Unit 6 - Boom or Bust
The examples of a changing United States during the 1920's?
What is
- Flappers
- Evolution
- The Great Migration
- Credit
- Automobiles
The event that ends the Great Depression?
What is WW2.
The main THING the United States was fighting during the Cold War?
What is Communism
The famous Civil Rights leader who famously gave the "I Have a Dream Speech" and advocated for equality through peaceful protests?
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK)
The number of presidents that have been impeached?
What is 3
Johnson
Clinton
Trump 2x
The difference between Hoover and FDR?
What is
Hoover believed in Rugged Individualism = no government help or businesses helping people
FDR believed the government should DIRECTLY help the people
The name for the genocide during WW2?
What is the Holocaust.
The United States policy of keeping Communism in one place?
What is Containment.
The different methods of protesting during the Civil Rights all had the same thing....
What is nonviolence.
The Presidential election winner is based off of this vote.
What is the electoral vote.
The consequence of the Dust Bowl for Americans during the Great Depression?
What is grocery prices rising.
The global consequence of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
What is nuclear destruction.
The Iron Curtain divides what?
What is Eastern (Communist) Europe and Western (Democratic) Europe.
The Vietnam War led to what in the US?
What is Distrust in government.
The end of the Cold War has what effect on our defense budget?
What is it lowers it.
The deporting of Mexican-Americans during the Great Depression?
What is Mexican Repatriation.
The name for the place Japanese-Americans were sent to after Pearl Harbor?
What is Internment Camps.
The way young Americans went against conformity?
What is Rock and Roll!
The other groups who fought for Civil Rights in the 50's and 60's?
What is
- LGBTQ+
- Native Americans
- Mexican Americans
- Asian Americans
- People with disabilities
The event in Reagans presidency that was heavily criticized for negotiating with terrorists.
What is the Iran-Contra Affair.
The 6 causes of the Great Depression?
What is
1- Buying on Margin
2- Buying on Credit
3- Supply + Demand
4- Stock Market Crash
5- Bank runs
6- Problems for Farmers
The program during WW2 that was the opposite of Mexican Repatriation?
What is the Bracero Program.
The reason Levittowns were created?
What is Highways.
The impact of Brown v. Board of Education?
What is desegregation of schools.
The trend in the past 3 presidential elections?
What is electing the oldest presidents.