Roaring 20s
These women were known to push against social norms and standards by dressing different, going out, and drinking/smoking
Flappers
This is seen as the Main cause of the Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
This was the attack by the Japanese that brought American's into WWII
Attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941
The area outside of cities that was dedicated to housing, and connected to urban centers via the highway system
Suburbs
This was a major way of war was fought during WWI and led to prolonged stalemates.
Trench Warfare
This is the man credited of introducing the assembly line to mass produce automobiles
Henry Ford
Shanty towns and shacks that formed outside of cities for the homeless and downtrodden. Named after the President blamed for the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
This was a process in the Home Front where citizens had to divide their resources, plant victory gardens, and halt construction projects.
Rationing
Lyndon B Johnson's program that addressed America's social problems through policy like Medicare, Medicaid, and Housing and Urban Development
Great Society
This connected the Eastern and Western United States, leading to an increase in travel, and economic gains in the cattle and steel industry.
The Transcontinental Railroad
This outlawed the sale and consumption of Alcohol and inadvertently increased Organized Crime
Prohibition or the 18th Amendment
Severe Droughts, Poor Farming Practices, and lack of wind-breaking trees led to what in the Great Plains?
The Dust Bowl
This is what ended WWII in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Ordered by President Truman
The Atomic Bomb in 1945
This major scandal resulted in the resignation of President Richard Nixon during the 1970s
Watergate
The US became a global power due to its victory in what?
The Spanish-American War (acquired multiple territories and expanded the Navy)
A cultural movement and explosion of creative works by African Americans. Music, literature, and art flowed out of this New York District and was enjoyed by many Americans
The Harlem Renaissance
This Policy insures people will get up to $250,000 in the event of a bank failure
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
This process relocated and imprisoned over 100,000 people in America after Pearl Harbor
Japanese Internment Camps/ Internment of Japanese Americans
These are the 2 pieces of legislature that helped remove barricades for Americans of Color to vote(an act and an amendment)
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (eliminated Literacy tests) and the 24th Amendment (abolished poll tax)
This US Policy in 1823 stated that European efforts to colonize or interfere with North and South American land would be viewed as an Act of Aggression, requiring US intervention. Named after a president.
The Monroe Doctrine.
This Trial outlined the debate of Religion and secularism in school and government- centered around the teaching of evolution in a Tennessee Public School
The Scopes Trial (1925)
New Deal Program that launched jobs for artists and creatives (murals painted in post offices, etc.)
Works Progress Administration
This was seen as a major turning point in the Pacific Theatre, the Japanese Navy was dealt a severe blow, weakening their Naval strength.
The Battle of Midway in 1942
This amendment gave voting rights to Americans 18 years or older
The 26th Amendment
This scandal in Wyoming under Harding's presidency showcased the corruption of the time due to Oil Reserves and bribes
Teapot Dome Scandal