Roaring Twenties
Describe TWO social tensions of the 1920s.
Immigration, racism, sexism, religious differences, etc.
The Stock Market Crash
Major attack by Japan on the US to get the US into the war
Pearl Harbor
Why is it called the Cold War?
The two major powers did not engage in 'hot' conflicts - they fought each other politically to become the world superpower
What did Plessy v. Ferguson make legal?
Segregation of all establishments (Separate but equal statute)
What's the name for young, independent women who liberated women's rights during the 1920s?
Flappers
The name for low-income housing in New York, named after the president that failed to effectively address the Great Depression
Hoovervilles
Establishments created to round up Japanese Americans and prevent any further attacks by Japan on the Pacific Coast
Japanese Internment Camps
Why was the Berlin Wall put up?
To prevent anymore people from leaving Eastern Communist Germany
Who was Ruby Bridges?
First 6 year old Black girl to attend an all-white elementary school in the South
Describe the Scopes Trial
Debate over whether schools can teach about human evolution or creationism (religious differences)
What is the Dust Bowl?
Name one battle that took place in the Pacific Theater
Battle of Midway, Okinawa, and Iwo Jima
Navigating an unfamiliar & hot jungle, young & immature soldiers, bad weapons, no motivation to fight the war, hidden booby traps & broadcast of discouraging messages
This supreme court case deemed segregation in public schools unconstitutional (schools had to integrate)
Brown v. Board of Education
The name for a new community for African Americans in New York after the Great Migration
The Harlem Renaissance
The major method of President FDR fixing/addressing the struggles of the Great Depression
The New Deal (alphabet soup agencies)
Identify the Allied Powers of World War II.
USA, Britain, France, USSR, China
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US secretly had missiles near the USSR in this country
Turkey
Name one protest discussed in class and how it led to change.
Montgomery Bus Boycott led to the integration of public transportation
Greensboro Sit-ins led to the integration of public restaurants
March from Selma to Montgomery led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Describe how people still managed to buy/sell/consume alcohol during Prohibition
Bootlegging illegal alcohol, corrupt police officers, organized crime, speakeasy bars
Name one New Deal Agency.
Civilian Conservation Corp, Public Works Association, Civil Works Administration, Agricultural Adjustment Agency, etc.
Why did President Truman claim he had to drop the Atomic Bomb to get Japan to surrender?
He claimed there would be more fatalities if the Americans stormed the land on foot.
Describe a Proxy War and provide an example
Wars that the USSR and USA fought THROUGH other countries - examples are the Vietnam War & Korean War
Describe the major differences between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Malcolm X created the Black Power Movement, believed in meeting violence with violence
Martin Luther King Jr led several successful peaceful protests, believed in meeting violence with peace and nonviolence