1914 What year did WWI begin?

1917 What year did the U.S. get involved in WWI?

1918 What year did WWI end?

Woodrow Wilson Who was the president of the U.S. during WWI?

NEUTRALITY What was the policy of the U.S. that kept it out of WWI for 3 year?

UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE What was the German policy in the seas?

LUSITANIA Name the luxury liner sunk by Germans because of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare killing Americans?

GREAT MIGRATION During WWI, many African Americans moved from the South to the North. What was this event called?

ESPIONAGE ACT Name the laws during WWI that prohibited Americans from speaking out against the war?

EUGENE V. DEBS What socialist leader was jailed for speaking out against the war?

18 th Amendment What amendment caused Prohibition?

ALCOHOL is ILLEGAL What was Prohibition?

WOMEN can VOTE What did the 19 th Amendment do?

14 POINTS What was Pres. Woodrow Wilson’s Plan for peace after WWI?

LEAGUE of NATIONS What part of Wilson’s 14 Points was accepted?

WORLD PEACE What was the purpose of the League of Nations?

NO Did the U.S.A. join the League of Nations?

RUSSIA What country went through a Revolution that started Communism?

RED SCARE What is the time called after WWI that describes the fear of Communism in the U.S.?

Treated badly What was the response toward immigrants during the “Red Scare”?

HENRY FORD Who first used mass production to produce cars?

Radio/ Movies What 2 inventions promoted a new popular culture in America?

JAZZ What new music style started in New Orleans?

LUIS ARMSTRONG What person was famous for his Trumpet playing? His nickname was “Satchmo”.

LANGSTON HUGHES What person was famous for his poetry during the Harlem Renaissance?

HARLEM RENAISSANCE This was a movement that helped promote African American culture in New York?

IRVING BERLIN Who wrote God Bless America, and White Christmas?

TIN PAN ALLEY Where did most musicians record their music? It’s a place in New York.

Overproduction/ Underconsumption/ Stock Market Speculation Name 3 things that caused “The great Depression

OCT What year did “The great Depression” begin? Remember it was on a Tuesday.

25% What was the highest unemployment rate during the Great Depression?

HOOVERVILLES What were the shanty towns set up by the unemployed during the Depression called?

Herbert Hoover/ FDR Who was first and second presidents during the Great Depression?

NEW DEAL What was Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to get the U.S. out of the Great Depression?

TVA What was the part of the New Deal that was supposed to get electricity to Americans?

DAM What structures were built by the TVA?

2nd After the first New Deal did not work Roosevelt tried the _____ New Deal.

WAGNER ACT What act helped Unions?

(CIO) Congress of Industrial Organizations The first Union was the AFL. What new Union will be made?

Retirement/ Unemployment/ Disability Name 3 parts of the Social Security Act?

Dec What date did the attack on Pearl Harbor happen?

Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor Why did the U.S. enter WWII?

INTERNMENT CAMPS Where were Japanese-Americans taken after the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Help ALLIES in the war, U.S. stay out of the war What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease Program?

REFUELING STATION for the U.S. Why was the Battle of Midway important?

D-Day What was the largest naval invasion in the World?

France What country was being occupied by the Germans causing the D-day invasion?

Battle of Berlin What battle ended WWII in the European Theater?

Women What group of people played a major role in war industry?

RATIONING or WARTIME CONSERVATION What was it called when Americans lived with less, so the soldiers could get what they needed?

MANHATTAN PROJECT What was the secret program called that developed the Atomic Bomb?

Los Alamos, New Mexico In what city and state was the Atomic Bomb developed?

Marshall Plan After WWII, what plan was designed to REBUILD Europe?

Truman Doctrine After WWII, what plan was designed to help any country that would be important to stop the spread of communism?

CONTAINMENT What was the U.S. policy toward Communism after WWII?

RUSSIA and CHINA What were the 2 main communist countries after WWII?

Joseph McCarthy Who caused fear of communism in the U.S. after WWII?

McCarthyism What was the other name for the 2 nd RED SCARE?

SPUTNIK I What Russian satellite flew over the U.S. causing great fear?

RUSSIA What country built SPUTNIK I?

INTEGRATE What did President Truman do to the military that helped the Civil Rights movement?

Brown v. Board of Education What court case OVERTURNED Plessy v, Ferguson?

Letter from Birmingham Jail I have a Dream Name MARTIN LUTHER KING’S most famous speech and letter?

CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964 What ACT helped the CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT?

VOTING RIGHTS ACT of 1965 What ACT helped increase voting rights during the Civil Rights Movement?

Student Non-violent Coordinating committee What does SNCC stand for?

Southern Christian Leadership Conference What does SCLC stand for?

No Did the SNCC stay NON-VIOLENT?

SIT-INS and FREEDOM RIDES What are 2 tactics of the SCLC?

National Organization of WOMEN What does NOW stand for?

Rachel Carson Who wrote “SILENT SPRING”

SILENT SPRING What environmental book did Rachel Carson write?

ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS What was Rachel Carson’s “SILENT SPRING” about?

EARTH DAY What holiday was made because of Rachel Carson’s “SILENT SPRING”?

(EPA) Environmental Protection Agency What environmental organization was made by Rachel Carson’s “SILENT SPRING”?

Environmental Protection Agency What does EPA stand for?