Civics/ Constitution
What was made to preserve the independence and sovereignty of the individual states of the US?
What are the Articles of Confederation
Why was it called the Gilded Age?
What is because it looked good from the outside, but it was bad on the inside.
Who was the famous Jazz trumpet player during the Jazz Age?
Who is Lewis Armstrong
What was the place in between the trenches in WWI called?
What was No-Man's Land
Who gave the famous "I Have A Dream" speech?
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.
What saved the Constitutional Convention and gave states equal power in the senate?
What was the Great Compromise
What was hands-off Government called?
What is Laissez-Faire
What was the ban against alcohol called that also became an amendment for a portion of time?
What was prohibition
When did the stock market crash?
When was Black Teusday
What was the line separating East Communist Germany and West Democratic Germany?
What was the Iron Curtain
How was the President elected?
What was by receiving the majority of electoral votes
What Robber Baron was responsible for the oil industry?
Who was John D. Rockefeller
What did people commonly call a rebellious teen during the Jazz Age?
What is a Flapper
What was one of the main causes of World War I?
What was the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand
Who wanted a more physical approach to address civil rights?
Who was Malcolm X
What is the difference between Democratic and Republican?
What was Democratic Government is more left-leaning, liberal and commonly associated with progressives and equality, and Republican Government is right-leaning, traditional and associated with equity and economic freedom
What was a Muckraker?
What was a journalist who attacked established institutions and leaders as corrupt
What was the scientific theory that was banned for teaching in classrooms?
What was the Theory of Evolution
When was Pearl Harbor?
When was December 7, 1941
Who was the leader of Russia at the time of the Cold War?
Who was Joseph Stalin
What system was used to make sure that all 3 branches of American Government had equal power?
What was the Checks and Balances system
What rights were women fighting to get during this time?
What was voting rights
What was a lynching?
What was publicly hanging people without a trial
What cities were atomic bombs dropped in by the U.S.?
Where was Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who were the Little Rock Nine and what was their goal?
Who was a group of African-American teens who wanted to fight for their right to go to an all white school by use of state military escorting them