This was the U.S. policy prior to entering BOTH World War I and World War II.
What is a policy of neutrality.
100
The Harlem Renaissance cane best be defined as...
What is a time of cultural pride, prolific African American literature, and jazz music.
100
The conservative president who feared helping people during the Depression believing govt "handouts" would weaken their incentive to work for a living.
Herbert Hoover.
100
This Cold War policy gave military aid and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
What is the Truman Doctrine (1947).
100
What does Penicillin offer an affordable cure for?
What are diseases caused by bacteria.
200
President Woodrow Wilson’s statement “The world must be made safe for democracy” was made to justify his decision to
What is to declare war against Germany.
200
What was the 18th Amendment?
What is the prohibition (banning) of alcohol.
200
When people invest in risky stocks or land deals to make a quick profit.
What is speculation.
200
He was a black Muslim leader who argued for separation, not integration, and influenced the Black Power movement in the 1960s.
Who is Malcom X.
200
How did the cotton gin impact the growth of cotton?
What is made it more profitable because it was more efficient.
300
On this date in history, General Dwight D. Eisenhower led an Allied attack on German controlled France. The Allied forces won the battle, causing German forces to retreat.
What is June 6, 1944...D-day.
300
What were 2 major causes of the 1929 economic crisis?
What is a combination of buying on credit (margin) and an unregulated stock market (stock market speculation).
300
These were the effects of the Great Depression.
What is massive unemployment, poverty, bank and business failures?
300
What did fall-out shelters indicate about the nuclear arms race during the Cold War?
What is people perceived nuclear war to be a real threat.
300
The invention of the telephone and the light bulb were both during which period in US History?
What is the Industrial Revoltion (Gilded Age).
400
The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on this date in American history; effectively putting an end to the US policy of Isolationism.
What is December 7, 1941.
400
What was the New Deal?
What is a series of programs aimed at restoring the economy.
400
Name 3 of FDR's New Deal Programs.
What is the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC); and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)?
400
These laws encouraged segregation and discrimination against African Americans.
What are Jim Crow laws.
400
What contribution did Henry Ford and the auto industry make to manufacturing?
What is the assembly line and mass production.
500
During WWII, why did the federal government use rationing?
What is to provide more resources for the military.
500
Author John Steinbeck wrote this novel describing the harships of the Great Depression. In it, a family from Oklahoma moves to California to escape the Dust Bowl.
What is The Grapes of Wrath.
500
Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor devised this plan to help retirees, the unemployed, and the disabled.
What is the Social Security Act?
500
This was the 1st man-made satellite to be launched into outer space. It was a success for the Soviet Union and a symbolic success for communism.
What is Sputnik (1957).
500
Why can bias be found in primary sources?
What is because primary sources only present the opinion of the author