Category 1: Foundations & Expansion
What document declared the colonies' freedom from Britain in 1776?
Declaration of Independence
What invention helped drive the growth of trains and factories?
steam engine
What event caused the US to enter World War II
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What Supreme Court case ended segregation in public schools?
Brown vs. Board of Education
What was the event that symbolized the end of the cold war?
Fall of the Berlin Wall
What US doctrine agreed to help other countries resisting communism
Truman Doctrine
Which industry was revolutionized by the assembly line
Automobile
What US program gave billions to rebuild Europe after WWII?
Marshall Plan
What 1964 law banned segregation in public places?
Civil Rights Act
What 1898 war helped the US become a global power?
Spanish-American War
What was one effect of the Industrial Revolution on US cities?
Urban growth/Urbanization
What conflict started US military involvement in Asia during the Cold War?
Korean War
What protest began after Rosa Parks was arrested?
Civil Rights Act
Which territories did the US gain after the Spanish-American War?
Guam, Puerto Rico, Philippines
What organization did workers form to fight unsafe working conditions?
Labor Unions
What was the Cold War policy to stop the spread of communism?
Containment
What civil rights strategy was used at lunch counters by Black students in the 1960s?
Sit-in Movement
What motivated the US to get more involved in global markets after the Civil War?
Desire for new markets and resources
What event in 1929 sparked the Great Depression and what day of the week did it happen?
Stock Market Crash - Tuesday
What action by the USSR began the first major Cold War confrontation AND what was the US' response?
Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift
What was one goal of the women’s movement in the 1960s and 1970s?
Equal pay for equal work (equal rights)