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What is WWI
This war started after the assassination of the Archduke
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What is the Great Depression
The name given to the time period after the Stock Market crashed?
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What is prohibition
The 18th amendment made making, selling and transportation of alcohol illegal.
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Who is Harriet Tubman
Helped lead many to freedom from slavery along the Underground Railroad.
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What is Pearl Harbor
This happened on Dec. 7, 1941 and caused America to enter into WW2
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What is the Civil War
This war started in April of '61 and ended in April of '65
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What is going to the movies
Listening to the radio and this inexpensive activiy allowed people to "escape" for a few hours.
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What is the Stock Market Crash
This major event happend on October 29, 1929
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Who is Amelia Earhart
The first woman to fly across the Atlantic in 1932
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What is the transcontinental Railroad
This linked the eastern U.S. with the Western U.S.
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What is WWII
Truman and Roosevelt were presidents during this war
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What are dust storms?
What did the drought cause in the Great Plains region?
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What is crime (gangsters and guns)
This increased as a result of prohibition
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Who is Abraham Lincoln.
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation as well as the Gettysburg Address.
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What is the 2nd Industrial Revolution
The automobile, railroads, telegraph, radio and telephone were invented during this period.
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What is the Vietnam War
This war has people questioning the validity of fighting in an undeclared war fought in a country split in half.
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What are fireside chats
FDR used the radio to keep the people informed with his talks.
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What are speakeasies
These are illegal private clubs where alcohol was served.
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Who is Martin Luther King Jr
The civil rights leader who gave a famous speech at the March on Washington event
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What is the Gettysburg Address
Fourscore and seven years ago starts the famous speech given by President Abraham Lincoln
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Operation Enduring Freedom
This war started after terrorists attacked the U.S.
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What is the New Deal
FDR enacted a series of government programs, known by the initials, to put civilians on the payroll
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What is the Harlem renaissance
A period in which black American artists reclaimed their identity and racial pride after leaving the south and moving to NY.
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Who is Richard Nixon
The Watergate investigation resulted in the first ever resignation of a U.S. president
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What is The Berlin Air lift.
Big Willie and Big Easy flew around the clock delivering provisions for almost a year. Some pilot dropped candy with parachutes.
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