Foundations and Reform
This document announced the American colonies’ independence from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This period saw a shift from agriculture to manufacturing and changed where and how people worked
Industrial Revolution
The U.S. entered World War II after this attack.
Pearl Harbor
The U.S. dropped atomic bombs on these two Japanese cities.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
This movement in the 1960s aimed to end segregation and ensure voting rights.
Civil Rights Movement
This 1929 event triggered the worst economic crisis in U.S. history.
Stock Market Crash
This 1920 amendment granted women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
This Cold War strategy promised to support countries resisting communism.
The Truman Doctrine
This set of programs by FDR aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression.
New Deal
Labor unions grew during this era due to long hours, low pay, and unsafe conditions.
Gilded Age/Industrial
What famous document was created in 1776?
The Declaration of Independence
This 1948 aid program helped rebuild Europe to prevent communism.
Marshall Plan
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and was a turning point in U.S. law.
Brown vs. Board of Education
This cultural movement was centered on African American art, music, and literature in the 1920s.
Harlem Renaissance
What year did the United States enter World War I?
1917
This event led to U.S. acquisition of overseas territories like Puerto Rico and the Philippines.
Spanish American War
Who was a prominent leader in the women's suffrage movement and co-founded the National Woman Suffrage Association?
Susan B. Anthony
Explain how industrialization both improved the U.S. economy and created new social problems.
Increased production and wealth, but also overcrowding, child labor, and poor working conditions?
Put these in order: Great Depression, Cold War begins, Brown v. Board, Spanish-American War, .
What is: Spanish-American War → Great Depression → Cold War Begins → Brown v. Board
Compare U.S. involvement in World War I and World War II—why it entered, and what changed after each.
What are: WWI (entered late, returned to isolation); WWII (entered after Pearl Harbor, became a superpower, joined United Nations)