World War I and Its Aftermath
This U.S. policy aimed to avoid foreign conflicts before World War I.
What is isolationism?
This president’s “Return to Normalcy” policy boosted the 1920s economy
Who is Warren Harding?
This 1964 act banned discrimination in public places and employment.
What is the Civil Rights Act?
This New Deal program raised debates about federal power over states.
What is Social Security?
This late 1800s event drew thousands to Alaska seeking gold.
What is the Klondike Gold Rush?
This plan by Woodrow Wilson proposed a League of Nations to prevent future wars.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This innovation by Henry Ford made cars affordable for many Americans.
What is the assembly line?
This 1965 law eliminated literacy tests to protect voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act?
This WWII order led to Japanese-American internment camps.
What is Executive Order 9066?
This canal cut shipping distances between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is the Panama Canal?
This treaty ended World War I but imposed harsh penalties on Germany.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These were planted during World War II to support food supplies at home.
What are Victory Gardens?
This governor used the National Guard to block school desegregation in Arkansas.
Who is Orval Faubus?
This post-9/11 act expanded surveillance, sparking privacy debates.
What is the USA PATRIOT Act?
This 1930s disaster was worsened by drought and overfarming.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This act required young American men to register for the draft in 1917.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This was responsible for increasing the demand for consumer goods in the second half of the 20th century?
What is the TV?
This Alabama governor famously supported “segregation forever.”
Who is George Wallace?
This president tried to expand the Supreme Court to support his New Deal.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This 2005 hurricane overwhelmed New Orleans’ levees.
What is Hurricane Katrina?
This 1917 law limited free speech, leading to the "clear and present danger" test.
What is the Espionage Act?
This 1973 event by OPEC caused gas shortages in the U.S.
What is the oil embargo?
This 1948 executive order desegregated the U.S. armed forces.
What is Truman’s Executive Order (or Executive Order 9981)?
This 2000 Supreme Court case stopped a Florida recount, deciding the election.
What is Bush v. Gore?
This human factor, like poor crop rotation, contributed to the Dust Bowl.
What is overplanting?