Unit 1 - Roaring Twenties
The era when alcohol was banned in the United States was known as
Prohibition
What event in 1929 triggered the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
Who was the Dictator of Germany?
Adolf Hitler
What was the United States trying to "contain" during the Cold War?
Communism
Rosa Parks refusing to give up her seat on a Montgomery public bus led to what boycott?
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Famous mobster and gang boss during the 1920s
Al Capone
Name of a shanty town named after President Hoover that Americans lived in during the Great Depression
Hooverville
What event led the United States into World War II on December 7th, 1941?
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
Who was the Senator from Wisconsin that claimed to have a list of 200 communists working for the US government?
Joseph McCarthy
What is Minnijean Brown and the Little Rock Nine famous for?
Being the first African American teenagers to integrate/attend an all white school
A nickname for an illegal bar during Prohibition
Speakeasy
Which President is responsible for the creation of the New Deal to help address the Great Depression?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Many Americans planted these in their backyards
Victory Gardens
Explain the concept of Domino Theory.
The idea that if one country falls to communism, the rest will follow.
It ended legal segregation by ruling that separate schools were inherently unconstitutional
The era during the 1920s which revived African American art, music, and poetry
The Harlem Renaissance
What was the purpose of the New Deal program called the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
To insure banks in case they close or to restore confidence in American banks
What happened to Japanese Americans in the United States during World War II?
Many were placed in internment camps.
Why did schools practice "Duck and Cover" drills in school? (Remember what Bert the turtle said!)
In case of a nuclear attack, they were told to hide under their desks.
What is the overall significance of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, held by Rev. MLK Jr. in 1963?
Where a quarter million people gathered to demand equal civil and economic rights for African Americans, along with other marginalized groups
Why did many African Americans leave the South during the Great Migration?
Escape segregation, racism and violence, seek better job opportunities in cities
Name the three R's of the New Deal Program
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What was the purpose of the GI Bill?
Provided returning World War II veterans job opportunities, housing and educational opportunities
What was the purpose of the House of Un-American Activities Committee? (HUAC)
Searching out suspected Communist infiltration, most notably within the U.S. Government and Hollywood
What was the purpose of the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
It protected African Americans' right to vote by eliminating discriminatory voting practices, like poll taxes and literacy tests