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The taking over of
other countries is
called
Imperialism
The term for the
belief that one’s
culture is superior to
all others is
Ethnocentrism
What event was the
final “spark on the
powder keg” which
caused World War I
to begin in Europe?
The
assassination
of the
Archduke
Franz
Ferdinand
This was the final
straw which caused
the United States to
get involved in
World War I
Zimmerman
Telegram
How did the
Treaty of
Versailles lead to
World War II?
Punished
Germany
harshly,
enabling Hitler
to rise to
power
What was the Red
Scare?
Extreme fear
of Communism
in the United
States
A period of time
in which AfricanAmerican culture
flourished was
called the
The Harlem
Renaissance
How did farming
contribute to the
causes of the
Great
Depression?
Overproduction
of food
Who was the President
who believed in a hands
off approach to the
Great Depression?
Herbert Hoover
The name of FDR’s
programs to deal
with the Great
Depression was
The New Deal
What is the meaning
of “totalitariasm”?
Complete
government
control
What date was
Pearl Harbor
bombed by the
Japanese?
December 7,1941
The D-Day invasion
liberated what
country?
France
Name of the
agreement between
Hitler and
Chamberlain in which
Hitler agreed to not
invade any other
countries if they were
allowed to take over
the Sudentenland.
The Munich Pact
Who was the
President who made
the decision to drop
the Atomic Bombs
on Japan?
What two cities
were bombed?
Truman
Hiroshima and
Nagasaki
The economic
system in which all
businesses are
privately owned is
called
capitalism
Who was the
Communist
dictator of Cuba
during the Cold
War?
Fidel Castro
The belief that if
one country in Asia
fell to communism,
they all would fall
Domino
Theory
Who was Ho Chi Mihn?
Communist
leader of
North Vietnam
The turning point in
the Vietnam War in
which most
Americans turned
against US
involvement was
Tet Offensive
Plessy vs Ferguson
made what LEGAL?
Separate but Equal
Why is Rosa
Parks significant
to the Civil
Rights
movement?
Refused to give
up her seat on
a bus, which
sparked the
Montgomery
Bus Boycott
Why was Emmett
Till murdered in
Mississippi?
Accused of whistling at
a white woman
Who was the eventual
Supreme Court Justice
who argued the case
for Brown vs. the Board
of Education?
Thurgood
Marshall
What was the
name of the High
School integrated
in Little Rock,
Arkansas?
Who was President
at the time?
Central High School
Dwight D Eisenhower
Name of the
hotel in which
Nixon’s
campaign
staffers stole
documents
The Watergate
Hotel
The US war on
terror began after
what event?
The attack on
the World
Trade Center
on September
11, 2001
Which President is
best known for
“trickle-down
economics?”
Ronald Reagan
Which political
party is usually
associated with
liberalism?
Conservatism?
Liberalism:
Democratic
Conservatism:
Republican
The name of LBJ’s
programs designed
to help improve the
lives of the poor,
minorities, etc
The Great Society
th
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What was the
Amendment to the
Constitution?
Gave women the
right to vote