Reconstruction
This nickname was given to Northerners who moved South after the Civil War, often to profit from Reconstruction.
Who were carpetbaggers
This suffragist and women's rights activist was jailed for protesting during WWI, including a hunger strike, and helped secure the 19th Amendment.
Who was Alice Paul?
This term refers to October 29, 1929, the day the stock market crashed and triggered the Great Depression.
What is Black Tuesday?
The U.S. entered WWII after this surprise Japanese attack on a naval base in Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
What is Pearl Harbor?
These twin skyscrapers in New York City were the primary targets of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, collapsing after being struck by hijacked planes.
What is the World Trade Center?
This white supremacist group used violence and intimidation to oppose Reconstruction and suppress Black civil rights.
what is the Ku Klux Klan
This foreign policy, associated with President Taft, encouraged the use of American financial investments to achieve international influence.
What is Dollar Diplomacy?
This president was blamed for not doing enough to combat the Great Depression before being defeated in 1932.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
This policy of giving in to Hitler’s demands in the 1930s was intended to avoid war but ultimately fa
What is Appeasement?
This group, led by Osama bin Laden, was responsible for the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
This federal agency was established in 1865 to help formerly enslaved people with education, food, and employment.
What is the Freedman's Bureau
This global health crisis killed millions of people worldwide, including over 600,000 Americans, during and after WWI.
What was the Flu Pandemic?
This New Deal program insures bank deposits, helping to restore trust in the American banking system.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
This U.S. program allowed the Allies to borrow military supplies before America formally entered WWII.
What was the Lend Lease Act?
This U.S. law, passed after 9/11, expanded government surveillance powers in the name of national security.
What is The Patriot Act?
This political deal ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South after the disputed 1876 election.
What was the Compromise of 1877?
This German naval tactic, especially the sinking of the Lusitania, helped bring the U.S. into WWI.
What is unrestricted submarine warfare?
This New Deal work program employed young men in environmental conservation projects like planting trees and building parks.
What is the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps)?
This was the code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944.
What was Operation Overlord?
In response to 9/11, the United States invaded this country in 2001 to dismantle terrorist networks.
What is Afghanistan?
This amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
What was the 13th Amendment
This 1917 law authorized the federal government to draft men into military service during WWI.
What is the Selective Service Act?
This informal group of advisers helped FDR craft his New Deal policies during the Great Depression.
What was the Brain Trust?
This 1942 order authorized the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
What was Executive Order 9066?
In his 2002 State of the Union address, President George W. Bush used this term to describe governments that he said supported terrorism and sought weapons of mass destruction.
What is the Axis of Evil?