World Wars The Progressive Age FDR and the New Deal The Roaring Twenties Misc.
100
Isolationism
What was the position of the U.S.A. at the beginning of WWII? (Hint: they didn’t want to get involved)
100
Muckrakers
Journalists who exposed problems within society.
100
Social Security
This lasting legislation provides for assistance for retired workers and the disabled.
100
the Flappers
Women who in the 1920s reveled in their "new" freedoms by cutting their hair, wearing short dresses, and danced, smoked, and imbibed.
100
The Soviet Union or Britain (the U.K.)
Identify one of the U.S. allies during World War II.
200
Fascism
This was a major cause of WWII, it is a political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied.
200
18th Amendment
This Progressive amendment made the sale and purchasing of alcohol illegal.
200
Hoovervilles
These shantytowns built during the Great Depression by the homeless in the United States. They were named after Herbert Hoover, who was President of the United States during the onset of the Depression and was widely blamed for it.
200
the 19th Amendment
This Progressive amendment gave women the right to vote in 1920.
200
Manhattan Project
Name of the project to create an atomic bomb.
300
WWI
What caused political instability and economic devastation in Europe, which was a major cause of WWII?
300
To correct all of the problems caused by industrialization.
What was the goal of the Progressives?
300
deficit spending
The New Deal tried to solve many problems of the Great Depression by spending beyond the amount of money the government had in order to create jobs and stimulate the economy. This type of spending is called -
300
the Scopes trial
This trial in 1925 in Tennessee brought the debate between religion and science to the national spotlight.
300
overfarming, severe drought
Identify ONE cause of the Dust Bowl on the plains during the 1930s.
400
Nazi party
What was the name of Hitler’s party in Germany?
400
17th Amendment
This Progressive Amendment allowed for citizens to vote directly for their state's senators.
400
Over speculation of stocks, buying stocks on margin, widening gap between the rich and the poor, oversupply and overproduction of consumer goods, bank failures
Identify TWO factors that led to the Great Depression.
400
the Great Migration
The movement of black people from the rural south to the urban north during the 1920s.
400
Freedom rides, lunch counter sit-ins, boycotts, peaceful protest
Identify a nonviolent attempt to oppose segregation used by members of the Civil Rights Movement.
500
Germany, Italy, and Japan
Identify ALL of the THREE major countries of the Axis powers.
500
16th Amendment
This Progressive Amendment enacted a graduated income tax.
500
Relief
Recovery
Reform
What were the THREE overarching goals of FDR's New Deal (hint: 3 Rs)
500
Harlem Renaissance
A period of great achievement by black writers, artists, musicians occurred first in a part of NYC.
500
containment
America's policies toward communism after
World War II can best be summarized by this word.






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