The Roaring Twenties
1.The fear of communists taking over the United States in the 1920's
What is the Red Scare?
2. He is the author of The Grapes of Wrath
Who is John Steinbeck?
3. 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?
4. This President took over when FDR died, and he issued his doctrine pledging to help countries threatened by communism?
Who is Harry Truman?
5. 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?
6.Ford's process to more efficient production of cars
What is the assembly line?
7.These shanty towns and shacks were named after the President who was in the White House when the Great Depression started
What are Hoovervilles?
8. 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?
9. 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?
10.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?
11. This 1920's President famously part of the Teapot Dome Scandal
Warren Harding
12. 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?
13.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?
14. this is the line of division that separates North Korea from South Korea
What is the 38th Parallel?
15. This President wanted to ease the tensions with communist countries, so he visited China.
Who is Richard Nixon?
16.The movement of African Americans out of the south and to the Northeast in search for jobs and political affluence in the two decades from 1910-1930
What is the Great Migration?
17. A scheme by FDR to increase the number of Supreme court judges
What is court packing?
18. Congressional Medal of Honor recipient for WW2
Who is Vernon Baker?
19.The competition between the U.S and the U.S.S.R for technology and armaments
What is the Arms and Space Race?
20.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?
21.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 buying on credit?
22.The severe drought in the Great Plains in the 1930's which caused a mass migration to California
What is the dust bowl?
23. American strategy of liberating Pacific islands from Japanese control one at a time
Island Hopping
24. This failed Cuban invasion, saw Cuban exiles, trained by the CIA, attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro
What is The Bay of Pigs Invasion?
25. 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?