1920s/Depression
The name given to the worst economic crash in American History.
What was the Great Depression?
This famous president got elected by promising the American people he had a New Deal to fight the Great Depression.
Who was FDR?
This famous landmark, which separated a free city from the Communist area of Germany, became a hated symbol of the Cold War.
What was the Berlin Wall?
Who was JFK?
Name the speaker: "And so I say to you today, I still have a dream..."
Who was MLK?
The name given to the national effort to ban alcohol in the 1920s.
What was Prohibition?
This became the icon of the factory woman during WWII.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
The arms race greatly escalated in the 1950s with the invention of this devastating mega-atomic bomb.
What was the hydrogen bomb?
This woman famously challenged the system of segregation on Southern buses.
Who was Rosa Parks?
(The last words this famous man ever heard) "Can't say Dallas doesn't love ya!"
Who was JFK?
At its peak during the Depression, this key number hit 25%.
What was the unemployment rate?
This famous New Deal program was a favorite of FDR's--putting young people to work in America's wilderness!
What was the CCC?
Named after a president, this American policy argued that we needed to fight against Communism all over the world.
What was the Truman Doctrine?
The murder of this black teenager was a famous trigger in building a larger national civil rights movement.
Who was Emmett Till?
Name the speaker: "My friends, I want to talk to the people of the United States for a few minutes about banking..."
Who was FDR?
This famously unpopular president failed to convince Americans he had a plan to solve the Depression.
Who was Hoover?
The name given to the national effort to fight racism during WWII.
What was the Double V?
1950's home building exploded partly thanks to this federal benefit, which focused on trying to make sure WWII veterans were taken care of.
What was the GI Bill?
At this massive protest, trying to rally support for a national civil rights bill, one of the most famous speeches in American History took place.
What was the March on Washington?
(When he realized his invention worked) "Now I have become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds..."
Who was Oppenheimer?
The name given to the homeless cities that popped up across America during the Depression.
What were Hoovervilles?
Many Japanese Americans were interned in this camp, located in the eastern high desert of California.
What was Manzanar?
1950's icons such as suburbs and McDonald's only thrived partly thanks to this famous upgrade to American transportation.
What were the interstates?
Who was Medgar Evers?
(When a reporter heard this president had died) "How can they tell?"
Who was Calvin Coolidge?