1920's
What was the name given to the fear of Radicals such as communists, anarchists, and socialists?
The Red Scare
What was the result of investors losing confidence in the stock market and selling their stocks at much lower prices then they bought them in the 1920's?
The Stock Market Crash of 1929
Which event led to U.S. to officially join World War II?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
What is the term used to describe the U.S. policy of containing the spread of communism through economic and political means instead of military means?
Containment
What is name for laws passed in the South to segregate the races in pulic places?
Jim Crow Laws
The was a African American cultural movement that began in New York:
The Harlem Renaissance
President Roosevelt's plan to repair the broken economy, to alleviate suffering, and to reform the financial sector is known as?
The New Deal
What is the term used to describe the limiting of the purchases of certain goods, such as gasoline, sugar, and meat.
Rationing
What international organization was created as a mutual defense alliance to stop the spread of communism?
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
This event was one of the largest peaceful protests in U.S. history and became famous for Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech:
The March on Washington
During the 1920's ,They hunted down suspected communists, socialist, and anarchist- many times abusing their rights by searching their homes without a warrant and deporting immigrants without a trial. What was this called?
The Palmer Raids
Which event led to the end of the Great Depression?
U.S. entry into World War II
What was created by Executive Order 9066?
Japanese Americans were incarcerated in internment camps
What is the name for the willingness of the U.S. under President Eisenhower to go to the edge of all out war.
Brinkmanship
This Civil Rights activist called for militant defense and inspired the Black Power movement
Malcolm X
This system, created in the 1920's established the maximum number of people who could enter the U.S. from each foreign country.
The Emergency Quota Act
How did the passage of the New Deal impact presidental power in the United States?
Presidential powers were expanded
How did women's roles in society change as a result of the WWII?
Women were encouraged to join the workforce and the WACC
How did the U.S. respond to the Berlin Blockade of 1948?
The U.S. airlifted supplies to the trapped citizens of West Berlin
This Supreme Court ruling called for the end of "separate but equal" in public education
Brown v. Board of Education
Describe the purpose of the following amendments
18th Amendment
19th Amendment
21st Amendment
18th Amendment: Prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol
19th Amendment: Gave women the right to vote
21st Amendment: Repealed the 18th Amendment making alcohol legal again
Name at least three causes of the Great Depression:
Stock Market Crash
Overproduction and underconsumption
Government actions such as the Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act, shrinking the money supply, increasing interest rates
Banking Crisis
What event led to the end of WWII?
What are the main goals of the United Nations?
Maintain world peace, provide collective security for member nations, and respect for human rights
What was the goal of the Freedom Summer and the March from Selma?
To pass the Voting Rights Act