Imperial Depression
What president started imperialism?
Teddy Roosevelt
What countries were known as the axis powers?
Germany, Italy, Japan
What was the big Terrorist attack in New York that scared many Americans?
9/11 attack on the World Trade centers
Who is said to be the main leader of the Civil Rights movement?
MLK - Martin Luther King Jr.
What president got stuck in the bathtub?
William Howard Taft
This helped Panama become it's own country, after the US worked on it for 10 years with aprox. 25,000 deaths.
Panama Canal
Who was assassinated that supposedly started WWI?
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This "draped" between eastern and central Europe to allow the USSR to seal itself off
The Iron Curtain
Who was brutally murdered and helped inspire the civil rights movement?
Emmett Till
What President was in office for 12 consecutive years?
FDR Franklin Delano Roosevelt
It is said that these taxes caused by imported goods caused the great depression
Tariffs
What is otherwise known as "Operation Overload"
D-Day
Who started the red scare?
Joseph R. McCarthy
What month did the march on Washington happen?
August 28th, 1963
Who negotiated the Great Coal strike of 1902?
Teddy Roosevelt
What ship was sunk outside of Cuba?
USS Maine
What part of Europe was deemed "The powder keg"?
The Balkans
How long did the Cuban Missile Crisis last?
13 days
What year did the civil rights act come out?
1964
What month was JFK assassinated?
November, 22, 1963
What year and month did the Great depression start?
August 1929
When was the Berlin wall destroyed?
November 9th, 1989
What happened at the Munich Olympics in 1972?
Eight Palestinian terrorists invaded the Olympic Village and killed two members of the Israeli team.
Who was the supreme court justice during the Brown v Board of Education case?
Earl Warren
What was the first president to have their name be mixed with economics?
Nixon (Nixonomics)