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Cold War
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Great Depression
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the symbol of ideological fighting and physical boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1989
What is the iron curtain?
100
"separate but equal" status for black Americans
What are Jim Crow laws?
100
prohibiting the making, selling, possession, and consumption of alcoholic beverages
What is the 18th Amendment?
100
president when the Great Depression began
Who is Herbert Hoover?
100
On December 7, 1941, the Imperial Japanese Navy launched a surprise attack on the Hawaiian U.S. naval base
What is the attack of Pearl Harbor?
200
Refusal to treat the USSR as a legitimate part of the international community as well as their delayed entry into World War II
What is the reason the Soviets resented Americans?
200
the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life
What is racial segregation?
200
woman with short bobbed or shingled hair, straight loose knee-length dresses with a dropped waistline, silk or rayon stockings with garters, heavy makeup, and long beaded necklaces
What is a flapper?
200
shanty towns, that were named after President Herbert Hoover
What is Hooverville?
200
battle fought in June 1942, considered one of the most decisive battles of WWII, effectively destroyed Japan’s naval strength when the Americans destroyed four of its aircraft carriers. Japan’s navy never recovered.
What is the Battle of the Midway?
300
built in 1961 to restrict the free movement from West Berlin to East Berlin
What is the Berlin Wall
300
Group of civil rights activists who challenged racial segregation on public transportation
Who were the Freedom Riders?
300
popular during and after the war was suited to the new music tempos
What is ragtime?
300
Chicago gangster (1899-1947), who opened a soup kitchen during the Great Depression
Who is Al Capone?
300
Germany, Italy, Japan
What are axis powers?
400
During 1989 many of the countries behind the 'Iron curtain' broke free from communist control.
What caused the Cold War to end?
400
worked to end segregation in the 1960's and preached to others that they should do whatever they needed to do to fight for their rights
Who is Malcolm X?
400
underground drinking establishments
What is a speakeasy?
400
October 29, 1929, the market lost $14 billion, making the loss for that week an astounding $30 billion.
What is Black Tuesday?
500
Policy set forth by U.S. President Harry S Truman on March 12, 1947 stating that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid
What is the Truman Doctrine?
500
first black student at her elementary school
Who is Ruby Bridges?
500
fear of anarchists, communists and immigrants
What is the Red Scare?
500
famous photographer who took pictures of migrant workers in California during the 1930s
Who is Dorothea Lange?