1920s, Great Depression and New Deal
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
Celebration of African American Culture
The US entered WW2 because of an attack on what?
Pearl Harbor
The "Iron Curtain" divided what continent?
Europe
What is separate but equal that was declared constitutional by Plessy v. Ferguson?
racial segregation
What is the capital of New York?
Albany
Why did organized crime grow in the 1920s?
Prohibition - alcohol being illegal
Japanese Americans were force into what because of Executive Order 9066?
Internment camps
Why did the Cold War develop after WW2?
Different goals between the US and USSR
What method did Martin Luther King Jr. use in the Civil Rights Movement?
non-violence and civil disobedience
What is the largest city in New YorK?
New York City
What did the Dust Bowl affect?
Farms in the mid-west
What did President Truman learn about when he become President after FDR died?
Manhattan Project - atomic bomb
The Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan were put into place to stop the spread of what?
Communism
What court case declared separate but equal unconstitutional?
Brown vs. Board of Education
How old do you have to be in order to vote in New York?
18
What was the aim of FDR's New Deal programs?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
D-Day was a military operation that helped to free what country from German control?
France - Normandy
The breakup of what country ended the Cold War?
USSR
What happened on 9/11?
terrorists attacks on NYC, DC, and PA
What is New York's state animal?
beaver
What New Deal program still exists today to help retirees, the disabled, and dependent children?
Social Security
Why were the Nuremberg Trials important after WW2?
Stated that individuals can be held responsible for their actions
Why did Americans protest in the Vietnam War?
It was a Civil War in Vietnam and we should not have been involved.
What is something that Wilson, FDR, and Truman in common while serving as president in the US?
President during Wars
What is New York's state snack?
yogurt