1920s
What was Prohibition?
It was illegal to manufacture or sell alcohol
What does the DOW Jones Measure?
The stock markets health
What was the America First Movement?
An Isolationist group/movement
What music genre became popular during the '50s?
Rock & Roll
Who started the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks
What did the 19th Amendment do?
Gave women the right to vote
What were the name of the shanty towns/homeless encampments people moved into during the Great Depression?
Hoovervilles
What was D-day?
A massive amphibius land invasion of France - Freeing them from the Nazis ending War in Europe
The Cold War was a battle between which 2 countries?
USA & USSR
What was Vietnamization?
Gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam
Name one of the Presidents during the 1920s.
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
What were FDR's 3 Rs of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, Reform
What was the Manhattan Project?
Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb
What was the Domino Theory?
Fear that Communism would spread if one country fell to it - they all would
What is the name of the Black Nationalist Group based out of Oakland that built schools, provided lunches for students, and used military equipment to protect themselves
Black Panthers
What was the Harlem Renaissance?
African American Art, Literature, and Music movement
What was the Dust Bowl?
Giant Dust Storm that swept through the West and ruined homes/farms
What was one role women played in WWII?
Spies, worked in factories, nurses, etc.
What is Containment?
The US policy to halt the spread of communism
Which US President was involved in the Watergate Scandal
Nixon
What was the Red Scare of the 1920s?
Fear of Communism - often targeting immigrants
What was the New Deal?
FDR's policies/agencies to help people recover from the Great Depression
Which US President made the ultimate decision to drop the Atomic Bomb?
Harry Truman
Can you name one 1950s Sitcom/movie/show we discussed?
I love Lucy, Father Knows Best, Mr. Ed
What was the name of LBJs program of reforms in the US?
The Great Society