1900-1920
1920-1940
1940-1960
1960-1980
MISC
100
He passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, created the national park system, and intervened in the affairs of Central America
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
100
FDR tried to do this in response to opposition to his New Deal policies?
What is "Packing the Court"? FDR tried to expand the number of justices because SCOTUS overturned many of his programs
100
He claimed the State department was infiltrated by communist spies
Who is Senator Joseph McCarthy?
100
The 1956 Boycott that began with Rosa Parks
What is The Montgomery Bus Boycott?
100
Nationality of Japanese interned in WW2
What is American?
200
Rejected because it required the US to become too involved in the affairs of Europe
What is The League of Nations?
200
overproduction, stagnant wages, speculation and concentration of major businesses in a few hands
What are the causes of the Great Depression?
200
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson
What is Brown v. BOE, Topeka, Kansas?
200
Cuban exiles were trained by the CIA
What is The Bay of Pigs invasion?
200
Provided organized crime with the means to gain wealth and power
What is Prohibition?
300
His photos showed how the the half lives
Who is Jacob Riis?
300
Prevented people from southern and eastern Europe migrating to the US
What Immigration laws or restrictions?
300
The Truman Doctrine
What is the policy of assisting countries to fight repressive takeovers, especially communism?
300
Experts believed that communism would spread thoughout SE Asia
Why did the US get involved in Vietnam? Vietnam was considered likely to fall victim to the Domino Theory, after Korea and China
300
The corporate practices and benefits designed to keep workers from joining unions
What is "welfare capitalism"?
400
US helped this country gain independence from another country to build a canal. (both countries needed)
What are Panama and Columbia?
400
A foreign policy tradition dating back to Washington's farewell address
What is Isolationism of the 1930s? also due to memories of WW1, need to recover from the Great Depression, and lack of info about fascism
400
Fears of Soviet invasion, massive casualties, and numerous forces widely spread out; as well as a show of power
What are the reasons for dropping the atomic bomb?
400
He wrote about the Beat Generation in "On the Road" and "The Dharma Bums"
Who is Jack Kerouac?
400
Failed amendment seeking to end discrimination against women
What is The Equal Rights Amendment?
500
They disagreed over the priority of legal versus economic equality for African-Americans
Who are Booker T. Washington and WEB DuBois?
500
Allowed the rapid growth of American towns
What is the mass production of automobiles?
500
Paid farmers to destroy crops and slaughter excess livestock before being overturned by SCOTUS
What is The Agricultural Act of 1933?
500
Program that created Equal Opportunity Commission, Medicare, Head Start and HUD
What is The Great Society? LBJ's domestic agenda
500
Shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre
What is "a clear and present danger" justifying a restrain on free speech?
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