Fighting for Equal Rights
Who gave the "I Have a Dream" speech?
Martin Luther King Jr.
Did the airplane decrease or increase travel time?
Decreased travel time
What kind of jobs did most Americans have when gas-powered cars first appeared in the late 1800s?
Farming or agricultural jobs
When was the destruction of the twin towers?
September 11, 2001
What is a feminist?
a person who supports the equality of women with men
Who refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955?
Rosa Parks
Motion picture, radio, television, and others
Which car model, produced on an assembly line, marked a major shift to manufacturing in the U.S. economy?
The Model T
How long did the cold war last?
44 years
What is communism?
an economic or political system in which the government owns all property and controls economic activity
What is the book Betty Frieden (the woman who founded the Nation Organization for Women) wrote in 1963?
What was the innovation of the airplane for?
Cutting travel times between distant cities and to travel faster and easier
What type of economy replaced manufacturing as the main source of U.S. jobs after 1960?
A service economy
How did the cold war end?
The Soviet Union collapsed and broke apart to form 15 new nations.
What is a social sector?
the part of the economy that provides services instead of producing goods
How many states had governors who were women in 2015?
6
What new media was made to entertain American in the 1940's?
Television
What global trend, starting with GATT in 1947, encouraged companies to move factories overseas?
Globalization
What happened on December 7, 1941?
Japanese war planes attacked a U.S naval base in Hawaii, Pearl Harbor
What is a knowledge worker? A knowledge worker is...(at least two things)
a person whose main job is working with ideas, information, and technology
What is the name of the labor union Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta started in 1962?
The United Farm Workers
By what year was going to the movies a national pastime?
1920
What type of workers, boosted by the rise of computers and the Internet, now make up about a third of the U.S. workforce?
Knowledge workers
When did the United States enter the Europe war? (A year)
1917
What is globalization? Globalization is...(at least two things)
an increase in the flow of people, money, ideas, and trade goods across national boundaries