Dates / Events
December 7, 1941
"A day that will live in infamy"
Japan attacks Pearl Harbor
Civil Rights leader who gave his famous "I have a dream" speech in Washington, DC; often attributed as the face of the Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King, Jr
Island country in the Caribbean where the Soviet Union sent missiles during the Cold War
Cuba
The name of the policy in the United States to stop the spread of communism.
The period of time in America where alcohol was illegal.
Prohibition
August 18, 1920
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is ratified, which gives women the right to vote.
President during the Great Depression and the start of World War II
The beach in France where U.S. troops conducted Operation Overload (D-Day) during World War II.
Normandy
The belief that country should maintain a strong military in order to defend itself from a potential attack
militarism
Roosevelt's program to create job opportunities for Americans during the Great Depression
New Deal
June 28, 1914
Sarajevo, Bosnia
Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated, leading to the start of World War I.
Dictator of the Soviet Union at the end of World War II and during the start of the Cold War
Josef Stalin
During World War I, Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and which other country made up the Central Powers?
Ottoman Empire
The name of the movement to push for women to have the right to vote.
suffrage
The term that refers to the movement of African Americans from the South to the North for job opportunities during the early 1900s
The Great Migration
May 17, 1954
Topeka, Kansas
Brown vs Board of Education trial verdict that officially ends segregation of public schools
Famous African American poet during the Harlem Renaissance; wrote the poem "From Mother to Son"
Langston Hughes
The name of the location where most European immigrants came through and were processed before starting their new lives in America.
Ellis Island
When one individual person or corporation controls the entirety of a trade or service (ex: Rockefeller and Standard Oil)
monopoly
Henry Ford's automobile that became a staple for American families in the early 1900s
the Model-T or "Tin Lizzy"
October 29, 1929
"Black Tuesday"
Leader of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War
Ho Chi Minh
The name of towns and homeless encampments that popped up at the start of the Great Depression; named after the president of the U.S. at the time of the stock market crash
The name for the journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption in businesses and the government
Theodore Roosevelt's policy on diplomacy in the United States
Big Stick Diplomacy