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WWII
President During WWI
Woodrow Wilson
This telegram helped to push
America to enter the war
Zimmerman Telegram
General in charge of US forces during WWI
John “Black Jack” Pershing
This flu, following WWI wiped out nearly 50 million
world wide
Spanish Flu
This pet project of Wilson’s 14 Points was rejected by the
US Senate
League of Nations
Name one of the Presidents during
the 20’s
Harding, Coolidge, or Hoover
The new freedom experienced by women earned
them this nickname
Flappers
This tariff, enacted to help boost the American
Economy during Hoover’s Admin. Had the opposite
effect
Haley-Smoot Tariff
The WPA stands for
Works Progress Administration
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, also known as Court Packing,
attempted to add how many new justices to the
Supreme Court
6
He was the Supreme Commander of Europe (and later US President) that led US forces during
D-Day
Eisenhower
This agreement, or charter, between
the US and Britain stated the goals for a post war world
Atlantic Chater
Name of the project, led by
Oppenheimer, that created the Atomic
Bomb
Manhattan Project
Name one city in Japan where the
Atomic Bomb was dropped
Nagasaki or Hiroshima
The boat, carrying Jews seeking
asylum in the US was forced to
return to Europe
USS St. Louis
His plan, called for US loans to Europe to help rebuild and
stem the tide of Communism
Marshall (Plan)
He was convicted of perjury during
testimony in which he was accused of
being a spy
Alger Hiss
What was the name of the news
anchor that challenged McCarthy
Edward R. Murrow
This theory suggested that once communism
took hold in one area of the world, surrounding
nations would follow
Domino Theory
This House of Reps. Committee held
investigations of the spread of communism, especially in Hollywood
HUAC
Her refusal to give up her bus seat led to the Montgomery
Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
This key piece of legislation
effectively ended Jim Crow
Civil Rights Act of 1964
America’s promise not to invade Cuba
ended this crisis
Cuban Missile Crisis
This controversial leader took over
SNCC in 1967 and later joined the Black Panthers
Stokely Carmichael
Medicaid, education reform, welfare, were all part of LBJ’s…
Great Society
This resolution gave LBJ the
authority to protect S. Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Name the reporters who tirelessly pursued the Watergate Scandal
for the Washington Post
Woodward and Berstien
This stratgey of turning over combat operation to the S.
Vietnamese was known as
Vietnamization
Name one event that occurred
during the turbulent year of
1968
Columbia, MLK and Kennedy,
TET, LBJ rejects nomination, etc
The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks are also known as