Early America
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This region of the United States is known as "America's Breadbasket."
What is the Great Plains?
A Strong belief in one's own country and its superiority to others.
What is nationalism?
This man was the dictator of Germany during the Second World War.
Who is Adolph Hitler?
Stopping the practice of separating groups of people in public spaces.
What is desegregation?
Ten amendments were added to the Constitution of the United States to protect such fundamental rights as freedom of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly, and the right to a fair trial.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The complete and exclusive control of an industry by one company.
What is a monopoly?
This treaty ended the First World War.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
These countries made up the alliance known as the Axis Powers during World War II.
What are Germany, Japan, and Italy?
On April 4th, 1968, this man was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.?
A turbulent era after the Civil War was the effort to reintegrate the southern states that joined the Confederacy States of America.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
Groups of workers who band together to achieve better pay, safer working conditions, and other benefits.
What is a labor union?
A sudden spread of disease covers a very large geographic area and affects a significant portion of the population.
What is a pandemic?
These two countries emerged as "Superpowers" after World War II.
What are the United States and the Soviet Union?
This Cold War rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union to see who could dominate in its ability to travel in and collect data from space.
What is the Space Race?
This man assassinated Abraham Lincoln on April 14th, 1865.
Who is John Wilkes Booth?
The management and protection of natural resources.
What is Conservation?
This Amendment prohibited the sale and distribution of alcohol in the United States from 1920-1933.
What is the 18th Amendment?
A thick, flammable substance used in bombs to cause and spread fires.
What is napalm?
This movement emerged during the 1960s, promoting a way of life that opposed American society's established rules and behavior.
What is counterculture?
This act forced ordinary citizens in both regions to capture runaway slaves and assigned marshals to enforce the law.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
The practice by which a country increases its power by gaining control over other areas of the world.
What is Imperialism?
The assassination of this Archduke and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne sparked the beginning of the First World War.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
A population shift from cities to outlying communities rapidly transformed the American landscape.
What is suburbanization?
This famous movie star and former Governor of California became President of the United States after winning the general election of 1980.
Who is Ronald Reagan?