Industrialization
The increase in the proportion of people living in towns and cities
Urbanization
Two Italian-born anarchists arrested in Massachusetts on the charges of murder and robbery in 1920
Sacco Vanzetti
Announced the separation of 13 North American British colonies from Great Britain
Declaration of Independence
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for nuclear weapons superiority
Nuclear Race
Benefits promised decent pay, access to good jobs, and affordable housing that made raising a family possible
G.I. Bill/ Baby Boom
A period in the United States characterized multiple social and political reform efforts.
Progressive Movement
A time when many people defied Prohibition, indulged in new styles of dancing and dressing, and rejected many traditional moral standards
Roaring Twenties
When a group of people agree to give up certain rights and accept a central authority in order to protect their other rights
Social Contract
To stop the expansion of Soviet influence and communism in different parts of the world
Containment
Categories based on the type of job one had based on labor and shirt color
White Collar/ Blue Collar
Single-family buildings are divided into multiple living spaces
Tenement Housing
Borrowing money from a broker to purchase stock
Buying on Margin
Conservative and nationalist American political party and the first political party in the United States
Federalists
Border between the communist and democratic countries of Europe
Iron Curtain
The nonviolent way to try to change laws that Dr. King used
Civil Disobedience
When thousands of African-Americans moved to Northern industrial cities
Great Migration
The day the stock market crashed was the beginning of the Great Depression
Black Tuesday
Additions to the Constitution that spelled out our rights
Bill of Rights
The war that was fought between North Korea and South Korea, fueled by the US and USSR
Korean War
A Civil Rights protest against segregated seating in public transportation
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A violent confrontation between police and labour protesters in Chicago
Haymarket Riot
FDR's programs to help the country recover from the economic problems of the Great Depression
New Deal
A revolt in western Massachusetts in opposition to high taxes and stringent economic conditions
Shay's Rebellion
The US went to war with this country, they're known for its covert tactics
Vietnam
Women wanting medical reasoning for abortions
Feminism/ Roe v. Wade