The Western Frontier
What started the Western Frontier?
The Gold Rush
Homestead Act
What started the jazz age?
the great migration occurred around 1915 to 1920
What ended the Great Depression?
World War II
Who was the German dictator during World War II?
What was an iron curtain?
An invisible wall that separated eastern and Western Europe.
What was the homestead act?
Provided 160 acres of federal land to anyone who agreed to farm the land.
What famous singer was apart of the jazz age?
Bessie Smith
What event marked the beginning of the Great Depression in the US?
Who was the president of the US during World War II?
The two countries involved in the Cold War were..
The US, and Soviet Union
Who won the 1896 presidential election?
William Mckinley
In what city did the jazz age begin?
New Orleans
Excessive drought and major heat increase.
Which of the following gives the correct chronological order of the events listed below?
*Pearl Harbor
* Hiroshima
*D-day
Pearl Harbor , D day , Hiroshima
In what country did the missile crisis happen?
Cuba
The grange was an organization formed to protect...
Farmers rights
What problems did Americans face during the Jazz Age?
discrimination, The Red Scare, labor strikes, culture clashes
Who was the president during the early years of the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Who was Benito Mussolini?
Dictator of Italy who controlled a fascist government.
Why was the Cold War named "Cold War"
The Soviet Union and US did not engage in military combat.
What tribe was the sitting bull apart of?
Sioux
What was the significance about the jazz age?
The jazz age represented a cultural change in American society.
What was the term that was used to describe the temporary housing communities that sprang up during the G.D. in the US?
Hoovervilles
On what day of the week did the attack on Pearl Harbor take place?
Sunday
What does N.A.T.O stand for?
N-North
A- Atlantic
T- Treaty
O- Organization