Spanish American War?

Question 2

Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines

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After the Spanish American War what land did America gain?

Question 3

Central Powers & the Allies (US fought with the Allies)

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Who fought in World War 1?

Question 4

European trenches

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Where was the majority of the World War I fought?

Question 5

Sinking of the Lusitania & the Zimmerman telegram

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Why did America enter into WWI?

Question 6

M.A.N.I.A. (Military, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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What were the causes of WWI?

Question 7

Germany is incredibly poor and upset they have to take the blame & pay for the war, which begins WW2

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What were the effects of WWI?

Question 8

Formal agreement to end WW1 and make Germany take the blame, pay for the war, break up their empire

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What is the Treaty of Versailles?

Question 9

Not enough jobs, high unemployment, and people are extremely poor (poverty)

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How did the Great Depression effect peoples jobs and money?

Question 10

WW2 created factory jobs for women & men were sent to fight in the war

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How did the Great Depression end?

Question 11

Germany (Hitler) invaded Poland to take their land; Great Britain & France declare war on Germany

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What started WWII?

Question 12

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor (naval base in Hawaii)

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Why did America enter into WWII?

Question 13

President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) died

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Why did Harry Truman become president?

Question 14

The day US Troops land in Normandy, France to fight in WW2

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What is D-day?

Question 15

Dropping 2 atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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How did Harry Truman end WWII with Japan?

Question 16

Women are encouraged for the first time to work in the factories

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What does Rosie the Riveter represent?

Question 17

Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)

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Which president had polio, was elected 4 times, and created the New Deal?

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