World War I & Roaring 20s
Great Depression & New Deal
World War II
Cold War
Civil Rights Movement
100
The German sinking of this British ship raised concerns over the safety of Americans.
What was the Lusitania?
100
This president proposed his New Deal programs to help the country out of the depression.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
Name the two countries whose aggression led to the beginning of World War II.
What are Germany and Japan?
100
This wall was built dividing eastern and western Germany to prevent eastern Germans from escaping to the west for freedom and a better life.
What was the Berlin Wall?
100
This Civil Rights leader made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March on Washington. He was later assassinated at the Loraine Motel.
Who was Martin Luther King, Jr.?
200
This man sang "What a Wonderful World" and was also famous for his trumpet playing.
Who was Louis Armstrong?
200
This event led to the Great Depression.
What was the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
200
This president decided to drop two atomic bombs on Japan to end the war.
Who was Harry Truman?
200
Winston Churchill said this was a symbol showing the differences between communist and noncommunist countries.
What was the "Iron Curtain".
200
This woman refusing to give up her seat on the bus led to this protest.
What were Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
300
Langston Hughes was known for his many poems written during this explosion of the arts in Harlem, NY.
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
300
Drought and lack of crops out west led to this event, causing people to have to leave.
What was the Dust Bowl?
300
During WWII the roles of women of African-American men changed. Name the groups that became symbols for these two groups.
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen and "Rosie the Riveter".
300
In this war, the United States tried to help the south be democratic, while the north fought to spread communism.
What was the Korean War?
300
This president worked with congress to pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Who was Lyndon B. Johnson?
400
This man was known for the world record of hitting the most homeruns.
Who was Babe Ruth?
400
This president didn't do much to help the United States out of the depression.
Who was Herbert Hoover?
400
This event led the United States to become involved in World War II.
What was the bombing of Pearl Harbor?
400
This Russian leader help Fidel Castro establish a communist government in Cuba.
Who was Nikita Khrushchev?
400
Thinking this United States president was weak, this event included having missiles pointed at the United States.
What is John F. Kennedy and the Cuban Missile Crisis?
500
This treaty ended the war and ordered the Germans to pay war damages.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
500
This Atlanta author wrote "Gone With the Wind", which was later made into a movie in 1939.
Who was Margaret Mitchell?
500
This was the mass killing (persecution) of Jewish people by Adolf Hitler and his Natzi party.
What was the Holocaust?
500
This organization was established to prevent the spread of communism.
What is NATO?
500
This Civil Rights court case decided that school segregation was not legal under the Constitution.
What was Brown vs. Board of Education?
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