Turn of the Century
Which states had the most cattle?
Texas, Nebraska, Kansas, California, Oklahoma and Missouri.
How did WWi start?
The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
What started the Great Depression?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
What is V-E day and V-J day?
Victory in Europe, and victory in Japan
What is a Cold War?
a state of political hostility between countries characterized by threats and propaganda
What disease made the French building the Panama Canal stop?
Yellow fever
Which ship sunk which was from America?
The RMS Lusitania
Who were the presidents during the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt
Where did Truman dropped the atomic bombs on Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What is the Iron Curtain?
Why did immigrants move to America?
To Manifest Destiny
What made the United States be in WWl?
Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships in 1917
What created the Dust Bowl?
Severe drought, over farming, government assistance
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
the star of a campaign aimed at recruiting female workers for defense industries during World War II
What is the Berlin Airlift?
Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin.
Who was president during Spanish-American War
William McKinley
What is Babe Ruth's real name?
George Herman Ruth
What people entertained everyone during WWll?
Jesse Owens, Duke Ellington, and Margaret Mitchell
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
black servicemen of the U.S. Army Air Forces. They constituted the first African American flying unit in the U.S. military.
What is NATO's purpose?
NATO's fundamental goal is to safeguard the Allies' freedom and security by political and military means.
What people were very famous during the Turn of the Century for their inventions?
Wright brothers, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and George Washington Carver.
What people were remembered because of something they did during WWl in America?
Louis Armstrong, Langston Hughes, Babe Ruth, Henry Ford, Charles Lindbergh
What are the most important programs the New Deal created?
CCC(Civilian Conservation Corps),WPA(Works Progress Administration), TVA(Tennessee Valley Authority)
How many bombs did Truman drop on japan?
2
Who were Joseph McCarthy and Nikita Khrushchev?
Nikita: First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and chairman of that country's Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964 Joseph: American politician and attorney who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957