Progressive Era
What was the name of President Roosevelt's diplomacy?
Big Stick Diplomacy
About how many troops did the United States have serve in WW1?
1.3 million
What type of political party grows in power in Italy after World War One?
Fascism
What is the line of latitude that divides Korea?
What is the name of the toxic defoliate used to expose Viet Cong soliders?
Agent Orange
What is an organization that used the courts to challenge laws that were unfair to African Americans?
NAACP
Who was the commander of American forces in WW1?
John J Pershing
What are the three main countries on the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What is the name of the failed invasion of Cuba?
Bay of Pigs
What mission did we land astronauts on the moon?
Apollo 11
What war was ended by the Treaty of Paris 1898?
The Spanish American War
Which president caused the Stock Market Crash?
Herbert Hoover
The last German counterattack through the Ardennes forest is known as ________ ?
Battle of the Bulge
What is the economic system defined as the production of goods and services controlled by private citizens?
Capitalism
What was the basis of Richard Nixon's presidential campaign?
End the war in Vietnam
What happened by the passage of the Dawes Act?
Native American reservations were divided into smaller pieces for families
The 1929 stock market crashed because?
investors lost confidence in the market and rushed to sell their shares
About how many people did because of the atmoic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
200,000
As World War II ends, Vietnam's fight for independence is led by a communist named ________ ?
Ho Chi Minh
What was the name of the documents leaked about the reality of the Vietnam War, that shocked the American people?
Pentagon Papers
What reform resulted from the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory?
workers' compensation laws
What did the TVA do?
built a series of damns to generate electric power
What are the names of the two beach zones where American forces land during D-Day?
Omaha and Utah
What 4 countries occupy Germany after WW2?
United States, USSR, France, and Great Britain
Which President is mainly responsible for getting the United States involved in the Middle East?
Jimmy Carter