Well, That's Depressing
A Growing Nation
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Powerful People
Two is Bigger than One
100
drought and dust storms in the Great Plains during the 1930s
What is the Dust Bowl?
100
island in New York Harbor that served as an immigration station for millions of immigrants arriving to the United States
What is Ellis Island?
100
worldwide rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union
What is the Cold War?
100
leader of the communist Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953; he led the Soviet Union through World War II and its post-war expansion
Who was Josef Stalin?
100
group of countries led by Britain, France, the United States, and the Soviet Union that fought the Axis Powers in World War II
Who were the Allies?
200
October 29, 1929, when a mass panic caused a crash in the stock market and massive losses for stockholders
What is "Black Tuesday"?
200
human-made waterway linking the Atlantic to the Pacific across the Isthmus of Panama
What is the Panama Canal?
200
program in which U.S. and British pilots flew supplies to West Berlin during a Soviet blockade
What was the Berlin Airlift?
200
32nd president of the United States who led the country through the later part of the Great Depression and through World War II
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
200
American military base in Hawaii attacked by the Japanese on December 7, 1941
What is Pearl Harbor?
300
informal radio broadcasts in which President Franklin D. Roosevelt explained his view of issues at hand to average Americans
What are fireside chats?
300
American inventor who held over 1,000 patents, including for the invention of the light bulb
Who was Thomas A. Edison?
300
1962 conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union resulting from the Soviet installation of nuclear missiles in Cuba
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
300
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1940 to 1945; he led Great Britain through World War II
Who was Winston Churchill?
300
code name of the U.S. government research project that developed the atomic bomb
What was the Manhattan Project?
400
programs and laws created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to promote economic recovery and social reform in response to the Great Depression
What is the New Deal?
400
exclusive control by one company over an entire industry
What is a monopoly?
400
Supreme Commander of all Allied forces during World War II; later served as U.S. president from 1953-1961
Who was Dwight D. Eisenhower?
400
Chinese leader who led a successful communist revolution in China; ruled China from 1949 to 1976
Who was Mao Zedong?
400
Emperor of Japan during World War II
Who was Hirohito?
500
31st president of the United States who led the country through the early days of the Great Depression; had previously served as Secretary of Commerce under Presidents Harding and Coolidge
Who was Herbert Hoover?
500
Theodore Roosevelt's policy of creating and using, when necessary, a strong military to achieve America's goals
What is big stick diplomacy?
500
easing of tensions between the United States and the communist governments of the Soviet Union and China in the 1970s
What is detente?
500
Vietnamese national who led the revolt against French colonialism and later served as president of North Vietnam
Who was Ho Chi Minh?
500
decisive naval battle between U.S. and Japanese carrier fleets in which four Japanese carriers were sunk; generally considered the turning point of World War II in the Pacific
What was the Battle of Midway?