Great Depression
World War II
Cold War
Civil Rights
Presidential Bees-neez
100
Easy credit, High trade tariffs, low agricultural prices due to overproduction and the stock market crash in 1929.
What were the main causes of the Great Depression?
100
Joseph Stalin of the Soviet Union, Adolf Hitler of Germany, Benito Mussolini of Italy and Winston Churchill of Great Britain.
Who were world leaders during World War II?
100
An effort to stop the spread of communism into Western Europe.
What was the main goal of the Truman Doctrine?
100
Malcolm X.
Who encouraged a militant approach to civil rights?
100
He resigned from office before he was impeached.
What happened to Richard Nixon when the details of the Watergate were uncovered?
200
Buying on the margin.
What is it called when an investor buys stocks on credit?
200
Britain and France gave into Hitlers demands.
What happened in response to the policy of appeasement?
200
Creation of the Warsaw Pact.
What was the Soviet Union response to the creation of NATO in Western Europe?
200
"Separate but equal"
What principle was overturned by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education?
200
He believed they had stashes of chemical and biological weapons that could be used against the U.S.
What reasoning did President George W. Bush make to invade Iraq in the Spring of 2003?
300
People called shantytowns "Hoovervilles" to demonstrate their disgust with president Hoover.
Why did people call shantytowns "Hoovervilles?"
300
The Japanese attack of the US naval base at Pearl Harbor.
What event finally forced the US to enter World War II?
300
North and South Korea were still divided along the 38th parallel.
What was the result of the Korean War?
300
The Little Rock Nine
Which group challenged educational segregation by attending an all white school?
300
Constant Cold War policies and specific Reagan policies of the 1980's which put social and economic pressure on the Soviet Union.
What led to the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and end the "Cold War?"
400
The Works Progress Administration (WPA).
Which New Deal program was responsible for creating new jobs and putting people back to work?
400
It sent them from the West Coast to internment camps.
What did President Roosevelt's Executive Order 9066 affect people of Japanese descent during World War II?
400
Expansion of Presidential powers so Johnson sent combat troop into Vietnam as needed.
What did the Golf of Tonkin resolution authorize or lead to?
400
Many white southerners resisted integration and desegregation, sometimes violently.
What did the civil rights movement non-violent protests demonstrate?
400
He balanced the federal budget and lowered the deficit.
What accomplishment did Bill Clinton have while in office?
500
It asked for voluntary cooperation from business leaders and rugged individualism from the American people.
What was the Hoover administration's response to the depression?
500
To end the war quickly and save American lives.
What was President Truman's main goal in using the atomic bomb against Japan?
500
Contain the spread of communism from going into nearby countries, such as Cambodia and Laos.
What was the US MAIN goal in Vietnam?
500
Prohibiting laws/rules that attempted to restrict voting by African Americans.
How did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 attempt to end Jim Crow in the south?
500
The housing market collapsed and sent the U.S. into a deep economic recession.
What happened in the Fall of 2008 before George W. Bush left office?
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