US History

The event that touched off the first declaration of war in World War I was

At the start of World War I, the Triple Alliance included

Criticism of the war at home was effectively silenced by

In World War I, airplanes were first used to

According to President Wilson, why should war be declared?

During World War I, a group called the _____ took power in Russia and established a Communist government.

Henry Ford’s system for making cars increased efficiency by

Many people viewed Sacco and Vanzetti with suspicion because

In the early 1920s, the Ku Klux Klan added to its membership by

The new morality of the 1920s glorified

The flowering of African American arts in the 1920s became known as the

After World War I, most Americans wanted to avoid future wars by

Henry Ford’s business philosophy was to increase sales by

Stock prices first began to decline in late 1929 because

Farmers on the Great Plains began to lose their crops during the Depression because

Thousands of World War I veterans came to Washington in 1932 to lobby Congress t

Most economists agree that a key cause of the Depression was

N search of work or a better life during the Depression, many unemployed people

To pay for public works, the government would

Buying on margin was a method of buying stocks

The Hawley-Smoot Tariff dampened commerce

When the Senate voted down the bonus bill that promised $1,000 to each veteran, some veterans

A long period of rising stock prices is known as a

During the Depression, charities set up _____ to give poor people a meal.

President Hoover wanted state and city governments rather than the federal government to provide _______, or money given directly to impoverished families.

Programs, such as The Guiding Light, that carried over their story lines from day to day were nicknamed

As governor of New York, Franklin Roosevelt oversaw the creation of the first state relief agency to aid

During the Depression, many state governors declared “bank holidays” to

To fight the Depression, the first thing Roosevelt set out to do was to

To regulate the stock market, Congress created the

Franklin Roosevelt’s “court-packing plan” was a serious mistake because

The Agricultural Adjustment Administration tried to help farmers by

Senator Huey Long wanted the government to

Ranklin Roosevelt’s policies for ending the Depression became known as the

To inform and reassure citizens, Franklin Roosevelt addressed them directly by radio in what were called

Adolf Hitler blamed Germany’s defeat in World War I on the

The Nazis’ “final solution” referred to their plans to

The first area that Hitler “unified” with Germany was

In the Battle of Britain

At Auschwitz, elderly or disabled people, the sick, and mothers and children were immediately

At first, Britain and France gave in to Hitler’s demands, a policy known as

Japan’s goal in attacking Midway was to

The Allies placed inflated rubber tanks, empty tents, and dummy landing craft along the coast of Britain to convince the Germans that

In the case Korematsu v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled that relocation of Japanese Americans was

During World War II, women were recruited into the military to

The secret American program to build an atomic bomb was called

Rosie the Riveter was a symbol of

The purpose of the Marshall Plan was to

Iwo Jima was an important objective for the American military because

The Bataan Death March occurred in

NATO formed for the purpose of

The “iron curtain” of which Churchill speaks is a symbol of

Sputnik was a

African Americans who lived in urban centers in the 1950s often

One of the most popular shows ever to air on television was a situation comedy called

For most Americans, the 1950s was a decade of incredible

Who were Chuck Berry and Little Richard?

During the 1960 election campaign, television aired its first

The Republican nominee for president in the 1960 election was

Kennedy convinced Congress to invest more funds in

Which event contributed to Nikita Khrushchev’s fall from power in 1964?

Who was the first American to orbit Earth?

Although Congress blocked many of Kennedy’s legislative initiatives, they did agree to

In response to the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans

CORE successfully integrated many restaurants by using

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., drew on the philosophy and techniques of

In Little Rock, Arkansas, the governor tried to prevent African American students from entering a white high school by

The purpose of the Selma March was to campaign for

The Kerner Commission blamed the problems of inner cities on

The ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896 had established

The Freedom Riders were organized to draw attention to the South’s refusal to

After his pilgrimage to Makkah, Malcolm X concluded that

The bus boycott in Montgomery lasted for