Growth & Reform (1877–1920)
This term describes the rapid growth of factories and manufacturing in the late 1800s.
What is industrialization?
This global conflict lasted from 1914–1918.
What is World War I?
This attack caused the United States to enter World War II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
This movement fought for equal rights for African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
These terrorist attacks occurred on September 11, 2001.
What is 9/11?
These organizations fought for better wages and working conditions for workers.
What are labor unions?
This major economic crisis began in 1929.
What is the Great Depression?
This term describes the political tension between the U.S. and Soviet Union after WWII.
What is the Cold War?
This civil rights leader became famous for promoting nonviolent protest.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This global network changed communication and technology worldwide.
What is the Internet?
This amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This event caused many banks and businesses to fail in 1929.
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This U.S. policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
This war caused major protests in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s.
What is the Vietnam War?
This term describes increasing worldwide connections through trade and communication.
What is globalization?
This reform movement focused on fixing social and political problems in the early 1900s.
What is the Progressive Era?
This was the name of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s recovery program.
What is the New Deal?
This program helped rebuild Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This political scandal led to President Nixon’s resignation.
What is Watergate?
These wars began after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
What are the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
This businessman became famous for controlling the oil industry.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This government program created retirement support for elderly Americans.
What is Social Security?
This international organization was created after WWII to promote peace.
What is the United Nations?
This term describes the forced separation of races.
What is segregation?
This former rival of the United States collapsed in 1991, ending the Cold War.
What is the Soviet Union?