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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - correct Answer-a group of
mostly Arab countries that sell oil to other nations and cooperates to regulate the price
and supply of oil, and placed an embargo on Israel's allies, including the U.S.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - correct Answer-agreement signed in
1993 calling for the removal of trade restrictions among Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
Jihad - correct Answer-A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or
political goal
Iran hostage crisis - correct Answer-In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the
American embassy in Tehran and held 66 Americans hostage. The Carter
administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January
20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days
in captivity.
Election of 2000 - correct Answer-George W. Bush v. Al Gore; Bush won although Gore
won popular vote; controversy over the final vote count in Florida; settled by Supreme
Court decision in favor of Bush.
Camp David Accords - correct Answer-(1978) agreement brokered by Jimmy Carter that
started a peace process in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Egyptian
al- Qaeda - correct Answer-terrorist group established by Osama Bin Latin that helped
blow up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Inflation - correct Answer-rising prices
glasnost - correct Answer-Russian term meaning "new openness," a policy in the Soviet
Union in the 1980's calling for open discussion of national problems.
apartheid - correct Answer-"apartness" the system of racial segregation in South Africa
from the 1950s until 1991
Wounded Knee (1973) - correct Answer-An event directed by the AIM wherein the area
named was occupied by the organization, and refused to leave until an investigation
was made into the numerous counts of poverty and tragic living conditions, as well as a
review of 300+ treaties delegating behaviors between the U.S. and Native American
, tribes. Native American leaders supported the movement as well. However, the village
was sieged by federal marshals and the FBI, who arrested 300 people and killed two
AIM members in the struggle lasting for three months.
baby boomers - correct Answer-(1946-1964
GI Bill of Rights - correct Answer-law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy
homes and pay for higher educations
roaring 20's - correct Answer-A period when the war had ended and there was boom of
investments were people were very happy and spent lots of money on consumer goods
SNCC - correct Answer-(Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)-a group
established in 1960 to promote and use non-violent means to protest racial
discrimination; they were the ones primarily responsible for creating the sit-in movement
Seminole Indians - correct Answer-They lived in Florida as runaways from other tribes.
They waged a seven years war against the Americans to try and remain in the east
instead of being forcibly removed to the west.
great migration - correct Answer-(WW) , movement of over 300,000 African American
from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
Hiroshima - correct Answer-City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb,
on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
Zimmermann Telegram - correct Answer-January 1917 the British intercepted a
telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German
support if Mexico declared war against the US; offered to return land Mexico lost the US
Dawes Plan - correct Answer-A plan to revive the German economy, the United States
loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can
then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.
Marcus Garvey - correct Answer-African American leader durin the 1920s who founded
the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African
Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.
Volstead Act - correct Answer-(WW), implemented the 18th Admendment. It established
illegal alcohol at above .5%, but then comes the speakeasies
Sussex Pledge - correct Answer-A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson
threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning.
Teapot Dome - correct Answer-A government scandal involving a former United States
Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921
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Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) - correct Answer-a group of
mostly Arab countries that sell oil to other nations and cooperates to regulate the price
and supply of oil, and placed an embargo on Israel's allies, including the U.S.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) - correct Answer-agreement signed in
1993 calling for the removal of trade restrictions among Canada, Mexico and the U.S.
Jihad - correct Answer-A holy struggle or striving by a Muslim for a moral or spiritual or
political goal
Iran hostage crisis - correct Answer-In November 1979, revolutionaries stormed the
American embassy in Tehran and held 66 Americans hostage. The Carter
administration tried unsuccessfully to negotiate for the hostages release. On January
20, 1981, the day Carter left office, Iran released the Americans, ending their 444 days
in captivity.
Election of 2000 - correct Answer-George W. Bush v. Al Gore; Bush won although Gore
won popular vote; controversy over the final vote count in Florida; settled by Supreme
Court decision in favor of Bush.
Camp David Accords - correct Answer-(1978) agreement brokered by Jimmy Carter that
started a peace process in the Middle East between the Israelis and the Egyptian
al- Qaeda - correct Answer-terrorist group established by Osama Bin Latin that helped
blow up the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Inflation - correct Answer-rising prices
glasnost - correct Answer-Russian term meaning "new openness," a policy in the Soviet
Union in the 1980's calling for open discussion of national problems.
apartheid - correct Answer-"apartness" the system of racial segregation in South Africa
from the 1950s until 1991
Wounded Knee (1973) - correct Answer-An event directed by the AIM wherein the area
named was occupied by the organization, and refused to leave until an investigation
was made into the numerous counts of poverty and tragic living conditions, as well as a
review of 300+ treaties delegating behaviors between the U.S. and Native American
, tribes. Native American leaders supported the movement as well. However, the village
was sieged by federal marshals and the FBI, who arrested 300 people and killed two
AIM members in the struggle lasting for three months.
baby boomers - correct Answer-(1946-1964
GI Bill of Rights - correct Answer-law passed in 1944 to help returning veterans buy
homes and pay for higher educations
roaring 20's - correct Answer-A period when the war had ended and there was boom of
investments were people were very happy and spent lots of money on consumer goods
SNCC - correct Answer-(Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee)-a group
established in 1960 to promote and use non-violent means to protest racial
discrimination; they were the ones primarily responsible for creating the sit-in movement
Seminole Indians - correct Answer-They lived in Florida as runaways from other tribes.
They waged a seven years war against the Americans to try and remain in the east
instead of being forcibly removed to the west.
great migration - correct Answer-(WW) , movement of over 300,000 African American
from the rural south into Northern cities between 1914 and 1920
Hiroshima - correct Answer-City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb,
on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
Zimmermann Telegram - correct Answer-January 1917 the British intercepted a
telegram from the German government to the Mexican government offering German
support if Mexico declared war against the US; offered to return land Mexico lost the US
Dawes Plan - correct Answer-A plan to revive the German economy, the United States
loans Germany money which then can pay reparations to England and France, who can
then pay back their loans from the U.S. This circular flow of money was a success.
Marcus Garvey - correct Answer-African American leader durin the 1920s who founded
the Universal Negro Improvement Association and advocated mass migration of African
Americans back to Africa. Was deported to Jamaica in 1927.
Volstead Act - correct Answer-(WW), implemented the 18th Admendment. It established
illegal alcohol at above .5%, but then comes the speakeasies
Sussex Pledge - correct Answer-A promise Germany made to America, after Wilson
threatened to sever ties, to stop sinking their ships without warning.
Teapot Dome - correct Answer-A government scandal involving a former United States
Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921
