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New Nation
Between Wars
World Responsibilites
Industrial Society
WWII to Present
100
The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848 focused on
What is women's rights
100
What is a program that still exists today from FDR's New Deal program?
What is Social Security
100
The purpose of the Marshall Plan and Truman Doctrine?
What is to help Europe rebuild its economy after WWII
100
a house that provided immigrants with help to assimilate into American culture
What is a settlement house
100
The court case that desegregated public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education
200
One result of the contact between Native Americans and Europeans
What is exchange of plants/animals introduction of diseases
200
What was the main purpose of public works projects during the Great Depression?
What is give people jobs
200
This event brought the U.S. into WWII
What is the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
200
Unsafe working conditions, low pay and long hours caused some workers to form
What is labor unions
200
In what presidential election was there a recount of ballots?
What is George W. Bush 2000
300
The forced journey of the Cherokee people from Georgia to Indian Territory in 1838 is known as
What is the Trail of Tears
300
The rebirth and rich period of African American culture through art, music and literature
What is Harlem Renaissance
300
How did U.S. involvement in WWII help bring the Depression to an end?
What is the production of weapons, supplies and goods = more production and jobs
300
Manufacturing replaced farming as the main form of work
What is Industrial Revolution
300
One reason the U.S. fought in the Persian Gulf War?
What is to protect the U.S. supply of oil in the Middle East
400
The court case that gave the Supreme Court the power to declare laws unconstitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison
400
The passage of what act provided equipment and weapons to allied nations during WWII?
What is Lend-Lease Act 1941
400
The Berlin Airlift, Korean War and Vietnam War can all be associated with
What is the Cold War
400
Journalists who informed the public about injustices and abuses
What is Muckrackers
400
In 2005 what hurricane devasted Louisiana and the Mississippi coastline?
What is katrina
500
Which event resulted in the United States' territory nearly doubling its size between 1800 and 1830
What is Louisiana Purchase
500
This international organization was formed after WWI to settle future disputes peacefully?
What is the League of Nations
500
What country dropped the atomic bomb and on what cities?
What is the United States on Nagasaki and Hiroshima
500
Corporations, trusts and stocks are most closely associated with
What is rise of big business
500
Who were the two presidents that have been impeached?
What is Nixon and Clinton