20's, Depression, & New Deal Era
This “great” event in 1929 led to unemployment for millions of workers
The Great Crash
He was the Fascist leader of Italy during WWII
Benito Mussolini
This event was President Truman’s response to the Soviet blockade of West Berlin.
Berlin Airlift
At this festival, 400,000 people gathered for a peaceful concert of major rock bands
Woodstock
The President that declared war on terror in 2001
George W. Bush
The start of the Great Depression
Hoover
This was a response to the Russian Revolution, the idea of being afraid of anything/anyone radical or different
Red Scare
This is the name given to the landing of Allied forces on France’s Normandy coast
D-Day
This refers to the struggle between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to gain weapons superiorit
Arms race
Participants in the 1963 march to this city, hoped to convince Congress to pass civil rights legislation
Washington DC
Why did the US invade Afghanistan in 2001?
To get revenge for the terrorist attacks on US soil, find terrorists, and create a democracy
Famous for the New Deal Programs
Roosevelt
Practices such as buying on ___________ reflected Americans’ “get rich quick” attitude
Margin
This was the nickname given to U.S. servicemen
GI
This type of list showed the names of people that employers would not higher during the Red Scare of the 1950’s
Daily Double
Blacklist
Martin Luther King Jr. influenced by Ghandi, believed in this type of protest
Non-violent
What did people think happened when the first plane crashed into the towers? When did they realize that it was a terrorist attack?
An accident; after the second one
This president was shot in a motorcade parade in texas?
Kennedy
FDR’s attempt to “pack” this, aroused the greatest opposition during the Depression
Supreme Court
This was the military strategy used by Hitler when he invaded Poland
Blitzkrieg
This was the name given to the imaginary line that divided Europe between the Democratic West and the Communist East
Iron Curtain
This foreign policy strategy described by President Eisenhower, that said if one country falls to communism they all will
Domino theory
How was ISIS formed?
From the leftover people in Al-Qaeda
Marshall Plan
Truman
Daily Double
Writers such as Langston Hughes and Zora Hurston took part in a movement called what
Harlem Renaissance
These were government savings notes purchased by Americans to help finance the war
War bond
After World War II, American leaders developed this policy to resist and stop the spread of Communism
Containment
People involved in the anti-war movement and counter culture movement with long hair and most likely did drugs like LSD
Hippies
What were the intended targets of the 9/11 attack
The twin towers, Pentagon, &White House
Who signed the Voting Rights Act 1964
Johnson
Program which hired millions of young men to work on projects like developing parks.
Civilian Conservation Corps
In this battle, Hitler launched the greatest air assault the world had yet seen
Battle of Britain
These were countries in Eastern Europe that were controlled politically and economically by the Soviet Union
Satellite Nations
This movement taught that African Americans should separate from white society and lead their own communities
Black Power movement
Explain the difference between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban
Al Qaeda is a terrorist group that took responsibility for the b 9/11 attacks
The Taliban is an authoritarian government that had control of Afghanistan in 2001 and took over again in 2021
Bay of Pigs & Cuban Missile Crisis
Kennedy
The success of private business in the 1920’s was in part because of this type of Republican economic policy
Laissez-faire
This was the name given to home projects that raised vegetables during World War II
Victory Garden
This committee in Congress investigated the motion picture industry for Communist influences during the late 1940’s
House Un-American Activities Committee
(HUAC)
A civil rights leader who opposed integration and worked towards black empowerment
Maclom X
The dictator of Iraq who failed to cooperate fully with UN investigations eventually leading to his execution
Saddam Hussein
Watergate
Nixon
President Roosevelt set aside funds in this New Deal agency to help unemployed artists
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This was the location of the SECOND atomic bomb dropped on Japan
Nagasaki
This term refers to the ability to come to the verge of war without actually going to war
Brinkmanship
This congressional resolution gave President Johnson the authority to escalate the Vietnam War
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
This operation was the first major foreign crisis for the United States after the end of the Cold War.
Desert Storm
George H.W. Bush