GOVERNMENT TERMS
20th CENTURY EVENTS
WARS
MISC.
SCIENTIST/INVENTORS/
WRITERS/ARTISTS
100
The political philosophy emphasizing state over the individual using propaganda.
What is FASCISM?
100
Built to connect the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
What is the PANAMA CANAL?
100
Started with Fort Sumter
What is CIVIL WAR?
100
Means "rebirth"
What is the RENAISSANCE?
100
Invented the cotton gin
Who is ELI WHITNEY?
200
And formal changes to the Constitution
What is an AMENDMENT?
200
Began in October 1929 and lasted 11 years
What is THE GREAT DEPRESSION?
200
Started before the Declaration of Independence had been signed
What is the Revolutionary War?
200
The break from the Catholic Church
What is the REFORMATION?
200
Trumpet player known as "Satchmo"
Who is LOUIS ARMSTRONG?
300
Divides the authority to govern between different branches of government
What is "SEPARATION OF POWERS"?
300
Launched by the Russians and increased Cold War tensions.
What is SPUTNICK?
300
This was between the United States and England and Washington D.C. was burned
What is the WAR OF 1812?
300
Studied history, philosophy and poetry of the ancient Greeks and Romans.
What is HUMANISTS?
300
Painter, sculptor, engineer, physics, and anatomy expert of the Renaissance
Who is LEONARDO DA VINCI?
400
Voting on a particular issue by getting enugh citizens to sign a petition.
What is INITIATIVE?
400
Naval base attacked by the Japanese in December 1941.
What is PEARL HARBOR
400
This started with the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine.
What is the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR?
400
Andrew Jackson's Vice President who resigned.
Who was JOHN C. CALHOUN?
400
Wrote an expose' on Standard Oil
Who is IDA TARBELL?
500
No "rule of law" governing the actions of the government.
What is a POLICE STATE?
500
This brought Lenin to the head of the government after the Czar abdicated and was assassinated.
What is the RUSSIAN REVOLUTION?
500
Also known as the "Seven Years' War"
What is the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR?
500
Segregation laws requiring separate public and private facilities for African Americans and named after an old ministrel song
What is JIM CROW LAWS?
500
Best-known poet of the Harlem Renaissance
Who is LANGSTON HUGHES?
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