Cold war
An intense competition between the united states and the Soviet union in the field of space exploration.
Sputnik/space race
makeshift shelters for homeless people,mostly victims of the Great depression from 1929 to 1941.
Hooverville
the significant increase in birth rates in the United States after world war II between 1946 and 1964.
Baby Boom
vegetable and fruit gardens planted during world war I and world war II to ensure a food supply for civilians and troops
Victory garden
international, American-led military campaign launched following the september 11,2001 terrorist attacks.
war on terror
intense competition between the united states and the soviet union to see who could stock more powerful Nuclear weapons.
a period from 1920 to the early 1930s in which jazz music and dance styles gained worldwide popularity.
Jazz age
White collar/blue collar jobs
policy that emphasizes both peaceful negotiations and to use military force if necessary.
Big stick policy
a piece of legislation passed in response to the september 11 terrorist attacks
USA Patriot act of 2001
a cold war event where the United States and Britain airlifted supplies to west Berlin after the Soviet union blockaded water and land access to the city in 1948.
Berlin wall/Airlift
tendency of people living in a capitalist economy to engage in a lifestyle of excessive materialism that revolves around wasteful overconsumption.
Voting rights act of 1965
Japanese cities that experienced deadly atomic bombings during world war II
Hiroshima/Nagaski
the spread of the flow of financial products,goods,technology,information,and jobs across national borders and cultures.
Globalization
suggests that if one nation falls to communism other nations will also be drawn in causing a chain reaction.
Domino theory
a decade of economic prosperity,rapid social change,and a mood of optimism
Roaring twenties
a movement aimed to end discrimination against Mexican Americans and expanded workers rights,voting rights,equality, and land usage
NOW/AIM Chicano movement
man-made waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, serving as a trade route and shortcut for ships.
Panama canal
Total collapse of the soviet union in 1991. The cold war and U.S. policy of containment played a role.
Collapse of the USSR.
a direct and dangerous standoff between the united states and the Soviet union during the cold war.
Cuban missile crisis
italian immigrants who were wrongly convicted of murder in 1921 and executed in 1927.
Sacco and venzetti
widespread economic prosperity, increased availability of consumer goods and rising standards of living
Age of affulence
series of laws enacted by the united states to prevent the country from being drawn into foreign wars,mainly during world war II
Neutrality acts
protecting nature for its own sake to prioritize the benefits of nature to humans.
New conservation