Modern Era
President Elect in 2008
Barack Obama
Name the 2 ATOM Bombs
Fat Man and Little boy
The president from 1861-1865
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the US president during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
European Dictators in WWII
Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin
when did terrorists crash passenger planes into the World Trade Center
Sept. 11 2001
The Secret project to build the ATOM bomb
The Manhattan Project
Freed only slaves in the states in rebellion
Emancipation Proclamation
Triple Entente vs Triple Alliance, Who were they?
France, Russia, Great Britain VS Germany, Austra-Hungary, Italy
The Major Event the brought the US into WWII
Pearl Harbor
Hurricane Katrina
Name the 3 Cold War Presidents
Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy
Major turning point in the war when the south lost this battle
Battle of Gettysburg
Name 2 of the major 4 Battles
Verdun, Chateau-Thierry, Argonne Forest, Marne
Put the Jews in camps and Gas chambers
The Halocaust
This permitted secret government searches of suspected terrorists and supporters with one nationwide search warrant; easier to wiretap and track internet communications.
Patriot Act
What was the result of the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas
End of segregation in Schools
Leader of the Confederates
Jefferson Davis
What was the result of the Treaty of Versailles
Germany stripped of army, forced to pay $33 billion to Allies, admit guilt for the war
Oct. 29, 1929 the stock Market crashed and was known as
Black Tuesday
Define the Great Recession and when did it Occur
The housing Market crashed in 2008 and resulted in widespread economic downturn and the collapse of major banks and included Bailouts for Major Banks and companies
This term was used in response to Fear of Soviet Espionage in the US and Canada and was referred to when they engaged in communist "witch hunts"
McCarthyism
in 1866 what stated that all African-Americans were indeed US citizens
Civil Rights Act
The notorious Gangster from the Prohibition Era
Al Capone
name of Roosevelt’s policies to end the Depression.
New Deal