World War II
Germany, Italy, and Japan were known as the....
Axis Powers
a proxy ideological war between the U.S. and the USSR
What was the Cold War?
What was the Civil Rights Movement?
movement to achieve equality, regardless of skin color / race
FDR's plan to rebuild the economy during the Depression.
What is the New Deal?
This US president was assassinated during the Cold War
Who is JFK (Kennedy)?
Original stance of US before WWI and what it changes to after the bombing of Pearl Harbor
What is isolationism -> interventionism?
Why were the Korean and Vietnam Wars fought?
This was the result of Rosa Parks getting arrested
What is the Montgomery Bus boycott?
3 goals of the New Deal
What were relief, recovery and reform?
This court case says you must be notified of your rights when you get arrested
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The plan to get close enough to Japan to begin bombing it.
What is Island Hopping?
competition between U.S. and USSR involving nuclear weapons
What is the arms race?
What was the difference between MLK and Malcom X?
MLK was nonviolent and Malcom X was ok with violence
A series of radio talks where FDR explained the New Deal programs to the American people
What were the Fireside Chats?
Court case over the teaching of evolution in public schools
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial?
Executive Order 9066 established this
What are Japanese Internment Camps?
effort to reach space / the moon first, competition between U.S. and USSR to prove superiority
What is the Space Race?
sit-ins, boycotts, protests, marches (on Washington), etc.
What would you call a group of cardboard houses set up in a public park or street alley?
What are Hoovervilles?
During the Vietnam War the National Guard opened fire on protestors here
What is Kent State?
The date that Pearl Harbor was attacked.
What is December 7, 1941?
McCarthyism / The Red Scare
What is a witch hunt for communism, fear of communism, blacklisting people?
Walk for voting rights that ended in violence
What is the Selma March-Bloody Sunday?
New Deal program that guarantees your money is safe in the bank. If the bank fails they will cover your lost money up to $100,000.
What is the FDIC?
An extension of FDRs New Deal
What was the Great Society?