Unit 6 - Westward Migration & Gilded Age
This massive construction project linked the East and West coasts, making it possible to travel across the country in days instead of months
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
After winning this 1898 war, the U.S. gained control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This was a explosion of African American art, music, and literature that started in a New York City neighborhood.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This "date which will live in infamy" marks the surprise Japanese attack on a U.S. naval base in Hawaii.
What is Pearl Harbor?
Winston Churchill used this term to describe the invisible "curtain" dividing democratic West Europe from communist East Europe.
What is the Iron Curtain?
He was the "King of Steel" who used the Bessemer Process to build his massive business empire.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
The U.S. entered WWI partly because Germany used this "unrestricted" submarine strategy to sink merchant ships
What is Unrestricted Submarine Warfare?
This "Black Tuesday" event in 1929 saw the value of stocks plummet and marked the start of the Great Depression
What is the Stock Market Crash?
This was the massive Allied invasion of Normandy, France, which began the liberation of Western Europe.
What is D-Day?
This was the U.S. policy of trying to stop the spread of communism anywhere in the world.
What is Containment?
This describes a company that has total control over an entire industry, leaving no room for competition.
What is a Monopoly?
This was a secret German message asking Mexico to attack the U.S. in exchange for getting their lost land back.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
This president created the "New Deal," a series of government programs designed to provide "Relief, Recovery, and Reform".
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?
This naval battle is considered the turning point in the Pacific because the U.S. destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers.
What is the Battle of Midway?
This 13-day standoff over nuclear missiles in a neighboring island country was the closest the world came to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This word describes the rapid growth of cities as people moved from farms to work in factories.
What is Urbanization?
President Woodrow Wilson's plan for a "just and lasting peace" after the war was known by this numerical name.
What are the Fourteen Points?
This era was created by the 18th Amendment, which made it illegal to manufacture or sell alcohol.
What is Prohibition?
This was the top-secret U.S. project that developed the first atomic bombs.
What is the Manhattan Project?
The U.S. fought in this Southeast Asian war because they feared the "Domino Theory"—that if one country fell to communism, others would follow.
What is the Vietnam War
These were investigative journalists who "mucked around" to expose corruption and poor working conditions.
Who are Muckrakers?
This was the international peace-keeping organization that Wilson wanted to join, but the U.S. Senate rejected.
What is the League of Nations?
This was a massive environmental disaster on the Great Plains caused by drought and poor farming practices.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This fictional character became a famous symbol for the millions of women who worked in defense plants during the war
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
The "Cold War" is considered to have ended when this famous wall in Germany finally came down in 1989.
What is the Berlin Wall?