War terms
Important stuff
Progressivism
Important names
United states in WW2
100
A telegram Germany Sent to Mexico to convince Mexico to attack the U.S.
Zimmerman telegram
100
An era of high tension and bitter rivalry known between the Untied States and the Soviet Union
The Cold War
100
A movement in the early 20th century aimed at correcting social injustices reforming government and restoring economic opportunities for all Americans
progressive movement
100
Who was one of the richest men in the world, famous for his oil company
Rockefeller
100
A limited portion or allowance of food or goods; limitation of use
rationing
200
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Treaty of Versailles
200
Seperate but equal is not equal
Brown vs. Board of education
200
A law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
prohibition
200
Inventor of the light bulb
Thomas Edison
200
code name for the secret United States project set up in 1942 to develop atomic bombs for use in World War II
Manhattan Project
300
Territory between rival trenches.
No man's land
300
terrorist groups took over airplanes and crashed them into important buildings
9/11
300
A group of writers, journalists, and critics who exposed corporate wrong doings
muckraker
300
Built the first skyscraper
Louis Sullivan
300
June 6th, 1944 - 175,000 Allied troops invading the beaches of Normandy; Also called Operation Overload.
D-day
400
A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one's country.
nationalism
400
Plan for the reconstruction of Europe after WW2 announced by the United States Secretary of State George C. Marshall
Marshall plan
400
Right to vote
suffrage
400
Believed in survival of the fittest aka Social Darwinism
Herbert Spencer
400
Divine wind - a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
Kamikaze
500
Ideas spread to influence public opinion for or against a cause.
propaganda
500
A dramatic rise in the birthrate following WW2
Baby Boom
500
This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act.
The Jungle
500
invented the first handheld camera
George Eastman
500
City in Japan, the first to be destroyed by an atomic bomb, on August 6, 1945. The bombing hastened the end of World War II.
Hiroshima
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