Presidents
Which president helped the US get out of the Great Depression with the New Deal?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
What type of government has complete control over everything, 1 ruler, and does not allow opposition?
Totalitarianism
What amendment gave African Americans citizenship?
14th Amendment
Who controlled the steel industry in the United States in the late 1800s/early 1900s?
Andrew Carnegie
What is the term for one company controlling an entire industry?
Monopoly
Which president had the policy of "Big Stick Diplomacy" when dealing with other countries?
Teddy Roosevelt
What event led to the US officially joining World War II?
Japan attacked Pearl Harbor
Which court case led to the integration of public schools?
Brown v. Board of Education
Who's arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the desegregation of public transportation?
Rosa Parks
What term describes laws enforcing racial segregation that began in the South after the Civil War?
Jim Crow laws
Who was the US representative at the Paris Peace Conference after World War I?
Woodrow Wilson
What event cause Austria-Hungary to declare war on Serbia and begin World War I?
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
What amendment gave women the right to vote?
19th amendment
Which inventor developed the assembly line to produce items in factories at a quicker rate?
Henry Ford
Which wave of immigration involved mostly Southern and Eastern Europeans and took place from 1880-1920s?
Second Wave of Immigration
Which President was known for his "Dollar Diplomacy" and exerting influence through economic means?
William Howard Taft
What international peace organization was created after World War I?
League of Nations
What US naval ship exploded that brought the US into the Spanish-American War?
USS Maine
What group of people fought for women's right to vote?
Suffragists
What is the term for exaggerated and sometimes false reporting of news?
Yellow Journalism
Which president had the idea of Vietnamization? (to remove US troops from Vietnam and teach them to fight for themselves)
Richard Nixon
Which alliances were in World War II?
Axis Powers and Allied Powers
What was the time period when alcohol was prohibited in the United States?
Prohibition
Who controlled the railroad industry during the late 1800s?
Cornelius Vanderbilt
What was the major transportation network that connected the East to the West in the late 1800s?
Transcontinental Railroad