Progressive Era
This island in NY was the gateway to America for many immigrant families from Europe.
Ellis Island
The assassination of this person was the spark that started WWI
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This president proposed a "New Deal" for America
FDR
The Japanese attack on this military base brought the US into the war
Pearl Harbor
This is the western military alliance, originally developed to fight the spread of communism.
NATO
This woman refused to give up her bus seat to a white man
Rosa Parks
Some industrialists were nicknamed this because of their ruthless business techniques.
robber barons
This man was President of the US during WWI
Woodrow Wilson
During this natural disaster, thousands of midwesterners were forced to move west in search of jobs
This fictional character became a symbol for American women in the workforce during WWII.
Rosie the Riveter
The Soviet response to the NATO alliance
The Warsaw Pact
This white supremacist group terrorized and murdered civil rights workers.
The KKK
These were multifamily urban houses, often overcrowded and unsanitary.
tenements
The sinking of this passenger ship by a German U-Boat torpedo enraged Americans.
Lusitania
The nickname given to "modern" girls in the 1920s.
flappers
Executive Order 9066 relocated this group of Americans into internment camps
Japanese Americans
This barrier was built in the East Germany's capital to keep easterners from "escaping" to the democratic west.
The Berlin Wall
Young black people would go to lunch counters in the south, asking to be served.
sit-ins
Individuals who attempt to expose corruption and inequality during the Progressive Era.
muckrakers
This treaty ended WWI, placing the blame on Germany
The 18th Amendment ushered in this period, where alcohol was illegal.
Prohibition
Nicknamed the "Man of Steel", he was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII
Joseph Stalin
Occurring during JFKs presidency, this was the closest the world has ever been to nuclear war
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Supreme Court case that established "separate but equal" as unconstitutional (dealt with schools)
Brown v Board of Education
Upton Sinclair exposed the unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry in this book
The Jungle
The Zimmerman Telegram proposed an alliance between Germany and this nation against the US.
Mexico
The name given to a celebration of African-American culture in literature and art
Harlem Renaissance
To end the war in the Pacific, the US dropped 2 atomic bombs on these Japanese cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Four student Vietnam War protestors were killed at this Ohio university
Kent State
These laws in the south required literacy tests and poll taxes for black voters, as well as segregated public facilities
Jim Crow laws