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GED U.S. History Exam 48 Questions with Verified Answers D Day - CORRECT ANSWER June 6, 1944; Led by Eisenhower, over a million troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, France and began the process ... of re-taking France Articles of Confederation - CORRECT ANSWER American's first documented government Bill of Rights - CORRECT ANSWER The first 10 Amendments to the Constitution; Promises many individual freedoms Declaration of Independence - CORRECT ANSWER Document published on July 4, 1776, declaring the freedoms of the 13 Colonies from Britain The Preamble - CORRECT ANSWER Is the beginning of the Constitution and explains the basic goals of the U.S. government U.S. Constitution - CORRECT ANSWER Document establishing principles for a centralized government; Ratified in 1788 Battle of Long Island/New York - CORRECT ANSWER Largest battle; America lost under control on George Wash.; British gained control on New York Boston Massacre - CORRECT ANSWER Men were defending themselves and 5 men got killed, victims won Bunker Hill - CORRECT ANSWER British defeated Americans, despite their loss, this battle Americans a confidence boost First and Second Continental Congress - CORRECT ANSWER First: Made olive branch petition (first attempt at independence) Second: Came up with new declaration 1 year later Impressment - CORRECT ANSWER British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service Intolerable Acts - CORRECT ANSWER Boston harbor was closed down until the tea was paid for, let the British people in private homes with the colonists and lowered MA government Lexington and Concord - CORRECT ANSWER Battle that started the Revolutionary War; Shot heard around the world Louisiana Purchase - CORRECT ANSWER Jefferson purchased Louisiana from the French in 1803 Stamp Act - CORRECT ANSWER Tax on all printed materials Treaty of Paris - CORRECT ANSWER Peace agreement that ended the Revolutionary War Whisky Rebellion - CORRECT ANSWER PA farmers refused to pay tax until American army enforces it, this upholds the power of the new federal government American Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER 1776-1781, war that led to the U.S. independence from Britain The Great Compromised - CORRECT ANSWER When large and small states agreed that Congress should have two parts Reconstruction - CORRECT ANSWER Period following the Civil War when federal troops oversaw the rebuilding of the South U.S. Civil War - CORRECT ANSWER 1861-1865; War fought between Union and Confederacy over slavery and states' rights Allies WWI & WWII - CORRECT ANSWER Great Britain, Russia, France, U.S., and others Axis WWII - CORRECT ANSWER Germany, Italy, and Japan Central Powers WWI - CORRECT ANSWER Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire Abolition Movement - CORRECT ANSWER Group of people and series of events to end slavery Civil Rights Movement - CORRECT ANSWER Social and political movement to end segregation and discrimination against African Americans Korean War 1950-1953 - CORRECT ANSWER U.S. fought to end communist interests; U.S., Korea, and China WWI 1914-1918 - CORRECT ANSWER U.S. entered war in 1917; Allies won against Central Powers Vietnam War 1956-1975 - CORRECT ANSWER U.S. fought to end communist interests in Vietnam and the U.S. lost; North and South Vietnam, U.S. WWII 1939-1945 - CORRECT ANSWER U.S. entered in 1941. The Allies won against the Axis; French and Indian War 1754-1763 - CORRECT ANSWER France, England, American colonist, and Indian tribes Iraq War 2003-2011 - CORRECT ANSWER Iraq, U.S., Great Britain, and other allies Mexican-American War 1846-1848 - CORRECT ANSWER Mexico, U.S. Persian Gulf War 1990-1991 - CORRECT ANSWER Iraq, U.S., NATO allies Philippine-American War 1899-1902 - CORRECT ANSWER U.S., Filipino revolutionaries Progressive Era - CORRECT ANSWER Time of great reform movements. Americans began to question many programs that were the law War of 1812 - CORRECT ANSWER France, Great Britain, Americans, Indian Tribes Spanish-American War 1898 - CORRECT ANSWER U.S. and Spain Cuban Missile Crisis - CORRECT ANSWER 13 day period in October 1962 when Soviet nuclear missile were pointed at the U.S. in Cuba Domino Theory - CORRECT ANSWER The idea that if a nation falls under communist control, nearby nations will also fall under the communist control Marshall Plan - CORRECT ANSWER The U.S. supplied economic aid to European nations to help them rebuild after WWII NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) - CORRECT ANSWER Military alliance created in 1949 made up of 12 non-Communist countries including the U.S. that support each other if attacked Truman Doctrine - CORRECT ANSWER A U.S. policy, announced by President Harry Truman in 1947, of providing economic and military aid to free nations threatened by internal or external opponents Warsaw Pact - CORRECT ANSWER A military alliance formed in 1955 by the Soviet Union and its Eastern European satellites The League of Nations - CORRECT ANSWER Formed after WWI as a place where countries could meet to work out their differences without war Jim Crow Laws - CORRECT ANSWER Southern states made laws for blacks to keep them separated from whites Civil Rights Act - CORRECT ANSWER 1957 and 1960 - 1. Strengthen voting rights for black 2. Increased punishments for crimes against blacks 1964 - A federal law that authorized federal action against segregation in public accommodations, public facilities, and employment NAACP - CORRECT ANSWER Organization which fought for civil rights for African Americans [Show More]

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