island hopping allied naval strategy to reach japan by taking one island at a time?

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

•1st 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

•1st 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.


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


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

•1st 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.

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