The Roaring Twenties
The Great Depression
The World Wars
The Cold War
50's thru 90's
100

The fear of communists taking over the United States in the 1920's

What is the Red Scare?

100
He is the author of The Grapes of Wrath
Who is John Steinbeck?
100
This is the ship that was sunk on May 7th, 1915, sending the United States down the road to entering World War 1
What is the Lusitania?
100
This President took over when FDR died, and he issued his doctrine pledging to help countries threatened by communism?
Who is Harry Truman?
100
When soldiers returned from World War II, they were eligible for these special benefits that might allow them to attend college or buy a home.
What is The GI Bill of Rights?
200
After a war, this is the transition process during which a nation returns to a state of peace.
What is demobilization?
200
These shanty towns and shacks were named after the President who was in the White House when the Great Depression started
What are Hoovervilles?
200
This treaty ended World War I, and because it treated Germany so badly, many historians think it led to World War II.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
200
This was the plan that provided economic aid for war-torn countries in Europe, so they would not fall to communism
What is the Marshall Plan?
200
He won the 1960 Presidential election, served for three years, and wanted America to land a man on the moon.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
300
This 1920's President famously said "The Business of America is Business"
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
300
This agency was created to insure deposits in banks so that people would no longer have to worry about losing their savings.
What is the FDIC?
300
These are the African-American fighter pilots who flew more than 1,500 missions in Europe during World War II.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
300
this is the line of division that separates North Korea from South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
300
This President wanted to ease the tensions with communist countries, so he visited China.
Who is Richard Nixon?
400
This late 1920's President was the head of the Food Administration during World War I
Who is Herbert Hoover?
400
Young men received outdoor jobs such as planting trees, draining swamps, and constructing national parks with this New Deal organization.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
400
This organization created posters, newsreels, and radio programs in order to promote World War II.
What is the Office of War Information (OWI)?
400
This is the rapid spread of nuclear weapons and technology
What is Nuclear Proliferation?
400
This President got the leaders of Israel and Egypt to sit down at Camp David Maryland to work out their countries differences.
Who is Jimmy Carter?
500
To make a small payment on an item (such as a car), take the item home, and then continue to make payments on the item.
What is installment buying?
500
The severe drought in the Great Plains in the 1930's which caused a mass migration to California
What is the dust bowl?
500
Victory at home and Victory abroad was the idea behind this campaign during World War II?
What is the Double V campaign?
500
This failed Cuban invasion, saw Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro
What is The Bay of Pigs Invasion?
500
In 1990, Congress passed this law that prohibits discrimination against those with disabilities in employment and public accommodations.
What is The Americans with Disabilities Act?
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