Work, Exchange, and Technology
Geography, Migration, and the Environment
Politics and Power
American National and International Identity
American Culture and Social Structures
100
During both world wars, this group of people took on new roles in manufacturing that they were expected to give up when the war ended (whether they liked it or not.)
Who are women?
100
This mass movement of Black people from the South to northern cities in search of safety and manufacturing jobs began around the time of World War I.
What is the Great Migration?
100
Supply-side economics, popularly known by this term in the 1980s, led to increased income for wealthy Americans.
What is Reaganomics?
100
This compilation of leaked government documents revealed that the US had expanded their attacks on Vietnam to neighboring Cambodia and Laos.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
100
The image below depicts this kind of area, which gained popularity after WWII but was often limited to white people.
What is a suburb (or Levittown)?
200
Henry Ford's pioneering use of this manufacturing technology made his cars affordable for many more families.
What is the assembly line?
200
The Civilian Conservation Corps, which put young men to work planting trees, building roads, and working to control floods and erosion, was a part of this larger economic program.
What is the New Deal?
200
Events like the publishing of the Pentagon Papers and this 1972 presidential scandal led to a dramatic loss of faith in the government by many Americans in the 1970s.
What is Watergate?
200
This Supreme Court Case reversed the infamous "separate but equal" ruling from Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Ed?
200
Shorter hair and hemlines symbolized the many new freedoms claimed by this group of people in the 1920s.
Who are New Women/flappers?
300
In the early 21st century, jobs in this traditionally lower-paid and non-union sector outpaced manufacturing jobs in the US.
What is the service sector?
300
This work of non-fiction, published in 1962, sounded the alarm about the dangers of many commonly used chemicals.
What is Silent Spring?
300
The decision in this Supreme Court Case found that limiting speech in wartime did not violate the first amendment if that speech posed a "clear and present danger" like shouting fire in a crowded theatre.
What is Schenck v. US?
300
This post-WWII hunt for communists in various high-profile industries was named after the senator responsible for spearheading it.
What is McCarthyism?
300
This 1969 uprising of LGBTQ+ people (mainly trans women) in New York City inspired greater involvement in the Gay Rights Movement.
What are the Stonewall Riots?
400
The Agricultural Adjustment Act tried to control this phenomenon that contributed to the Great Depression by paying farmers to leave fields empty.
What is overproduction?
400
This contemporary of Teddy Roosevelt founded the Sierra Club and fought for the preservation of public land through the creation of national parks and other protected lands.
Who is John Muir?
400
This now-defunct military policy was considered a compromise between the policy it replaced and a more progressive stance when it was put into place during the Clinton presidency.
What is Don't Ask, Don't Tell?
400
This program of US financial aid to war-torn Europe was an extension of the Truman Doctrine's idea that bolstering capitalist economies was a strong defense against the spread of communism.
What is the Marshall Plan?
400
This Supreme Court Case upheld the constitutionality of imprisoning Americans of Japanese descent during wartime.
What is Korematsu v. US?
500
The government program set up to stabilize the banking system by insuring deposits people made is known by these initials.
What is the FDIC?
500
This discriminatory practice of color-coding neighborhoods based on their perceived desirability was enacted by the federal government to regulate certain types of lending, including loans made under the GI Bill.
What is redlining?
500
This Mexican-American labor leader is best known for leading a strike of agricultural workers against California's grape growers, which was accompanied by a nationwide boycott of California grapes.
Who is Cesar Chavez?
500
The massacre of civilians in this Vietnamese village was covered up by the military until a soldier reported it to the media.
What is My Lai?
500
In 1972, Congress approved this potential change to the Constitution and sent it to the states for ratification, but it has still not been adopted.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?