UNIT 21
The 1920 presidential election saw __________ take a prominent role on the American scene as the Democratic vice presidential candidate.
Franklin Roosevelt
At the worst point of the Depression, about _________ of American workers were unemployed.
One Fourth
In the early days of war, the British had to evacuate thousands of troops at the French city of __________
Dunkirk
The United Nations began in 1945. The most powerful body in that organization is the _____________.
Security Council
Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in 1952 and 1956, both times defeating _____________.
Adlai Stevenson
During the 1920's, new laws ____________ immigration into the country.
Restricted
Franklin Roosevelt, governor of ____________, was elected President in 1932.
New York
General Douglas MacArthur had to withdraw from _____________ in 1942, but he vowed, "I shall return".
The Philippines
The _____________ plan helped European nations rebuild.
Marshall
The Russian launch of the __________ satellite punctured American pride and caused the country to place a greater emphasis on science and space explorations.
The rebirth of the ______________ troubled the blacks, Jews, Catholics, and other minority groups.
Ku Klux Klan
What group cleared forest land and helped build state parks/
The Civilian Conservation Corps
The naval battles at __________________ halted the Japanese advance in the Pacific.
Coral Sea and Midway Island
The Communist attempt to cut off supplies to West Berlin was defeated by the _____________.
Berlin Airlift
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that maintaining so called _______________ school facilities for blacks and whites was unconstitutional.
Separate But Equal
Germany had a difficult time paying the ___________ required by the Treaty of Versailles, and these payment were eventually cancelled.
Reparations
Social Security
The end of the war with Japan came soon after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on ______________.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Communist ______________ invaded South Korea to begin the Korean War.
North Korea
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat on the bus to a while man led to the _________________.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Kellogg-Briand Treaty was a pledge by the signing nations to abstain from___________.
War
__________, ____________, and ___________ were all dictators who came to power after the Great War (World War 1).
Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini
The massive Allied invasion of France on June 6th, 1944, commonly called ______________ began the fall of Germany.
D-Day
_____________ broke the color line in baseball by becoming the first African American in the major leagues.
Jackie Robinson
A dramatic school integration crisis took place in _____________ in 1952.
Little Rock