1800s Vocab
A person who works to end or rid of something, especially slavery?
Abolitionist
What is the outcome of the Industrial Revolution?
Goods are made quicker and farmers start to use machines to aid in their work.
Who's assassination lead to the start of the Great War?
Archduke Franz Fedinand
What was the name of the two wars that had almost all nations fighting in them?
World War
A form of government that gives all power to the state, does away with individual freedoms, and uses the military to enforce the law
Fascism
Across the continent.
Transcontinental
Who was the general of the Union Army?
Ulysses S.Grant
What military vehicle was introduce during the Great War?
Tanks
What was the Supreme Court Case that ended segregation in school?
Brown v. Board of Education
A person who uses great fear or terror for political reasons.
Terrorist
A person who risks money and time to start a new business
Entrepreneur
Which ethnic groups of immigrants started to come to the U.S between 1860-1900?
Southern & Eastern Europeans
What was the two sides a country could have be part of during the Great War?
Example: Allies and Axies during WWII
Allied Powers/Entente
Central Powers
What was the name of the crisis when the USSR placed missiles in Cuba?
Cuban Missile Crisis
An economic and political system in which the government owns all land and most industries in the name of the people.
Communism
The period of rebuilding after the Civil War during which Southern states rejoined the Union.
Reconstruction
What were the “old” immigrants afraid of when “new” immigrants moved in?
They would steal jobs
Which treaty ended WWI and at what day and time?
Treaty of Vertiles, November 11th, 1918 at 11:00 am
What event in 2001 led to the U.S and other democratic nations to declare war on al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups?
9/11
The Conflict between the U.S and the Soviet Union over economic and political ideas.
Cold War
What was the name of the law that Southern states pass, that limited African American rights?
Jim Crow
What is the reason behind why this category is known as No Man's Land, what was no man's land between during WWI?
No man's land is the strip of land that was between two trenches.
What is the name of the period in the U.S when it was hard to find jobs, because the economy was down?
Great Depression