The New Deal and WWII
The New Deal aimed to fix problems caused by this event.
What is the Great Depression?
The Social Security Act provided money for this group.
Who are the elderly or retired workers?
She refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery bus.
Who is Rosa Parks?
The Cold War was a rivalry between the U.S. and this country.
What is the Soviet Union (USSR)?
Many women worked in factories, symbolized by this famous figure.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?
This president created the New Deal programs.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
Banking reforms were meant to rebuild this after the 1929 crash.
What is public confidence or trust in banks?
This Supreme Court case declared school segregation unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of communism.
What is containment?
The 1962 confrontation over missiles in Cuba nearly started nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Germany, Italy, and Japan were known as this alliance.
What are the Axis Powers?
The NRA (not the National Rifle Association) encouraged fair practices among these groups.
What are businesses or industries?
These nine students helped integrate Central High School in Arkansas.
Who are the Little Rock Nine?
The fear of communism spreading inside the U.S. was known as this.
What is the Red Scare?
WWII helped end the Great Depression because of this.
What is increased war production or jobs?
The U.S. entered WWII after this event.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
FDR talked to the nation through these “chats.”
What are Fireside Chats?
This Civil Rights group used court cases to fight discrimination.
What is the NAACP?
This senator became famous for accusing Americans of being communists.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This group of African American pilots became famous for bravery in combat.
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
Critics said the New Deal gave too much power to this.
What is the federal government?
The New Deal showed the government could do this in times of crisis.
What is take action or directly help citizens?
President Johnson’s program to fight poverty and improve life for all Americans.
What is the Great Society?
Winston Churchill said this “fell across Europe,” dividing East and West.
What is the Iron Curtain?
This competition between the U.S. and USSR helped launch space exploration.
What is the Space Race?