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Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese.
What is December 7, 1941?
100
He was the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic.
Who is Charles Lindberg
100
This resulted in the killing of more than 6 million Jews, Gypsies, and social undesirables.
What is the Holocaust?
100
These ensure that none of the 3 branches of government become too powerful.
What are Checks and Balances?
100
Many European democracies migrated to this form of government between World Wars I & II.
What are dictatorships?
200
The opening of a second front in Normandy, France.
What is June 6, 1944
200
He was commander of all Pacific Naval forces during World War II.
Who is Chester Nimitz
200
A flowering of African American culture in music, art and poetry.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
200
This act established the Japanese internment camps.
What is Executive Order 9102?
200
This insures your savings and checking accounts in the event your bank fails.
What is the FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation?
300
World War II
What is 1941 to 1945?
300
They were convicted of murder as a result of fear of foreigners and communists?
Who is Sacco and Vanzetti
300
This led to the outbreak of the Spanish American War.
What is the sinking of the USS Maine?
300
This government program provides pension checks for the elderly.
What is Social Security?
300
The hope of this policy was to establish trade in China.
What is the Open Door Policy?
400
World War I
What is 1917 to 1918
400
This President was known as a conservationist, trust buster, and imperialist.
What is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
This U.S. dropped the first atomic bomb on this city.
What is Hiroshima?
400
This act was passed to break up monopolies and assure competition between businesses.
What is the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
400
These are eye witness accounts such as diaries and letters.
What are Primary Sources?
500
The stock market crash.
What is 1929?
500
These people exposed corruption that led to reform.
What are muckrakers like Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair?
500
This protected the right to vote and individual rights of citizens.
What is the 14th Amendment?
500
These corrupt organizations ran cities and took kickbacks on public contracts.
What are political machines?
500
This promoted sterilization of people with mental disorders.
What is Eugenics
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