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United States History

United States History. Risk. Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington were artists of what period ? Harlem Renaissance. What were the assembly lines, invented by Henry Ford, powered by ? electricity. What was the main cause of the Great Depression ? Stock Market crash.

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United States History

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  1. United States History Risk

  2. Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington were artists of what period? • Harlem Renaissance

  3. What were the assembly lines, invented by Henry Ford, powered by? • electricity

  4. What was the main cause of the Great Depression? • Stock Market crash

  5. The day the stock market crashed in 1929 is referred to as what? • Black Tuesday

  6. What were the programs called that FDR instituted to combat the Great Depression? • The New Deal

  7. What were shantytowns and Hoovervilles?? • Tent cities that popped up during the Depression for people who lost their homes

  8. Why did the US enter WWII? • Bombing of Pearl Harbor

  9. What group of people were put in internment camps inthe US during WWII? • Japanese Americans

  10. What 2 cities were attacked with an atomic bomb by the US? • Hiroshima and Nagasaki

  11. What happened on D-Day? • Allied invasion of France – turning point in the war

  12. What was the main goal of the US in Vietnam? • Stop the spread of communism

  13. What is the significance of the Tet offensive? • Turning point in Vietnam war, not an easy win

  14. What two countries aided North Korea? • China and Russia

  15. Why did the US support South Korea? • Stop spread of communism

  16. The US emerged as a super power after the fall of what wall? • Berlin

  17. If one country falls to communism, then others will follow is an example of what theory? • Domino theory

  18. The Marshall plan was to give US aid to build up what war torn part of the world? • Europe

  19. What was the purpose of the Berlin Airlift? • Take supplies to West Berlin, who was cut off by Russia after WWII

  20. What was the main goal of McCarthyism’s? • To expose communists in America, specifically the government

  21. What were the Hollywood 10 accused of? • Being communists and influencing society with movies

  22. What inspired the American’s rush to get to the moon? • The Russian launch of Sputnik

  23. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a standoff between what two countries ? • Russia and the US

  24. What invention increased consumerism? • Television

  25. What was the symbol of the American Dream? Owning your own home, the growth of suburbs

  26. What movement in the 1950’s put poetry to music to protest conventional society ? The beat movement

  27. What musical genre began in the 1960’s with the “British invasion” of the Beatles ? Rock n’ roll

  28. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I have a Dream speech at what event ? • March on Washington

  29. What court case overturned Plessy v Ferguson and outlawed segregation of schools? • Brown v Board of Education

  30. What concert in NY was the end of the rise of the hippie movement? • Woodstock.

  31. Who organized the migrant farm workers into unions? • Cesar Chavez

  32. The Watergate scandal led to the resignation what president ? • Nixon

  33. Roe v Wade made what practice legal? • Abortion

  34. The equal rights amendment in the 1970’s tried to gain equal rights for whom ? • Women

  35. What happened at Three Mile Island? • Nuclear reactor meltdown

  36. What agency is responsible for policies on global warming, oil spills etc . . .? • The Environmental Protection Agency

  37. Who was president during the Iran Hostage Crisis? • Carter

  38. What was President Clintons policy about gays in the military? • Don’t ask don’t tell

  39. Why did the US get involved in Desert Storm? • Iraq invaded Kuwait and prevented oil trade

  40. What was President Reagan’s economic policy ? • Reaganomics – cut taxes, cut government spending, increase defense spending

  41. Who claimed responsibility for the 911 attacks? • Osama Bin Ladin (Al-qaeda)

  42. What government program provided a pension for retirees because many were living in poverty? • Social Security

  43. What agreement reduced tariffs between the US and Mexico and Canada? • NAFTA

  44. When did the internet become common in the home? • 1990’s

  45. What invention expanded research, entertainment, communication, information availability ? • Internet (world wide web)

  46. How is nuclear energy used today? • Electricity, clean energy

  47. Why did Iran take 66 American hostages? • Because the US allowed the deposed Shah to come to America for medical treatment

  48. Why did many Americans oppose nuclear energy? • Three Mile Island meltdown

  49. What gave Roosevelt authority to sell, or provide aid to the allies prior to our joining WWII? • Lend-lease Act

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