US History Final 11 Flashcards
What do Americans celebrate on July 4th?
Americas Independence
What document is the supreme law of the land?
The constitution
What are the three unalienable rights according to the Declaration of Independence?
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
What does Laissez-Faire translate to? How did this lead to the development of the American economy?
Let it be.
Who developed the first successful motorized aircraft, and when/where?
Wilbur and Orville Wright in North Carolina, on December 17
What groundbreaking inventor literally shed light onto darkness in America, and what was their invention?
Thomas Edison - light bulb
Journalists who exposed corruption and filth in society were known as….
Muckrakers.
What was Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy called?
big stick diplomacy
The use of sensationalism and exaggeration in news reports is known as….
Yellow journalism.
What was the purpose of the Panama Canal?
It is a vital link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans for ships to avoid lengthy and hazardous waters.
There were many different causes for WWI that can be remembered through the acronym MANIA. What does it stand for?
Militarism, Alliances, Nationalism, Imperialism, and Assassination.
How did the Zimmerman Telegram cause the US to enter WWI?
Inflamed American public opinion against Germany and helped convince Congress to declare war against Germany in 1917.
Fighting tactics during WWI are defined by trench warfare. What was the area of destruction between the two trenches known as?
No man’s land
During WWI, the court case Schenk vs. the US determined that your free speech is not protected when it causes danger to others. What is an example discussed in class?
Racism
The average American was able to participate in the Roaring 20s consumer culture thanks to a “buy now pay later” model. What was the name of this model?
point-of-sale (POS) installment loan
What did Prohibition set out to stop?
the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol
Underground or secret clubs where alcohol was served were known as…
speakeasies
What does it mean to “buy on the margin”?
paying a small percentage of a stock’s price as a down payment and borrowing the rest
What happened on Black Tuesday?
The United States stock market crashed.
Shantytowns and areas of the homeless population during the Great Depression became synonymous with a particular president’s failure. What were they called?
Hoovervilles
What was the name of FDR’s policy to respond to the Great Depression?
The New Deal
Blitzkrieg translates to…
lightning war
Which three countries made up the Axis Powers during WWII?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
What happened on December 7th, 1941, made it a “day of infamy”?
The attack on Pearl Harbor
Who became a symbol of women’s role in WWII and continues to represent the women’s movement today.
Rosie the Riveter
The largest sea invasion in history took place during WWII. What is it known as, and what is the date?
The D-Day operation of June 6, 1944
Which group of people were the primary target of German policies now known as the Holocaust?
Jews
What does “Kristallnacht” translate to?
“Crystal Night” - Night of Broken Glass
What are the names of two Japanese cities where the US dropped the atomic bomb?
Hiroshima and Nagaskai
What was the purpose of the newly formed United Nations?
To maintain international peace and security
What was the name of the cultural and political division between Communism and the Democratic West of Europe during the Cold War?
Iron Curtain
During the Red Scare, it was common for people to accuse others of being communists, which could ruin people’s careers, causing them to be blacklisted. This tactic became known as…
McCarthyism
The DMZ is the dividing line between North and South Korea. What is the degree of latitude that defines it?
Latitude 38°N
The US’s primary policy during the Cold War was containment. This led to ______________, which were real conflicts that came to represent the struggle between the US and the USSR.
Wars in Korea and Vietnam
What was the first man-made satellite, and who launched it into space?
Soviet Union - Sputnik I
What were the names of the leaders of the US, USSR, and Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis?
John F. Kennedy, President of the United States
Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union
Fidel Castro, Prime Minister of Cuba
What is the date of the Kennedy Assassination, what city, and by whom?
November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas, by Lee Harvey Oswald
What was the purpose of Jim Crow Laws?
Enforced racial segregation
The court case Plessy v. Ferguson legalized segregation as long as access was _______ but______.
Separate but equal.
What did the court case Brown v. Board of Education determine?
Separating children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional.
Who was the leader of the Civil Rights movement that emphasized peaceful protest?
MLK Jr.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom is most famous for the “_____________” speech.
“I Have a Dream”
Which president signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
President Lyndon Johnson
Who was the leader of the Communist North Vietnamese?
Ho Chin Minh
What theory was made out of fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, all of Southeast Asia would fall?
The Domino Theory
What was the name of the mission that first landed a man on the moon? Who were the first two men to walk on the moon?
Apollo 11 - Neil Armstrong and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin
