The purpose of this Office was to get out messages that would build morale and raise spirits. They also tried to recruit women for wartime work during WWII.They sometimes used famous stars such as Ethel Merman to further appeal to women.
What is U.S. Office of War?
100
Era: Strong economy with a great demand for new products, such as automobiles. The culture of the Era was more experimental and was also known as the “Jazz Age”
What is the Roaring 20s?
100
The event Occurred in 1972. This was the first U.S. president to visit the People’s Republic of China.
Who is President Nixon?
100
News with graphic images and interviews with frustrated soldiers resulted in a decrease of American public support for the war.
What is media during the Vietnam War?
100
Amendment: Youth voting rights amendment allowing 18-year-olds to vote. Signed by President Nixon.
What is the 26th Amendment?
200
Another name for the 332nd Fighter Group. Made up of African-American men. Fighter Pilots
Who were the Tuskegee Airmen?
200
Helped the U.S. become a world power. Proved that the U.S. was willing to expand its empire and gain resources through imperialism (taking of colonies).
What is the Spanish American War?
200
She was the First Lady who was also an honorary chair of the Red Cross. Led blood donation and fundraising drives during WWII. She made many contributions to American politics and society.
Who is Eleanor Roosevelt?
200
Held in 1979. Leaders from Egypt and Israel meet at Camp David. Israeli Prim Minister- Menachem Begin
Egyptian President- Anwar el-Sadat. President Jimmy Carter served as a witness to the signing.
What are the Camp David Accords?
200
Incident in 1935 caused by poor farming techniques, drought, lack of Ground Cover to hold the soil, high winds on the Plains.
What was the Dust Bowl?
300
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Order 9102- War Relocation Authority. Thousands of Japanese-American men, women and children are relocated to internment camps
What was Japanese Internment?
300
WWI Battle- 1918 Allie Victory
The battle was difficult because the Germans were so entrenched in this forest, having built deep trenches there
Was one of the final battles of the war and helped break through Germany’s western front
What is the Battle of Argonne Forest?
300
Served as governor of Connecticut during and after the Revolutionary War.
Who is Jonathan Trumbull?
300
Started in 1962. Founded by Cesar Chavez, along with Dolores Huerta and Gilbert Padilla, helped immigrant farm workers.
What is the Nation Farm Workers Association?
300
Created during the Progressive Era
Deals with collecting income taxes to help fund government goals.
These goals included the improvement of schools, roads, parks, public health, farms, etc
What is the 16th Amendment?
400
President Roosevelt’s plan for the judicial branch in 1937
Wanted to raise the total number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 15. Plan was defeated by the U.S. Senate.
What is "Pack the Court"?
400
Signed in 1921 by the president to limit new immigration into the U.S. Nativism a philosophy that native-born white Americans were superior to foreign born Americans
What is the Emergency Quota Act?
400
First Chief Justice of New York, served as a Minister to Spain.
Who is John Jay?
400
Johnson did want to carry on Kennedy’s agenda and legacy
Congress passed this act and President Johnson signed it.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
Progressive measure
Began in 1898 in South Dakota
Allowed citizens to introduce legislation proposals at a local or state level by gathering petitions
Proposals would then be addressed by lawmakers or placed on ballots for a vote.
What is the Initiative Process?
500
A.K.A.: Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944
What is the G.I. Bill?
500
He was the President of the Republic of Hawaii, and argued for annexation of Hawaii by the United States
Who was Sanford B. Dole?
500
This woman was a journalist, muckraker, reform leader, and fighter against lynchings.
Who was Ida B. Wells?
500
1969 Supreme Court Case that gave students the right to maintain their First Amendment right of free speech.
Wearing an armband to protest the Vietnam War, even inside of school buildings (as long as classes were not disrupted).
What was Tinker v. Des Moines?
500
Formed in 1949. Purpose- defend Europe from possible encroachment by communist Soviet Union armies.