World War 1
List the MAIN causes of World WAR I
Militarism
Alliance System
Imperialism
Nationalism
A burst of African American culture during the Roaring 20's.
What is the Harlem Renaissance?
US Naval base attacked by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Caused the US to enter WWII.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Policy the United States followed to prevent the spread of communism.
What is Containment?
The refusal to obey certain laws or demands of the government for the purpose of influencing government policy. Non-violent. Practiced by Martin Luther King Jr.
What is Civil Disobedience?
This event caused the beginning of World War I.
The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary.
Programs created by FDR to counter the effects of the Great Depression. Created to provide relief, recovery, and reform.
What is FDR's New Deal?
Supreme Court Case where a man of Japanese descent refused to leave his home and be sent to an internment camp. He argued it was unconstitutional because it was based on race, however, the court ruled it WAS constitutional.
What is Korematsu vs. US?
Policy promising aid ($$) to countries fighting to maintain democracy.
What is the Truman Doctrine?
She did not give up her seat to a white man on a bus and was arrested. Lead to African Americans in Montgomery, AL boycotting the use of the buses.
Who is Rosa Parks?
What is the League of Nations?
This amendment repealed (got rid of) prohibition because it could not successfully be enforced.
What is the 21 Amendment?
List 3 ways people helped out on home front in the United States during WWII?
Victory Gardens
Rationing/ Canning
Conserving resources, ex: gasoline, rubber
Women worked in factories
Buying War Bonds
Reason for building the Berlin Wall.
To stop oppressed East Berliners from fleeing to West Berlin.
African American students attempting to attend Central High School in Arkansas who were greeted with intense hatred and disapproval by a mob outside of the school. Required President Eisenhower to send Federal Troops to help them get to school.
Who are the Little Rock 9?
List 3 terms of the Treaty of Versailles.
Forced Germany to take the blame for WWI
Germany was striped of its colonies
Germany had to reduce and disarm its military
Germany had to pay $33 Billion in reparations
New Deal Agency that created funds for assisting retired workers and the unemployed.
What is the Social Security Administration?
Gave Allied Countries weapons to use during World War II.
What is the Lend-Lease Act?
Why was the United States involved in the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
Containment: To stop the spread of communism
Law banning segregation in public places and created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
2 Events that caused the US to join World War I on the Allied side.
Sinking of the Lusitania
Zimmerman Telegraph
Bolshevik Revolution
List 3 causes of the Great Depression.
Global Depression in Europe
Buying on credit/ installment buying
Buying stock on margin/ Risky investments
Stock Market Crash
Bank Failures
The Dust Bowl
2 causes of World War II.
Treaty of Versailles
Global Depression
Dictators
Japanese Expansion
Germany Invades Poland
What event was the closest the United States and the USSR came to nuclear war?
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Supreme Court Case that ruled "Separate but equal" education for black and white students was unconstitutional.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas.