ROARING 20'S
GREAT DEPRESSION
WWII
COLD WAR
VIETNAM
100
This president opened the White House to the public, reduced federal spending and cut taxes, but his presidency was tarnished by the Teapot Dome Scandal.
What is Harding
100
The U.S. economy naturally experiences periods of downs and ups, otherwise known as.....
What is recession & recovery
100
The federal government tried to curb public consumption of food and fuel during WWII using this method
What is rationing
100

His primary goal was to establish a buffer zone of friendly communist states to protect the Soviet Union.

What is Stalin

100
They could quickly fade into the landscape, which greatly frustrated U.S. troops.
What is Viet Cong
200
U.S. foreign policies during the Republican era of the 20's included promoting peace through disarmament, using diplomacy to outlaw war, avoid any further entanglement with Europe and to settle war debts through this plan
What is Dawes Plan
200

"The federal government should let the economy stabilize itself without interfering." This would be a typical statement from a Republican, otherwise known as a.........

What is conservative

200
The effect of this was the evacuation of Japanese Americans to internment camps
What is Executive Order 9066
200
The Soviets rejected his proposed plan to the UN Atomic Energy Commission because they felt they were being unfairly denied the right to develop their own nuclear weapons.
What is Bernard Baruch
200
The military campaign proposed by General Westmoreland
What is war of attrition
300
This was used to outlaw war as an instrument of national policy
What is Kellogg-Briand Pact
300
He won the 1932 election in a landslide
What is FDR (Franklin Roosevelt)
300
In 1944, the Supreme Court ruled that "all legal restrictions which curtail the civil rights of a single raical group are immediately suspect......public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restriction
What is Korematsu vs. U.S.
300
British prime minister Winston Churchill referred to this phrase when he made the following statement, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an...........has descended across the continent."
What is Iron Curtain
300
The Supreme Court ruled that the 1st Amendment protects the right of students to engage in symbolic speech at school
What is Tinker vs. Des Moines
400

A cause of the economic boom of the 20's

What is new innovations

400

Unlike President Trump, Congress passed a record number of bills under FDR to promote economic recovery. What is this called?

What is 1st Hundred Days

400

Mexican American teenagers were targeted by white mobs.

What is Zoot Suit riots

400

It committed the U.S. to a foreign policy based on containment of communism

What is Truman Doctrine

400

It fueled the credibility gap between what LBJ said about the Vietnam War and what Americans saw on TV. "We won the battle, but lost the war."

What is Tet Offensive

500
Private ownership of property is an essential characteristic of this system
What is free enterprise
500
This contributed to increased malnutrition, eviction, and foreclosures
What is widespread unemployment
500
He threatened to organize a protest march by blacks on D.C. in 1941, prompting Roosevelt to sign an exective order (8802)outlawing discrimination by defense contracters.
What is A. Philip Randolph
500
Its primary goal was to promote democracy in Europe by rebuilding war-torn economies
What is Marshall Plan
500
It was used to clear forest vegetation that could hide Viet Cong soldiers.
What is Agent Orange
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