Island Hopping
• Allied naval strategy to
reach Japan by taking one
island at a time?
26th Amendment
• This amendment gave those
18 years and older the rights
to vote
Iran Contra Affair
• While Reagan was in office
this scandal took place in
which we sold weapons to
Iran and gave the money
made to the contras of
Nicaragua.
Détente
• Easing of Cold War tensions
between the United States
and the Soviet Union (took
place under Nixon)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
• Made discrimination based on race, religion,
or national origin in public places illegal.
Sam Walton
•Founder of Walmart
Sandra Day O’Connor
st
•1
female to serve on the
Supreme Court, appointed
by Ronald Reagan
Domino Theory
• The belief that if a nearby
country became communists,
surround nations soon would
War Powers Act
• Law that limited the
President’s right to send
troops into battle without
Congressional approval
Hoovervilles
• Shantytowns on the outskirts of the cities
filled with homeless and unemployed people.
Navajo Code Talkers
• These Native Americans
helped use a rare language to
communicate secretly during
wartime.
Watergate Scandal
• A political scandal involving
abuse of power and bribery
and obstruction of justice.
Led to Nixon’s resignation
in 1974
League of Nations
• This was a major part of Wilson’s
14 points, it was his going for
long lasting peace. However,
congress did not approve this
plan and the United States never
joined this organization
24th Amendment
•This amendment
abolished the poll tax
(AIM) American Indian Movement
•The civil rights
movement for
Native Americans
OPEC
• Name the organization made
up of members that control oil
exports through out the world
Iran Hostage Crisis
• What was the name of the event that
occurred in Carter’s time that occurred after
we allowed the Shah of Iran into the US for
medical treatment.
• (Hint: Iran rebel stormed the US embassy in
Iran and took hostages for 444 days that
weren’t released until Reagan took office)
He boycotted the Olympics in Moscow
• After the soviets invade
Afghanistan how did President
Carter show his disapproval?
Persian Gulf War
• What war took place during
President George H. W. Bush’s
time after Saddam Hussein
invaded Kuwait?
No Child Left Behind
•George W. Bush passed
this education law
during this time in office
George W. Bush
•Which president was in
office when the 9/11
attacks took place and
then declared a war on
terror?
US Patriot Act
• Which piece of legislation passed
shortly after the 9/11 attacks and
gave the US government the right
to invade our privacy through
wire taps, reading emails, etc.
Bill Gates
•Creator of Microsoft
Title IX
• This law made sex
discrimination illegal in
education programs (To be
compliant some colleges had
to drop some men’s sports)
Poland
• Germany’s invasion of what country was a key
cause of the war?
Thurgood Marshall
st
•1
African American
to serve on the
Supreme Court
Suffrage
•The right to vote
Gerald Ford
• This president pardoned
Nixon for his crimes
Richard Nixon
•Which president
practiced the policy of
détente with the
Soviets
Jimmy Carter
• Which president took part in the
Panama Canal Treaty, brokered
the Camp David Accords,
boycotted the Olympics in
Moscow, and was in office during
the Iran Hostage Crisis?
Egypt and Israel
•Which two countries
were involved in the
Camp David Accords?
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
• Where were the atomic bombs dropped?
Transcontinental Railroad
What structure was built to
connect the East and the
West?
1941
• What year did the United States enter World
War II?
Created jobs
• How did entering World War II help the United
States end the Great Depression?
Bessemer Process
This discovery revolutionized the
Steel industry, allowing steel to
be made quicker and cheaper.
Reservations
Native Americans were forced
from their land and relocated
where?
Laissez Faire
Which government philosophy
believed in a “hands off”
approach when it came to
regulating business.
WW2
• What major event pulled us out of the
Depression?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This law was passed in 1890 and
outlawed trusts, monopolies, and
other forms of business that
restricted trade. However, this
law was never really enforced.
Spanish American War
The United States emerged as a
World Power after what
conflict?
NATO
(North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
• A military alliance formed between the
U.S., Canada, and ten western European
nations in preparation for a war with the
Soviets
Clarence Darrow
• Who defended John Scopes in his trial, arguing
that evolution SHOULD be taught in schools?
Susan B. Anthony
This woman tried to vote but
was denied, she then spent
her time fighting for women’s
suffrage
Berlin Airlift
• US operation that flew food and supplies into
West Berlin after the Soviets set up a blockade
Rough Riders
What was the name of the
group that defeated the
Spanish at San Juan Hill, they
were led by Teddy Roosevelt
Yellow Journalism
This type of writing showed up in
newspapers during the Spanish
American War. It exaggerated and
sensationalized the news, causing
the public to want war
19th Amendment
• How did women gain the right to vote in 1920?
Pancho Villa
General Pershing and the AEF
chased this murderous man
down during the Mexican
Revolution but were unable to
capture him
Muckrakers
A journalist who wrote about
social, environmental, and
political problems Americans
faced in the 1900s
Henry Ford
• Automobile manufacturer who created the
assembly line to speed up production
John D. Rockefeller
This wealthy business owner
bought out and merged with
other companies to limit
competition until he finally had a
monopoly on the oil industry.
Imperialism
Expanding a country by building
your empire through gaining
control of other countries
Roosevelt Corollary
This addition to the Monroe
Doctrine declare the United
State international police and
urged Europeans to stay out of
the Western hempisphere
Fourteen Points
President Wilson’s plan for
peace after World War I
League of Nations
Part of President Wilson’s
Fourteen Points in which the
nations would organize and
agree to defend one another
against aggressive nations
Neutrality
America’s policy at the
beginning of WWI that ended
in 1917
Zimmerman Telegram
Intercepted correspondence
between Mexico and Germany,
one of the reasons we entered
WWI
USS Maine
What was the name of the ships
that was sunk in Havana
Harbor, leading to the Spanish
American War
FDIC: Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation
• Provides insurance for people’s bank accounts
• Options:
– AAA
– TVA
– CCC
– WPA
– FDIC
– SEC
– Social Securities Act
Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of this man
set off a chain reaction which
led to the out break of World
War I
Harlem Renaissance
• Where did writers increase pride in African
American culture?
Open Door Policy
The agreement that everyone
would have equal trading
rights with China
Evolution
• In the Scopes trial, John Scopes went to trail
for teaching what in schools?
Plessy v. Ferguson
• Supreme court decision that upheld
segregation and said “separate but equal”
facilities were legal
Cesar Chavez
• Helped organize mostly Spanish speaking farm
workers into the United Farm Workers of
America. This success led to other civil right
reforms for Hispanic Americans, including
bilingual education
Joe McCarthy
• Senator that became famous for accusing
people begin Communists without proper
evidence
Teapot Dome Scandal
• Corruption during Warren Harding’s
presidency, gave his friends (Ohio Gang) jobs
in government. They abused, selling oil
illegally.
Atlantic Ocean
The natural barrier that isolates
America from Europe
Panama Canal
This structure was built to
connect the Atlantic and
Pacific Ocean and would be
under the control of the
United States until Carter’s
presidency
Rock n’ Roll
• Form of music that became
popular in the 50s.
1920s/Roaring 20s
• In what decade did the following events
occur?
– Teapot Dome Scandal
– Harlem Renaissance
– Scopes Trial
Atlantic Ocean
• Charles Lindberg was the first man to fly solo
across which ocean?
*Hint: New York to Paris
Pearl Harbor
• On December 7, 1941, Japan attacked
Americans at what naval base?
Treaty of Versailles
This treaty ended WWI and
harshly punished Germany
with reparations, forcing them
to take blame for the war, and
dividing their territory
Nixon and Kennedy
•The first televised
presidential debate was
between which two
candidates?
TVA: Tennessee Valley Authority
• Built dams to control flooding and provide
electric power
• Options:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
AAA
TVA
CCC
WPA
FDIC
SEC
Social Securities Act
Susan B. Anthony
• A major figure that stood for
women’s rights, specifically
women’s suffrage. She even
attempted to vote once before
women had the right
Grapes of Wrath
• What novel was written during the Great
Depression, describing the hardships of a
family effected by the Dust Bowl?
Voting Rights Act of 1965
• This piece of legislation
passed under Lyndon B.
Johnson, eliminated
literacy tests for voters and
expanded African American
voting participation
Upton Sinclair
This muckraker wrote “The
Jungle,” exposing the
unsanitary conditions of the
meat packing industry.
Tonkin Gulf Resolution
•Congressional
Approval that gave LBJ
power to escalate the
war in Vietnam
Jazz
• Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington were
popular music artists/composer of what type
of music?
FDR
• Which president tried to pack the supreme
court with members of his own party.
William Jennings Bryan
• He supported creationism in school, and
prosecuted John Scopes during the trial.
18th Amendment
• Which amendment prohibited alcohol?
Urbanization
The growing of cities
Homestead Act
This federal law granted land to
anyone willing to settle land in
the West
Warsaw Pact
• The Soviet Union’s form of NATO
Social Security Act
• Provide unemployment insurance, aid to the
disabled, old age pensions, etc.
• Options:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
AAA
TVA
CCC
WPA
FDIC
SEC
Social Securities Act
Lyndon B. Johnson
• Which president created the
Great Society program to address
social problems including health
care, civil rights, and urban decay.
He also declared war on poverty,
started Medicare and Medicaid,
as well as played a part in the
Vietnam War after he took over
for President Kennedy.
24th Amendment
• This amendment abolished the poll tax
Regents of the University of
California v Bakke
• Supreme court case dealing with
affirmative action programs
designed to increase minority
representation in colleges and
professions.
Social Darwinism
The idea, “survival of the fittest,” was a
viewpoint taken when it came to
business and competition. Where
does this idea branch from?
Little Rock Nine
• Group of African-American students that were
integrated into an all white school. Faced
angry mobs, escorted by military
AAA: Agriculture Adjustment Act
• Raise crop prices by lowering production
• Options:
– AAA
– TVA
– CCC
– WPA
– FDIC
– SEC
– Social Securities Act
Baby Boom
• Period from the end of World War II through
the mid 1960s marked by unusually high birth
rates
SEC: Securities and Exchange Commission
• Regulates stock markets, restore faith in it
• Options:
– AAA
– TVA
– CCC
– WPA
– FDIC
– SEC
– Social Securities Act
CCC: Civilian Conservation Corps
• Gave jobs to young single men, planting trees,
building public parks, fighting forest fires
• Options:
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
AAA
TVA
CCC
WPA
FDIC
SEC
Social Securities Act
Brown v. Board of Education
• Supreme court decision that made
segregation illegal in public schools
Bay of Pigs
• Failed invasion of Cuba, the US sent in Cuban
exiles and were defeated by the Cuban
Military
WPA: Works Progress Administration
• Created jobs by hiring writers and artists
• Options:
– AAA
– TVA
– CCC
– WPA
– FDIC
– SEC
– Social Securities Act
Ronald Reagan (Reaganomics)
• Which president set up an
economic program
involving tax cuts and
financial deregulation
Franklin D. Roosevelt
• Who was president during a majority of World
War II and was responsible for declaring war
on Japan?
Harry Truman
• Who was president during the end of World
War II, and was responsible for using the
atomic bomb on Japan?
General Dwight Eisenhower
• Which U.S. general was in charge of the
Normandy invasion? (He later became
president)
Civil Rights Act of 1964
• This act made
discrimination based on
race, religion, or national
origin in public places
illegal
Andrew Carnegie
This man had a monopoly on the
Steel Industry and used vertical
integration to do so.
Allied Powers
•
•
•
•
Great Britain
France
United States
Soviet Unions
• What do they have in common?
Axis Powers
• Japan
• Italy
• Germany
• What do they have in common?
Affirmative Action
• Requires employer to hire on an equal
opportunity basis.
Treaty of Versailles
• Harsh treatment of Germany handed out in
the ________ after World War I, was a leading
cause of WWII.
Dictator/Totalitarian
• The leaders of Germany, Japan, Italy, and the
Soviet Union all had what in common?
Invasion of Normandy/D-Day
• June 6, 1944, Dwight Eisenhower led an allied
attack on German controlled France. This led to
Germany retreating from France.
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
• What event pushed American into finally
joinign World War II?
Monopoly
A company that completely
dominates a particular
industry because it has no
competition.
Flappers and their dress style
• The changing image of women during the
1920s was symbolized by the __________?
De Lome Letter
This letter was sent by the
Spanish ambassador bad
mouthing President McKinley
and made Americans want war
even more than before
Holocaust
• The mass murder of 6 million Jews and others
in Nazi concentration camps
Espionage Act of 1917
This act made it a crime to
criticize the war effort during
WWI but also violated the first
amendment
Rationing
• Wartime restriction of items used by
the public
Internment Camps
• Over 100,000 Japanese-Americans forced to
relocate where?
GI Bill
• A law that gives military veterans financial aid
and educational benefits
Great Migration
• The availability of factory jobs in the North led
what mass movement of African Americans?
Taft-Hartley Act
• Overturned many rights won by unions under
the New Deal
Interstate Highway Act
• Authorized the building of a national
highway system. Encouraged the
development of suburbs away from
the city
Cold War
• Conflict of strained relations between the U.S.
and Soviet Union.
Containment
• Policy that the U.S. should prevent
communism from spreading to other nations
Bill Clinton
• Which president was
almost impeached for lying
under oath about his extra
marital affairs?
Segregation
• Seperation of the races
United Nations
• International organization formed after World
War II to serve as a peacekeeper in world
conflict.
Truman Doctrine
• US policy that gave military and economic aid
to countries threatened by communism
Assembly Line
• What did Henry Ford develop that helped
increase production in the industrial industry?
Barack Obama
st
•1
African American
President of the
United States
14th Amendment
• This amendment gave all US citizen equal
protection under the law, regardless of color
13th Amendment
• This amendment abolished slavery
Sputnik (1957)
• First man made satellite to be launched into
space, Soviets were first
(NOW) National Organization of Women
•This organization
supported full
equality for women
Two-front war
• Allies had an advantage because Germany had
to divide their troops in two to fight a
________
21st amendment
• This amendment repealed the 18th,
prohibition ends
Stock Market Crash
• What major event occurred in 1929?
Herbert Hoover
• Republican President during the Great
Depression, criticized for not doing anything
to get out of the depression.
Dawes Act
In 1887, this federal law
distributed land to individual
Indians rather than the tribes,
thereby encouraging Indians to
become assimilated?
Franklin D Roosevelt
• Defeated Hoover for the presidency, helped
American get out of the Depression.
Fireside Chats
• What were Roosevelt’s radio communications
to the American public called?
New Deal
• Roosevelt's plan to bring America out of the
Great Depression, created several programs
and jobs.
Dust Bowl
• Time of heavy droughts and dried up farm
land, forced residents of the Great Plain to
relocate.
Battle of Midway
• Turning point in the Pacific
Marshall Plan
• Program to help European countries rebuild
after World War II. The U.S. offered economic
aid to war-torn countries
The Rosenbergs
• American couple accused of Communism and
trading atomic secrets, executed.
McCarthyism
• Witch hunt of suspected communist, accusing
without proper evidence
Berlin Wall
• Soviets separated East and West
Berlin, stood until collapse of the
Soviet Union in 1989
Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviets moved missiles into Cuba,
Americans set up a blockade blocking
Soviet supplies to Cuba. This standoff
was the closest we came to actual war
with the Soviets
Slavery
• Bound in servitude as the property of another
person.
Abolition Movement
• The movement to end slavery
Emancipation Proclamation
• During the Civil war, Abraham Lincoln, freed
all the slaves in the Confederate states with
his delivery of what?
15th Amendment
• This amendment gave African men the right to
vote
Jim Crow Laws
• Southern race laws that encouraged
segregation and discrimination
Prevent black people from voting
• Poll taxes
• Literacy Tests
• Racial violence with the KKK
• What do these have in common?
W.E.B. Du Bois
• Early civil rights leader, founder of the NAACP,
demanded equal rights for African Americans
NAACP
• Group that demanded equal rights
for African Americans, founded by
W.E.B. Du Bois
Rosa Parks
• Refused to give up her seat to a white
passenger. After she was jailed the
Montgomery Bus Boycott began
Malcolm X
• Black Muslim leader who argued for
separation, not integration, and influenced
the Black Power movement. Was pro-violence,
later assassinated.
Martin Luther King Jr
• Civil rights leader during the 50s and 60s,
helped organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott
to protest segregation on buses. He organized
the March on Washington where he gave his
“I have a dream” speech, assassinated in
1968.