Exploration & Migration
The word transcontinental means?
A: Across Oceans
B: stopping distance
C: Dividing continent
D: Across continent
D: Across continent
What was the name of the Shanty Towns that were created during the Great Depression?
A: Depression Ville
B: Hooverville
C: Los Angeles
D: Herbert Towns
B: Hooverville
What event caused America to join World War 2?
A: Bombing of Pearl Harbor
B: Sinking of the Lusitania
C: Bay of Pigs Invasion
D: Bombing of Nagasaki
A: Bombing of Pearl Harbor
The Berlin Wall was located in what country?
Germany
Who was one of the leaders during the Civil Right Movement
Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, etc.
Why were people immigrating to America in the 1800-1900s? Choose all the apply:
A: Economic opportunity
B: Escaping family
C: religious Freedom
D: Could not afford their homes
E: Promise for a better life
A, C, E
What was the name of an independent woman during the Roaring 20s?
Flapper
What was the name of the battleship that is docked in Charleston, SC?
USS Yorktown
What was the Red Scare?
A: people afraid of the color red
B: People painting buildings red
C: being afraid of communism
D: People embracing communism
C: being afraid of communism
What president was a strong supporter of the Civil Rights movement before he was assassinated
John F. Kennedy
During the Spanish American War the USS Maine exploded in the Havana harbor. Who did it?
We still do not know...
The Great Migration was ______?
A movement of African Americans from the South to the big cities in the North.
What TWO events caused the United States to enter WWI?
A: Zimmerman telegram
B: Bombing of Pearl Harbor
C: Sinking of the USS Maine
D: Sinking of the Lusitania
E: Space Race
F: Great Depression
A: Zimmerman telegram &
D: Sinking of the Lusitania
The US fought in two wars during the Cold War era because they were afraid of what?
Communism
What is NOT an example of nonviolent protests?
A: sit-ins
B: boycotts
C: Labor resistance
D: vandalism
D: vandalism
What are some benefits for more railroads being installed throughout the state of SC?
Easier to travel people, news, goods and services
What does the word Suffrage mean?
The right to vote in political elections
What does the word Holocaust mean?
Greek word holokauston which means “Sacrifice by Fire”
1955-1975 was the _____ war where American lost and eventually pulled out their troops.
Vietnam
What year did the Civil rights Act become legal?
A:1962
B:1963
C:1964
D:1966
C:1964
Who is widely credited for the popularization of the assembly line and what was it used for?
Henry Ford & his automobile assembly became faster and cheaper to make cars therefore it reduced the price of the cars.
The New Deal policies were designed to help Americans after the Great Depression.
What were TWO of the New Deal Programs?
CCC, WPA, TVA, PWA, FDIC, SEC, Social Security
What are the MAIN causes of World War One? (yes, you must list them all for credit. The group that gets the most correct the quickest gets the points if no one gets them all)
Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism, Nationalism
Bouns: Assassination of ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand
Draw a picture of what the death strip included for the Berlin Wall. Must include at least 5 key elements.
10ft wall w/ pipe on top, spike strip, barbed wire, open field, guards, dogs, watch towers, other wall, bunkers
Quote the first line of Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I have a dream speech”
“I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”