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Great Depression & WWII
WWI & 1920s
Historical Docs
1950s
Imperialism & Ind. Rev.
100
Which major historical event brought the U.S into WWII?
The attack on Pearl Harbor, 12/7/1941
100
Which amendment led to prohibition and the ban of what? (Tell me the amendment # and what it banned)

18th Amendment - Alcohol 

100

Which document FIRST established the framework for the U.S. federal government?


Articles of Confederation

100

The sharp increase in birthrate post WWII is referred to as:

The baby boom

100
Which court case established segregation in the U.S by citing the phrase, "separate but equal"? 

Plessy v. Ferguson

200

What was a major financial/economical affect of the Great Depression? 

Stock Market Crash, Americans were poorer, High unemployment

200
The "Red Scare" created hysteria in the U.S over what?
The spread of communism
200

Rights that you were born with and are considered unchallengeable are called:


Natural Rights

200

What is the name of the assistance the U.S government gave to soldiers returning home from WWII that provided education opportunities as well as accesses to housing loans?

The GI Bill

200

What term describes the movement of people from rural areas to urban areas (country to city)

Urbanization

300

Prior to the U.S fighting in WWII, what was the name of the policy the U.S government pushed for in order to stay out of foreign conflict?

Isolationism 

300

What was the name of the movement during the 1920s that was a resurgence of African American artistic creativity and music in the U.S?

The Harlem Renaissance 

300

Between Federalists/Anti-Federalists, who would not support the ratification of the Constitution? 

Anti-Federalist 

300
An increase in population and soldiers returning home from WWII led to the creation of homes located where?

The suburbs

300

Dangerous working conditions, low pay, and long hours led to the formation of what for Americans during the Industrial Revolution?

Labor unions

400

What was the name of FDR's plan to fix the problems of the Great Depression

The New Deal

400

What does President Wilson write at the end of WWI that he believes is was the key to preventing any further global conflicts? 

Wilson's Fourteen Points

400

What was the purpose of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

To establish a government in the Northwest Territory

400
The term McCarthyism led the U.S to investigate what within the U.S government?

Those who were suspected communists

400

What was the nickname for progressives/reformers (like Upton Sinclair) that helped bring attention to corruption in business during the Industrial Revolution?

Muckrakers

500
President Truman dropped the Atomic Bomb on which two Japanese cities?

Hiroshima and Nagasaki

500

Using the acronym M.A.I.N (A), what were five causes of WWI?

Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism, Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

500

The political theory that defines the relationship of power between the federal government and the states is referred to as:

Federalism

500

What is the name of the military alliance, the U.S joined, created after WWII that initially aimed to protect Europe from communism?

NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) 

500
Name the term that describes sensationalized news reporting. This term also is associated with a reason why the U.S went to war with Spain 

Yellow Journalism