Early Units
This Robber Baron controlled the Oil Industry
Rockfeller
What amendment banned alcohol in the United States?
18th
True or False: The US fought the Korean War alone
False
This Southeast Asian conflict was a primary factor of American division in the 1960s
The Vietnam War
What was the name of the law passed after 9/11
The Patriot Act
What was the only group explicitly banned from entering the United States in the 1880s.
Chinese
What group was formed to preserve white supremacy, traditional values and nativism?
the Ku Klux Klan
Eisenhower was popular because
Four African American college Freshman sparked this kind of protest, by attempting to order Coffee, and not moving when denied service.
Sit In
This president was impeached for lying under oath, but did not lose his job.
Clinton
Term when one person or company completely controls an entire industry
Monopoly
Why did the US become a world power after World War II?
What was Roosevelt's initial focus when elected?
Improving the economy/ Stopping panic
This was a line (not physical) across Europe, dividing spheres of influence
What is the Iron Curtain
Who was NAFTA between?
US, Mexico and Canada
What was the justification for creating an American empire?
God, Gold, Glory
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views of superiorityWhat New Deal act established old-age pensions, unemployment insurance, and aid for the disabled?
Social Security
Why did the Soviet Union join the Allies in World War II?
Hitler broke the Non-Aggression pact.
This band moved from wearing suits and ties on television to becoming "psychedelically garbed" and singing of peace and love- showing the change in culture by this decade.
The Beatles
What is NAFTA?
North American Free Trade Agreement
What law made Native Americans give up their (communal) land and culture?
The Dawes Act
What treaty ended World War I?
The Treaty of Versailles
What is an example of irony in the New Deal Programs? People were starving BUT...
The government paid farmers not to farm and to kill animals.
This is a term that came to be known for a witchhunt, but was named after a government official.
McCarthyism
How did the War on Terror effect civil liberties in the US?
Expanded Surveillance