Wars
Great Depression
1950s/60s
Cold War Era
Misc
100
This term refers to the persecution of Jewish people during WWII
What is the Holocaust
100
What are the 3 R's
What are Relief, Recovery and Reform
100
This court case ended segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. BOE, Topeka, KS
100
Define Domino Theory
What is that once one country falls to communism, than its neighbors will as well
100
This group wanted to expose corruption and abuses in society
What are muckrakers
200
Why did the US feel the need to create the Panama Canal?
What is to quicken the movement of navy ships
200
This form of purchasing goods was seen in the early 1920's (hint: it is not smart)
What is buying on credit/using credit cards
200
This is the name given to the large number of births which occurred after the end of WWII
What is Baby Boom
200
Define Containment
What is a policy used by the US to stop the spread of communism
200
This resulted in Nixon resigning from the office of the President
What is the Watergate Scandal
300
What was the goal of the Persian Gulf War (1991)
What is to protect oil interests/production in Kuwait
300
What was the term for FDRs legislation?
What is The New Deal
300
What three things led to the development of suburbia
What are higher wages, highway system and affordable cars
300
The outcome of this war was that the country remained divided in two (Communist and Democratic)
What is the Korean War
300
This was the mass movement of African-Americans from the South to the North
What is the Great Migration
400
This failed policy was used by the British and French at the start of WWII
What is appeasement
400
These people moved from the dust bowl to California
Who were the Oakies
400
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., used this style of protest during the Civil Rights Movement
What is Civil disobedience
400
During the Cuba Missile Crisis, the US has missiles in what country?
What is Turkey
400
This event led Carter to become unpopular and lose a re-election
What is Iran Hostage Situation
500
These trials held leaders accountable for their actions, even during war
What are the Nuremberg Trials
500
During the Great Depression the US had an isolationist point of view. Define Isolationist
What is the US would stay out of the affairs of other countries
500
This group made up the counter-culture of the 1960s
What were middle class, white youths
500
This Soviet Satellite was the first to orbit in the earth's atmosphere
What is Sputnik
500
Explain American's response to high levels of immigration
What is they felt there were too many immigrants so the government passed quotas (restrictions)
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