U.S. History Spin the Wheel - 1877 - WWII

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The Gilded Age was marked by __________.

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During the late 19th century, known as the Gilded Age, the U.S. experienced a technological revolution based on steel, railroads, eletricity, and oil.

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During the late 19th century, known as the Gilded Age, the U.S. experienced a technological revolution based on steel, railroads, eletricity, and oil.

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Entrepreneurs like Carnegie and Rockefeller used these two types of integration techniques to beat competition.

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Carnegie employed vertical integration to control all levels of steel production while Rockefeller used horizontal integration to control 90% of U.S refining capacity.

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Carnegie employed vertical integration to control all levels of steel production while Rockefeller used horizontal integration to control 90% of U.S refining capacity.

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The demographic shift of people into the western states was caused by ____________.

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All three factors drove the westward migration that added to the population of the western states.

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All three factors drove the westward migration that added to the population of the western states.

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The ____________ broke up Indian reservations by giving plots of land to individual Indian families.

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New England philanthropists led the effort to end tribal reservations and Americanize the Indians through the Dawes Act and boarding schools.

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New England philanthropists led the effort to end tribal reservations and Americanize the Indians through the Dawes Act and boarding schools.

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Democrat William Jennings Bryan adopted ideas promoted by this third party, farmer-focused political movement.

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Bryan's speech, "Cross of Gold," was based on the Populist idea of free coinage of silver to combat deflation, which hurt farmers who were in debt.

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Bryan's speech, "Cross of Gold," was based on the Populist idea of free coinage of silver to combat deflation, which hurt farmers who were in debt.

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Urbanization was the movement of rural migrants and immigrants to cities. This was due to __________________.

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Industrializaton provided unskilled workers with jobs in the cities while farming became less profitable (high capital costs, low prices, deflation).

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Industrializaton provided unskilled workers with jobs in the cities while farming became less profitable (high capital costs, low prices, deflation).

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American _________ promoted a stronger international role by strengthening the navy to protect markets for U.S. goods.

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Expansionism was spurred by overproduction (needed new markets) and the beliefs that a strong navy with military bases to protect overseas interests was needed, that American culture should be spread, and that frontiers energized America.

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Expansionism was spurred by overproduction (needed new markets) and the beliefs that a strong navy with military bases to protect overseas interests was needed, that American culture should be spread, and that frontiers energized America.

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The __________ was a turning point. It established the U.S. as a world power with great military and economic strength.

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The Spanish-American War was a turning point for the U.S. due to its quick defeat of Spain's naval fleets and new economic/political ties to Latin America and Asia (land acquisition, increased trade and investment).

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The Spanish-American War was a turning point for the U.S. due to its quick defeat of Spain's naval fleets and new economic/political ties to Latin America and Asia (land acquisition, increased trade and investment).

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The ___________ Era was marked by social, economic, and political reform and a more powerful U.S. presidency.

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The Progressive Era led to many social economic, and political reforms. The Progressive presidents were Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

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The Progressive Era led to many social economic, and political reforms. The Progressive presidents were Teddy Roosevelt, William H. Taft, and Woodrow Wilson.

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Race segregaton deepened with the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) Supreme Court ruling that upheld the "_________" doctrine.

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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld that "separate but equal" public and private facilities for blacks did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

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The U.S. Supreme Court upheld that "separate but equal" public and private facilities for blacks did not violate the U.S. Constitution.

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The U.S. entered World War I in 1917 based on a growing shift to anti-_______ sentiment from one of neutrality.

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Anti-German propaganda, the sinking of the Lusitania passenger ship, the end of the Sussex pledge, close ties to Britain, and the Zimmermann note shifted U.S. opinion to support war against Germany.

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Anti-German propaganda, the sinking of the Lusitania passenger ship, the end of the Sussex pledge, close ties to Britain, and the Zimmermann note shifted U.S. opinion to support war against Germany.

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WWI was another turning point for the U.S. After its end, the U.S. became more ____________.

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After the carnage of WWI and the Spanish flu and facing its own post-war economic challenges, the U.S. turned inward. Republican William G. Harding was elected president in 1920 on a "Return to Normalcy" platform.

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After the carnage of WWI and the Spanish flu and facing its own post-war economic challenges, the U.S. turned inward. Republican William G. Harding was elected president in 1920 on a "Return to Normalcy" platform.

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Social Darwinism was prevalent in the early 1920s. Nativists believed ________ were genetically superior to others.

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The biological theory that the most fit organisms survive to pass their genes to the next generation led many people to apply the same thinking to U.S. society. They viewed White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) as the fittest group and opposed the addition of more non-WASP citizens through birth or immigration.

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The biological theory that the most fit organisms survive to pass their genes to the next generation led many people to apply the same thinking to U.S. society. They viewed White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (WASPs) as the fittest group and opposed the addition of more non-WASP citizens through birth or immigration.

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Production efficiencies, inventions, marketing, consumer credit, and _______ marked "The Roaring Twenties" and birth of modern U.S.

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Rising wages, including Henry Ford's jaw-dropping 8-hour $5 workday, was both a cause and an effect of the economic prosperity of the 1920s.

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Rising wages, including Henry Ford's jaw-dropping 8-hour $5 workday, was both a cause and an effect of the economic prosperity of the 1920s.

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Which list relates to 1920s "flappers"?

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Freud's ideas (sex was natural) and the employment of more women contributed to a changinge role for single women in U.S. society.

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Freud's ideas (sex was natural) and the employment of more women contributed to a changinge role for single women in U.S. society.

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___________ was unenforceable in cities and led to organized crime and widespread violations of the laws.

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Prohibition, the banning of alcohol, led to organized crime organizations. Gangsters produced, bought, and distributed alchohol consumed by otherwise law-abiding citizens at speakeasies and bribed police and government officials.

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Prohibition, the banning of alcohol, led to organized crime organizations. Gangsters produced, bought, and distributed alchohol consumed by otherwise law-abiding citizens at speakeasies and bribed police and government officials.

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Causes of the Great Depression included:

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The Great Depression was also fueled by lower U.S. exports triggered by high tariffs, the use of margin (borrowing) to buy stock, the stock market crash of 1929, and a tight money supply resulting in higher deflation.

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The Great Depression was also fueled by lower U.S. exports triggered by high tariffs, the use of margin (borrowing) to buy stock, the stock market crash of 1929, and a tight money supply resulting in higher deflation.

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__________ "New Deal" won him the election in 1932 and led to many new laws and agencies to help the unemployed, farmers, retirees, etc.

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It was FDR's New Deal that led to a multitude of new agencies designed to help and protect people and that enlarged the federal government's role and cost.

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It was FDR's New Deal that led to a multitude of new agencies designed to help and protect people and that enlarged the federal government's role and cost.

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The U.S. declared war on _______ after its suprise attack on Pearl Harbor, marking the U.S.'s entry into WWII.

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Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and then Congress declared war on Japan.

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Japan attacked the U.S. Naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and then Congress declared war on Japan.

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During WWII, federal powers grew and wages, employment, and internal migration all ________.

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WWII ended the Great Depression by almost eliminating unemployment. Many women and minorities moved into the workforce and wages improved.

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WWII ended the Great Depression by almost eliminating unemployment. Many women and minorities moved into the workforce and wages improved.

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Hitler's racist "final solution," called the _________, resulted in the murder of more than six million Jews.

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The Holocaust came to light as the U.S. and its Allies advanced toward Germany and liberated Nazi concentration camps across Europe.

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The Holocaust came to light as the U.S. and its Allies advanced toward Germany and liberated Nazi concentration camps across Europe.

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The Battle of ________ was the first U.S. victory and a turning point in the Pacific theater during WWII.

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The Battle of Midway was fought entirely by planes from carriers in the ocean. It resulted in the U.S.'s first Pacific victory.

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The Battle of Midway was fought entirely by planes from carriers in the ocean. It resulted in the U.S.'s first Pacific victory.

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WWII ended when Japan surrendered after the U.S. dropped an atomic bomb on _____________.

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Japan did not surrender after Hiroshima was bombed, but did so after the U.S. used its last atom bomb on Nagasaki. An atom bomb was not dropped on Tokyo.

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Japan did not surrender after Hiroshima was bombed, but did so after the U.S. used its last atom bomb on Nagasaki. An atom bomb was not dropped on Tokyo.

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Greater than ____ million people (civilian and military) died as a result of WWII, including ~415,000 U.S. troops.

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Over 50 million people died as a result of WWII. More than 70% of all deaths were Soviet, Chinese, or Polish citizens and soldiers.

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Over 50 million people died as a result of WWII. More than 70% of all deaths were Soviet, Chinese, or Polish citizens and soldiers.

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