What's the government doing?
What did the Pentagon Papers expose about the Vietnam War?
Revealed collusion between military leaders and Congress to cover up Vietnam atrocities, including the My Lai Massacre
This is the name of the sustained bombing campaign on North Vietnam
What did the 18th Amendment do?
Banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol
Adults condemned this singer for his "leg-shaking, hip-swivelling" performances
Elvis Presley
This event was the deadliest work related accident in New York until 9/11
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the "Second Gilded Age." Why? List three reasons
Taxes down & business profits up
Laissez Faire Government
Capitalism
Return to “traditional values”
Rugged individualism
What are the four main Allied Powers?
Great Britain, France, Soviet Union, United States
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
banned segregation in public facilities and prohibits employment discrimination based on race or gender
This city was nicknamed “the most segregated city in the South.”
Birmingham, AL
A total of 4 presidents have been assassinated in American History and we have talked about all of them. List all 4
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Name two of the programs passed under President Johnson's Great Society
Medicare, Medicaid, Child Nutrition Act, Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Higher Education Act, Project Head Start, Housing and Urban Development Act, Demonstration Cities and Metropolitan Development Act, Water Quality Act, Clear Air Acts, Highway Safety Act, Fair Packaging and Labeling Act
In February of 1898, what ship sank off the coast of Cuba and led to American demand for a war with Spain?
USS Maine
What did Executive Order 9906 do?
People deemed ‘threats of national security’ sent to ‘relocation camps’
125,284 people of Japanese descent relocated
The ________________________________ were accused by Congress of including communist propaganda in their films, and they were blacklisted from the film industry
Hollywood Ten
A form of propaganda the media used to encourage Americans to support a declaration of war against Spain.
Yellow Journalism
In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward purchased __________________________________ from Russia for $7.2M.
Alaska
This secret message between Germany and Mexico proposing an alliance was intercepted by the US, who declared war on Germany just four months later
The Zimmerman Telegram
What did Executive Order 9981 do?
Desegregated the US military
What was the name of the turtle in the "Duck and Cover" video showing children what to do incase of a nuclear attack?
Bert
This is the name given to the only successful coup in American history, in which white supremacists used violence to overthrow a democratically elected government.
Wilmington Coup/Massacre
On August 9, 1945, the United States made the decision to drop a second atomic bomb named _________________________ on a second Japanese town called __________________________________
Fat Man, Nagasaki
In 1945, the 3 major superpowers met at the Yalta Conference to discuss post war issues. What were the 3 post war issues they discussed?
Splitting up Germany & Berlin
Soviets agreeing to help fight against Japan
How to punish war crimes/criminals
What were the 3 main results of FDR's New Deal?
Millions employed in new government programs.
Social insurance programs aid elderly and poor.
Government takes more active role in the economy.
Lee Harvey Oswald was the name of the man who killed president Kennedy. What was the name of the man who killed Oswald?
Jack Ruby
We have talked about many presidents in this class. List all the presidents starting from Theodore Roosevelt to Lyndon B. Johnson
Theodore Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Harding, Coolidge, Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson