Great Dep. WWII Cold War II Cold War I Civil Rights Potpourri

Name the one program still around from the New Deal Answer

Social Security. Back to the Main Board

Name two causes of the Great Depression. Answer

1)Overuse of Credit/marin 2) Overproduction of farmers. 3) stock market crashOveruse of Credit/marin 2) Overproduction of farmers. Back to the Main Board

Name the president who kicked out the Bonus Army and was seen as doing nothing during the depression. Answer

Herbert Hoover. Back to the Main Board

What did FRD do first to stabilize the economy and peoples concerns? Answer

Closed the Banks/ Bank Holiday Back to the Main Board

What did FDR do when many of his laws were declared unconstitutional? Answer

Pack the court/add members to the Supreme Court. Back to the Main Board

Prior to WWII the US was not neutral. Name two acts that showed we supported the allies. Answer

1) Lend-Lease 2) bases for destroyers 3) Atlantic Charter 4) Cash n Carry. Back to the Main Board

What event pulled the US into WWII? Answer

Pearl Harbor. Back to the Main Board

What propaganda piece pulled women into the work force? Answer

Rosie The Riveter. Back to the Main Board

Court Case that allowed US to put Japanese into internment camps because of Clear and Present Danger. Answer

Korematsu v. United States.. Back to the Main Board

Why did the US drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan Answer

To end the war quickly and save American lives. Back to the Main Board

Name the two Theories that were to stop communism Answer

Containment, Domino Theory Back to the Main Board

US flies supplies into Berlin and shows USSR that US will fight communism. Answer

Berlin Airlift Back to the Main Board

Event that almost created WWIII. Answer

Cuban Missile Crisis. Back to the Main Board

The search for communists in the US government? Answer

McCarthyism. Back to the Main Board

Truman Doctrine and Marshall Plan were important because? Answer

If people have $$ they will not turn to communism. Back to the Main Board

Created two nations at the 38 th parallel Answer

Korean War. Back to the Main Board

DDuring this event the US homefront faced many angry protests?? Answer

Vietnam War. Back to the Main Board

After Vietnam what was passed to stop presidential power Answer

War Powers Act Back to the Main Board

The allies formed what alliance to protect free nations? Answer

NATO. Back to the Main Board

What world organization was created to keep world peace with a military if needed? Answer

United Nations. Back to the Main Board

Supreme Court Case that overturned Plessy V. Ferguson Answer

Brown V. Board of Education. Back to the Main Board

What civil rights leader believed in Civil Disobedience? Answer

Martin Luther King JR. Back to the Main Board

She was arrested for riding a bus and not giving up her seat. Answer

Rosa Parks. Back to the Main Board

What school was the first sight of conflict over school segregation? Answer

Little Rock. Back to the Main Board

What did college students set up at lunch counters Answer

Sit ins. Back to the Main Board

After the New Deal was put in place, what did it do to the National Debt? Answer

Increased. Back to the Main Board

Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote what anti-slavery book? Answer

Uncle Tom’s cabin. Back to the Main Board

What did Woodrow Wilson create to regulate the economy through money and interest rates ? ? Answer

Federal Reserve. Back to the Main Board

African American believed that Blacks needed to fight back legally using the NAACP Answer

WEB DuBois. Back to the Main Board

Was built by Dwight Eisenhower and allowed for better movement of goods and people across the country. Answer

Interstate Highway System. Back to the Main Board

Topic: Geography Place your bets now!!!!! Next Slide when bets are placed Next Slide when bets are placed

Answer What Geographic feature was the Western boundary for early colonies and used for the Proclamation of 1763 to protect Natives from Colonists?

Appalachian Mountains That’s all Folks!!!