Question 1

opposed military involvement in the the League of Nations; wanted to stay neutral

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Why did the U.S. Senate refuse to ratify the Treaty of Versailles?

Question 2

atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

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What did President Truman do during World War II to force Japan's unconditional surrender?

Question 3

Benito Mussolini

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Who was the fascist dictator of Italy during World War II?

Question 4

Midway

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Which battle was the turning point that stopped Japanese expansion in the Pacific during World War II?

Question 5

Phillippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

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What territories did the U.S. acquire as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Question 6

government regulation of the railroads, bimetallism

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List the economic reforms supported by the Populists.

Question 7

General Douglas MacArthur

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Who commanded American forces in the Pacific during World War II?

Question 8

League of Nations

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Which international alliance was proposed in Wilson's Fourteen points?

Question 9

the Holocaust (death camps)

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What was Nazi Germany's "Final Solution" for dealing with the Jews?

Question 10

Japanese internment camps

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Which war-time policy was challenged in the case of Korematsu v. United States (1944)?

Question 11

Stalingrad

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Which battle was the turning point that resulted in Nazi Germany's defeat on the eastern front in the Soviet Union?

Question 12

explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

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Which event led to the Spanish-American War?

Question 13

war production---working in weapons and war material factories ("Rosie the Riveter"

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What important contribution did women make to the war effort during World War II?

Question 14

neutrality

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What was the foreign policy of the United States when World War II began in the 1930s?

Question 15

Germany, Italy, Japan

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During World War II, which nations formed the Axis powers?

Question 16

Josef Stalin

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Who was the communist dictator of the Soviet Union during the 1930s and 1940s?

Question 17

Woodrow Wilson (Dem.)

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Who won the presidential election of 1912?

Question 18

punishment of Germany; League of Nations

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What was a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

Question 19

19th Amendment/suffrage

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What progressive reform was a result of women's efforts during World War I?

Question 20

Manhattan Project

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What scientific project resulted in the creation of the atomic bomb during World War II?

Question 21

unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman telegram

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What were the reasons for U.S. entry into World War I?

Question 22

Winston Churchill

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Who led the British against Nazi Germany during World War II?

Question 23

General Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Who was the Supreme Commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II?

Question 24

political machines

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What were the organizations that controlled local and state political parties in the late-1800s called?

Question 25

Pearl Harbor

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What event brought the U.S. into World War II?

Question 26

blitzkreig

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What was Nazi Germany's military conquest of western Europe called during World War II?

Question 27

Lend-Lease

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What acts allowed the United States to aid Britain with military supplies?

Question 28

appeasement

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Which policy did the British and French use in the Munich pact to avoid war with Nazi Germany?

Question 29

D-Day (Operation Overlord)

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Which military campaign was the turning point that resulted in the Allies' invasion of France during World War II?

Question 30

Fourteen points

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What were Wilson's plans for peace after World War I called?

Question 31

Nazi Germany's invasion of Poland

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Which event resulted in the beginning of World War II in Europe?

Question 32

United Nations

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What international organization was established after World War II to maintain world peace?

Question 33

Iwo Jima, Okinawa

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Which battles were part of the island-hopping campaign to defeat Japan during World War II?

Question 34

island hopping

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What was the U.S. military strategy in the Pacific against the Japanese during World War II?

Question 35

Harry Truman

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Who became the president of the United States after the death of Franklin Roosevelt in 1945?

Question 36

naval bases, new markets, Social Darwinism

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What goals were reasons for American expansion as a world power in the late 1800s?

Question 37

rationing

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What war-time policy affected American's daily ability to acquire food and fuel on the Homefront during World War II?

Question 38

Battle of the Bulge

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Which battle was the final offensive by Nazi Germany during World War II?

Question 39

mustard gas, tanks, U-boats, airplanes, machine guns

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What were some of the new weapons used in World War I?

Question 40

draft troops

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What was the purpose of the Selective Service Act during World War I?

Question 41

the Panama canal

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What achievement was a result of Theodore Roosevelt's "Big stick" diplomacy?

Question 42

unrestricted submarine warfare, Zimmerman telegram

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What were the reasons for U.S. entry into World War I?

Question 43

peace without victory

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What idealistic goal did Woodrow Wilson have in World War I?

Question 44

liberty bonds

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How did the U.S. government finance the war effort during World War I?

Question 45

France

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Where was the Western Front in World War I?

Question 46

Espionage and Sedition Acts

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What did Congress enact to limit free speech and prevent anti-war activism during World War I?

Question 47

"keep us out of war"/neutrality

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During the presidential campaign of 1916, what was Woodrow Wilson's position on U.S. involvement in World War I?

Question 48

sinking of the Lusitania

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Which event threatened American neutrality during World War I?

Question 49

Britain, France, Russia, Italy

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Which nations were among the Allies?

Question 50

League of Nations

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Which international alliance was proposed in Wilson's Fourteen points?

Question 51

Britain, France, United States, Italy

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Which nations were the "Big Four" that created the Treaty of Versailles?

Question 52

propaganda

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What did the U.S. government produce to make the war popular with the American people?

Question 53

regulating big business, "trust-busting", lower tariffs

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List an economic reform supported by the Progressive movement

Question 54

Phillippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico

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What territories did the U.S. annex as a result of the Spanish-American War?

Question 55

explosion of the U.S.S. Maine

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Which event led to the Spanish-American War?

Question 56

poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clauses

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What methods were used in Southern states to disenfranchise African-Americans?

Question 57

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Turks

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Which nations were the Central Powers?

Question 58

segregation

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What practice was supported by the Supreme Court's ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson?

Question 59

punishment of Germany; League of Nations

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What was a result of the Treaty of Versailles?

Question 60

open trade in China

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What was the goal of the "Open Door" policy?

Question 61

naval bases, new markets, Social Darwinism

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What goals were reasons for American expansion as a world power in the late 1800s?

Question 62

neutrality/isolationism

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What was the U.S. foreign policy towards European affairs prior to World War I?

Question 63

Social Darwinism

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Which theory promoted the superiority of "Anglo-Saxon" culture to support imperialism?

Question 64

assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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What event caused World War I?

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