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Old Immigrants
The old immigrants came from northern or western Europe, they were literate and skilled. Old immigrants were before 1880 -
Civil Service Act
The United States federal law which establishes within the federal government that should be awarded on the basis of merit. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Prohibits monopolies or unreasonable combinations of companies to restrict. -
The 1920 Test
What did Tennesee, Kentucky, and North Carolina have in common during the period represented on the map? All experienced a decrease in the percentage of the African-American population. -
Ku Klux Klan
A number of secret organizations using violence across the Southern Cross of New Orleans. -
Xenophobia
This is the fear of immigrants. -
Bootlegger
Selling goods or alcohol illegally. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
The Teapot Dome Scandal was a scandal in the 1920s involving people pumping oil onto federal land without permission. -
Red Scare
The rounding up and deportation of several immigrants of radical political views. -
Great Migration
The movement of six million African Americans -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Sacco-Vanzetti
Italian immigrants who were accused and convicted of murdering two men during 1920 armed robbery in Massachusetts. After a controversial trial and a series of appeals, the men were executed on August 23, 1927. -
National Origin Act
Our relations with this country had much tension in the 1920's. The US had a strict immigration policies in relation to this country, and this country began to build up its military. -
Prohibition
A time period when drinking, making, and selling alcohol was illegal. -
Scab
A worker who replaces a striking worker and it can be a dangerous position to be in -
Strike
To stop working as a collective form of protest against an employer and often to achieve a specific aim. -
Vaudeville
A type of entertainment popular in the laate 1800's and early 1900's consisting of a variety of singing dancing and comic acts. -
Blacklist
A list of people or groups who are under suspicion or excluded from something -
The 1920 Test
Which event of the 1920s symbolized a conflict over cultural events? Scopes Trial -
The 1920 Test
A major demographic change in the 1920s was the movement from rural areas to urban areas -
The 1920 Test
What trend does this map illustrate? The movement of African Americans to the North -
World Solutions to the Depression
Dictators offered prosperity in exchange for power, Germany, Hitler was with Nazism. -
Great Depression Test
Many building projects and schools were named for him? Hoover -
FDR's Critics
Some said he was too liberal, conservatives called him a radical socialist, gave government too much control of the economy -
Broke Traditions
He created the Braintrust of experts to advise him beyond his cabinet. -
Presidency
As a character, he was energetic, compassionate, confident and feared no one -
Franklin Roosevelt
He was born into a wealthy New York family, only child, spoiled, married Eleanor Roosevelt. -
Fascist Germany
Dictator: Adolf Hitler (Der Fuhrer or The Leader)
Nazism is German Fascism -
Stage Set for World War 2
The Soviet Union led to Stalin which then led to communism. -
Huey Long
Known as "King Fish". He had the saying of "Share the Wealth."
He is a Louisiana senator and governor. -
Aggression in Asia
Japan invaded Manchuria (NE province of China rich in minerals) -
World War 2 Test
What was the ultimate goal of the German thrust involved in the Battle of Bulge? Antwerp -
World War 2 Test
Hitler and Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact in which they agreed not to attack each other and they secretly divided up Poland? True -
World War 2 Test
What day did World War 2 start? September 1, 1939 -
World War 2 Test
When the United States declared war on Japan which states declared war on United States? Germany and Italy -
World War 2 Test
At the start of WW11, the United States adopted a policy of what? Isolationism -
World War 2 Test
A system where cargo chips traveled in groups escorted by navy warships? convoy system -
World War 2 Test
Limiting the purchase of a variety in Northern China? rationing -
Hitler Invades Poland
Invaded Poland to defend themselves. -
World War 2 Test
What happened during the day on December 23, 1944, that caused a change in the Battle of Bulge? The weather cleared -
Marshall Plan
Aid will rebuild Western Europe -
Ronald Regan
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars) -
World War 2 Test
Pearl Harbor was bombed on what date? December 7, 1941 -
Japan
Dictators: Hideki Tojo: Military Leader & Prime Minister -
Possible Options for Finishing off the Japanese
Invasion of Japan which could cost over 1,000,000 Allied Soldiers. -
Doolittle Raid
James Doolittle led a raid on Tokyo with B-25 bombers, helped boost American morale -
Fascist Italy
Dictator: Benito Mussolini (1l Duce= The Leader -
Island Hopping
The supreme allied commander for the Pacific Theater was Gen. Douglas MacArthur -
Battle of the Bulge
83,00 allied troops
200,000 german troops -
Key Victories for the Allies
Battle of Midway
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Iwo Jima -
Nikita Kroushchev
New Soviet Premier -
Fidel Castro
Communist dictator of Cuba -
Containment
America's policy of stopping communism from spreading -
Truman Doctrine
Aid aimed at saving Greece and Turkey -
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Korean conflict ends in a stalemate at the 38th parallel -
FDR's Long Term Impact
Deficit spending became normal procedure at Federal Level. -
Dr. Francis Townsend
Focused on a program for the elderly, this plan would give people 60 and older 200 dollars a month and could not save money. -
John F Kennedy
Bay of Pigs invasion -
Richard Nixon
NASSA achieves moon landing -
Harry Truman
2nd red scare -
MIlitarization
A society organized around preparing for military conflict -
38th Parallel
Divides North and South Korea -
Stalement
A military situation in which neither side can gain an advantage -
Demilitarized Zone
A region between countries in which no military activity is permitted -
Capitalism
Economic system based on private property, including private ownership of the means of production, and profit motive -
Charles Coughlin
He was a radio priest, supported FDR at first and then grew impatient with New Deal -
George Bush Sr.
Soviet Union collapses
