Unit 6
These were farmers who "rented" the land and shared all of the crops with the owners. 3/4 of these farmers were African Americans (many of which were just freed from slavery)
Who are tenant farmers?
This was a waterway created by America in a foreign country that allowed ships to pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific without having to go completely around South America
What is the Panama Canal?
The event when Americans brought food and medical supplies to that were being blockaded by the USSR via airplane
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This president had to resign following the Watergate Scandal
Who is Richard Nixon?
The attacking of the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and attempt on the White House by the Islamic Fundamentalist group Al Qaeda
What is 9/11?
Each of these guys businesses:
John D. Rockefeller
Andrew Carnegie
JP Morgan
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What are:
Rockefeller- Oil
Carnegie- Steel
Morgan- Banking
Vanderbilt- Railroads
The 3 main reasons the US got involved in WWI
What are unrestricted submarine warfare, the sinking of the Luisithania, and the Zimmerman Telegram?
This person accused people of being Communists and dominated politics under President Truman. Additionally, they pressured Truman into the Korean War and taking a hard stance on the "Red Scare"
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
This was supposed to have a trickle down effect with supply-side economics where the President gave tax breaks to the big businesses. It ultimately only aided the rich.
What was Reaganomics?
The event that officially seperated Germany post-WWII
What is the Potsdam Conference?
These two locations were the hubs for immigrants entering into America
What are Ellis Island and Angel Island?
This group marched on Washington to demand their promised monies from President Hoover after serving in WWI, but were not granted it. Hoover hid in the White House and refused to speak with them.
What is the bonus army?
The key differences between the Vietcong and the Vietminh
What is:
Vietcong- Southern Vietnamese people who support Ho Chi Minh and utterly despise Diem and his government. This is who most Americans were fighting in the war
Vietminh- North Vietnamese Communist forces, loyal to Ho Chi Minh
The event that President Reagan attempted to cover up because it allowed the sales of weaponry to Iran and the money earned from it to be wired through other locations. The US had an embargo on Iran, but thought it would allow them to obtain their hostages out of Lebanon
What is the Iran Contra Affair?
The reasoning behind Executive Order 9066
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor and the American government fearing that Japanese Americans had ties back to Japan and were secretly spies.
What events led to violence at the hands of unions getting out of control during their strikes
What are the Haymarket Affair, Pullman Strike, and Homestead Strike
Explain Amendments 18, 19, and 20
What is:
18- prohibition of alcohol
19- women's right to vote
20- Moved Presidential inauguration from March to Jan.?
Founded to achieve self-determination and revival of tribal traditions for Native Americans
What is the American Indian Movement (AIM) of 1968?
The causes and effects of why the US entered the Persian Gulf War and Operation Desert Storm
What is Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait to take their oil. The UN condemned them and approved economic sanctions on Iraq. The US sent in troops via Saudi Arabia and pushed Hussein out of Kuwait but they sets oil fields on fire before he leaves, Bush chooses to not pursue him and put him out of power?
3 Presidents that either died or were assissinated in office during the 1900s
Who are JFK, FDR, and McKinley?
This law was the attempt to get rid of political bosses and fix local politics
What was the Pendleton Act?
Key differences in the war in Atlantic Theater vs. Pacific Theater during WWII (AT LEAST 3 EACH)
What is:
Atlantic: shorter distances, mostly land based, reliable infrastructure, strategic bombing of cities, defeat Nazis first, emphasis on radar and coding, harsher weathers (winters), tank usage, precision strikes, etc.
Pacific: mostly water, island hopping, moving naval fleets, deny Japan oil (and other goods), tropical heat, aircraft carrier battles, secure stepping stones (islands) for potential land invasion, etc.
This ultimately led to the Vietnam "War" beginning
The event that showed Diem was losing support and power in the South and made Americans question their alignments with his government.
What is the Buddhist Monks lighting themselves on fire in the streets?
This 1887 federal law aimed to assimilate Native Americans by breaking up tribal lands into individual plots, but resulted in the loss of nearly 90 million acres of indigenous territory.
What is the Dawes Severalty Act?