Roaring 20's
This 1920 Constitutional amendment granted women the right to vote.
19th amendment
What year did the stock market crash?
1929
This president introduced the New Deal to combat the Great Depression
FDR
The U.S. officially entered WWII after this attack on December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
This 1919 treaty officially ended World War I and laid the foundation for WWII.
The Treaty of Versailles
The resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s was largely a reaction to this demographic shift.
The Great Migration
The Dust Bowl mainly affected this U.S. region.
The Midwest/Great Plains
The first phase of the New Deal focused on these three R’s.
Relief, Recovery and Reform
Women who worked in factories during WWII were symbolized by this famous propaganda figure.
Rosie the Riveter
This First Lady played an active role in advocating for civil rights and expanding the role of women in government.
Eleanor Roosevelt
This 1925 trial symbolized the conflict between science and religion over the teaching of evolution in public schools.
The Scopes Trial
President Herbert Hoover believed in this economic policy, which emphasized limited government intervention.
Rugged Individualism
This New Deal agency insured bank deposits to restore public confidence in the banking system.
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC
The Manhattan Project led to the development of this powerful weapon.
Atomic Bomb
This executive order issued by FDR led to the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII.
Executive Order 9066
This 1920s Supreme Court case upheld the conviction of two Italian anarchists, reflecting the era’s fears of radicalism and xenophobia.
Sacco and Vanzetti
This group of WWI veterans marched on Washington, D.C., in 1932, demanding early payment of their service bonuses.
Bonus Army
This large-scale public works program employed millions in conservation and infrastructure projects.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
This military strategy, used by the U.S. in the Pacific Theater, involved capturing key islands while bypassing heavily fortified enemy strongholds.
Island Hopping
The Atlantic Charter, signed in 1941 by FDR and Winston Churchill, laid the foundation for this future international organization.
The 1921 and 1924 Immigration Acts established quotas based on nationality, severely limiting immigrants from these two regions.
Southern and Eastern Europe
This economic theory, championed by British economist John Maynard Keynes, argued that government intervention and deficit spending could stimulate economic recovery.
Keynesian Economics
The Wagner Act of 1935 strengthened the rights of this group.
Labor Unions
This early civil rights activist campaigned for the Double V campaign- Victory at home against racism and abroad against fascism.
A. Philip Randolph
This program established during WWII, brought thousands of temporary workers from Mexico to fill labor shortages in agriculture and industry.
Bracero Program