Great Depression
Who was the president during the great depression?
Herbert Hoover
Who were the allied powers in WWI?
United Kingdoms, France, and Russia, and the US joined in 1917.
What two world powers were involved in the Cold War
the US and Soviet Union
What was the population phenomenon that occurred in America following WWII?
Baby Boom
What was the first Russian satellite launched into orbit?
Sputnick
What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
What was the piece of legislation that granted free education for soldiers returning from war?
G.I. Bill
What was the major crisis of nuclear warfare that Fidel Castro played a part in?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the group of women in the 1920's who revolted against gender through fashion and dancing?
Flappers
What President won a Nobel Peace Prize?
Barak Obama
What were the communities created by the poor as a response to their growing economic insecurities?
Hoovervilles
What were the German submarines involved in sinking enemy ships during both world wars called?
U-boats
What were the two proxy wars that occurred during the Cold War?
Vietnam and Korean Wars
What were protests for LGBTQ's rights known as?
StoneWall Riots
What was the major political incident that result in Nixon's resignation from the presidency?
The Watergate Scadals
What was the program for the unemployed that gave them community and construction jobs during the Great Depression?
Works Progress Adminitratsion
What were the first two atomic dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki called?
Little Boy and Fat Man
What was the failed attempt to assassinate Catstro known as?
The Bay of Pigs
What is the name of the feminist icon during WWII whose slogan, "we can do it" encouraged women to join the workforce?
Rosie the Riveter
What was the reason Clinton got Impeached?
He lied under oath about having an affair with his intern, Monica Lewinsky
What was the law that supported elderly civilians financially for their retirement and what president supported it?
Social Security Act & President Roosevelt
What was the controversial court case that declared the internment camps to be legal during wartime, specifically for Japenese Americans?
Korematsu v. United States
What two individuals were significant in the conclusion of the Cold War?
Ronald Reagon & Mikhail Gorvachev
Who were the members of a social movement in the 50's who supported an anti-materialistic lifestyle?
Beatnicks
What President won two Grammys and what instrument did he play?
Bill Clinton & saxaphone