Vocabulary
What is a strike?
When workers stop working in protest of treatment or to get certain concessions/benefits.
He led Germany during WWII and was responsible for the Holocaust
Hitler
Decade of rapid social change and unwise economic practices. 1919-1929
Roaring Twenties
Allowed women the right to vote.
Amendment 19
1913-1918. Between the Allied and Central Powers. Started by the assassination of the arch-duke Ferdinand.
World War I
What is a worker’s union?
A group of workers who work together to gain better treatment and working conditions.
He led all the Allied armies in WWII and later became President. He also created the Interstate highway system.
Dwight D Eisenhower
Name for the day the stock market crashed.
Black Tuesday
A law passed by Congress outlawing segregation in public places
Civil Rights Act of 1964
1939-1945 Between the Allied and Axis powers. Included the Holocaust. Ended with the first atomic bomb being dropped on Hiroshima
World War II
The idea that nuclear war is less likely if all superpowers have equally powerful weapons. (Don’t attack me because I can attack you back)
Mutually assured destruction
John F Kennedy
Period of time when unemployment was high. People were losing homes and jobs. Starvation was rampant. Suicide levels were high. Caused by the stock market crash.
The Great Depression
A famous Supreme Court case that declared segregation of schools to be unconstitutional.
Brown vs. Board of Education
1951-1953. First war during the Cold War. Ended in a stalemate and the division of the country into North and South.
Korean War
Who were the Axis Powers in WWII?
Germany, Japan, and Italy
A Black preacher who became the leader of the Civil Rights movement. He gave the “I Have a Dream” speech at the March on Washington. He was later assassinated.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Space Race milestone won by US.
First man on the moon
Franklin Delano Roosevelt‘s (FDR) plan to implement government projects and programs to reverse the Great Depression
The New Deal
1954-1975. A war to protect democracy that turned out to be unwinnable. The US pulled out of the war before it was over leading to the reunification of the country under communist control. Protested by the Peace Movement back in the US.
Vietnam War
What is the difference between immigration and emigration
Immigration is moving into a country. Emigration is leaving a country
The man who fought to unionize the farm workers in California to gain better wages and working conditions. He worked closely with Robert Kennedy and other civil rights leaders.
Cesar Chavez
Scandal that caused President Richard Nixon and his Vice President to resign before impeachment.
Watergate Scandal
Two amendments. The first banned alcohol and the second reversed the ban.
Amendments 18 and 21
A war between The US and Soviet Union over democracy vs. Communism
Cold War