History
This was the British liner that was sunk in 1915, which was a major reason for the United States becoming involved in World War One.
What is the Lusitania?
This 1954 Supreme Court case struck down segregation in public schools, and reversed the "Plessy v. Ferguson" decision.
What is "Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas"?
When William Randolph Hearst told his reporter in Cuba: "You supply the pictures, I'll furnish the war," he was using this technique.
What is "yellow journalism"?
This is the failed invasion of Cuba under JFK's presidency.
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Named after the Wisconsin Senator, this political trend was characterized by the use of false accusation of communism.
What is "McCarthyism"?
Muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair wrote this novel in 1906, which horrified readers as they learned about the unsanitary practices of the US meat packing industry.
What is "The Jungle"?
Launched by the Soviets in 1957, it began the space race between the US and the Soviet Union.
What is Sputnik?
The explosion of this in 1898 triggered a war between the US and Spain.
What is the USS Maine?
After WWII, this provided loans for veterans to buy homes, and it also paid for their college
(Double points if you can list both names)
What is the GI Bill/Servicemen's Readjustment Act?
This international organization was founded after World War II, and was designed to promote peace and cooperation among nations.
What is the United Nations?
This Constitutional Amendment is known as prohibition; it made the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol illegal. As a result, organized crime and people like Al Capone became famous in the US.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This is the policy used by the US during the Cold War, and its purpose is to stop communism from spreading across the world.
What is "containment"?
This was FDR's domestic policy for easing the effects of the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
This was the biggest land, sea, and air operation in history and eventually changed the tides of the war in WWII. The Allied forces would soon defeat Germany.
What is D-Day? What is June 6, 1944?
This US initiative was designed to provide financial aid to war-torn European countries after WWII.
What is the Marshall Plan?
This strategy, used by the US during WWII, was the practice of seizing islands in the Pacific, and eventually led to our victory over Japan.
What is "Island Hopping"?
This is the idea that if one nation falls to communism, its neighboring countries will fall also. This idea led to the US becoming involved in the Vietnam War.
What is "the domino theory"?
The rise of nativism led to this Act in 1882, which prohibited these immigrants from legally coming to the US, despite the fact that they played a major role in the construction of the nation's railroads.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
These men controlled entire industries and abused workers during the Gilded Age.
Please provide an example.
What are robber barons? What is Rockefeller or Carnegie?
This severe drought in the midwest during the 1930s added to the hardship of farmers and other workers during the Great Depression years.
What is the "dust bowl"?
She became the nationwide advertisement for women in the workplace during WWII.
Who is "Rosie the Riveter"?
Civil liberties were threatened during WWI, as this right was silenced.
What is free speech?
Prohibition led to a ....
What is a rise in crime?
This is when people would gamble in the stock market (buy risky stocks in an effort to make money) which led to the stock market crash of 1929 and also the Great Depression.
What is speculation?
This practice of buying stocks in the 1920's was a main reason for the onset of the Great Depression. People would purchase stocks for a portion of the cost, borrow the rest, and pay interest on the loan.
What is buying on the margin?