Gilded Age
Mark Twain coined the term_________, a period of time that showed America was glittering on the surface but was corrupt and impoverished underneath.
What is the Gilded Age?
This Amendment allowed woman's suffrage.
19th Amendment
Cuba gained independence from this country after the Spanish American War
What is Spain?
During the 1920s and for the first time in America, more people lived in_______ rather than rural areas.
Urban areas/Cities
What country signed a non-aggression pact with Germany?
Who is the Soviet Union?
The Truman Doctrine and the policy of ______established the strategy of keeping communism within its existing borders.
What is Containment?
The youngest person even elected president of the United States
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Building in Washington D.C. that was the Democrat Headquarters for the 1972 election.
What is Watergate?
What was the name of the man, who used a mafia like group called Tammany hall, that used bribery and voter fraud to take advantage of immigrants and corrupt officials in government?
Who is Boss Tweed?
Encouraged African Americans to learn a skill or trade and get employed or start their own business. Said that Jim Crow laws would eventually end
Booker T. Washington
The explosion of what was a cause of Spanish-American War
What is USS Maine?
Those looking to get rich quick invested in the_________. However, once businesses start to fail and banks begin to close, this crashes in 1929.
What is the Stock Market?
Where was the American fleet anchored on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked?
What is Pearl Harbor?
This war started when North Korea invaded South Korea in 1950.
What is The Korean War?
Movement which called for African American power and independence
What is the Black Power Movement?
A war between the Communist armies of N. Vietnam and Non-communist armies of S. Vietnam.
What is Vietnam War?
Had a significant impact on the economic, cultural, and social development of the Western United States?
What is the (Transcontinental) Railroad?
Favoring people born (not the indigenous though) in the U.S. rather than those that have immigrated.
Nativism
At the end of WWI, he created the idea of an international organization to settle international disputes
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Many people were laid off (lost their job) and were not able to afford goods during the Depression. So, many people looked to start buying things on______, or buy now and pay later.
What is Credit?
What was the name given to the African-American fighter pilots of the 332nd Fighter Group?
Who are the Tuskegee Airmen?
This European nation was divided immediately after WWII and was later reunited in 1990.
What is Germany?
A Hispanic activist who worked to improve economic opportunities in the UFW
Who is Cesar Chavez or Dolores Huerta?
The U.S. relied on this organization for oil beginning in the early 1970s.
What is OPEC?
These newspaper drawings helped bring down the infamous political machine known as Tammany Hall, as well as shed light on issues within our country/government.
What are political cartoons?
President that regulated "Trusts" known as "trust-buster" and Rough Rider
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The sinking of this ship was a reason US became involved in WWI
What is the Lusitania?
Prohibition ended with the passage of the_______ amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment?
A bomb that gets its awesome power from splitting an atom.
What is an Atomic Bomb?
The line between North Korea and South Korea is the ___________. It is also the location of the DMZ (demilitarized zone).
What is the 38th parallel?
The ruling in this Supreme Court case made segregation in public schools illegal
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education?
What was a major result of the Watergate controversy?
What is the resignation of Nixon?
JP Morgan controlled the_________ industry; Rockefeller controlled the___________ industry; and Carnegie controlled the_________ industry.
What is Banking (Morgan); Oil (Rockefeller), Steel (Carnegie)?
Exposed the horrible conditions of the meatpacking industry and wrote The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
The purpose of the Roosevelt Corollary was to promote this policy.
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?
This writer named Scott Fitzgerald first coined the term the "______ Age" to describe the 1920s
What is the Jazz Age?
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower led an Allied attack on German -controlled France
What is Invasion of Normandy (D-Day)?
This multinational military organization was created for the purpose of mutual defense and collective security for the western nations.
What is NATO?
Nation of Islam leader who argued that integration would never solve African Americans' problems
Who is Malcolm X?
This was granted by Ford to Nixon and caused a great deal of controversy.
What is a pardon?