Event
This Cold War competition pushed the U.S. and Soviet Union to send people into space
Space Race
I refused to give up my seat on a Montgomery bus in 1955.
Rosa Parks
This president was famous for saying “I am not a crook.”
President Nixon
If a source supports government relief programs, bank reform, and job creation during the 1930s, it most likely supports this set of programs.
New Deal
This industrialist controlled much of the nation’s oil industry through Standard Oil.
JD Rockefeller
This scandal forced President Nixon to resign
I invented the light bulb and held over 1,000 patents
Thomas Edison
American History
If a speech argues the United States should avoid overseas involvement after World War I, it most likely supports this policy.
Isolationism
This steel industrialist believed wealthy Americans should use their money to help society
Andrew Carnegie
If a source criticizes monopolies, poor working conditions, and child labor, it most likely comes from this reform era.
Progressive
I was intended to preserve peace after World War I, but the United States never joined me
League of Nations
This president got shot while giving a speech in 1912 and still finished the speech.
Teddy Roosevelt
These two presidents are most connected to the expansion of federal government power during economic crises.
FDR and LBJ
This photographer exposed poor living conditions in urban slums with works like How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis
This event brought the United States and Soviet Union closest to nuclear war.
Cuban Missile Crisis
I was the foreign policy that promised U.S. support to nations resisting communism after World War II.
Truman Doctrine
I have a heart that never beats,
I have a crown but no king meets,
I have leaves but no branches you see.
What am I?
A deck of playing cards
Both the Interstate Highway System and the Space Race were influenced by fears connected to this global conflict
This social reformer opened Hull House to help immigrants and the urban poor
Jane Addams
This Cold War event involved the Soviet Union blocking access to West Berlin
Berlin Blockade
I argued that segregation violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment
Brown vs Board of Education
I was born in freedom but raised in chains. I caused a massive divide in the nation, but ultimately served to make it whole again. While millions of Americans fought over me, I cost a staggering $6.2 billion and claimed over 600,000 lives.
What am I?
The Civil War
Both the Palmer Raids and McCarthyism were fueled by fear of this political ideology.
Communism
This senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists during the Red Scare.
Joseph McCarthy