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Fall 2021 US History Study Guide

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  • Define Imperialism. Give Examples
    A policy in which a strong nation seeks to dominate other countries politically, economically, or sociallyThe annexation of Hawaii in 1898British East...
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  • US gain from the treaty with Spain?
    It established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines...
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  • What new weapons and tactics came from WWI?
    Military technology of the time included important innovations in machine guns, grenades, and artillery, along with essentially new weapons such as su...
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  • What was the Harlem Renaissance?
    Period of Great African American artistic accomplishment that began in the 1920s in the Harlem neighborhood of NYC
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  • Effects of Prohibition
    a rise in bootlegging, gambling, prostitution, racketeering
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  • Great Depression causes and effects
    1)United State's stock market crash of 1929. 2)Big drop in the world's economy. 3)Overproduction of goods from World War I. 4)Decrease in the need for...
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  • What was the unemployment rate during the Great Depression?
    24.9%
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  • Causes of the farming crisis of the 1920s
    demand for crops fell after World War I and the new equipment was expensive
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  • What were some of the programs under Franklin Roosevelts New Deal?
    AAA Agricultural Adjustment AdministrationCCC Civilian Conservation CorpsCWA Civil Works AdministrationFERA Federal Emergency Relief AdministrationFHA...
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  • Importance of Pearl Harbor attack and who was responsible.
    On December 7, 1941, a date that President Franklin D. Roosevelt claimed would "live in infamy," the Imperial Japanese Navy conducted a surprise aeria...
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