Topic 5
Post World War I
Topic 6
Great Depression
Topic 6
The New Deal
Topic 7
World War II
Topic 8
Cold War
Civil Rights &
Other Information
100
He created the Model T in 1908

Who is Henry Ford

100

This amendment banned alcohol and this amendment overturned the alcohol ban.

What is the 18th and 21st Amendments

100

These are the three R's of the New Deal. 

What is relief, recovery, and reform

100

During World War II he was the leader of the Soviet Union

Who is Joseph Stalin

100

After World War II these four countries had a part of Germany.

What is the United States, Soviet Union, France and Great Britain

100

This governor wanted segregation to last forever. 

Need first and last name

Who is Governor George Wallace

200

This system limits the number of new immigrants into the United States

What is the quota system

200

This movie was the first to have sound and able to hear people speaking.

What is the Jazz Singer

200

This New Deal program is still around today and helps people with financial aid once they have retired. 

What is Social Security

200

During World War II he was the leader of Italy

Who is Benito Mussolini

200

These two countries competed during the Cold War to be the biggest superpower. 

What is the United States and the Soviet Union

200

President _____________signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law in July. The act banned segregation in public accommodations.

Need first and last name

Who is Lyndon B. Johnson

300

The _______members wore masks to show anonymity which helped them spread terror and hide their identity.

What is the KKK or Ku Klux Klan

300

He was known as the ambassador or jazz and was a musician during the Harlem Renaissance. 

Need first and last name

Who is Louis Armstrong

300

This New Deal program is still around today and regulates the stock market. 

Need the name of the program, not the abbreviations. 

What is the Securities Exchange Commission

300

These three countries were the Axis Powers during World War II.

What is Germany, Japan, and Italy

300

This parallel line divides North and South Korea

What is the 38th parallel

300

In 1948, President _______________ did use his executive power to order the desegregation of the military.

Need first and last name

Who is Harry S. Truman

400

This trial dealt with the teaching of evolution. 

What is the Scopes Monkey Trial.

400

These were makeshift shantytowns of tents and shacks, and were built on public land or vacant lots.

What are Hoovervilles

400

This New Deal program is still around today and insures people's bank accounts

Need the name of the program, not the abbreviations.

What is the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
400

This event brought the United States into World War II.

What is Pearl Harbor

400

These two countries support North Korea during the Korean War

What is China and the Soviet Union

400

Segregation that is imposed by law is known as this type of segregation. 

What is de jure segregation

500

This President promised the American people, a "Return to Normalcy."

Need first and last name

Who is Warren G. Harding

500

In 1932, during the Great Depression, thousands of World War I veterans marched on Washington D. C., demanding a solution to their financial problems.

What is the Bonus Army

500

This New Deal program established minimum wage

What is the Fair Labor Standard Act

500

More than 7,000 Americans and Filipinos died on this grueling journey.

What is the Bataan Death March

500

The baby boom came after this war.

What is World War II

500

This group of people refused to conform to accepted ways of dressing, thinking, and acting.  Conformity they insisted, stifled individualism.

What are Beatniks 

600

This allows a consumer to make a small down payment and then pay off the rest of the debt in regular monthly payments.

What is installment buying

600

President _______________ talked directly to the American public through his “fireside chat” radio broadcasts. He used these broadcasts as an opportunity to calm the fears of the American people.

Need first and last name

Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt

600

In 1939 this epic movie was the largest grossing movie of the 20th century.

What is Gone With the Wind

600

This event was the biggest land, air, and sea invasion in history.

What is the D-Day invasion

600

President Truman created this doctrine to stop the spread of communism. 

What is the Truman Doctrine

600

This law sought to end tribal government and to relocate Native Americans to the nation’s cities.

What is the Termination Policy