Vocabulary
People
Changes after WWII
Postwar World
Decades of change
100
A group of countries that has agreed to reduce barriers to trade
Trading Bloc
100
She refused to move to the back of the bus to fight segregation.
What is Rosa Parks.
100
human-made fabrics, such as rayon and nylon
What is synthetic.
100
Cold War was "fought" by:
US and Soviet Union
100
The PRIMARY event that helped to cause WW II?
German invasion of Poland
200
the selling of goods and services to tourist.
What is tourism.
200
He became the first African American to play for the US in the Davis Cup, a national tennis tournament.
What is Arthur Ashe.
200
The headquarters of the US department of Defense
What is the Pentagon.
200
Why did Europeans grant independence to their colonies?
They were weakened by war.
200
The PRIMARY event that helped to start WW I?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
300
the rights of citizens to equal treatment
What is civil rights.
300
Became president after FDR
Truman
300
A large city with its suburbs.
What is metropolitan area.
300
This law made segregation in public schools legal.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964.
300
Whose hateful theories about ethnic groups fueled events leading to the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler
400
threat or use of violence to cause fear
What is terrorism
400
Became president after JFK
Lyndon Johnson
400
One reason why cities in Northern Virginia were quickly growing.
What is military and national government jobs brought new people.
400
Where did a "hot" war take place during the Cold War?
Vietnam
400
During the _________________, about a fourth of the people in America couldn't find a job and more than a million became homeless?
Great Depression
500
the ending of segregation.
What is desegregation.
500
The second African American to become governor of a state.
What is L Douglas Wilder
500
Why was having a diverse economy good for Virginia?
People did not need to depend on only one kind of business.
500
Why did the Cold War end?
Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union collapsed.
500
The (3) countries known as the Axis during WW II?
Germany, Japan and Italy.
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