Great Depression/Great Recession
What day and year did the stock market crash, beginning the Great Depression?
October 29, 1929
Which country did Hitler invade that set off World War II?
Poland
What was the economic system of the USA? Of the USSR?
Capitalism, Communism
What was the goal of the Freedom Rides?
Desegregate bus stops and lines
When did the US withdraw troops from Vietnam?
1973
What was a bank run?
People "ran" to the banks to withdraw their money, which caused banks to fail and more people to lose their money
When was Pearl Harbor (day and year)?
December 7, 1941
What was the purpose of the Truman Doctrine?
Containment
What was a goal of the second wave of feminism?
Personal rights - contraception, abortion, employment/education opportunities
What was domino theory?
The idea that if Vietnam feel to communism, other countries in SE Asia would also fall to communism.
Name three causes of the Great RECESSION
MBS, CDO, Subprime Mortgages, The Long Boom, Deregulation, Synthetic CDOs/Credit Default Swaps
What was the goal of the Manhattan Project?
To build an atomic bomb
Who was the head of HUAC?
Joseph McCarthy
What was the black nationalist movement?
The desire to create a separate country/nation for African-Americans
What was Vietnamization and who's policy was it?
Nixon's - trying to hand off responsibility for the war to the South Vietnamese army.
What was the WPA and which "R" was it part of?
Works Progress Administration, Relief
Name three battles Americans fought in the Pacific Theater
Various answers
When did the Cuban Missile Crisis take place? (year)
1962
What year was Martin Luther King, Jr. assassinated?
1968
Give two reasons there was such a strong anti-war movement during the Vietnam War
Various answers
What was the purpose of Obama's "bailout"?
To prevent the major banks from failing and thus crashing the US and world economy
When was VE Day? When was VJ Day?
May 8, 1945
August 14, 1945 OR September 2, 1945
What was the Reagan Doctrine?
Give aid to countries fighting against communist governments.
What organization was Malcolm X associated with?
The Nation of Islam
Name the four groups fighting the Vietnam War
North - Vietminh, Vietcong
South - USA, ARVN