America in the 20s
Who was the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic?
Charles Lindbergh
What was the overall name for FDRs program?
The New Deal
Who became President upon the death of Roosevelt?
Harry Truman
Who is the phrase "Iron Curtain" attributed to?
Winston Churchill
What was Sputnik?
First artificial satellite
Who was sworn in by his father and known as the "Silent President?"
Calvin Coolidge
What fraction of the nation's workers were unemployed at the worst point of the Great Depression?
1/4
What was the largest naval battle of WWII?
Leyte Gulf
What was the standoff between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R called?
Cold War
What did Brown vs. Board of Education decide?
Segregation in public schools is unconstitutional
Who was the infamous Chicago gangster during Prohibition?
Al Capone
What were the two most popular forms of entertainment in the 1930s?
radio and movies
What was the target of the first atomic bomb?
Hiroshima
What is the most powerful body in the United Nations?
Security Council
Who famously refused to give up her seat on a bus?
Rosa Parks
Who was the schoolteacher that was charged with teaching evolution?
John T. Scopes
What was the official U.S. policy when political and military crises began developing in Europe?
Neutrality
Where were Japanese Americans kept in the U.S.?
Internment camps
What is the generation born in the years following WWII called?
Baby Boomers
Who was the Communist leader of Cuba in the 1950s?
What farm pricing system did the McNairy-Haugen Bill propose?
parity
What started WWII on September 1, 1939?
D-Day
How did the Korean War began?
North Korea invaded South Korea
Who was the Communist leader of North Vietnam in the 1950s?
Ho Chi Minh
What is margin?
paying a fraction of what a stock is worth
What program was a new experiment in unified planning for an entire region?
Tennessee Valley Authority
What was the site of the Big Three conference?
Yalta
What did the Taft-Hartley Act do?
limited the power of labor unions
What country attempted to break away from Soviet control in 1956?
Hungary
Who was the President when the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began?
Herbet Hoover
What helped with unemployment, retirement, and disability benefits during the 1930s?
Social security
Who was the Soviet leader during WWII?
Joseph Stalin
What does the GI Bill do?
gives benefits to veterans
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