Historical Figures
Symbol of women working in factories during World War II
Rosie the Riveter
Policy of avoiding involvement in foreign affairs
Neutrality / Isolationism
Civil War battle in 1862, bloodiest single-day battle in U.S. history
Battle of Antietam
The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment
Watergate
Supreme Court case ending school segregation
Brown V. Board of Education
Prominent abolitionist and former slave
Frederick Douglass
Segregation laws in the South after Reconstruction
Jim Crow Laws
Turning point of the Civil War, Union victory in 1863
Battle of Gettysburg
42nd President advocated economic and healthcare reform; second president to be impeached
Bill Clinton
Top-secret project to develop the atomic bomb during World War II
Manhattan Project
Muckraker known for her exposé on Standard Oil
Ida Tarbell
Farmers who rented land and paid with a share of their crops
Sharecroppers
Union victory giving them control of the Mississippi River in 1863
Battle of Vicksburg
President during the start of the Great Depression
Herbert Hoover
An unsuccessful invasion of Cuba in 1961, which was sponsored by the United States. Its purpose was to overthrow Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.
Bay of Pigs
Industrialist who founded Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
Political and ideological tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
Cold War
Surprise military strike bringing the U.S. into World War II
Pearl Harbor
Policy of containment against Soviet expansion
Truman Doctrine
Key industries in the late 19th century
Steel and Oil
Socialist leader and five-time presidential candidate
Eugene Debbs
Agreement creating a bicameral legislature (House and Senate) with equal and proportional representation
Great Compromise
Turning point in the Pacific theater of World War II
Battle of Midway
26th President known for his progressive policies
Theodore Roosevelt
Supreme Court case establishing 'separate but equal' doctrine
Plessy V. Ferguson