This collective security organization was formed after the war.
What is League of Nations?
100
Making illegal the sale of alcohol.
What is prohibition?
100
Roosevelt proposed this, a series of reforms designed to alleviate problems of the Great Depression by focusing on direct relief, recovery, and financial reform.
What is New Deal?
100
She became the symbol for women in the workforce.
What is Rosie the Riveter?
100
The Cold War began with this, where both sides were competing to develop the best weapons.
What is arms race?
200
The transition to communism was taking place in this country during WWI.
What is Russia/
200
He became an American hero for his record of performing the first solo flight across the Atlantic.
What is Charles Lindbergh?
200
One of Roosevelt's first policies enacted, to close banks and not allow them to reopen until their had enough money to guarantee their depositers.
What is a bank holiday?
200
This action by the United States angered Japan, and prompted the attack on Pearl Harbor.
What is oil embargo?
200
Countries could never actually use nuclear weapons against each other because of this principle.
What is MAD - mutually assured destruction?
300
President of US during WWI.
What is Woodrow Wilson?
300
This term came from the practice of concealing flasks in boots. Also, illegal production of alcohol.
What is bootlegging?
300
Roosevelt became famous for these, speaking directly to the American public through the radio and restoring confidence in the government.
What is fireside chats?
300
Allied attack on Normandy, France.
What is D-Day?
300
Rosa Parks sparked this protest movement.
What is Montgomery Bus Boycott?
400
US ship sunk by German U-boats, that contributed to US entry into WWI.
What is Lusitania?
400
These two men were accused of murder and robbery, and many believe they were punished because their were immigrants and anarchists.
What is Sacco and Vanzetti?
400
Nickname for the plethora of acronyms that emerged following the New Deal.
What is alphabet soup?
400
Secret organization to develop nuclear weapons technology.
What is Manhattan Project?
400
His murder and subsequent funeral served as a rallying point for African Americans in the South, who started to organize to oppose state-sanctioned violence against AA's.
What is Emmett Till?
500
Proposal by Germany to Mexico, suggesting that if the US entered the war, if Mexico attacked the United States and fought with Germany, then Germany would help Mexico regain lost territory.
What is Zimmerman Telegram?
500
The movement of African Americans from the south to northern cities (Chicago, Detroit, etc.)
What is Great Migration?
500
The Great Depression was compounded by this, caused by drought and dust storms, making the land worthless for farming.
What is Dust Bowl?
500
1941 proclamation in which the US and Britain set forth their goals in opposing the Axis powers. Became basis for United Nations.
What is Atlantic Charter?
500
Nixon's strategy for ending US involvement in Vietnam by slowing drawing down troops and transferring power to Vietnamese citizens.