Period 6
Theory that follows the Finches of the Galapagos, stating that only the strong survive in a capitalist society
What is Social Darwinism
What event caused immediate American intervention in WWII?
What is Pearl Harbor
Who accused thousands of proclaimed innocent people of being communist during the time period 1940-1950?
Who is Joseph McCarthy
What terrorist attack on United States led to an increase in American Security and hunting down of Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden?
What is 9/11
This person was the first African American president of the United States
Who is Barack Obama
Founder of the Hull House
Who is Jane Addams
Who wrote “The Jungle"?
Who is Upton Sinclair
What were the “farmers by day, killers by night” in Vietnam who were secretly positioned in South Vietnam?
Who are the Viet Cong
Who is the famous singer from a popular rock band in the 70’s/80’s that suffered from the AIDS epidemic?
Who is Freddie Mercury
This president shares his name with a national favorite stuffed toy
Who is "Teddy" Roosevelt
Process that made steel affordable. Named after Sir Henry of England
What is The Bessemer process
What are the three R’s of the New Deal?
What is relief, recovery, reform
Who was the leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War?
Who is Ho Chi Minh
Russian reform policy similar to Article 1 of the first amendment of the US Constitution
What is glasnost
These documents exposed the government for expanding the highly controversial war in Vietnam
What are the Pentagon Papers
Private military force utilized by monopolies to break up strikes
Who are the pinkertons
What name was given to the day the stock market crashed?
What is Black Tuesday
Who was the originator of the slogan “Black Power"?
Who is Stokely Carmichael
Who was the first lady to be appointed to the supreme court?
Who is Sandra Day O’Connor
A religious sermon that dictated everyone’s fate was held by God’s wrath and served as a catalyst for the First Great Awakening
What is Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God
"Party of the People"
Who are populists
Who was the last queen of Hawaii during American Imperialism?
Who is Queen Liliuokalani
What was the name of the first monkey that the US sent to space?
Who is Albert (the goat rest in peace)
What organization put a 5% embargo on product oil from the Middle East
What is OPEC
This American revolutionist was placed under house arrest and upon being released was promptly struck and killed by lighting
Who is James Otis