Mwahahaha
federalism is
distribution of powers between state and national government
Automobiles allow for the growth of
suburbs
This was the movement of African Americans to northern cities
Great Migration
This crisis involved nuclear weapons in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
These are people that exposed social injustices
Describe containment theory
U.S. did not want to allow for the spread of communism as they were fearful that more countries would become communist
Laissez faire...
government stays out of the economy
Giving in to Hitler's demands in hopes to prevent war is an example of
appeasements
Who takes control of the Soviet Union after the Bolshevik Revolution?
Lenin
One notable change after 9/11 was _
airport security
Weakness of the Articles of Confederation include:
-no judicial branch
-no power to tax
-no standing army
Fear of communism in the U.S. during the 1920's
Red Scare
This senator was in charge of sniffing out communists within the government
McCarthy
State laws in the South that legalized segregation.
Jim Crow Laws
Why do labor unions form?
This court case stated "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Furgeson
A literary and artistic movement in the 1920s in which African Americans brought their culture to the North.
Harlem Renaissance
This president wrote a plan for peace called the 14 points
Wilson
Alliance of communist dictatorships following WWII.
Warsaw Pact
Battle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to put a man in space. It was a sign of superiority to be first.
Space Race
Why was Germany mad after ww1?
-Had to pay large amounts of reparations
-Reduction in military
-demilitarization of rhineland
The United States' pledge to fight the spread of communism at all costs.
Truman Doctrine
Reasons for immigration to America
Escape religious persecution, Find New jobs, American Dream, Escape Famine or other natural disasters, Escape bad government
_ warned European powers not to interfere in affairs of the western hemisphere
Monroe Doctrine
DAILY DOUBLE! This plan proposed the U.S. would provide economic assistance to restore the postwar economic infrastructure of Europe.
Marshall Plan