Civil War and Reconstruction
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's _____ is the novel which awoke millions to the problem of slavery.
What is Cabin?
He believed that the League of Nations would be able to preserve world peace for all time.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Japan launched a sneak attack on Pearl Harbor, causing the US to join World War II.
What is 1941?
The sinking of the Battleship Maine in Havana Harbor in 1898 led to a short war with this European country.
What is Spain?
The 1944 D-Day invasion became the turning point in America's war against this country.
What is Germany?
The passage of this document in 1863 changed the objective of the War to one of liberation.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
One hundred years after the death of this "conductor" in 1913, the treasury discussed placing her image on the $20 bill.
Who is Harriet Tubman?
America drops two atomic bombs on Japan, ending World War II.
What is 1945?
America's worked to end this wide-scale tragic event by ending World War II in Europe as quickly as possible.
What is the Holocaust?
Part of the Cold War was an arms race with Russia to see who could build the largest arsenal of this weapon.
What are nuclear weapons?
The passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments gave new rights to this group of Americans.
Who are African Americans (specifically men)?
This NAACP co-founder believed that talented African Americans should attend college and become leaders of their race.
Who is W.E.B. DuBois?
The stock market crashes and the Great Depression begins in the US.
What is 1929?
His fireside radio chats became a popular event for millions of Americans suffering through the Great Depression.
Who is Franklin Roosevelt?
The Cold War began when this Russian dictator refused to remove his troops from Eastern Europe.
Who is Joseph Stalin?
This abolitionist said that going from slavery to the Jim Crow South was like going from the frying pan and into the fire.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
His failed economic policies and attack of the Bonus Army led to his defeat for re-election in 1932.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
The Civil War ends and slavery is made illegal with the passage of the 13th Amendment.
What is 1865?
From 1866 - 1890, the US military and government fought a war to take control of this region from Native American tribes.
What is the American West?
This city was divided in 1945 and the Western half became the scene of an airlift to keep it free from Russian control in 1948.
What is Berlin?
This group controlled the Reconstruction of the South within Congress and impeached President Andrew Johnson.
Who are the Radical Republicans?
After the Civil War, people who worked as virtual slaves on the farms of their former masters became known as this.
What are sharecroppers?
What is 1920?
This 1857 Supreme Court case ruled that African Americans were not citizens. It became another cause of the Civil War.
What is the Dredd Scott case?
This cartoon icon represented America's secret weapon during World War II.
Who is Rosie the Riveter?