Great Depression
Beginning of the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash 1929
reason the US went to war during WW2
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
What did women do during WW2?
do the jobs men used to do
factory workers
Which country got a man in space first?
Soviet Union
founded the Farmworkers Association and worked to get rights for migrant farmers
Cesar Chavez
important event in the US in 2008
first African American president is elected
What was the New Deal?
Who were the allies of the US in WW2?
Britain and France
What ended WW2?
The US dropping 2 atomic bombs in Japan
Who walked on the moon first?
Neil Armstrong
refused to give up her seat on the bus which began a boycott
Rosa Parks
names of the 2 political parties in the US
republican and democratic
What is the nickname of the 1930's
dirty thirties
How did FDR's speech to congress begin?
YESTERDAY, December 7, 1941 a date which will live in infamy.
What cities were bombed by the US in Japan?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Name of the mission to the moon for the US
Apollo
Boycott of buses in Alabama
Montgomery bus boycott
2001 terror attacks/ 9/11 attacks led to what?
begin the war on terror
When there are too many goods, what happens to the price?
prices decrease
Who was the 442nd regiment
Japanese American soldiers - high decorated WW2
What is Veterans Day?
When war ended in Europe
Celebrate current and past military people
The Space Race was between which 2 countries?
US and Soviet Union
preached non violence and was a civil rights leader
Martin Luther King Jr
symbol and color of the democratic party
donkey and blue
name given to shanty houses - insult to a president
Hoovervilles
Who were the Tuskegee Airman?
african american pilots during WW2
Axis Powers WW2
Germany, Italy and Japan
Why did the US get involved in Vietnam and Korea?
Keep communism from spreading
examples of civil disobedience
marches, boycotts and sit ins
symbol and color of the republican party
elephant and red
a time of drought and farming suffered in the Midwest and Great Plains
Dust Bowl
years WW2 was fought
1939 - 1945
name of the famous artwork promoting women to go to work
Rosie the Riveter
the term given to the split of democratic and communist countries in Europe
Iron Curtain
name of the march where MLK gave his I Have A Dream Speech
March on Washington
name of the wall built in to separate East and West Germany
Berlin Wall