Progressive Era/Gilded Age
These brothers achieved the first successful airplane flights on December 17, 1903, at Kill Devil Hills in North Carolina.
The Wright Brothers
Who was given the right to vote in 1920?
Women
A severe global economic downturn that lasted from 1929 to 1939, especially in the United States.
The Great Depression
On the date December 8, 1941 the United States joined...
WW2
During the Cold War the United States was trying to stop the spread of...
Communism
A period in US history, roughly from the 1870s to the 1890s, characterized by rapid industrialization and economic growth, but also by significant social inequality and political corruption.
Gilded Age
This term refers to the period from 1920 to 1933 when the 18th Amendment banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
Prohibition
In 1929 what crashed to cause mass panic throughout the United States sending them into a depression?
The Stock Market
-Soviet Union
-France
-Britain
-China
-United States
These countries were known as the...
Allied Powers
Who were the two main countries involved in the Cold War?
The United States
The Soviet Union
On March 25, 1911 a factory in New York City burned, killing 146 workers mostly woman.
Triangle Shirt Waste Fire
What were the 2 major alliances of WWl?
Allied and Central Powers
The following were all causes of...
- Overproduction and under consumption
- Uneven distribution of income
- Stock market speculation ---buying on margin
- Excessive use of credit
The Great Depression
A surprise military attack launched by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States on December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor
The Cold War began after the ending of what other war?
World War 2
Why did American cities especially New York, grow in population?
Immigration
Who was the President of the U.S. during WWl?
Woodrow Wilson
A severe period of dust storms that devastated the Great Plains region of the United States during the 1930s.
The Dust Bowl
On what cities of Japan were the 2 atomic bombs dropped on?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United States fought a long and bloody conflict in Southeast Asia that spanned from 1955 to 1975 which was called the...
Vietnam War
This President was known as a "trustbuster" because he wanted to test the power of the government to break up monopolies. (He is always on a horse in the movie Night at the Museum)
Theodore Roosevelt
The sinking of this ship was a major reason as to why the U.S. entered WWl..
Lucitania
The Works Progress Administration (WPA), National Youth Administration, Wagner Act, The Social Security Act are all part of what deal?
The New Deal
Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, was the largest amphibious assault in history and a crucial step in the liberation of Western Europe.
D-Day
What was it called when the Soviet Union placed missiles in Cuba that could reach major cities in USA?
The Cuban Missile Crisis