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What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
200 point Bonus Question- Who was the leader of the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This year long boycott of the bus system in Alabama was successful in de-segregating seeing on city buses.
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What is US, Britain, Soviet Union- Allies. Italy, Germany, Japan- Axis powers
The major Axis powers and Allied powers of World War II.
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What is for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
200 point bonus- Use one of these fanboys correctly in a sentence.
FANBOYS
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What are the Judicial Branch (Supreme Court), the Executive Branch (President), and the Legislative Branch (Congress)?
The three branches of U.S. government and who is in charge of each.
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What is Black Tuesday?
On this one day in 1929, investors lost a total of 16 billion dollars in the Stock Market.
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What are Jim Crow laws?
200 point Bonus Question- What Supreme Court Case established the doctrine of "separate but equal"
These laws condoned the idea of "separate but equal" treatment of African Americans.
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Central Powers- Ottoman Empire, Austria-Hungary-Germany
Allied Powers- Britain, Russia, France, Japan & US
The Central Powers and Allied Powers of World War I.
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What is a complex sentence?
Bonus Question- Write another complex sentence using a different subordinating conjunction.
What type of sentence is this?
The girl was madly in love with the boy even though he didn't even know she existed. |
What is the Electoral College? 200 point bonus- How many electoral votes does a candidate need to win?
This is a special body who is in charge of electing presidents in the USA.
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What is the Dust Bowl?
200 point bonus- What is John Steinbook's novel about the Dust Bowl titled?
The severe drought that gripped the Plains in the early 1930s that brought huge dust storms and financial ruin to many Americans was called this.
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What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
200 point bonus question- What was the little girl's name who this class action law suit was named after?
This landmark Supreme Court case made segregating schools illegal and began when a little girl anther parents made a class action suit against the Board of Education in Topeka Kansas
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Dropping the atomic bombs on the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan.
These were the final events that ended World War II.
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What is a compound-complex sentence?
Bonus Question- Write another compound-complex sentence correctly.
What type of sentence is this?
When I decided to get my GED, I didn't realize it was going to be the best choice I had ever made, for it opened doorways that otherwise would have remained closed. |
What is the 8th Amendment?
200 point Bonus Question- What else does this amendment prohibit?
This amendment states that no cruel and unusual punishment can be inflicted.
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What are Hoovervilles?
This is what many shanty towns during the Great Depression were called due to the fact that American's blamed the current president for the problems that were happening in the country at the time.
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Who are Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone.
These 3 women formed 2 separate women's suffrage organizations after the passage of the 15th Amendment.
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What are Japanese Americans being taken from their homes and placed into internment camps.
During WWII this group of American Citizens became suspects and these actions were taken against them.
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What is a fragment and a run-on?
What two problems can you find? Name them:
Going to go to town soon. I've really been needing to get some more grass seed for my lawn and I need to get some more soil for my garden. |
What is the 5th amendment?
This amendment states that no person shall be forced to be a witness against himself and protects people from double jeopardy (being tried for the same offense more than once.)
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Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200 point bonus question- What did the Agricultural Adjustment Act do?
This President came into office in 1932 at the height of the Great Depression and came up with a plan, called the New Deal, to get the country back onto its feet.
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What is 1924 and President Calvin Coolidge.
In this year________________, the Indian Citizenship Act was signed into law by President ____________.
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What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200 point Bonus Question- List 3 things this treaty called for.
This Treaty officially ended World War I on June 28th, 1919.
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What is a misleading analogy?
Bonus Question- List 5 more fallacies.
Determine the fallacy
Prayer in school is like cereal for breakfast. They both get the morning off to a good start. |
What are Checks and Balances? 200 point bonus- How can the Judicial Branch check the powers of Congress when they pass a new law?
This system ensures that each branch of government has some measure of influence over the other branches and may choose to block procedures of the other branches in order
prevent any one branch from accumulating too much power |
What is liberal and conservative?
Roosevelt's belief in a stronger Federal Government, direct relief for the poor, and creation of jobs through public works represented his ___________philosophy, whereas Hoover's commitment to a more hands-off government with a balanced budget and no direct relief for the poor represented his ___________philosophy.
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