20’s
What was the trial of the century?
The Scopes trial
Who said “I am not a crook”
President Nixon
In what year did the _____ ______ ______ end segragation?
1964, in the Civil Rights Act
What year did World War One end?
1918
How much money did Germany owe (in US dollars) to the allies after WW2?
$23 billion
What amendment banned alcohol in the 20s?
18th amendment
Who said “Every man a king”
Huey Long
What was an important trial that brought and end to School segregation?
1954 Brown vs Board of Education
When was Franz Ferdinand shot?
June 28, 1914
Who was part of the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
What was the new rising music category of the decade?
Jazz
Who said “A war to end all Wars” in regard to the Great War
President Woodrow Wilson
What was the civil rights protest that put MLK on the map as a important activist of his era.
Montgomery Bus Boycott
What was the longest battle?
Battle of the Somme
Who were the leaders of the allied countries?
Franklin Roosevelt (the United States), Winston Churchill (Great Britain), and Joseph Stalin (the Soviet Union).
What happened in the great migration?
African Americans from the South migrated to the north
Who said “There never was a good war or a bad peace.”
Benjamin Franklin
What event involved the President ordering the 101st troops to contain and end the protest in support of School segregation
Little Rock Nine, 1957
What were the first three German towns to be shelled by the German navy.
Scarborough, Hartlepool and Whitby
What year did hitler invade Czechoslovakia?
1939
Before the watergate scandal, what was regarded as the most sensational example of high-level corruption in US history politics?
The Teapot Dome Scandal
“America is not merely a nation, but a nation of nations” was said by who
President Johnson
What are the names of the three civil rights activists who were killed by KKK members in Mississippi Burning, during the 1964 freedom summer?
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner.
What was the important tactic/plan that allowed Germany to have two war fronts (the west and the east)?
the Schlieffen Plan
What does Blitzkrieg mean?
Lighting war