An “underground” club where alcohol was known to be used and where jazz was featured.
speakeasy
100
The President who took a “hands off” approach to the Great Depression, incorrectly hoping the economy would fix itself.
Herbert Hoover
100
The strategy used for capturing strategic Pacific locations.
Island Hopping
100
At the end of WWII, the Soviet Union controlled the governments of most of the nations of:
Eastern Europe
100
The Supreme Court decision that ruled separate but equal was unconstitutional was known as:
Brown vs. The Board of Education
200
The belief that the teachings of the Bible should be taken as true beyond all others.
fundamentalism
200
The President who felt that the federal government needed to play an active role in helping fix the economy.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
200
The group of Americans of Japanese descent; most decorated military unit in U.S. History.
442nd Regimental Combat Team
200
The U.S. effort to rebuild Europe financially was known as:
The Marshall Plan
200
What is the definition of de jure segregation?
Segregation imposed by law
300
The growing trend to emphasize science and secular values over old fashioned beliefs and religion.
modernism
300
Created in 1933, this relief policy put young men between the ages of 18-25 to work building roads and planting trees.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
300
Unrest involving U.S. Military members and Latino youths in wartime Los Angeles.
Zoot Suit Riots
300
Unfounded accusations of disloyalty and a climate of fear during the Cold War was known as:
McCarthyism
300
What is the definition of de facto segregation?
Segregation by unwritten custom or tradition.
400
The Model T was:
dull, slow, and only available in black.
400
Which Amendment banned the sale, and consumption of alcohol?
18th Amendment
400
France, Britain, and the United States pursued which policy towards Germany immediately before World War II?
Appeasement
400
After World War II, the Korean Peninsula was divided in to North and South at the:
38th Parralell
400
Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by the non-violent resistance of:
Ghandi
500
What is the term for a stock market where prices are up?
Bull Market
500
25. Which of the following problems DID NOT contribute to the disaster of the Dust Bowl?
A. Drought.
B. Intensive farming and soil erosion.
C. Massive flooding
D. High winds.
C. Massive Flooding
500
The winter German counter-attack into Belgium was known as:
The Battle of the Buldge
500
What did the U.S. Congress pass to allow President Johnson to send ground forces into Vietnam?
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
500
Name the woman who would later become a civil rights activist who sparking the Montgomery Bus Boycott