Unit 1: The West
Unit 2: WWI
Unit 3: Great Depression
Unit 3: WW2
Unit 4: Civil Rights
Unit 5: Cold War
100
Name 2 States in the West
California, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado
100
Who was the allied forces ( US, France, Russia) fighting in WWI?
Germany
100
What was the dust bowl?
during the 1920s there was a considerable drought, this caused all the plants/dirt in the great plains to dry up.. when the wind blew it quite literally threw dust around
100
Why did the US join the war?
After Japan dropped the bomb on Pearl Harbor, they felt it was necessary
100
Name the protest where black students occupied a lunch counter in the south
Nashville Sit-Ins
100
what is a cold war?
a war w no "fire" or no action
200
What was the transcontinental railroad?
a railroad that went all across the US, the first of its kind
200
What is the great migration?
the great migration is when many southern African Americans moved north seeking factory jobs and freedom from the south's cruelty
200
Whats was "Hooverville"?
land where the exceptionally needy could set up a tent or build small shacks.. this was president Hoover's solution to homelessness
200
What was the US foreign policy BEFORE joining the war?
isolationism: not involving themselves in other countries business
200
What is the name of the Civil rights leader who led the March to Selma?
MLK & John Lewis
200
What countries were involved in the Cold War?
US & USSR (double points if CUBA is included)
300
What is manifest destiny?
the belief that it was anglo-saxon (white) europeans RIGHT FROM GOD to expand their territories
300
What is a flapper?
a "loose woman" or a woman who started wearing shorter dresses/skirts, went out dancing, smoking cigarettes, etc
300
What caused the great depression?
banks failing, stock market crash, dust bowl, credit
300
Who were the axis & the allied powers in WWII?
Axis: Germany, Japan, Italy
Allies: UK (england), USA, USSR
300
Name the protest when black and white students tested the new federal legislation about public transport, saying that they cannot segregate transport in any state?
Freedom Rides
300
What were the two different economic systems being compared?
capitalism & communism
400
What was the purpose of the Carlisle School? (Hint: has to do w native populations)
to indoctrinate native children and make them "more civilized" but really to white wash them
400
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
a time when black culture thrived in Harlem NY, think of music, art, dance, writing, etc
400
WHO created the New Deal (a financial plan to get the US out of the depression)?
FDR! Franklin Delano Roosevelt
400
What was it called when the US locked up Japanese Americans during WWII?
Japanese Internment Camps
400
What was different about Malcom X beliefs that conflicted w MLK's?
Malcom X believed in freedom by whatever means necessary, he was not hung up on peaceful protests
400
Why were Americans so afraid of communism spreading?
there was concern about losing capitalistic values, they did not want to lose the freedom/choice of capitalism
500
Why were people motivated to move West?
the gov was offering land for free, there was lots of natural resources there inc. timber & gold, they advertised the west as a happy/exciting place
500
What did WWI do for African Americans?
allowed more people to get jobs, get more respect from military men, made them feel more American (belonging)
500
What were the 3 R's of the New Deal?
relief, recovery, reform
500
Who built the atomic bomb for the US?
Robert J Oppenheimer
500
Name as many Civil rights movement strategies as you can remember, team with the most gets the points.
peaceful protests, marches, sit-ins, rallies, Civil disobedience, sticking w their community, writing to government officials, getting media attention
500
Why were some European countries vulnerable to the spread of communism in the late 40s/50s?
post WWII many countries has been bombed, invaded, or economically destroyed. they needed money and were willing to take support from either the US or the USSR