What was Herbert Hoover’s initial view of the 1920s?

To highlight the ineffectiveness of the President during the Great Depression, what were the shantytowns and homeless centers called? Hint: In Cinderella Man, Mike Wilson lived and died here.

What event led America out of the Great Depression?

This was a widespread drought partially caused by intensive farming techniques that lead to the destruction of life in the Great Plains

What was the new system of finance that people could borrow money and pay it back at a later date with interest?

What is the term for if a stock is $100, you can pay $10 now and the rest later when the stock rose

What was the effect of low interest rates?

What is a tax on imported goods?

Because many couldn't pay taxes, what happened?

What was a "bank run" and how did “bank runs” cause banks to collapse?

How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to WW2?

Which is NOT a reason the international community tried to negotiate with Hitler after he broke the Treaty of Versailles?

From Germany's point of view, in what way might the early diplomatic stance of Britain and France have encouraged Hitler’s militarism and expansion?

What were the two main Theaters of War?

Who was responsible for the Holocaust?

Why didn't the Jewish people of Germany just leave?

Which group believed market, trade, and money will greatly increase (“merchants of death” to sell guns), effectively ending the Great Depression

Which group believed market, trade, and money will greatly increase (“merchants of death” to sell guns), effectively ending the Great Depression

The bombing of Pearl Harbor was the last straw and made the US join WW2

Why was the Battle of Iwo Jima important in the timeline of human history?

This battle was the turning point in the Pacific War where Americans defeated the Japanese and caused major damage to their Pacific fleet

Which group believed that war is too violent and loss of life and should be avoided in Europe

Which group believed that since the US lost money from WW1 and countries didn’t pay us back, we should avoid further deals with England and France

What act stated that it will be illegal to sell arms to country at WAR even if it is a civil war

What happened to the population of America, after World War 2?

The push of white Americans to leave the downtown areas and create the suburbs is known as

What group of people were encouraged by society to find work as secretaries and homemakers?

This group of people typically wore black, enjoyed philosophy and poetry, and experimented with language, drugs, and sexuality

With the assassination of the president, the death of a civil rights leader, and fear of being drafted or nuked by the USSR, many teens wanted a different way of life that they deemed freer. This group later became known as…

The Truman Doctrine has a single goal of doing what?

What country ends up taking control of the rebuilding process in 75% of Germany?

What is an economic & government system in which the gov’t makes all of the decisions as to what will be produced, how it will be produced, and for whom it will be produced

What is the fear that if one country falls to communism that others will follow is known as?

Why were the African-American and Hispanic populations hit the hardest when downtowns began to collapse?

Where did much of the workforce move to in the 50s and 60s?

Give an example of a major consumer product that became popular during the 50s period.

What becomes the pathway to happiness after World War 2?

What economic system does the United States have?

What famous court case declared that separate cannot be equal and leads to the desegregation of schools? (1954)

What was the outcome of the Plessy v. Ferguson Case (1896)?

Where did many African-Americans move to find freedom and jobs?

Which amendment outlawed slavery?

Why did people fight for better education?

What group of the community was THE driving force of the civil rights movement

Who's gruesome and later public death acts as an accelerant and unifying force to the Civil Rights Movement?

What was the purpose of SALT I and SALT II?

What important event happened in 1991?

How did the NSC get money to help the Contras in Nicaragua?

What was the effect of glasnost and perestroika?

What was the name of the presidential scandal that the president encouraged a break-in at a hotel to find documents that might have had negative information on him?

What county did US try to increase relations with through "Ping Pong Diplomacy"

What was the effect of “Ping Pong Diplomacy”?

Which policy best describes the “New Federalism” of the Nixon Administration?

Jimmy Carter won the election after Nixon...after Ford because people thought Carter possessed the following traits...

Why did OPEC stop selling oil to US?

Why did Ford pardon Nixon?

The Persian Gulf War was a long, grueling war where America had huge amount of causalities.

Why did POTUS Clinton call himself a "New Democratic?"

Why is it significant that Ross Perot go nearly 20 of the votes in the 1992 Presidential Election?

What happened to terrorism in the 90s?

What is the name for when ballot papers are not completely punched through and the small piece of paper or card prevents the ballot paper from being marked down as a definite vote for a particular candidate?