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What year did the Civil war in China begin?
1945
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How many demands did Yuan Shikai recieve from Japan?
21
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What year did the Long March end?
1935
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Where did the Long March begin?
Jiangxi
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Where did the Long March end?
Yenan
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How many rivers did the Long March cover?
24
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How were spirits kept up on the Long March?
Singing
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Which river displayed an example of extreme bravery?
Tatu River
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What was Chiang Kaishek called by his supporters?
Generalissimo
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Why was the Long March a symbolic victory?
They managed to avoid a complete defeat
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What year was a new paper currency introduced in?
1937
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What four ideas was the New Life movement based on?
Li I Lien Chih
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Where was the main support base for the GMD?
Eastern China
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What principle did people live by in the liberation areas?
Equality
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When did the Japanese attack Beijing?
July 1937
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What chinese port was captured in November 1937?
Shanghai
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What river did the Japanese use to capture Nanjing?
Yangzi River
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In 1938 approximately how many Japanese were in China?
1 million
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What was the Three All campaign?
Burn all kill all destroy all
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When did Chaing and his men flee to Taiwan?
January 1949
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What year was the attack on pearl harbour
1941
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When was the invasion of Manchuria?
1931
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How did America attempt to stop Japan from spreading its influence?
sanctions
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Why pearl harbour?
Most of the warships were there
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How many people died at Pearl Harbour?
2800
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How many banks went bankrupt after the WSC
5000
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What policy meant Hoover did little to help after the WSC?
Rugged Individualism
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What was the famous dam built in an attempt to create jobs after the WSC?
Hoover Dam
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What were Hoovervilles?
squalid cardboard campsites
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How much of the 300 million given to the states to help the unemployed in 1932 was used?
30 million
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What does FDR stand for?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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When did the Bonus Marchers march?
1932
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Who were the Bonus Marchers and what did they want?
unemployed ww1 veterans and they wanted their army pensions early
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In the scuffle that happened when trying to remove the bonus marchers, what tragedy occurred?
a child died
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What did Hoover say about the boom that caused criticism?
He said it was on the verge of eradicating poverty when 30 percent of Americans lived beneath the poverty line
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Why was FDR trustworthy?
He had done good work as Governor of New york
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Why did speculation contribute to the wsc?
real value of a company was not reflected in the shares
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Why did people panic when share prices dropped?
They could lose their house
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What was the result of banks panic selling their shares?
The prices dropped even further
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What was the problem with overproduction of consumer goods?
Everyone who was going to buy one already had
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What is meant by the term saturation in respect of the market?
It could not absorb any more
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A example of a charity who helped after WSC?
The salvation army
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Why did farmers kill their animals instead of selling them?
It was cheaper
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What was the policy of free enterprise?
he would not tax the rich to give benefits to the unemployed
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What did FDR accuse Hoover of?
Failing to take any action and failing to provide any hope for the future
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Why did the lack of hope result in FDR being elected?
everyone was too desperate to wait and see what happened
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What happened in the Emergency Banking Act?
FDR closed all the banks and only let the trustworthy ones open again
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What was the first event in the hundred days?
The Emergency Banking Act
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What commission was in charge of removing speculation in the stock market?
The Securities Exchange Commission
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What was the aim of the federal emergency relief administration?
to help the poor
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What does CCC stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps
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How long could men sign up to the CCC for?
6 months
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What were the fireside chats for?
to restore confidence from the american people
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How often were the fireside chats?
every sunday
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What was the AAA?
Agricultural adjustment administration
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What did the AAA do?
helped farmers modernise
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What was a problem with the AAA?
modernisation put a lot of farm labourers out of work
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What was the PWA?
Public Works Administration
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What was the PWA for?
To rebuild the things the USA would need once it had recovered
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What was a benefit of the PWA?
it created millions of jobs
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What was the NRA?
National Recovery Administration
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Was the NRA voluntary or not?
Yes
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What did the NRA outlaw
child labour
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What did the dams built on the Tennessee River make possible?
irrigation of dried out lands
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what was the issue with the Tennessee Valley Authority?
the states would not cooperate
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what was a u2?
an american spy plane
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why did u2s fly so high?
so they couldn't be detected by radar
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When was the u2 crisis?
1960
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What was Truman's opinion on u2s
He didn't like them
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What was Eisenhower's opinion on u2s?
He liked them
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Who was the pilot involved in the u2 crisis?
Gary Powers
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What was the american reaction to the u2 crisis?
Denied it and said powers was lost
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What was the result of the u2 crisis?
Khruschchev pulled out of the 1960 paris conference
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When was JFK elected?
1961
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Who did Mussolin and Hitler support in the Spanish Civil war?
the fascists
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Who was the leader of the fascists in the Spanish Civil war?
General Franco
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When did the Spanish Civil war begin?
1936
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When did the Spanish Civil war end?
1939
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Who supported the communists in the spanish civil war?
the USSR
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What was the result of the spanish civil war?
Hitler became more confident in his force and was more prepared to take risks
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Who was the anti-comitern pact between?
Italy germany and japan
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What was the agreement of the anti-comitern pact?
to resist the spread of communist influence
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What did the anti-comitern pact provide Hitler with?
strong allies and confidence
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What did the anti-comitern pact mean?
anti-communist international
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what was the key part of rugged individualism?
people look after themselves
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What did rugged individualism result in?
no unemployment benefit
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No minimum wage resulted in...?
employers took advantage of employees
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What were the options for the unemployed under the policy of RI?
find work or starve
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Why did the war have a bad effect on farming?
less mouths to feed
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Why was overproduction an issue with farmers?
Prices were dropped as farmers tried to get rid of excess produce
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What was the benefit of canadian farmers
they were cheaper and more efficient
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Why did europe import less food from america after the war?
No longer had large armies to feed
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Why could farmers not get other jobs?
they were unskilled
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why were rural banks collapsing?
farmers could not afford to pay back loans
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what year was the first talking movie?
1927
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What form of entertainment was most popular in the roaring twenties?
the radio as most people owned their own
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What kind of music was very popular in the roaring twenties?
Jazz music
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What sport was a big money sport in the roaring twenties?
Baseball
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which prominent figure was a baseball fan?
al capone
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what new dance was introduced in the roaring twenties?
the charleston
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Why were the british sympathetic during the remiliterisation of the rhineland?
they thought the germans had been treated too harshly
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What impact did the french election have on france's decision not to act?
not a good image to be starting another war with germany
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Where was Britain and France's attention focused during the RofR
Abyssinia
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When was the RofR?
1936
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What did the Wagner Act do?
Forced all employers to allow trade unions to operate in their companies and let them negotiate with employers for better pay and conditions
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What did the Wagner Act make illegal?
Sacking workers for being in a union
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What was the aim of the Wagner Act?
to improve working life and reduce unemployment
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What was the WPA?
The works progress administration
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What was the RA
Resettlement Administration
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Who did the RA help?
Smallholders and tenant farmers who had not been helped by the AAA
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How did the RA help?
Moved families to better-quality land and housing
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Who replaced the RA?
The Farm Securtiy Administration
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When did it replace the RA?
1937
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What did it do?
Gave loans to farmers to help them buy land and built camps to provide decent living conditions and work for migrant workers
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Who was Huey Long?
a governor and then a senator of Louisiana
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When did Huey Long die?
1935
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When was the Schechter Poultry case?
1935
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When was the Yalta Conference?
February 1945
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What was the plan to hunt down and punish war criminals a result of?
The soldiers discovering the Nazi concentration camps
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When was the Potsdam Conference?
August 1945
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How many countries were involved in Marshall aid?
16
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How much aid was given overall?
13.5 million dollars
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What does NATO stand for?
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
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When was NATO created?
April 1949
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Who created NATO?
Harry Truman
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How did Stalin consider NATO?
As a step towards the world being divided into two military blocks
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What were Stalin's concerns about NATO?
He considered it a threat to the USSR and was concerned it would attack the GDR
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