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APUSH Period 7-8-9: Modern America

APUSH periods 7 through 9, roughly 1898 to the present, covering the World Wars, the Cold War, and contemporary America.

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42 basic cards for AP US History. It opens with "What was the Open Door Policy?" and "In what year did the Spanish-American War occur?". Study it alongside the other AP sets below.

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What was the Open Door Policy?
Show answerA U.S. policy supporting equal trade access to China for all nations, opposed to European colonialism.
In what year did the Spanish-American War occur?
Show answer1898
In what year did the United States enter World War I?
Show answer1917
What did the Treaty of Versailles do to Germany after World War I?
Show answerIt imposed harsh reparations, territorial losses, and military restrictions on Germany.
During what years was Prohibition in effect in the United States?
Show answer1920-1933
What cultural movement dominated the 1920s in America?
Show answerThe Jazz Age, marked by new music, literature, art, and social freedoms.
What event triggered the Great Depression?
Show answerThe stock market crash of October 1929.
What was the New Deal?
Show answerPresident Franklin D. Roosevelt's program of relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
In what year was Pearl Harbor attacked?
Show answer1941
On what date did the D-Day invasion of France occur?
Show answerJune 6, 1944
In what year was the United Nations founded?
Show answer1945
What was the Cold War policy of containment?
Show answerA strategy to prevent the spread of communism and Soviet influence around the world.
Who famously described an 'Iron Curtain' dividing Eastern and Western Europe?
Show answerBritish Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
During what years did the Soviet Union blockade West Berlin?
Show answer1948-1949
During what years was the Korean War fought?
Show answer1950-1953

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