Unit 5
The crash of the stock market, people losing their jobs, and banks collapsing all led to this.
What is the Great Depression?
This US senator constantly accused people of being communist without clear evidence.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The Tet Offensive, Pentagon Papers, and My Lai Massacre all led to distrust and anger towards the government about this conflict.
What is the Vietnam War?
What is the War on Terror?
This is the number of weeks of World History you have had with Mr. Tygart if you joined in the Fall.
What are 33?
This was the term for the time period where the sale of alcohol was made illegal by the 18th Amendment.
What is Prohibition?
This was the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union that led America to invest heavily in science, technology, and education.
What is the Space Race?
This event led to many American believing the system of government was corrupt and adopting an attitude of political apathy in the 1970s.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
This is the new government department that was created following the 9/11 attacks.
What is the Department of Homeland Security?
This the number of years the United States will be celebrating for our independence.
What is 250 years?
In the 1920's, housing shortages and job competition combined with long-standing racism led to false stories and riots called this.
What are the Red Summer Race Riots?
This failed plan by the CIA was supposed to overthrow the Cuban government by getting the Cuban citizens to help.
What was the Bay of Pigs invasion?
This American President was famous for demanding the Soviet leader "tear down" the Berlin wall which would later become the symbol of the downfall of the Soviet Union.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
This is the longest conflict in a country the United States has ever been in.
What is the War in Afghanistan?
Tom Holland will be make history this year as the first Spider-Man actor to star in this number of solo Spider-Man films.
What is 4?
Executive Order 9066 forced Americans of Japanese descent to live in these.
What are internment camps?
This bill removed barriers like literacy tests that had prevented many African Americans from participating in elections.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
This is the Proxy War where Americans supported the Mujahideen in order to kick the Soviet invaders and communists out of their country.
What is the Soviet-Afghan War?
This is the name of the new law that was passed in order to "protect" America from terrorists but critics argue violated American citizens right to privacy.
What is the Patriot Act?
This is the number of original Pokemon from the first series of Red, Blue and Yellow.
What is 151?
This was the mass movement of African Americans moving from the South to the North in the 1920's.
What is the Great Migration?
This is the name of the leader of Cuba who the CIA wanted to overthrow leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Who is Fidel Castro?
This the name AND musical artist of either Vietnam Protest song that we analyzed.
What is Fixing to Die Rag: Joe McDonald OR Fortunate Son” by Creedence Clearwater Revival?
This was the first successful conflict the United States fought after the fall of the Soviet Union showing our military dominance.
What is the Persian Gulf War?
This is the most-viewed song on YouTube of all time with over 16.9 BILLION views.
What is "Baby Shark Dance" by Pinkfong Baby Shark?