Vocabulary
Giving in to an aggressor in order to avoid a conflict.
Appeasement
Policy of the United States at the beginning of WW I.
Neutrality
Rebellious women who asserted their independence during the 1920's.
Flappers
Amendment that abolished slavery.
13th Amendment
This became widespread as a result of Prohibition.
Organized Crime/Violence
Rebirth of African American culture.
Harlem Renaissance
The immediate cause of World War I.
Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The icon who represented the many women working in factories during WW II.
Rosie the Riveter
Established legal segregation in the United States.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This event brought an end to the Great Depression.
World War II
The process of becoming part of another culture.
Assimilation
The event that prompted Roosevelt to say, "A date which will live in infamy."
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
Her arrest led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Rosa Parks
Amendment that gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
Examples of this are marches, letters, sit-ins, and boycotts.
Civil Disobedience
The idea if one country fell to communism then neighboring countries would also fall.
Domino Theory
The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine was the immediate cause of this war.
Spanish American War
Group of people who worked to expose corruption and abuses in industry and society.
Muckrakers
Required young men to register for the draft.
Selective Service Act
This organization acts primarily to maintain peace and security.
United Nations
A barrier to understanding and information.
Iron Curtain
This led to the liberation of France.
D-Day
Name for the businessmen at the end of the 1800's that used ruthless tactics against their competitors.
Robber Barons
This ordered the integration of schools with "all deliberate speed".
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
The system in which unions represent workers in negotiating with management.
Collective Bargaining