Great Depression
Who was the president during the Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
Who were the allied powers in WWI?
United Kingdom, France, and Russia, and the US joined in 1917.
What two world powers were involved in the Cold War?
What was the population phenomenon that occured in America following WWII?
The baby boomers.
What was the first Russian satellite launched in orbit?
Sputnik.
What are the 3 R's of the New Deal?
Relief, Recovery, and Reform
What was the piece of legislation that granted free education for soldiers returning from war?
What was the major crisis of nuclear warfare that Fidel Castro played a part in?
The Cuban Missle Crisis
What was the group of women in the 1920's that revolted against gender through fashion and dancing?
The Flappers?
What President won a Nobel Peace Prize?
Barack Obama.
What were the communities created by the poor as a response to the growing economic insecurities?
Hoovervilles.
What were the German submarines involved in sinking enemy ships during both world wars called?
U-boats.
What were the two proxy wars that occurred during the Cold War?
Vietnam and Korean War.
What were the protests for LGBTQ rights in America?
The Stonewall Riots.
What was the major political incident that resulted in Nixon's resignation from the presidency?
The Watergate Scandal.
What was the program for the unemployed that gave them community construction jobs during the Great Depression?
The Works Progress Administration (WPA).
What were the first two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Little Boy and Fat Man.
What was the failed attempt to assassinate Castro known as?
The Bay of Pigs.
What was the name of the feminist icon during WWII who's slogan, "We can do it" encouraged women to join the workforce.
Rosie the Riveter.
What was the reason Clinton got impeached?
He lied under oath that he had an affair with his intern, Monica Lewinsky.
What was the law that supported elderly seniors financially for their retirement, and what president instigated it.
The Social Security Act; President Roosevelt
What was the controversial court case that concerned the placement of Japanese Americans into concentration camps.
Korematsu v. United States
What two individuals were significant in the conclusion of the Cold War?
Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev.
Who were the members of a social movement in the 50's who supported an anti-materialistic lifestyle?
The Beatniks.
What President won two Grammy awards and what instrument did he play?
Clinton; saxophone