Nixon's plan to bring the troops home from Vietnam (Peace with Honor)
What was 'vietnamization'
100
Founded the American Federation of Labor
What is 'Samuel Gompers"
100
Life was hard with very long workdays in dangerous factories. Lived in tenements. Lived in ethnic neighborhoods
What is 'the typical life of a immigrant'
200
Idea that if one nation fell to communism, they all would
What is the "Domino theory'
200
Exchange of ping-pong teams to promote diplomacy with China
What is 'Ping-Pong Diplomacy'
200
When RR car workers strike, cars hooked to mail cars. Led by Debs
What was the 'Pullman Strike'
200
Poor housing that immigrants lived in - crowded and nasty
What is a 'tenement'
300
Missile launchers found in Cuban- resulted in extreme tension
What was the 'Cuban Missile Crisis'
300
Describe fighting in the Vietnam War
What is guerrilla warfare, agent orange, etc
300
Relaxation of tensions with the USSR (Nixon)
What is 'Detente"
300
Word that describes the Presidents of the Gilded Age
What is 'Forgotten'
300
Melting Pot- all nationalities become as one in America
Salad Bowl- all nationalities come to America but keep national identities
Which describes the Gilded Age
What is 'Salad Bowl'
400
Built in 1961 to keep East Berliners from fleeing to the West
What is the 'Berlin Wall'
400
Hey, Hey, How many kids have you killed today?
What was the 'Vietnam War anti-war catch phrase'
400
Israel attacked by Egypt and won. Led to OPEC oil embargo
What is 'Yom Kippur War'
400
Farmers movement- wanted silver coins, income tax, direct election of senators
What is 'populism'
400
They ran the cities and were mostly corrupt
What is 'political machines/ bosses'
500
First man on the moon
Who was 'Neil Armstrong'
500
President that was part of the Watergate Scandal that led to his resignation
Who was Richard Nixon
500
Economy of the 1970's - economic slowdown and high prices
What is 'stagflation'
500
Old and New Immigrants
What is Old Immigrants- came in the mid 1800's from Western Europe
New Immigrants- came in the later 1800/early 1900's from Eastern/Southern Europe