Going West
This made travel easier and it made it possible to transport goods across the country easier
Transcontinental Railroad
Olympic Gold Medal athlete
Jesse Owens
Gave Woman the right to vote
19th
Why were Americans primarily afraid of during the first Red Scare?
that communists would try to start a revolution in the US
What was the ruling in Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme court ruled segregation has no place in education
Two reasons why life on reservations was difficult
possibly live with the enemy and land was smaller and hard to farm
Facisist leader during WW2
Benito Mussolini
Prohibition
18th
This agency was sent to investigate potential communist during the First Red Scare
FBI
Executive Order said there should be no discrimination based on race, creed, color, or national origin in government and defense industry
Executive Order 8022
Many traveled west because of the Morrell Land Act. What is the Morrell Land Grant Act?
gave land to to states to fund universities so people went for higher education
Writer and leader of the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
ended prohibition
The US Attorney General ordered raids on communist target where Russian immigrants met and beat near 200 people
defined by law
for example: segregation of the US Military, and segregation through Jim Crow
de jure
This invention changed "how the west was won"
barbed wire
Advocated for Indian independence from Britain
Mahatma Gandhi
limited presidential terms to two
22nd
Was known as the policy of containment that aimed to contain the spread of communism and provide political, military, and economic aid to democratic countries who fell under the threat of communism
Truman Doctrine
was formed in 1942 and worked to integrate restaurants and businesses by using sit ins and nonviolent direct actions
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE)
Act that created land reservations and declared tribes were no longer legal entities that could negotiate
Indian Appropriations Act
Created the Wireless telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi
13, 14, and 15
Created to investigate alleged disloyalty and rebel activities tied to communism
The House Un-American Activities Committee
formed by Truman, it investigated Civil Rights complaints and then reported a recommendations
President's Committee on Civil Rights