Gilded Age/Progressive Era
Gilded Age was marked by...
Rapid industrialization and wealth disparity
Prior to WWI, what countries did the U.S. gain control over after defeating the Spanish in the Spanish-American War?
Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines
The 1920s in the U.S. were known as the...
Roaring 20s
What caused the U.S. to join WWII?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
The Gulf War in 1991 was fought to remove what country's forces out of Kuwait?
Iraq
What era is defined as being "shiny on the surface and corrupt underneath"?
The Gilded Age
What caused the U.S. to enter WWI?
Unrestricted German submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram
The 18th Amendment, known as Prohibition, outlawed what?
Alcohol
The Allied invasion of Normandy is also referred to as...
D-Day
Name a key figure that inspired the Civil Rights Movement.
MLK, Malcolm X, Rosa Parks
Out of all of the robber barons, Andrew Carnegie was most known for being associated with what type of industry?
Steel
What was the most prevalent type of warfare in WWI, that dubbed the war as a "war of attrition"?
Trench warfare
What triggered the Great Depression?
Stock Market Crash of 1929
What was the Cold War characterized by between the U.S. and the USSR?
Ideological and political differences. Democracy vs Communism.
What symbolized the end of the Cold War?
The fall of the Berlin Wall
What was the goal of the Progressive movement?
Reform political corruption and improve society
What was the area between the trenches known as?
No man's land
What was the drought know as that occurred in middle America when land was over farmed, causing excess amounts of dust? This also forced "Okies" to move out west.
The Dust Bowl
The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to contain what?
Communism
Brown v. Board of Education ruled that...
Segregation in schools is unconstitutional
What was the party that stemmed from farmers and became known as the "peoples party"?
The Populist Party
What was Wilson's proposal for after WWI, to help restore world peace?
14 Points
FDR introduced a series of new programs to provide relief, recovery, and reform. This program was known as the...
New Deal
What escalated the Vietnam War for the United States?
The Gulf of Tonkin Incident and the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
What Act in 1964 led to the end of segregation in public places?
Civil Rights Act of 1964