1920s
This cultural movement celebrated African American culture in music, art, and literature during the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This president launched the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This surprise attack on December 7, 1941, led the U.S. to enter World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This U.S.-led operation delivered supplies to a blockaded West Berlin in 1948–49.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism around the world.
What is containment?
This industrialist used the assembly line to produce affordable cars like the Model T.
Who is Henry Ford?
This New Deal program insured bank deposits to restore trust in the financial system.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)?
This policy allowed the U.S. to supply Allied nations with weapons before entering the war.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Formed in 1945 to promote peace and cooperation, this organization replaced the League of Nations.
What is the United Nations?
This alliance was formed in 1949 between the U.S. and Western European countries for mutual defense.
What is NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
This fear of communism led to the Palmer Raids and restrictions on immigrants.
What is the Red Scare?
This program paid young men to plant trees, build parks, and conserve natural resources.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This invasion on June 6, 1944, marked the turning point in the European theater.
What is D-Day (Invasion of Normandy)?
This Cold War conflict began in 1950 when a communist country invaded its southern neighbor.
What is the Korean War?
This 1962 event brought the U.S. and Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war over missiles in Cuba.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This 1920s law greatly restricted immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
What is the Emergency Quota Act (or National Origins Act)?
This massive New Deal agency built dams and provided electricity to the rural South.
What is the TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority)?
These two cities were destroyed by U.S. atomic bombs in August 1945.
What are Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
After World War II, this global conflict emerged between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, marked by tension but no direct war.
What is the Cold War?
This plan provided economic aid to help rebuild Western Europe and resist communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This 1921–1922 conference was held to limit naval arms and promote peace after World War I.
What is the Washington Naval Conference?
Critics argued that the New Deal gave too much power to this branch of government.
What is the federal government (or executive branch)?
This top-secret project developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This 1947 policy promised U.S. support to countries resisting communism, starting with Greece and Turkey.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
This senator led a campaign in the early 1950s to expose alleged communists in government and entertainment.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?