Unit 6 1920s
A period in the 1920s in the United States marked by economic growth, cultural change, new technologies, and shifts in music, fashion, and social behavior.
What are the Roaring Twenties?
A sudden and dramatic collapse in stock prices in 1929 that caused many investors to lose money and helped trigger the Great Depression.
What was the stock market crash?
A U.S. naval base in Hawaii that was attacked by Japan on December 7, 1941, leading the United States to enter World War II.
What was Pearl Harbor?
A Cold War U.S. foreign policy strategy aimed at preventing the spread of communism to new countries.
What is communist Containment?
A form of segregation that exists in practice due to social or economic conditions, rather than by law.
What is de facto segregation?
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment
A period during the 1930s when severe drought and poor farming practices caused massive dust storms across the Great Plains.
What was the Dust Bowl?
A political system in which the government has total control over all aspects of public and private life, often led by a single ruler or party.
What is Totalitarianism?
A competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve major advancements in space exploration, including launching satellites, sending humans into space, and landing on the Moon.
What is the Cold War Space Race?
A 1954 Supreme Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Young women in the 1920s who challenged traditional social norms through their fashion, behavior, and greater independence.
Who were flappers?
A protest in 1932 in which World War I veterans marched to Washington, D.C., demanding early payment of promised bonuses.
What was the Bonus Army March?
The policy of allowing Hitler to take some territory in hopes of avoiding war, later seen as a failure.
What is appeasement?
A campaign led by Senator Joseph McCarthy in the early Cold War era that spread fear of communist infiltration in the U.S., often using aggressive investigations and unproven accusations.
What is McCarthyism?
A 1964 civil rights campaign in Mississippi focused on registering African American voters and challenging segregation.
What was Freedom Summer?
The 18th Amendment began this era in American History.
What is Prohibition?
A nickname for the many New Deal government agencies created during the Great Depression, often identified by their initials.
What is Alphabet Soup?
A cultural icon representing American women who worked in factories and shipyards during World War II, especially in roles traditionally held by men.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
A 1964 event involving reported attacks on U.S. Navy ships off the coast of Vietnam, which led Congress to escalate U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin Incident?
An American politician and governor of Alabama who supported segregation and later became known for his “segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever” stance.
Who was George Wallace?
An economic culture in which people were encouraged to buy large amounts of new goods such as cars, radios, and household appliances, often using credit.
What is Consumerism? (consumer Culture)
A 1935 law that created a system providing financial support for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.
What is the Social Security Act?
A 1942 order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt that authorized the forced relocation and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
What was Executive Order 9066?
A Cold War military strategy in which both the United States and the Soviet Union had enough nuclear weapons to destroy each other, deterring either side from starting a nuclear war.
What is mutually assured destruction?
A civil rights leader who advocated for Black empowerment, racial pride, and self-defense, and was a prominent figure in the Nation of Islam before later shifting his views.
Who was Malcom X?