WWI & 1920s
The official US foreign policy BEFORE getting involved in WWI (& WWII)
What is NEUTRALITY (or Isolationism)?
The severe drought & storms in Midwestern farmlands during the Great Depression in the 1930s
What was the "DUST BOWL"?
The name of the Satellite that the USSR launched into space in the 1950s
What was SPUTNIK?
"Letter from a Birmingham Jail" expressed some of the frustrations this Minister had with his allies
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK)?
Designed to beat the "Stagflation" of the 1970s, this is the economic policy named after the US President during the 1980s - - its theory was that budget cuts & tax cuts for the wealthy would eventually "trickle down" to other Americans...
What is Reaganomics? (aka, "supply-side economics" or "trickle-down economics")
There were TWO main reasons for USA involvement in World War I. They were Germany's: (1) Zimmerman Telegram (trying to get Mexico to fight USA), and (2) ...
What is
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE?
There were MANY causes of the Great Depression...
NAME at least TWO...
(1) Stock Market Crash of 1929;
(2) Over-Production (& Under-Consumption);
(3) Stock Speculation ("Buying on the Margin");
(4) Sketchy Bank Practices;
(5) Tariffs & International Trade Restrictions
The impact of this new technology in the 1950s and 1960s was huge - - the "picture tube" brought film of the news, music, shows, the Presidential Debates, the Civil Rights Movement, Assassinations, and Wars into people's Living Rooms.
What is TELEVISION?
Fill in all blanks: Before resigning in the __________ scandal, President Nixon helped ease tensions by visiting two Cold War foes: _________ & ________.
What are:
(a) Watergate
(b) & (c): China & USSR (Soviet Union)?
The end of this tense and decades-long era (time period) was led by new Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev's diplomacy with US Presidents Reagan & Bush in the late 1980s and early 1990s
What was the END of the COLD WAR?
(Also acceptable: Collapse of the Soviet Union)
The rising tide of Fear of Communism in the USA After WWI is known as the ...
What is the RED SCARE?
(This was the First Red Scare; the Second Red Scare happened in the USA after WWII (McCarthyism).)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR)'s NEW DEAL tried to fix the problems of the Great Depression with THREE R's.
What did those THREE R's stand for?
Relief...
Recovery...
Reform...
This was the REAL reason why so many Interstate Highways were built in the USA in the 1950s (aka, the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act)
What is for MILITARY USE in case of a Nuclear War?
(so that the tanks, missiles and troops could move faster from one place to another)
Name at least TWO International events that happened under President John F. Kennedy (JFK) during the Cold War.
Acceptable answers:
(1) Cuban Missile Crisis (& tension with Cuba, like Bay of Pigs invasion and U2 spy plane);
(2) Berlin Wall crisis ("Ich bin ein Berliner");
(3) Vietnam War begins;
(4) Tensions between USA & USSR (including Space Race)
The TWO countries where the longest Military operations in US History took place in the 2000s
(100 extra points for naming the military operations...)
What are:
Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom - 2001-2021)
&
Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom - 2003-2011)?
Name the TWO Amendments to the Constitution that brought:
(A) Prohibition (No Alcohol); &
(B) Womens' Suffrage.
What are the:
(A) 18th Amendment (Prohibition) &
(B) 19th Amendment (Womens' Suffrage)?
One ANSWER is the event that BEGAN the USA's involvement in World War II with a surprise attack...
&
One ANSWER brought the END of WWII against Japan...
(1) The Attack on Pearl Harbor (Dec. 7, 1941);
(2) Dropping the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The official USA policy during the Cold War to try to stop the Spread of Communism in Europe (& elsewhere)
What is CONTAINMENT?
(Also acceptable: Truman Doctrine; Domino Theory)
During the Vietnam War, the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution (pick one) increased/decreased Presidential War Powers, while the 1973 War Powers Act (pick one) increased/decreased those powers.
1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution INCREASED President Johnson (LBJ)'s war powers, while the 1973 War Powers Act DECREASED future Presidents' war powers
TWO Ways in which the 2008 Presidential Election of Barack Obama was historic
(1) The election of the FIRST Black President/FIRST Person of Color as President; &
(2) USA elected the younger & less exerienced Candidate (Obama) over the older & more experienced Candidate (McCain)
(Also acceptable: 1st Woman on ballot for GOP (Sarah Palin); Highest Voter Turnout in 4 decades)
THREE of the Reasons the Roaring 1920s Roared: (1) this device that allowed people to hear news, shows & music all over the country;
(2) these fashionable & "Modern" Young Women; &
(3) this movement of black artists & writers in NYC...
What are: (1) RADIO; (2) FLAPPERS; and (3) The HARLEM RENAISSANCE?
The USA treated Japanese-Americans differently than German- or Italian-Americans during WWII by doing this...
What is the INTERNMENT of Japanese-Americans in Detention Camps in the USA?
The purpose of the G.I. Bill of Rights.
What is the law that allowed former WWII soldiers to come home and receive loans to buy a new home, to start a new business or to get a college education (even though many black soldiers were not given these opportunities)?
Jimmy Carter's Presidency:
Highlight: Camp David Accords (Mideast Peace Between __________ & _________)
Lowlight: Hostage Crisis in _______
Fill in the Blanks...
What are:
Highlight (Israel & Egypt)
Lowlight ( Iran )
The USA Patriot Act, passed the month after the 9/11 Attacks, expanded the U.S. Government's powers to do what? (Name at least two things...)
Acceptable responses:
(1) Increase surveillance on any terrorism suspects;
(2) Allow law enforcement to monitor private email, phone or other communications;
(3) Hold terrorism suspects for up to 7 days without charges;
(4) Violate Civil Liberties and 4th Amendment rights