Unit 6
Group that responded to the ills of industrialization and tried to fix the problems in society
Who were the Progressives?
Emmett Till, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights act of 1964
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
2nd worse economic crisis in U.S. history, attempt to stimulate economy
Who is Barrack Obama?
Over production and under consumption, a bad market which caused a crash in the economy
What is the Great Depression?
37th president, only president to step down
Who was Richard Nixon?
A series of terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States
What is 9/11?
Began over militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism
What is World War I?
Tensions between Soviet Union and the U.S. over communism. Truman doctrine provides aid to countries along with Marshall plan.
What is the Cold War?
Very close election, most since Nixon and Kennedy, Florida miscount
Who is George W. Bush?
Also known as the Black Migration, movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States
What is the Great Migration?
Troops support South Viatnemese, U.S. troops up for Vietnam
What is the Vietnam War?
What is Free Trade?
December 7, 1940, attack by the Japanese on the naval base in Hawaii
What was Pearl Harbor?
Women organized into a group that remained loyal to the Republican Party so when reconstruction was over, it would be their turn
What is Women’s Suffrage Movements?
The ongoing rise of the average temperature of the Earth’s Climate.
What is Climate Change?