Wars and Foreign Policy
This 1898 war resulted in U.S. control over Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
These young women of the 1920s challenged traditional gender norms with their fashion and behavior.
Who are flappers?
This president led the U.S. during most of the Great Depression and World War II.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The Great Depression began after this financial event in 1929.
What is the stock market crash?
his president’s “Fireside Chats” connected him directly with Americans via radio.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare and this intercepted message led the U.S. into World War I.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This African American cultural movement flourished in New York during the 1920s.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
This president proposed the League of Nations after World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This 1930s environmental disaster worsened the economic suffering in the Great Plains.
What is the Dust Bowl?
Henry Ford revolutionized industry with this method of production.
What is the assembly line?
This act allowed the U.S. to send aid to Allied nations before officially entering World War II.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Millions of African Americans moved North in this major demographic shift.
What is the Great Migration?
Known for trust-busting and conservation, this president pushed the "Square Deal."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This series of programs under FDR aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
What is the New Deal?
This pilot completed the first solo transatlantic flight in 1927.
Who is Charles Lindbergh?
The U.S. adopted this foreign policy approach in the 1920s and 1930s to avoid global conflicts.
What is isolationism?
This constitutional amendment ended Prohibition in 1933.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This president made the decision to drop the atomic bombs on Japan.
Who is Harry S. Truman?
This event marks a transition from the difficult times of the Depression to a more prosperous economy
What is U.S. entering WWII?
This project developed the atomic bomb during World War II.
What is the Manhattan Project?
This executive order during World War II led to the internment of Japanese Americans.
What is Executive Order 9066?
The Scopes Monkey Trial highlighted the the tension between what two competing ideologies of this time?
What is fundamentalism and modernism?
This First Lady was a champion for human rights and reshaped the role of women in politics.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
This key New Deal program created a pension system and still exists today.
What is Social Security?
This is the doctrine that says a nuclear attack by one superpower would be met with an overwhelming nuclear counterattack, keeping both powers from using the weapons at all
What is Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD)?