Cold War
This country was the main communist rival of the United States during the Cold War.
What was the Soviet Union?
This event caused the U.S. to enter WWII?
What is Pearl Harbor?
A ban on the sale, manufacture, and transport of alcohol (1920–1933).
What was Prohibition?
This man gave the famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
Who is Martin Luther King Jr?
This event in 1929 signaled the start of the Great Depression when stock prices plummeted and investors panicked.
What was the Stock Market Crash?
This Cold War conflict in Southeast Asia involved U.S. troops trying to stop the spread of communism, leading to widespread protests in the United States.
What was the Vietnam War?
Places where Japanese Americans were forcibly relocated and confined.
What were internment camps during WWII?
A cultural movement celebrating African American art, music, and literature.
What was the Harlem Renaissance
This man became president and established the New Deal Programs to help America through the Great Depression.
Who was Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This major world conflict is known as the event that brought America out of the Great Depression and jumpstarted America's economy.
What is WWII?
This crisis brought the world close to nuclear war in 1962.
What was the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This population movement saw millions of African Americans move to Northern and Western cities to take defense industry jobs.
What was the Great Migration?
Young women known for their short hair, short skirts, and rebellious attitudes were nicknamed this during the 1920s.
What are flappers?
Many American blamed this president for the Great Depression and named makeshift shantytowns filled with homeless people after him.
Who was President Herbert Hoover?
Severe drought and dust storms in the Great Plains during the 1930s.
What was the Dust Bowl?
This Cold War competition between the U.S. and the USSR focused on advancements in science, technology, and getting to the moon first.
What was the Space Race?
This group of women worked in factories and shipyards during the war, symbolized by the famous "We Can Do It!" poster.
Who were Rosie the Riveters?
This constitutional amendment established Prohibition
What is the 18th Amendment?
This immigrant became a steel tycoon in the late 1800s, and later giving away most of his fortune to libraries, universities, and charities.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This set of programs, created by Franklin D. Roosevelt, aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
What were the New Deal Programs?
This 1969 achievement by the United States marked a major victory in the Space Race and fulfilled President Kennedy’s goal.
What was the Moon Landing or Apollo 11?
Americans grew these in their backyards to supplement food rations and support the war effort.
What were victory gardens?
This invention became a staple in American homes during the 1920s and helped spread music, news, and advertisements nationwide.
What is the radio?
This industrialist revolutionized manufacturing by perfecting the assembly line, making automobiles affordable for average Americans with his Model T.
Who was Henry Ford?
This government program, part of the New Deal, aimed to provide unemployment insurance, old-age pensions, and support for the disabled.
What is Social Security?