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1. What factors motivated America imperialism?

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Global Competition, Desire for Military Strength, Thirst for New Markets, & Belief in Cultural Superiority

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2. How did Queen Liliuokalani's goals conflict with American imperialists in Hawaii?

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Queen Liliuokalani promoted the removal of property ownership qualification for voting. She wanted "Hawaii for Hawaiians".

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3. What were the causes and outcome of the Spanish American War?

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Cause: De Lome Letters and Sinking of U.S.S. Maine (Yellow Journalism) Outcome: America Won and took over Cuba, Philippines, and Caribbean. Became a World Power.

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4. Describe the terms of the Treaty of Paris of 1898?

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The United States and Spain signed and armistice, a cease-fire agreement, on August 12. On Dec. 10, 1898, the United States and Spain met in Paris to agree on a treaty. At the peace talks, Spain freed Cuba and turned over the islands of Guam in the Pacific and Puerto Rico in the West Indies to the United States. Spain also sold the Philippines to the United States for $20 million.

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5. Explain America's role in the Chinese Boxer Rebellion.

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The United States was awarded a settlement of $24.5 million. It used about $4 million to pay American citizens for actual losses incurred during the rebellion. In 1908, the U.S. government returned the rest of the money to China to be used for the purpose of educating Chinese people

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6. Why was America interested in Puerto Rico and Cuba?

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to protect American businesses including sugar, tobacco, mining, railroads and public utilities. Used as military bases in Caribbean.

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1. What were the main reasons for the US involvement in WWI?

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The Sinking of the Lustania and other boats which threatened US Shipping in the Atlantic Ocean, the Zimmerman Notes, to ensure Allied repayment of debts to the United States.

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2. Where did Germany begin its war offensive, and what happened there?

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The Schlieffen Plan was to mobilize and quickly defeat France in the west and move against Russia in the east. This FAILED because the French held off the Germans at the Battle of Marne.

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3. How did the US mobilize a strong military during WWI?

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Selective Service Act (or the Draft) 24 Million Registered - 3 Million were Selected

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4. What new weapons made fighting in WWI deadlier than fighting in previous wars?

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Submarine warfare, Automatic weapons, tanks, Airplanes, chemical (gas) warfare.

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5. What methods did the US government use to sell the war the nation?

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Short: Propaganda Long: To popularize the war, the government set up the nation's first propaganda agency, the Committee on Public Information (CPI). Propaganda is a kind of biased communication designed to influence people's thoughts and actions. The head of the CPI was a former muckraking journalist named George Creel.

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6. What events during the war undermined civil liberties?

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Anti-Immigration Policies: Espionage and Sedition Acts, a person could be fined up to $10,000 and sentenced to 20 years in jail for interfering with the war effort or for saying anything disloyal, profane, or abusive about the government or the war effort.

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7. What were the major effects of the Treaty of Versailles?

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Germany took all the blame, was disarmed, and had to pay all costs. Treaty that ended WWI Created a League of Nations + new nations were formed

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8. How did Wilson's support for the League of Nations stand in the way of Senate support for the Treaty?

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- Herbert Hoover noted, "The economic consequences alone will pull down all Europe and thus injure the United States." - Treaty was a sell-out to imperialism because it simply exchanged one set of colonial rulers for another.

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1. Explain how the Red Scare, the Sacco and Vanzetti case, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan reflected concerns held by many Americans.

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Red Scare - Fear of growing communism in Europe would spread to the Americas S & V - Italian Immigrants who were arrested and sentenced to death for robberey and murder under circumstantial evidence. Victims of extreme Nativism in America. KKK- rose again with anti-communist and anti-immigration trends.

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2. Describe the primary goal of the immigration quota system established in 1921.

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to sharply cut European and Asian immigration into the US.

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3. What did Harding want to do to return America to "normalcy"?

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raise tariffs and receive reparations from WWI

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4. Summarize the Teapot Dome scandal.

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The Teapot Dome scandal occurred while Warren G. Harding was President of the United States. A Cabinet member leased oil reserves to a private company that were meant for use by the United States Navy without the approval of Congress. This took place in the early 1920's.

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5. How did changes in technology in the 1920s influence American life?

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Cars caused urban sprawl. Commercial Planes made traveling quicker. New tech led to Electrical household Appliances. Installment plans to pay for goods.

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6. What evidence suggests that the prosperity on the 1920s was not on a firm foundation?

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- Gaps between Workers and Management wages. - Overproduction of Agriculture and Mining. - Lack of prosperity in railroads

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1. Why heavy governmental funding was needed to enforce the Volstead Act?

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Only 1,500 poorly paid federal agents and local police were hired for a job that included involved patrolling 18,700 miles of coastline as well as inland borders, tracking down illegal stills (equipment for distilling liquor), monitoring highways for truckloads of illegal alcohol, and overseeing all the industries that legally used alcohol.

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2. Explain the circumstances and outcome of the Scopes trial?

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- Scopes taught a lesson on evolution in an era of fundamentalist beliefs. - he was convicted and fined It represented a fight over evolution and the role of science and religion in public schools and American Society

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3. In what ways did flappers rebel against the earlier styles and attitudes of the Victorian Age?

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Fashion - short skirts, minimal clothing, dark hair Social - Smoke and Drank Attitudes - fun and easy going

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4. What key social, economic and technological changes of the 1920s affected women's marriages and family life?

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Women experience greater social and economic freedom, they also experienced greater equality in marriage.

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5. How did high school change in the 1920s?

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- Significant growth in students attending high school. - Had to adapt to immigrant children. - Increase in education taxes

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6. Give examples of the flaws of American society that some famous 1920s authors attacked in their writing.

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"Age of Innocence" - Edith Wharton Ex-Patriat Writers fled American society for more cultural places like France and Spain.

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7. What do the Great Migration and the growth of the NAACP and UNIA reveal about the African American experience in this period?

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Racism was still very alive and Blacks wanted rights.

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8. What were some of the important themes treated by African American writers in the Harlem Renaissance?

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- Celebrated their heritage - Wrote about their trials of being black in a white world - discussed the difficulty of their lives

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1. How were farmers effected by the 1920s and explain their situation during the great depression?

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- overproduction of crops post WWI - crop prices declined by nearly 40% - farmers went into debt - dust bowl ruined millions of acres of farmable land

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2. What were the effects of the stock market crash?

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- Sara if you didn't know this one you are literally retarded. - total chaos. - american dollar was ruined.

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3. How were shantytowns, soup kitchens and bread lines a response to the Depression?

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Shantytowns - People couldnt pay their rents so they spent nights in shacks and tents to save money Soup kitchens & Bread lines- Americans couldnt pay for food so volunteers helped give food to those who couldnt afford it.

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4. Why did minorities often experience an increase in discrimination during the Great Depression?

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It was harder for them to find jobs. The whites competed for the same jobs so they harrassed the Blacks and Mexicans resulting in Blacks getting lynched and Mexicans being deported.

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5. What pressures did the American family experience during the Depression?

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many men left their families because they were ashamed they couldn't supply for them. Women worked hard to help and canned food and sewed clothes. Children were often malnourished and went to work instead of going to school.

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6. How did Hoover's treatment of the Bonus Army affect the standing with the Public?

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Hoover tried to disband the Bonus Army and set soldiers to break them apart. Americans were outraged at the government's treatment of the veterans.

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7. What ways did Hoover try to use the government to relieve the Depression?

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Hoover passed the Federal Home Loan Bank Act and passed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He tried to establish the National Credit Corporation for banks too.

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1. How did FDR change the role of the federal government during his first 100 days?

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He passed more than 15 major pieces of New Deal legislation and significantly expanded federal government's role in nation's economy.

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2. Summarize the reasons why some people opposed the New Deal.

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People argued that the New Deal did not go far enough to help the poor and to reform the nation's economic system. Others argued Roosevelt spent too much on direct relief and used New Deal policies to control business and socialize economy.

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3. In what ways did the New Deal programs extend federal aid?

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The New Deal focused on relief for the needy, economic recovery and financial reform.

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4. How did the Wagner Act help working people?

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The Federal Government protected the right of workers to join unions and engage in collective bargaining with employers as well as prohibit unfair labor practices such as threatening workers, firing union members and interfering with union organizing.

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6. Why did urban voters support FDR and the Democrats?

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They supported FDR because he passed the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act. They also approved a second Agricultural Adjustment Act.

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7. What purpose did radio and movie serve during the Depression?

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they offered a source of entertainment and provided a window on a different more exciting world.

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8. Explain how the New Deal programs supported artists and writers in the 1930s?

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The Federal Art Project paid artists a living wage to produce public art as a way to increase public appreciation of art and to promote positive images of American society.

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10. What benefits did the TVA Tennessee Valley Authority provide?

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This harnesses water power to generate electricity and to help prevent disastrous floods in the Tennessee Valley.

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1. What were Stalin's goals and what steps did he take to achieve them?

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Stalin focused on creating a model communist state and made both agricultural/industrial growth price for economic goals of Union. He abolished all privately owned farms and replaced them with collectives. He outlined several "five year plans" to direct industrialization.

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2. How did Germany's and Italy's involvement affect the outcome of the Spanish Civil War?

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Germany and Italy backed Franco's forces with troops, weapons, tanks and fighter planes which let the Spanish army officers win against the Spanish republic.

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3. Why was the blitzkrieg effective?

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it was the lighting war. made use of advances in military technology such as fast tanks, more powerful aircraft. It took the enemy by surprise and then quickly crushed all opposition with overwhelming force.

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4. What terms of surrender did Hitler demand of the French after the fall of France in 1940? How were they controlled by the Nazi regime?

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The terms were Germans would occupy the northern part of France and a Nazi-controlled puppet government controlled by Marshal Philippe Petain.

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5. What groups did Nazi deem unfit to belong to the Aryan master race?

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Jewish people, Slavs and all nonwhites. They were all apart of the "Inferior races"

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6. How did some Europeans show their resistance to Nazi persecution of the Jews?

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Many European countries denied Jewish people entrance into their countries. Many people worried that allowing Jews in would affect the economy.

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7. What Congressional measures paved the way for the US entry into WWII?

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The United States increased spending for national defense and passed the nation's first peacetime military draft.

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8. Why did the US enter WWII?

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Pearl Harbor was the main reason because they had attacked on our soil. Hitler threatened democracy and our dependence on foreign economies.

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1. How did the US military reflect the diversity of American society during WWII?

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women were now able to serve in noncombat positions thanks to the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. Also allowed blacks to serve.

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2. How did the federal government's actions influence civilian life during WWII?

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the government encouraged Americans to use extra case to buy war bonds. Also, the War Production Board decided which companies would convert from peacetime to wartime production and allocated raw materials to key industries.

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3. What role did the media play in helping the country mobilize for war?

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Created war propaganda films

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4. How did the Allies win control of the Atlantic Ocean between '41 and '43?

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The Allies started to travel in a convoy system and in groups to protect each other so German wolf-packs couldn't sink ships.

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5. What was the significance of the Battle of Stalingrad?

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The non-aggression pact that Stalin and Hitler had signed was broken because Hitler invaded Stalin's ground. the Soviet victory marked a turning point.

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6. How did the Battle of the Bulge signal the beginning of the end of WWII?

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This showed that the Germans could be beat and that they did have weaknesses. This proved to be a major turning point in the war.

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7. Describe the island war in the Pacific?

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The Battle of Midway was a turning point because the Americans had "avenged Pearl Harbor". Then the Americans started island hopping and won territory back from Japanese.

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8. Why did President Truman decide to use the atomic weapons?

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President Truman used the bomb because Japan still had a huge army that would defend every inch of homeland and it was the only way to avoid an invasion of Japan.

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9. How did the US economy change during WWII?

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All extra money was used to buy war bonds while many people started to send in metal objects and started rationing their food.

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10. What events show the persistence of racial tensions during the war?

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A. Philip Randolph organized a march on Washington in protest to discrimination both in the military and in industry. as a result, Roosevelt issued an executive order calling on employers and labor unions "to provide for the full and equitable participation of all workers in defense industries, without discrimination because of race, creed, color or national origin."

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What caused the former Allies of WWII to split during the Cold War?

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After WWII the allies both had drastically different ideas for the future.

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2. In a command economy and a capitalistic economy, who makes economic decisions?

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Capitalistic - businesses and individuals have the freedom to pursue their own economic interests, buying and selling goods on a competitive market, which naturally determines a fair price for goods and services. Command - In a communist society, the central government controls the entire economy, allocating resources and dictating prices for goods and services

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3. What was the most important Supreme Court Decision of the 1950s concerning African Americans?

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This question is gay just like you, because its a subjective question. There were like 6 cases in 1950's and all of them had to do with racism and blacks.

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5. What were the dangers of McCarthyism during the 1950s?

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Many people were too afraid to speak out on public issues

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6. What were the important espionage cases of the 1950s?

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the Hollywood 10 Alger Hiss the Rosenbergs

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7. What was the outcome of the election of 1948? .. of 1952?

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1948 - Harry S. Truman 1952 - Dwight D. Eisenhower

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