US PP review 15-24

1914
What year did WWI begin?
1917
What year did the U.S. get involved in WWI?
1918
What year did WWI end?

Woodrow Wilson
Who was the president of the U.S. during
WWI?
NEUTRALITY
What was the policy of the U.S. that kept it
out of WWI for 3 year?
UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE WARFARE
What was the German policy in the seas?

LUSITANIA
Name the luxury liner sunk by Germans
because of Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
killing Americans?

GREAT MIGRATION
During WWI, many African Americans moved
from the South to the North. What was this
event called?

ESPIONAGE ACT
Name the laws during WWI that prohibited
Americans from speaking out against the war?
EUGENE V. DEBS
What socialist leader was jailed for speaking
out against the war?

18
th
Amendment
What amendment caused Prohibition?
ALCOHOL is ILLEGAL
What was Prohibition?
WOMEN can VOTE
What did the 19
th
Amendment do?
14 POINTS
What was Pres. Woodrow Wilsons Plan for
peace after WWI?
LEAGUE of NATIONS
What part of Wilsons 14 Points was
accepted?
WORLD PEACE
What was the purpose of the League of
Nations?
NO
Did the U.S.A. join the League of Nations?
SENATE
What branch of the Government kept the U.S.
from joining the League of Nations?
RUSSIA
What country went through a Revolution that
started Communism?
RED SCARE
What is the time called after WWI that
describes the fear of Communism in the U.S.?

RESTRICTIONS!
What was the response toward immigrants
during the Red Scare?
HENRY FORD
Who first used mass production to produce
cars?
Radio/ Movies
What 2 inventions promoted a new popular
culture in America?
JAZZ
What new music style started in New Orleans?
LUIS ARMSTRONG
What person was famous for his Trumpet
playing? His nickname was Satchmo.
LANGSTON HUGHES
What person was famous for his poetry during
the Harlem Renaissance?
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
This was a movement that helped promote
African American culture in New York?

IRVING BERLIN
Who wrote God Bless America, and White
Christmas?
TIN PAN ALLEY
Where did most musicians record their music?
Its a place in New York.
Overproduction/ Underconsumption/
Stock Market Speculation
Name 3 things that caused The great
Depression
OCT 29 1929
What year did The great Depression begin?
Remember it was on a Tuesday.
Dust Bowl
What was the name of the drought during the
1930s?
MOVE TO CITIES
What did many do after the Dust Bowl?
25%
What was the highest unemployment rate
during the Great Depression?

HOOVERVILLES
What were the shanty towns set up by the
unemployed during the Depression called?
Herbert Hoover/ FDR
Who was first and second presidents during
the Great Depression?

NEW DEAL
What was Franklin D. Roosevelts plan to get
the U.S. out of the Great Depression?
TVA
What was the part of the New Deal that was
supposed to get electricity to Americans?
DAM
What structures were built by the TVA?
2nd
After the first New Deal did not work
Roosevelt tried the _____ New Deal.
WAGNER ACT
What act helped Unions?
(CIO) Congress of Industrial
Organizations
The first Union was the AFL. What new Union
will be made?
Retirement/ Unemployment/ Disability
Name 3 parts of the Social Security Act?1.
2. 3.
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
Who was the wife of FDR?
TRAVELED told him what should be
fixed
How did Eleanor Roosevelt help FDR?
Huey Long/the court packing
bill,/Neutrality Act
What were 3 challenges for FDR? 1. 2.
3.
Huey Long
Who was FDRs biggest critic?
Court Packing Bill
How did FDR try and change the Supreme
court?
Neutrality ACt
What act started cash and carry during
WWII?
DISCRIMINATION in the military
Why did A. Philip Randolph want to MARCH
on Washington? To protest_____________
NO
Did the march on Washington happen?
Dec 7 1941
What date did the attack on Pearl Harbor
happen?
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Why did the U.S. enter WWII?
INTERNMENT CAMPS
Where were Japanese-Americans taken after
the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Help ALLIES in the war, U.S. stay out of
the war
What was the purpose of the Lend-Lease
Program?
REFUELING STATION for the U.S.
Why was the Battle of Midway important?
D-Day
What was the largest naval invasion in the
World?
France
What country was being occupied by the
Germans causing the D-day invasion?
Battle of Berlin
What battle ended WWII in the European
Theater?
Women
What group of people played a major role in
war industry?
RATIONING or WARTIME
CONSERVATION
What was it called when Americans lived with
less, so the soldiers could get what they
needed?
MANHATTAN PROJECT
What was the secret program called that
developed the Atomic Bomb?
Los Alamos, New Mexico
In what city and state was the Atomic Bomb
developed?
CONTAINMENT
What was the U.S. policy toward Communism
after WWII?
Marshall Plan
After WWII, what plan was designed to
REBUILD Europe?

Truman Doctrine
After WWII, what plan was designed to help
any country that would be important to stop
the spread of communism?
RUSSIA and CHINA
What were the 2 main communist countries
after WWII?
Joseph McCarthy
Who caused fear of communism in the U.S.
after WWII?
McCarthyism
What was the other name for the 2
nd
RED
SCARE?
38
th
Parallel
What line divides North and South Korea?
Containment Policy
Why did we fight in the Vietnam War and the
Korean War?
Anti-Vietnam War Movement
What movement in the U.S. helped bring
about the U.S. fighting in the Vietnam War?
Tet Offensive
What was the largest battle during the
Vietnam War, many photographs were taken
here?
Cuban Revolution
What Revolution help bring FIDEL CASTRO to
power in Cuba?
Bay of Pigs
What was the failed invasion by the U.S. in
Cuba, it was an embarrassing event?
Cuban Missile Crisis
What was the closest the U.S. and Russia
came to launching Nuclear weapons on each
other?
Baby Boom
What was the population explosion after
WWII and the Korean War?
Levittown
What was the first SUBURB in America?
4 million
How many babies were born in 1957?
Interstate Highway act
President Eisenhower expanded our roads
with what act?
41,000 miles
How many miles of INTERSTATE were built
during EISENHOWERS administration?
T.V.
What modern invention help inform Americas
about current events?
Kennedy/ Nixon Debates
What were the first Presidential debates on
T.V.?
Civil Rights Movement
What movement was helped by the T.V.
because you could see mistreatment of
African Americas?
Personal Computer
What is the P.C.?
SPUTNIK I
What Russian satellite flew over the U.S.
causing great fear?
RUSSIA
What country built SPUTNIK I?
Math and Science
What did we spend the most money on during
the SPACE RACE?
INTEGRATE
What did President Truman do to the military
that helped the Civil Rights movement?

Brown v. Board of Education
What court case OVERTURNED Plessy v,
Ferguson?
Letter from Birmingham Jail
I have a Dream
Name MARTIN LUTHER KINGS most famous
speech and letter?
CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964
What ACT helped the CIVIL RIGHTS
MOVEMENT?
VOTING RIGHTS ACT of 1965
What ACT helped increase voting rights during
the Civil Rights Movement?
WARREN COURT
During most of the 1950s and 1960s, this U.S.
Supreme Court was headed by Chief Justice
Earl Warren issuing landmark decisions EX.
Brown v. Board of Education, right to privacy,
free speech protects students who wear
armbands as an antiwar protest on school
grounds, and that all states must obey all
decisions of the Supreme Court, and Miranda
v. Arizona.:
Miranda v. Arizona
Police must inform suspects of their constitutional
rights at the time of arrest. The case involved a man
named Ernesto Miranda, who was convicted and
imprisoned after signing a confession although, at
the time of his arrest, the police questioned him
without telling him he had the right to speak with an
attorney and the right to stay silent. The Miranda
decision strengthened Americans individual rights.


Brown v. Board of Education
This court case overturned PLESSY v.
FERGUSON.
It was a landmark decision in the expansion of
civil rights for minorities in the U.S.
School will become integrated.
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
Happened in JUNE 1963. Disheartened many
people who shared his desires for social
reform and opposition to the Vietnam War.
Swearing in LBJ on Air Force 1
Great Society
During a 1964 speech, President Johnson
summed up his vision for America with this
phrase. He said his programs would give all
Americans a better standard of living and
greater opportunities regardless of their
background. The Medicare program is an
important legacy of this vision.
Medicare
a U.S. government program of hospitalization
insurance and voluntary medical insurance for
persons aged 65 and over and for certain
disabled persons under 65.
Tet Offensive
Vietcong fighters launched this campaign
during the Vietnam War, attacking over 100
South Vietnamese towns, 12 American air
bases, and the U.S. embassy in South Vietnam.
Many Americans turned against the war and
against the Johnson administration, which had
claimed the enemy was near defeat.
THE YEAR OF DISASTER

Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happened in April 1968. Caused riots in over
100 cities across America, despite pleas for
calm from such prominent leaders as Senator
Robert F. Kennedy, who was then running for
president. One week after his death, Congress
passed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 that
prevented discrimination in housing.
Assassination:
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
April 1968
Assassination:
Robert Kennedy
ROITS @ 1968 Democratic National
Convention
is remembered as a scene where police armed
with clubs and tear gas violently beat antiwar
protesters on live TV. Many Americans started
wondering if the American form of
government could tolerate dissent.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
(SCLC)
Civil rights group prominent in the struggle
for African American rights in the Sixties
Original Philosophy Nonviolence Later
Philosophy Same as original philosophy
Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee (SNCC)
Civil rights group prominent in the struggle
for African American rights in the Sixties
Original Philosophy Nonviolence Later
Philosophy Militancy and violence; Black
Power and African-American pride
Sit-Ins
Tactic used by the SNCC at segregated lunch
counters all across the South
Freedom Rides
Tactic used by the SNCC on interstate buses to
determine if southern states would enforce
laws against segregation in public
transportation.
Anti-Vietnam War Movement
Americans against the war in Vietnam became more
vocal in their opposition. Many antiwar groups
started on college campuses to urge the government
to end selective service (the draft) and to bring home
all American troops from Vietnam. They used many
of the same tactics as groups fighting for Civil Rights,
including sit-ins, marches, and demonstrations. Later,
some protesters became more radical, burning their
draft cards, going to prison rather than going to
Vietnam, and even fleeing to Canada.
NOW
(National Organization for Women)
was founded in 1966 to promote equal rights and
opportunities for Americas women. NOW had its
origins in the Civil Rights and anti-war movements of
the early 1960s. In both of these, women felt
sidelined by the men who led organizations like SNCC
and anti-Vietnam War groups. NOWs goals included
equality in employment, political and social equality,
and the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment.
United Farm Workers Movement
Latinos also protested to gain civil rights in the
1960s. Their leader was Csar Chvez, an
American of Mexican descent who grew up
picking crops in California with his family.
Csar Chvez
As founder of the United Farm Workers
movement, ____ ______believed in
nonviolent methods to achieve his goals. In
1965, he started a nationwide boycott of
California grapes, forcing grape growers to
negotiate a contract with the United Farm
Workers in 1970. This contract gave farm
workers higher wages and other benefits for
which they had been protesting through the
Sixties.
Environment Movement
Protecting the environment became
important to many Americans during this
movement.
Silent Spring
a 1962 book about pesticides by Rachel
Carson, exposed dangers to the environment.
This book led to the Water Quality Act of
1965.
Rachel Carson
She wrote Silent Spring, a 1962 book about
pesticides by exposing dangers to the
environment. This book led to the Water
Quality Act of 1965.
Earth Day
The first ______ _____ was celebrated in
1970, when almost every community across
America and over 10,000 schools and 2,000
colleges organized events to raise awareness
of environmental issues; _______ _______ is
still celebrated each year.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
President Nixon created _ _ _ to set limits on
pollution, conduct environmental research,
and assist state and local governments clean
up polluted sites.
CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT
This Movement began with these to
Presidential canidate:
BARRY GOLDWATER
RICHARD NIXON
Barry Goldwater
In 1964, the Republicans nominated ____ ______ for
president, which was a sign of the rising power of
Americas conservative movement. He believed the
federal government should not try to fix social and
economic problems such as poverty, discrimination,
or lack of opportunity. His conservative proposals
including selling the TVA, making Social Security
voluntary, and getting more involved in Vietnam.
Goldwater lost the election to President LBJ, who
said more American involvement in Vietnam would
not solve the problems there.
Richard M. Nixon
The conservative movement continued with
the 1968 candidacy and election of Republican
____ ________. He wanted to replace
President Johnsons Great Society programs
with what Nixon called the New Federalism.
This conservative initiative would take away
some federal government powers, such as
social welfare, and give them to state and
local governments.
Roe v. Wade
1973Addressed the right of women to
choose whether to have an abortion under
certain circumstances. By expanding the
constitutional right of privacy to include
abortion, the Court extended civil liberties
protections.
Regents of University of California v. Bakke
1978Ruled race can be used when
considering applicants to colleges, but racial
quotas cannot be used. The Court barred the
use of quota systems in college admissions but
expanded Americans civil rights by giving
constitutional protection to affirmative action
programs that give equal access to minorities.
Richard Nixon
His presidency was one of great successes and
criminal scandals. Facing impeachment, he
resigned in 1974.
China
Nixons visit to _______ in 1971 was one of
the successes. He visited to seek scientific,
cultural, and trade agreements and to take
advantage of a 10-year standoff between
China and the Soviet Union. Nixon hoped to
win the Chinese to his side in case he had
future negotiations with the Soviets.
Watergate Scandal
This which centered on Nixons administrations attempt to cover
up a burglary of the offices of the Democratic Party in
Washington, D.C. The crime was committed by Nixons
reelection campaign team, who sought political information.
Nixon won reelection in 1972, but his efforts to cover up the
crime soon unraveled and, facing impeachment, he resigned
in 1974. The scandal left Americans dismayed by Nixons
actions and cynical about politics in general. It also led to
changes in campaign financing and to laws requiring high-
level government officials to disclose their finances.
Gerald Ford
Nixon was succeeded by his vice president, ____
____, whose two-year presidency was damaged by
his connection to Nixon. It was damaged again when
he pardoned Nixon for any crimes he may have
committed. One bright spot is that the Vietnam War
ended during the Ford administration by following a
path established by Nixon, but Fords domestic
policies failed to stop growing inflation and
unemployment, and America experienced its worst
economic recession since the Great Depression.
Jimmy Carter
His presidency was strongly influenced by
international issues. He was also a peanut
farmer and Governor of Georgia.
Camp David Accords
Jimmy Carter tried to bring peace to the Middle East
and, in the ______ ______ ________, negotiated a
peace agreement between the Egyptian president
and the Israeli prime minister at Camp David (a
presidential retreat in Maryland) in 1978. This was
the first time there had been a signed peace
agreement between Middle Eastern nations.
Although the agreement left many differences
unresolved, it did solve urgent problems facing the
two nations.
Iranian Revolution
In 1978, the _____ __________ replaced a
shah (king) friendly to America with a Muslim
religious leader unfriendly to America.
Iranian Hostage Crisis
When Carter let the shah enter the United
States for medical treatment, angry Iranian
revolutionaries invaded the U.S. embassy in
Iran and took 52 Americans captive. The
______ _________ __________ lasted 444
days, until the captives were released after
the election of Ronald Reagan as president,
and it nurtured anti-Americanism among
Muslims around the world.
Ronald Reagan
He was president for much of the 1980s.
During that time, many important events
helped shape American politics to this day. As
a conservative, he wanted to decrease the size
and role of the federal government.
Reaganomics
__________ was the nickname for Reagans
economic policy. It included budget cuts, tax
cuts, and increased defense spending. By
cutting social welfare budgets, his policy hurt
lower-income Americans and, overall,
Reaganomics led to a severe recession.
Iran-Contra Scandal
The _______ ____ _______ was Reagans biggest
failure in international policy. Administration officials
sold weapons to Iranan enemy of the United
States and then violated more laws by using the
profits from those arms sales to fund a rebellion in
Nicaragua fought by rebels called the Contras (a
Spanish nickname for counter-revolutionaries).
Details of this scandal are still largely unknown to the
public.
Collapse of Soviet Union
The ___ ____ ____ ______ was Reagans biggest
success in international policy. The Soviet Unions last
leader set up policies allowing freedom of speech
and of the press and other reforms putting the
U.S.S.R. on a path to democratic government, but
these reforms got out of the leaders control and
eventually led to the breakup of the 15 states that
were the Soviet Union. Five of those states now
comprise Russia, and the other ten are independent
countries.
Bill Clinton
His presidency came after the first President
George Bush.
North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA)
Under Bill Clinton _____ brought Mexico into
a free-trade (tariff-free) zone already existing
between the United States and Canada.
Opponents believed _____ would send U.S.
jobs to Mexico and harm the environment,
while supporters believed it would open up
the growing Mexican market to U.S.
companies; these pros and cons are still
argued today.
IMPEACHMENT
Clinton also became the second president in U.S.
history to suffer ________. The House of
Representatives charged him with perjury and
obstruction of justice. The charges were based on
accusations of improper use of money from a real
estate deal and allegations he had lied under oath
about an improper relationship with a White House
intern. Clinton denied the charges and the Senate
then acquitted him, allowing Clinton to remain in
office and finish his second term.
Electoral College
Each state is assigned electors in equal
number to its total amount of U.S.
representatives and senators. (Georgia had
thirteen electors in 2000: eleven
representatives and two senators). In the 2000
election, Bush won by receiving 271 votes in
the Electoral College to Gores 266.
George W. Bush
His presidency will always be remembered for al-Qaedas
attacks on September 11, 2001 (9/11). Congress and the
American people, he signed a law the next month to allow the
U.S. government to hold foreign citizens suspected of being
terrorists for up to seven days without charging them with a
crime. This law also increased the ability of American law-
enforcement agencies to search private communications and
personal records. Then he created the Department of
Homeland Security and charged it with protecting the United
States from terrorist attacks and responding to natural
disasters
Operation Enduring Freedom
In October 2001, another of Bushs responses to the
9-11 terrorist attacks was his authorizing _____
______ ________, the invasion by the U.S. military
and allied forces into Afghanistan. That countrys
Taliban government was harboring the al- Qaeda
leadership. The allied forces quickly defeated the
Taliban government and destroyed the al-Qaeda
network in Afghanistan; however, al-Qaeda leader
Osama bin Laden escaped.
War on Terrorism
The invasion of Afghanistan was part of Bushs
larger ____ ____ _________, for which he
built an international coalition to fight the al-
Qaeda network and other terrorist groups.
Operation Iraqi Freedom
In March 2003, American and British troops invaded
Iraq in ______ ______ _________. Iraqs president,
Saddam Hussein, went into hiding while U.S. forces
searched for the weapons of mass destruction
(WMD) that Bush feared Hussein had and could
supply to terrorists for use against the United States.
No WMD were found before Hussein was captured.
He was convicted of crimes against humanity and
executed in 2006.