Modernization
development of factories
industrialization
ban of alcohol
Prohibition
fear of communism
Red Scare
program that created the atom bomb
Manhattan Project
policy to prevent the spread of communism
containment
counterculture youth during the 1960s
hippies
37th president, first to visit Soviet Union & China
Richard Nixon
founder of Al-Qaeda, led the 9/11 attacks
Osama bin Laden
continuous railway line spanning the USA
transcontinental railroad
journalists who exposed corruption
muckrakers
environmental disaster in the Great Plains
Dust Bowl
policy of leniency toward Germany before WWII
appeasement
barrier built between East and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
ended legal segregation in schools
Brown v. Board of Education
40th president, presided over most of the 1980s
Ronald Reagan
terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks
Al-Qaeda
total control of a commodity or service
monopoly
women's suffrage
Nineteenth Amendment
FDR's plan to combat the Great Depression
New Deal
"lightning war" in German
blitzkrieg
idea that once one country falls to communism others would follow
domino theory
LBJ’s program aimed at ending poverty and racial injustice
Great Society
39th president, presided over the Iran Hostage Crisis
Jimmy Carter
1994 trade agreement between U.S., Canada, and Mexico
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
period of modernization that resulted in wealth inequality
Gilded Age
connects Atlantic & Pacific Oceans
Panama Canal
surge in Black culture in the 1920s
Harlem Renaissance
U.S. strategy in the Pacific
“island hopping”
13-day confrontation after the U.S. discovered Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cuban Missile Crisis
investigated the JFK assassination
Warren Commission
resolution that got U.S. further involved in Vietnam, based on false flag attack
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
central justification for the invasion of Iraq in 2003
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDs)
government stays out of economy
laissez-faire
Wilson's plan for peace after WWI; emphasized self-determination
Fourteen Points
illegal bars during Prohibition
speakeasies
laws that kept U.S. neutral during WWII
Neutrality Acts
reckless accusations of communist ties
McCarthyism
law that banned segregation and discrimination
Civil Rights Act of 1964
massive surprise attack by the North Vietnamese in 1968
Tet Offensive
1994 Republican pledge to pass 10 conservative laws; sparked the "Republican Revolution"
Contract with America
businessman that controlled the oil industry
John D. Rockefeller
sensationalized reporting
yellow journalism
fundamentalism vs. science trial
Scopes trial
law allowing U.S. to sell to the Allies; ended neutrality
Lend-Lease Act
program to provide economic aid to Western Europe after WWII
Marshall Plan
law that ended national-origins quotas and expanded immigration from non-European countries
Immigration Act of 1965
a difference in between what the government said and what was actually happening in Vietnam
credibility gap
process of business operating at an international scale
globalization
substandard housing in urban areas
tenements
ended WWI; overly harsh on Germany
Treaty of Versailles
investment in risky stocks
speculation
meeting between the U.S., Britain, & Soviet Union near the end of WWII
Yalta Conference
military alliance of the U.S. and her allies after WWII
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
activist group advocating for American Indians
American Indian Movement (AIM)
leaked classified documents revealing U.S. misled public on Vietnam War
Pentagon Papers
law passed that broadened surveillance powers after 9/11
Patriot Act
movement that applied Christian ethics to social issues
Social Gospel Movement
income tax
Sixteenth Amendment
law severely limiting immigration by nationality
Emergency Quota Act of 1921
international organization created after WWII
United Nations
policy promising to support countries resisting communism
Truman Doctrine
labor union that fought for Mexican farmworkers’ rights
United Farm Workers (UFW)
444-day standoff between Iran and the U.S.
Iran Hostage Crisis
2008 financial downtown that burst the housing bubble
Great Recession
making a person American
Americanization
mass migration of Southern Blacks to northern cities
Great Migration
scandal about the illegal leasing of federal oil reserves for bribes
Teapot Dome Scandal
Churchill & Roosevelt agreement about war aims
Atlantic Charter
investigated communist activity in the U.S
House Un-American Activities Committee
feminist organization founded to promote gender equality
National Organization for Women (NOW)
secret illegal arms deal to Iran to free hostages by funneling money to Nicaraguan rebels
Iran-Contra Affair
war from 2003-2011 that toppled the regime of Saddam Hussein
Iraq War (Second Gulf War)
created a merit-based system for government jobs
Pendleton Civil Service Act
international organization after WWI; U.S. never joined
League of Nations
WWI veterans demanding early payments during Great Depression
Bonus Army
non-aggression pact between the Soviet Union and Germany
Motolov-Ribbentrop Pact
U.S. State Department official caught as a spy for the Soviets
Alger Hiss
militant Black power organization
Black Panthers
working-class, conservative, patriotic Americans that supported Nixon despite counterculture protests
silent majority
law that expanded government's role in assisting people with their health insurance
ObamaCare (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)