The 1920s
Who was Al Capone?
A Chicago crimelord who bootlegged alcohol
How did the term "Hoovervilles" reflect people's view of the President?
Naming slum towns after him showed they disapproved of him
With which country did Germany sign a non-aggression pact?
The Soviet Union
(USSR)
What term best describes the stockpiling of nuclear weapons by world superpowers?
Arms Race
How did students participate in the Civil Rights movement?
Helped African Americans register to vote
Marched in protests
Organized sit-ins
What are the characteristics of the "New Woman?"
Wore shorter dresses and hairstyles
Makeup
Social smoking, drinking, and dating
How were African Americans impacted by the New Deal?
Competed for jobs
Hurt by the Agricultural Adjustment Agency
Not helped by social security
What was the US' reaction when Germany invaded the Low Countries and France?
The US made a peacetime military draft to expand military force...just in case
What committed the US to a foreign policy based on containing communism?
The Truman Doctrine
What was the outcome of the March on Selma?
President Johnson called for a federal Voting Rights Act
What problems were hidden by the prosperity of the 1920s?
Income inequality
Debt from the ease of gaining credit
Agriculture couldn't support farmers
What were the accomplishments of Roosevelt's first 100 days?
15 bills for relief, recovery, and reform
Why was the Battle of the Bulge a significant turning point of the war?
Germans were forced to defend rather than take new territory
What were the underlying causes of the Cold War?
Economic differences between the US and Soviet Union: Democracy+Capitalism vs. communism
In the 1950s, why did Congress increase federal funding to education?
Massive population shifts--more children because of the Baby Boom
Why did America become a more urban society?
Better paying jobs in the city
Farms didn't make as much money
Better quality of life in the city
Why didn't President Hoover want the federal government to interfere in the economy?
He thought it should be the responsibility of local governments
He thought it was just a natural economic downturn that would fix itself
Which new world organization was a replacement for the League of Nations?
The United Nations
What contributed to a surge in post WWII home construction?
Loans to veterans
What were some results of segregation?
Higher rates of poverty and illiteracy
Lower life expectancy for African Americans
More African Americans at the bottom of the economic ladder
What were some of the outcomes of mass production and industrialization?
Consumer economy with a lot of new technology
More leisure time and better pay
The Age of the Automobile
What were the causes of the Great Depression?
How easy it was to obtain credit
Uneven distribution of wealth
The stock market crash
Why did the United States initially decide to stay isolated from foreign affairs?
Citizens felt like they were dragged into WWI, and didn't want it to happen again
Citizens felt like they should focus on domestic issues like the Depression instead
Congress passed Neutrality Acts to stop us entering the war
Why did cities begin to decline after WWII?
The flight of the middle class--Middle class people left cities for the suburbs and took their tax dollars with them
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do?
Banned segregation in public spaces and public schools
Prosecuted violators of Civil Rights