Review: US History Final Exam - pt 1 | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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GRIGGS International Academy - US History Final Exam Review

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What was Jamestown?

The first successful British colony in the Americas

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What was sharecropping?

Renting the land and paying with a share of the cropps - least beneficial for the sharecroppers

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Why was Hoover cautions in interfering with the market during the Great Depression?

His political phylosophy was of a free market

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How did US prevent the German U-boats from attacking the supplies they sent to Europe?

The convoy system

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What does graft mean?

illegal use of political influence for personal gain

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The "imminence of comunism" was used to justify what political regime in Brazil?

Military dictatorship

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What was the impact of new inventions in the workplace in the late 19th century?

Production of larger quantities of products in shorter time

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What is NAACP?

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People - focused on education and law to obtain equality.

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What´s the name of the day the stock market crashed - Oct. 29, 1929?

Black Tuesday

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True or False: The purpose of the United Nations is distribute economic and military aid to third world countries

False - to provide a forum to peacefully resolve disputes

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What was the Marshall Plan?

American plan to help European countries after WW2

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True or False: The USA and Brazil entered WW2 on the same year.

True

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What is the mixture of imigrant cultures to form the American Culture called?

Melting pot

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What is Nationalism?

Devotion to one’s own interests and culture

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Which was the longest period of unempoyment in the 1900s

The Great Depression

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What was the Dust Bowl?

Severe drought with high winds due to crop overproduction

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