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Vocab Slab
What's to Come in 8th Grade?
100

He is famous for declaring December 7th, 1941 to be "a date which will live in infamy."

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)?

100

This was the codename that involved the secret creation of the Atomic Bomb during WWII.

What is the Manhattan Project?

100

Franz Ferdinand, the man whose murder sparked WWI, was the archduke of which country?

What is Austria-Hungary? 

100

The name of the British luxury liner that was torpedoed by a German u-boat in 1915.

What is the Lusitania?

100

After Winter Break, we will continue to discuss this man and his infamous rise to power in Germany.

Who is Adolf Hitler?

200

Most Americans felt that this president did very little to help fix the Great Depression.

Who is Herbert Hoover?

200

This term- which represents information used to influence an audience- included posters, songs, and messages that encouraged Americans to help with the war effort during WWI & WWII. 

What is propaganda? 

200

The attacks on Pearl Harbor took place on this Hawaiian Island.

What is Oahu?

200

A "Renaissance" in African American art, music, and literature took place in this part of New York during the 1920s? 

What is the Harlem?

200

This war consisted of a showdown between the democratic United States and the communist Soviet Union.

What is the Cold War?

300

He was president when the U.S. entered World War I. He also had the original idea for the United Nations.

Who is Woodrow Wilson?

300

This document- which was sent from Germany to Mexico- provoked America's entry into the First World War.

What is the Zimmermann Telegram?

300

The Battle of the Bulge took place in parts of Belgium and this other country.

What is Luxembourg? 

300

This person has the ability to sign or veto bills in the Illinois government. 

What is the governor?

300

This "movement" would be led by individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks.

What is the Civil Rights Movement?

400

This VP turned president stepped into office for the last few months of WWII.

Who is Harry Truman?

400

Some historians have argued that this document- which Germans resented- led to the Second World War.

What is the Treaty of Versailles?

400

From 1892 to 1954, some 12 million immigrants entered American through this famous check-point.

What is Ellis Island?

400

Upton Sinclair was this type of writer being that his novel, "The Jungle", exposed the dark side of the Progressive Era.

What is a muckraker?

400

In November 1963, this man was killed in Texas, causing many to question who was behind the horrific crime.

Who is John F. Kennedy (JFK)?

500

He was the most famous of the Progressive Era presidents. He also led troops during the Spanish-American War.

Who is Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt?

500

In what year was a "Christmas Truce" called between enemy troops on the Western Front of WWI?

What is 1914?

500

In 1893, a World's Fair was held in this city to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus's voyage.  

What is Chicago, IL?

500

This era was appropriately named as many Americans lived in poverty-striken filth -yet- their issues were hidden by the glamour of the time.

What is the Gilded Age?

500

During the Vietnam War, Americans divided themselves into Hawks- those who supported the war- and ________- those who did not.

What are Doves?

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