1. WW II Events
Three Presidents
Cold War Crisis
Reformers
Depression
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2. Row Question
Group of middle class reformers who sought to improve society in the early part of the 1900’s.

3. Row Answer
Progressives

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Idea that you should help those that are less fortunate than you. This was practiced by such groups as the Salvation Army and the settlement House movement.

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Social Gospel

6. Row Question
Name given to the investigative journalists of the Progressive era who tried to show the corruption and greed that was affecting the nation.

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Muckrakers

8. Row Question
Muckraker who wrote about “the History of Standard Oil” and exposed the harsh business practices of John D. Rockefeller.

9. Row Answer
Ida Tarbell

10. Row Question
Wrote a book called the “Jungle” to call attention to the lives of immigrants. However the book did bring attention to the horrible conditions found in the nation’s food industry.

11. Row Answer
Upton Sinclair

12. Row Question
Elected President in 1928 after years of economic success in the U.S. Predicted the end of poverty. Was President when the Depression began. Believed in Rugged Individualism and refused direct relief to the poor.

13. Row Answer
Herbert Hoover

14. Row Question
October 29, Signaled the Financial collapse of the nation. Seen as a beginning point of the Great Depression.

15. Row Answer
Stock Market Crash

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Belief of Herbert Hoover’s that the government should not give direct aid to the poor because it would destroy the person pride and their belief in hard work.

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Rugged Individualism

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Protestors who came to Washington to ask Congress to pay a WW I payment to veterans earlier than promised because of the Depression. Congress refused and the protestors were dispersed by the U.S. military.

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Bonus Army

20. Row Question
American President during the Depression and WW II who started the New Deal programs and promised to help relieve the suffering of the poor during the Depression. Elected to Four terms as President. -

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Franklin Roosevelt

22. Place where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945
Row Question
Place where the first atomic bomb was dropped in August, 1945

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Hiroshima

24. Row Question
Secret government project that led to the construction of the atomic bomb.

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Manhattan Project

26. Row Question
Name of the world organization formed at the end of WW II that is located in New York.

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United Nations

28. Row Question
Fictional character that represented the importance that women have played in our effort to fight WW II as they replaced men in all forms of factory work.

29. Row Answer
Rosie the Riveter

30. Row Question
This is when the population of Japanese American in the Western U.S. were forced into detention camps because of the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Decision was challenged in Court, but the Court supported the efforts of the government.

31. Row Answer
Japanese Internment

32. Row Question
Name given to the JFK administration policies that challenged the nation to move into the future. Containment, Civil Rights and Space exploration were some of the goals of the program.

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New Frontier

34. Row Question
Name of Lyndon B. Johnson’s program to help the U.S. to fight evils of our society, namely poverty, discrimination, unemployment, and poor education.

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Great Society

36. Row Question
Policy of Nixon to return control of many government programs to state and local government rather than national government control.

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New Federalism

38. Row Question
Name of the crisis that forced President Nixon to resign as President of the U.S.

39. Row Answer
Watergate

40. Row Question
Law passed after the Vietnam War which limits the President’s ability to send troops into battle without the approval of Congress.

41. Row Answer
War Powers Act

42. Row Question
Failed invasion of Cuba by Cuban nationalist exiles trying to oust Fidel Castro. The exiles had U.S. help and were completely defeated. Great embarrassment to the Kennedy Administration.

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Bay of Pigs

44. Row Question
National crisis of 1962 when the U.S. discovered nuclear missiles being placed in Cuba by the USSR. Led to a near war with the USSR

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Cuban Missile Crisis

46. Row Question
Group begun by JFK that was composed of volunteers who went to under developed nations and tried to help the people there improve their lives.

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Peace Corps

48. Row Question
This symbol of communism was constructed in 1961 to prevent travel and communication between the east and west parts of Berlin.

49. Row Answer
Berlin Wall

50. Row Question
Resolution that asked the U.S. Congress for permission to retaliate against North Vietnam for attacks against U.S. vessels in the waters near Vietnam. LBJ issued the Resolution and soon thereafter escalated the war in Vietnam.

51. Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Row Answer
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution