Presidents
President during the Great Depression who offered America the New Deal
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
International organization to promote peace formed after World War II
United Nations
The area of the country that suffered a severe drought during the Depression was called this
Dust Bowl
This is the term used for the period when alcohol was outlawed in the U.S.
Prohibition
He is credited with making significant advances in mass production techniques
Henry Ford
This President encouraged the Panama Canal project
Theodore Roosevelt
What event occurred on December 7, 1941
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Large facility located in New York Harbor that was used to process millions of immigrants entering the U.S.
Ellis Island
Douglas MacArthur
He was President during World War I
Woodrow Wilson
France
After World War II, this country was controlled by Soviets in the North while Americans controlled the South.
Korea
Many Japanese Americans on the West Coast were held here during World War II
Relocation Camps (or Internment Camps)
He was the first black player in major league baseball
Jackie Robinson
This President was shot in July 1881 and died two months later
James Garfield
International organization to promote peace that was formed after World War II
United Nations
The two Japanese cities America attacked with atomic bombs at the end of World War II
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
1944 law that benefited veterans returning from war
G.I. Bill
In what year did the Wright Brothers make their first successful flight
1903
His "Doctrine" held that the U.S. would aid any country fighting Communist aggression
Truman
The Spanish- American War was fought in these two countries
Cuba and the Philippines
The U.S. helped this Soviet-blockaded city after World War II with an airlift
Berlin, Germany
Supreme Court decision that upheld the "Separate but Equal" doctrine
Plessy vs Ferguson
This senator claimed that there were Communists within the American government and sought to bring Communists to trial
Joseph McCarthy