AHSGE QUESTIONS Series of wars fought in the Middle Ages by Christians to conquer the Holy Land from Muslims. Crusades

AHSGE QUESTIONS The Treaty of Versailles established this organization in order to promote understanding and discourage aggressions between nations. It lost influence because the United States refused to join it. League of Nations

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1919) the treaty that ended WWI– Germany admitted blame and was forced to pay war reparations. The League of Nations came into being. Treaty of Versailles

AHSGE QUESTIONS (Allied Power) England, France, Russia during WWI Triple Entente

AHSGE QUESTIONS (Central Powers) Germany, Austria Hungary, and the ottoman Empire. Triple Alliance

AHSGE QUESTIONS German submarines that sank French, British, and US ships during both WWI and WWII. U-Boats

AHSGE QUESTIONS Basis for U.S foreign policy in the 20 th century. Stated as two notes between the US and European nations to keep China open to free trade and maintain China’s independent status. Open Door Policy

AHSGE QUESTIONS Sensational newspaper writing with no disregard for the truth. Yellow Journalism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Who began the movement to reform the Catholic Church. (Protestant Reformation) Martin Luther

AHSGE QUESTIONS Was an Italian explorer representing Spain who set out to find a new route to Asia in Three ships- Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria. His voyage marked the beginning of European efforts to colonize the Americas. Christopher Columbus

AHSGE QUESTIONS Spanish explorers and soldiers who conquered Native American empires came to North America in search of Gold, Glory and to spread the word of God. (Catholicism) Conquistadores

AHSGE QUESTIONS Conquered Incas in Peru with metal-clad soldiers Francisco Pizarro

AHSGE QUESTIONS Searched for “Fountain of Youth” in Florida Juan Ponce de Leon

AHSGE QUESTIONS A private company that sells shares to investor. Joint- stock Company

AHSGE QUESTIONS Colonial government in Virginia made of elected representatives. House of Burgesses

AHSGE QUESTIONS People who signed a contract to work for a certain length of time in exchange for a certain length of time (7 years)in exchange for passage to the colonies. Indentured servants

AHSGE QUESTIONS Agreement that the Pilgrims (Puritan Separatists) signed before landing a Plymouth (1620). Colonists agreed to live under majority rule. Mayflower Compact

AHSGE QUESTIONS “Revolution” of thought based on use of science and reason as applied to science, politics, economics. The Enlightenment heavily influence the shaping of American government including ideas like natural rights, compact theory, representational government, and three branches of government The Enlightenment

AHSGE QUESTIONS Conflict between French and British in North America (for control) Called The Seven Years War in Europe. French and Indian War

AHSGE QUESTIONS A free black sailor killed at Boston Massacre. Crispus Attucks

AHSGE QUESTIONS Laws passed in Parliament to punish colonists for Boston Tea Party. Intolerable Acts

AHSGE QUESTIONS Leader of Sons of Liberty and Boston Tea Party. Samuel Adams

AHSGE QUESTIONS Delivered passionate “Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!” speech. Patrick Henry

AHSGE QUESTIONS Rode from Boston to Concord to warn the Patriots that the British were coming. Paul Revere

AHSGE QUESTIONS Document that declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain. Declaration of Independence

AHSGE QUESTIONS European period of renewed interest in the sciences, art, and literature ( ) that started in Italy. Renaissance

AHSGE QUESTIONS 16 th century movement resulting in the separation of the Protestant churches from the Roman Catholic churches. Protestant Reformation

AHSGE QUESTIONS Exchange of crops, plants, animals, and diseases between Europeans and Native Americas. Colombian Exchange

AHSGE QUESTIONS Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs. Hernando Cortez

AHSGE QUESTIONS Searched for ‘Seven Cities of Gold’ in the present day southwestern states. Francesco Coronado

AHSGE QUESTIONS First permanent British (English) colony in North America (1607). Jamestown

AHSGE QUESTIONS First city founded by Europeans, specifically the Spanish, in North America. St. Augustine

AHSGE QUESTIONS Economic theory where nations try to acquire a favorable balance of trade (by using colonies), amassing wealth, and gain more power. Mercantilism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Colonial trade routes between the Caribbean, New England, Europe, and Africa Triangular trade route

AHSGE QUESTIONS Pride in and devotion to ones country Nationalism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Ban on trade with another country Embargo

AHSGE QUESTIONS British soldiers shot five men in Boston, march 5, 1770 Boston Massacre

AHSGE QUESTIONS On December 16, 1773, some Sons of Liberty dressed as native Americans and threw tea into Boston Harbor in protest of the tax on tea. Boston Tea Party

AHSGE QUESTIONS Group of colonial men who joined together to protest Stamp Act and protect colonial liberties. Sons of Liberty

AHSGE QUESTIONS Wrote Declaration of Independence. He was first Secretary of State of the United States. 3 rd President of US. Thomas Jefferson

AHSGE QUESTIONS Place where George Washington trained his troops to fight in Revolutionary War. Valley Forge

AHSGE QUESTIONS Battles that began the Revolutionary War. Battles of Lexington and Concord

AHSGE QUESTIONS General who was leader of Revolutionary army, later served as first President of the United States. George Washington.

AHSGE QUESTIONS The system or policy by which a country maintains foreign colonies, especially in order to exploit them economically. Colonialism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Volunteers who trained to fight the British. Minutemen

AHSGE QUESTIONS Was from between the United States and Great Britain with Native Americans helping on both sides. War of 1812

AHSGE QUESTIONS Andrew Jackson. With the help of the Cherokee, defeated the Creeks, allies of Tecumseh; Creeks were forced to give up mush of their land in present day Alabama and Georgia. Battle of Horseshoe Bend.

AHSGE QUESTIONS Battle in War of 1812 where Star Spangled Banner was written by Francis Scott Key. The Battle of Ft. McHenry

AHSGE QUESTIONS First 10 amendments to the United States Constitution ( ).They guaranteed basic rights and civil liberties. Bill of Rights

AHSGE QUESTIONS French philosopher that believed the right to rule should be from the people, not the king. Rousseau

AHSGE QUESTIONS A federalist who became second President of the United States. He is considered one of our Founding Fathers. John Adams

AHSGE QUESTIONS Believed government should have legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Baron de Montesquieu

AHSGE QUESTIONS Newspaper articles written to persuade the people of New York state to support the Constitution. Federalist Papers

AHSGE QUESTIONS Newspaper articles written to persuade the people of New York state to support the Constitution. Federalist Papers

AHSGE QUESTIONS Appointed by Washington to be first Secretary of Treasury. Alexander Hamilton

AHSGE QUESTIONS Supreme Court case granting Congress alone the power to regulate interstate commerce. Gibbons vs. Ogden

AHSGE QUESTIONS English philosopher who believed the government should get its power from the people it governed. John Locke

AHSGE QUESTIONS Change in the Constitution. Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS Tiny parcels of poor land where Indians were sent to live. Reservations

AHSGE QUESTIONS Legal documents that allowed British customs officers to search for illegal goods without an owner’s permission. Writs of assistance

AHSGE QUESTIONS Complete control of a certain market Monopoly

AHSGE QUESTIONS Given at birth Unalienable

AHSGE QUESTIONS Shawnee leader who organized Native American tribes to fight with British in case of war with the United Sates. Tecumseh

AHSGE QUESTIONS Act of seizing men form a shop or village and forcing them to serve in the navy. Impressment

AHSGE QUESTIONS Gives Congress the power to pass legislation that is “necessary and proper” for doing its job. Elastic Clause

AHSGE QUESTIONS In 1215, King John signed this agreement which gave certain rights to the nobility of England. We used this document when drafting our own constitution. Magna Carta

AHSGE QUESTIONS French philosopher that believed the right to rule should be from the people, not the king. Jacques Rousseau

AHSGE QUESTIONS The first constitution ratified by the thirteen colonies in March, Articles of Confederation

AHSGE QUESTIONS Revival of evangelical Christianity in American colonies in 1740s. Marked by fiery sermons and extended meetings. The movement fractured churches and was responsible for the evolution of denominations like Baptists, Presbyterians, and Methodists. Great Awakening

AHSGE QUESTIONS A case that established the Supreme Court’s right to Judicial Review. Marbury vs. Madison

AHSGE QUESTIONS One of the first political parties in the United States; opposed the Federalists who wanted a strong national government. Democratic-Republican

AHSGE QUESTIONS Dividing power between state and national government Federalism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Federalist appointed by John Adams to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. John Marshall

AHSGE QUESTIONS A network of people who helped saves escape to the North/Canada. Made of “Stations” (abolitionist homes used for hiding runaway slaves), “Passengers” (the runaways slaves seeking freedom), and “Conductors” ( Person who acted as guides for the runaways slaves- Harriet Tubman was the most famous “conductor” on the Underground Railroad. Underground Railroad

AHSGE QUESTIONS Another term for slavery in 1800’s America. The “Peculiar Institution”

AHSGE QUESTIONS Worked to put an end to slavery. Abolitionist Movement

AHSGE QUESTIONS Period following the War of 1812 during Monroe’s Presidency marked by optimism and national unity. “Era of Good Feeling”

AHSGE QUESTIONS Belief that states should exercise greater power over their affairs and be subject to less control by the federal government. States Rights

AHSGE QUESTIONS Promoted by Senator John Calhoun from South Carolina- the doctrine states that if Congress passes a bill that is harmful to a particular state, the state is not obliged to enforce it. Doctrine of Nullification

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1830) All Native Americans were required to move to land west of the Mississippi River. Indian Removal

AHSGE QUESTIONS Interpreter for Lewis and Clark. Sacajawea

AHSGE QUESTIONS The journey of thousands of Creek, Cherokee, and Choctaws who were forced to leave their homelands in the Southeast and move to Oklahoma(1838). Many died on the way. Trail of Tears

AHSGE QUESTIONS A woman who worked for women’s right to vote. Suffragette

AHSGE QUESTIONS A senator from Kentucky who proposed the American System- a balance between those favoring state’s right and strong federal government. Henry Clay

AHSGE QUESTIONS President Jefferson sent them to explore the Louisiana Territory. Lewis & Clark

AHSGE QUESTIONS 4 th president of the Unites States- states cooperated with each other building roads, canals, and railroads- Era of Good Feeling. James Monroe

AHSGE QUESTIONS The belief that it was God’s will that the United States expand and possess the entire continent. Manifest Destiny

AHSGE QUESTIONS An essay by Henry David Thoreau (1849) that suggested government injustice be combated by peaceful, persistent, disobedience of the objectionable law. “Civil Disobedience”

AHSGE QUESTIONS Invented the cotton gin and introduced the idea of interchangeable parts. Eli Whitney

AHSGE QUESTIONS Federally founded the first effective steamboat (1807). Robert Fulton

AHSGE QUESTIONS Promise of President Monroe to prevent any European nation form re-colonizing North or South America. Our foreign policy for almost 100 years. Monroe Doctrine

AHSGE QUESTIONS Name given to presidential election of 1824 where John Quincy Adams defeated Andrew Jackson by virtue of a vote in the House of Representatives. Adams was able to win the vote because a “bargain” had supposedly been struck between Henry Clay and Adams, where Clay threw his support Adams, and Adams (once elected) would nominated him to be Secretary of Sate. “The Corrupt Bargain”

AHSGE QUESTIONS First man born into poverty that became president. Gained popularity with victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans in War of Andrew Jackson

AHSGE QUESTIONS Former slave who spoke for abolition movement. Frederick Douglass

AHSGE QUESTIONS Started by President Andrew Jackson ( ); policy of removing political opponents from government and replacing them with political friends. Spoils system

AHSGE QUESTIONS Opened in 1825, it linked Buffalo, New York on Lake Erie with Albany, New York on the Hudson River. It started a new era of transportation and prosperity in New York. Erie Canal

AHSGE QUESTIONS admitted to the Union as a state. Alabama in 1819

AHSGE QUESTIONS An ideal community where all would live in peace and harmony. Utopia

AHSGE QUESTIONS Congress protected American industries from competing with lower European goods by raising the tax on imports. Tariff of 1816

AHSGE QUESTIONS Leader of the Confederate forces during the Civil War. Robert E. Lee

AHSGE QUESTIONS Farmed a piece of land for the land owner and repaid owner for seed, land, and materials with a share of the corp. Sharecroppers

AHSGE QUESTIONS Union General Sherman burned 60 mile wide path from Chattanooga through Atlanta to Savannah, GA then north Raleigh, NC during Civil war- this broke the spirit of the South. Sherman’s March

AHSGE QUESTIONS Military rule– imposed on the Southern states during Reconstruction. Martial law

AHSGE QUESTIONS Firs shots in Civil War fired here. Fort Sumter

AHSGE QUESTIONS A Union plan to squeeze the South by applying a naval blacked around the southern coast and seizing the Mississippi River while invading from the north. Anaconda Plan

AHSGE QUESTIONS To leave the Union Secede (Secession)

AHSGE QUESTIONS Place where the Constitution of the Confederate States of America was drafted and the first capitol of the Confederacy. Montgomery, Al

AHSGE QUESTIONS Opposed Virginia’s secession and became a state in West Virginia

AHSGE QUESTIONS Permitted territories of Kansas and Nebraska to choose whether or not to permit slavery, and in effect, repealed the Missouri Compromise. Kansas-Nebraska Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS Anti-slavery agitator who seized an arsenal at Harper’s Ferry, Virginia in 1859 helping to lead a slave revolt. He was hanged in 1859 for this action. John Brown

AHSGE QUESTIONS Refusing to take sides in an issue or war. Neutrality

AHSGE QUESTIONS Believed in non-extension into new territories acquired by the USA following the Mexican War ( ). Free soilers (Free Soil philosophy )

AHSGE QUESTIONS Part of the Compromise of 1850, it required that escaped slaves be returned to their owners in the South. Fugitive Slave Laws

AHSGE QUESTIONS Admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to continue the balance between slave and free states; the compromise also set 36 30’N as the boundary live between slave and free states. Missouri Compromise

AHSGE QUESTIONS Idea fostered to deal with slavery following the Mexico War. Stated the people in each territory could vote whether to permit slavery. Popular Sovereignty

AHSGE QUESTIONS President of the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis

AHSGE QUESTIONS A tax on imported goods. Tariff

AHSGE QUESTIONS A northern Democrat who defended the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Stephen Douglas

AHSGE QUESTIONS A northern Democrat who defended the doctrine of popular sovereignty. Stephen Douglas

AHSGE QUESTIONS Term used to describe conflict in Kansas territory (1856) between anti-slavery factions and pro- slavery groups. Both sides suffered deaths and injuries. Bleeding Kansas

AHSGE QUESTIONS Voted to remain neutral during the Civil War- “The Free State of Winston”. Winston County, Al

AHSGE QUESTIONS Made up of the following states: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama Mississippi, Arkansas, Florida, Texas, and Louisiana. Confederate States of America

AHSGE QUESTIONS Dred Scott was a slave who moved to the North with his owner. When his owner died, he sued for freedom. In 1857, the Supreme Court ruled he could not sue because slaves were not citizens. Dred Scott Decision

AHSGE QUESTIONS Made up of present day Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. Northwest Territory

AHSGE QUESTIONS Northern abolitionist Republicans who called for strict readmission standards for southern states after the Civil War. Radicals

AHSGE QUESTIONS Document issued by Lincoln following the battle of Antietam that declared slaves in the Confederate states to be free. Important because it changed the course of the Civil War from being about keeping the Union together to crusade to abolish slavery. Emancipation Proclamation

AHSGE QUESTIONS Union General Sherman burned 60 mile wide path from Chattanooga through Atlanta to Savannah, GA then north to Raleigh, NC during Civil war- this broke the spirit of the south. Sherman’s March

AHSGE QUESTIONS A series of laws passed in the South restricting the rights of blacks after the Civil War. Black Codes

AHSGE QUESTIONS Leader of the Union forces during the Civil War- later elected President of the United States. Ulysses S. Grant

AHSGE QUESTIONS Social, cultural, political and economic rebuilding of the Southern States following the Civil War. Marked by the harsh nature of military occupation by Union forces ( ), influx of “carpetbaggers” (northerners who came south seeking to take advantage of southerners ) and “Scalawags” (Southerners who were identified as supportive of Republican state governments during Reconstruction). Reconstruction

AHSGE QUESTIONS Gave 160 acres of land to people willing to farm the land for 5 years – accelerated settlement of the West. Homestead Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS Congress created this organization in 1865 to meet the immediate needs of those displaced by Civil War. It also built school for blacks to learn math and literacy. Freedmen’s Bureau

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1865) abolished slavery throughout the United States. 13 th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1870) guaranteed voting rights to all citizens regardless of “race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” generally applied to African-American males, 21 years or older, during Reconstruction. Later undone by the Jim Crowism of the South with Poll Taxed, Grandfather Clauses, and literacy test. Not fully implemented until the Voting Rights Act of th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS Came from the North to do business in the South during Reconstruction. Carpetbaggers

AHSGE QUESTIONS Large all-black church- a haven for black seeking to escape discrimination. African American Episcopal Church

AHSGE QUESTIONS A guarantee of no imprisonment without appearing in court. Habeas Corpus

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1876) victory for Sioux Indians- General Custer and his men (Members of U.S. 7 Th Calvary) were all killed- “Custer’s Last Stand” The Battle of Little Big Horn

AHSGE QUESTIONS A movement by Native Americans in which they believed their lands would be returned and the buffalo (their most prized possession) restored. Ghost Dance

AHSGE QUESTIONS The all African-American War with the Roughriders in Cuba (Battle of wars of San Juan Hill) Buffalo Soldiers

AHSGE QUESTIONS Made steel production efficient and less expensive. Bessemer Process

AHSGE QUESTIONS Owner of the Standard Oil Co. John D. Rockefeller

AHSGE QUESTIONS Business owners who acquired monopolies through exploitation and ruthlessness. Robber Barons

AHSGE QUESTIONS Owners of railroad monopoly (New York Central Railroad). Cornelius Vanderbilt

AHSGE QUESTIONS Social movement which championed the causes of the oppressed in society. Progressive Movement

AHSGE QUESTIONS A deal made between Democrats and Republicans to settle an election dispute between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel Tilden over the close race for President. The Democrats accepted the Republican President, and he ended Reconstruction. Compromise of 1877

AHSGE QUESTIONS Lincoln’s speech at Gettysburg affirming his belief in democracy and desire to see and end to the Civil War. Gettysburg Address

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1868) guaranteed citizenship rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States, including people of color. 14 th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS Southerners who supported reconstruction. Scalawags

AHSGE QUESTIONS He was from Florence, AL and taught music at Alabama A&M. famous for blues songs– The St. Louis Blues. W.C. Handy

AHSGE QUESTIONS A popular African- American blues singer in the 20s. Bessie Smith

AHSGE QUESTIONS A black writer who voiced common themes of the Harlem Renaissance in the innovative novel Cane. Jean Toomer

AHSGE QUESTIONS The idea that only the strongest people businesses, or nations are meant to survive. Social Darwinism

AHSGE QUESTIONS A time of mass hysteria in the nation in which the government arrested thousands of radicals, some of them foreign born, increasing suspicion of foreigners in the nation. Fear of Communism. Red Scare

AHSGE QUESTIONS Land given by Congress to each state according to how many congressmen it had for the purpose of funding at least one public one public university. Morrill Land Grant Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS Introduced in the South after the Civil War to encourage separation of races and limit the property and voting rights of blacks. Jim Crow Laws

AHSGE QUESTIONS A LAW WHICH ABLOICHED Native American tribes and gave each family 160 acres to farm. Dawes Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS National policy of avoiding political or economic alliances with other countries. Isolationism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Writer in the 1920’s wrote Old Man and the Sea Ernest Hemingway

AHSGE QUESTIONS A literary and artistic movement by black- started in Harlem, NY. Harlem Renaissance

AHSGE QUESTIONS A black poet and leader of the Harlem Renaissance. Langston Hughes

AHSGE QUESTIONS Loyalty to the interests and culture of one’s country. Nationalism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Congress passed this law in 1951 to slow immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe. Emergency Quote Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1913) Congress has the power to collect taxes on businesses and individuals. 16 th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1913)a state’s residents, not the state legislatures, elect senators. 17 th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1919) prohibited the making, selling, or transporting of alcoholic beverages. 18 th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1920) women receive the right to vote. 19 th Amendment

AHSGE QUESTIONS This act passed in 1924 significantly reduced the number of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe. It also prohibited immigration form Asia. National Origins Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS A farming cooperative in which farmers pool their resources in the purchasing and selling of farm machinery and products. The Grange

AHSGE QUESTIONS A movement designed to address the concerns of farmers and other political reformers –(free coinage of silver, industrial reforms.) key figure– William Jennings Bryan “the Nebraska Cyclone”– a three-time presidential candidate. Populist

AHSGE QUESTIONS A writer of children’s books which idealized gaining wealth through hard work. Horatio Alger

AHSGE QUESTIONS President from who initiated progressive reforms in the fields of nature, conservation, and business. Theodore Roosevelt

AHSGE QUESTIONS People who believed the United States should acquire land outside the continental US or interfere in other countries affairs. Imperialists

AHSGE QUESTIONS Soldiers dig trenches and fight from there- used extensively in WWI on the Western Front. Trench warfare

AHSGE QUESTIONS Writer in the 1920’s; wrote The Great Gatsby. F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald

AHSGE QUESTIONS A writer, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s wife; from Montgomery, AL. she and Scott personified life in the 1920’s. Zelda Fitzgerald

AHSGE QUESTIONS Upton Sinclair’s book exposing the bad working conditions and dangerous food quality in the meat processing industry. The Jungle

AHSGE QUESTIONS A cable laid in 1866 that relayed messages from Europe to the US- brought two continents closer. Transatlantic cable

AHSGE QUESTIONS Founder of Tuskegee Institute in AL; accepted segregation but pushed for equal economic opportunities for blacks. Booker T. Washington

AHSGE QUESTIONS Student of Booker T. Washington who gained fame his research with peanuts, soybeans, and cotton. George Washington Carver

AHSGE QUESTIONS A group of black intellectuals who outlined an agenda for black progress; their ideas were adopted by the NAACP. The Niagra Movement

AHSGE QUESTIONS (1869) Supreme Court decision in this case segregated facilities for blacks- separate but must be equal. Plessy vs. ferguson

AHSGE QUESTIONS Passed in 1882, prohibited Chinese from legally immigrating to the United States. Chinese Exclusion Act

AHSGE QUESTIONS A book written by Ida Tarbell exposing the abuses of the Standard Oil Co. History of the Standard Oil Company

AHSGE QUESTIONS Progressive leader for public education. Horace Mann

AHSGE QUESTIONS Intellectuals who write stories concerning the abuses of big business on workers and on consumers. Muckrakers

AHSGE QUESTIONS 26 th President ( ) (R-NY) known as a “trustbuster”, who was nationalistic on foreign policy, and friend of the environment. Theodore Roosevelt

AHSGE QUESTIONS Black intellectual who opposed Booker T. Washington’s acceptance of segregation; Proponent of immediate civil rights and opportunities for the “Talented Tenth” of African Americans. He was a founder of the NAACP and editor of its magazine, The Crisis. W.E.B. Dubois

AHSGE QUESTIONS Booker T. Washington’s speech at the Atlanta Exposition in 1895 the explained his philosophy of maintaining social separation of the races while pushing for gradual gains in civil rights for Blacks. Atlanta Compromise

AHSGE QUESTIONS Established in 1914, this federal agency investigated companies for unfair business practices. Federal Trade Commission

AHSGE QUESTIONS Elected in 1912, Wilson designed a reform program that ensured competition in the marketplace while keeping business out of the government’s control he was president during WWI. Woodrow Wilson

AHSGE QUESTIONS The Japanese city destroyed on August 9, 1945 by an Allied atomic bomb. Nagasaki

AHSGE QUESTIONS The Japanese city destroyed on August 6, 1945 by an Allied atomic bomb. Hiroshima

AHSGE QUESTIONS The B-29 airplane which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Enola Gray

AHSGE QUESTIONS Code name for the construction of an atomic bomb in the US. Manhattan Project

AHSGE QUESTIONS United States general who led the Allied forces in the Pacific during World War II– he was later fired by Truman during the Korean War. Douglas MacArther

AHSGE QUESTIONS Common name for the army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (Russia). Red Army

AHSGE QUESTIONS June 6, 1944, the Allies landed on the beaches of Normandy (France). D-Day

AHSGE QUESTIONS Stronger leader of Britain During World War II, Prime Minister ( ). Winston Churchill

AHSGE QUESTIONS The military code name for the Allied invasion of Normandy. Operation Overlord

AHSGE QUESTIONS The military code name for the invasion of North Africa. Operation Torch

AHSGE QUESTIONS United States general who led the Allied froces in Europe during World War II. Dwight D. Eisenhower

AHSGE QUESTIONS In January 1943, Soviet troops repelled attack, causing the German army the retreat from Russia. Battle of Stalingrad

AHSGE QUESTIONS Under authority of Executive Order 9006, the United States military force 110,000 Japanese Americans to live in barracks on federal land until the end of World War II. Japanese Internment

AHSGE QUESTIONS Certificates issued to a person who lends money to the government to pay for the war, the certificate earns interest and is redeemed for cash on a given date. War bonds

AHSGE QUESTIONS Unites Sates naval base in Hawaii which suffered a surprise attack by the Japanese on December 7, 1941.immediate cause of our entering war. Pearl Harbor

AHSGE QUESTIONS German for “lightning war”, swift sudden offensive used by Germany in World War II. Blitzkrieg

AHSGE QUESTIONS A military agreement of mutual assistance between the nations of Germany, Italy, and Japan. Rome-Berlin- Tokyo Axis

AHSGE QUESTIONS Leader of the Soviet Union during World War II. Joseph Stalin

AHSGE QUESTIONS Hitler’s secret police who helped suppress his dissenter. Gestapo

AHSGE QUESTIONS Dictator of Germany and leader of the Nazi Party who initiated a systematic conquest of Europe, leader to World War II. Adolf Hitler

AHSGE QUESTIONS Political party in Germany led by Adolf Hitler. National Socialists (Nazis)

AHSGE QUESTIONS A political movement started in Italy which called for elimination all political opposition, preserving a capitalist economy, and increasing the military power of a nation. Fascism

AHSGE QUESTIONS Fascist dictator who transformed Italy into a Militaristic State. Benito Mussolini

AHSGE QUESTIONS Roosevelt’s weekly radio addresses to the American people. Fireside Chats

AHSGE QUESTIONS A popular book & movie depicting a story of love and loss in the South ravaged by the Civil War (100 pages!!!) Gone With the Wind

AHSGE QUESTIONS Part of Roosevelt’s New Deal, it provided jobs for unskilled workers during the Great Depression. Works Progress Administration

AHSGE QUESTIONS Roosevelt’s program to stimulate the economy and increase the nation’s resources. New Deal

AHSGE QUESTIONS (D-NY) ( ) President who led the United States through the Great Depression and World War II. Franklin D. Roosevelt

AHSGE QUESTIONS Clusters of tents and shacks built outside cities by people looking for work – named after President Hoover. Hoovervilles

AHSGE QUESTIONS United States President who was blamed for stating the Great Depression. Herbert Hoover

AHSGE QUESTIONS The blowing away of huge amounts of soil from the Plains states, causing from failures. Dust Bowl

AHSGE QUESTIONS During the 1930s, a long period of high unemployment and increased poverty in the United States. Great Depression

AHSGE QUESTIONS A nurse who was the first to promote birth control. Margaret Sanger

AHSGE QUESTIONS Added on to the Monroe Doctrine to allow US to go outside of our own country and interfere in other countries. Roosevelt’s Corollary

AHSGE QUESTIONS Type of music developed by black Americans that gained in popularity during the Harlen Renaissance. Jazz

AHSGE QUESTIONS US Colonel who found a control for mosquitoes when US was building Panama Canal. William C. Gorgas

AHSGE QUESTIONS Hidden clubs that sold alcohol illegally during Prohibition. Speakeasies

AHSGE QUESTIONS A famous mobster who smuggled alcohol during alcohol during the Prohibition. Al Capone

AHSGE QUESTIONS A era of increased economic prosperity after WWI in the United States– a wild time of excesses. Roaring Twenties

AHSGE QUESTIONS Theodore Roosevelt’s volunteer force who fought in Cuba during the Spanish American War (1898). Made famous by the charge up San Juan Hill. Rough Riders

AHSGE QUESTIONS British passenger ship (had 128 American passengers) that was sunk by German U-Boat one of steps leading US to enter WWI. Lusitania

AHSGE QUESTIONS A telegram intercepted by US– sent from Germany to Mexico trying to get Mexico to enter into war against US– another step leading US to enter WWI. Zimmerman Telegram