Spring Final Study Guide With 100% Correct Answers

Panama Canal Treaty {Ans: A treaty ratified by the Senate in 1978 that would gradually transfer the operation and control of the Panama Canal from the US to the Panamanians, a process to be completed by the year 2000.}Stock market in the 1920s {Ans: stock prices fell drastically; without buyers, the stocks became essentially worthless; cause bank crashes, &c.}March on Washington {Ans: a large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. widely credited as helping lead to the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the National Voting Rights Act (1965). 80% of the marchers were black. a. Philip Randolph.}18th Amendment {Ans: Prohibition of alcohol}Allied strategy in WWII {Ans: Leapfrogging, also known as island hopping, was a military strategy employed by the Allies in the Pacific War against Japan and the Axis powers during World War II.}1968 Democratic National Convention {Ans: Was held in Chicago. Purpose was to elect a suitable nominee to run as the Democratic Party's choice for prez in the 1968 election. Events that led to