Unit 1
What are Jim Crow Laws?
Laws put in place in the American South that segregated African Americans as well keep African Americans from voting
What was the powder keg that launched the world into the great war?
the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This was a young women who behaved in a new way. This was also seen as an icon more than a lifestyle.
Flapper
During WWII why did the American government use rationing?
provide more resources to the military
This policy was meant to stop the domino effect
Containment
Andrew Carnegie was the robber baron of what industry?
Steel
What is credited to be the main cause of World War 1
Nationalism
this event forced many Americans to move out west to California
The Dust Bowl
This was the turning point of the European theater during WWII
D-Day, or the invasion of Normandy France. THE LARGEST INVASION FORCE IN HISTORY! bonus if you can name all 5 landing zones?!
This bill provided education opportunities to veterans after WWII
GI Bill
Name an example of an ethnic cluster?
Chinatown
This amendment gave women the right to vote
19th amendment
When was the stock market crash that caused the great depression?
1929
This was the turning point of the Pacific theater during WWII.
This was a "chemical herbicide" used in Vietnam. Often caused birth defects
Agent Orange
What is a muckraker and give an example of one and what they did
a reporter who shifts through the muck to uncover the truth. Jacob Riis photographer who wrote how the other side lives
this was established by Roosevelt in order to conserve land and wildlife
National Park System
Laissez-faire
The forced march of US prisoners of war over 60 miles to what City in the Philippines
Bataan
This was the first African American supreme court justice.
Thurgood Marshall
Describe what a political machine is and give the name of the most famous political boss from this era
What was the main reason so many countries got pulled into World War I
The web of alliances
Explain how the 1928 election and the 1932 election are similar. Also who was running in each?
They were both a landslide victory. In 1928 Hoover beat Smith. In 1932 FDR beat Hoover
The group that was responsible for creating a communication system that could not be broken by the Japanese
Navajo Code Talkers
This Nixon policy aimed to ease tensions between the US and USSR
Détente