Social Studies Final combined chapters from macattack
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 nationalism | Feeling of intense loyalty to one's country |
| U boat | German weapon that changed the course of WW1 |
| convoy system | American solders were safe bound for Europe from submarine attacks because of:____ |
| the creation of the League of Nations | the final point of Wilson's 14 Point plan |
| ethnic group | people who share common language/traditions are part of the same:___ |
| alliance systems | defense agreements among nations |
| Belguim | Germany's invasion of what country caused Britain to enter the war |
| gross national product | total value of all goods/services produced in a country |
| Committee on Public Information | Started/mainly focused on propaganda |
| Selective Service Act | Start of draft |
| Triple Alliance | Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy |
| Treaty of Versailles | signed by Allies and Germany |
| Triple Entente | Britain, France, Russia |
| 18th Amendment | Constitutional amendment that established Prohibition |
| 21st Amendment | The number of the amendment to overturn an earlier amendment |
| nativism | belief that native-born Americans are superior to foreigners |
| isolationism | policy of taking a limited role in world affairs |
| recession | an economic downturn is called:___ |
| temperance movement | The campaign against the use of alcohol was called:___ |
| return to calm and stability | What does Harding's "a return to normalcy" mean? |
| Calvin Coolidge | President that actively supported business |
| 19th Amendment | Amendment that gave women the right to vote |
| United Nations | What was the organization formed in 1945 by 50 nations? |
| Germany | What country was divided into four areas after the World War I? |
| China | What was the country that fought on the side of the North Koreans? |
| General Douglas MacArthur | Who was the general fired by President Truman? |
| Berlin airlift | the____ ____was the result of the Berlin Blockade |
| Douglas MacArthur | ____was a United Nations commander in North Korea |
| Berlin Wall | The____cut of Eastern Europe from Western Europe |
| Marshall Plan | The___ gave economic aid to Western Europe |
| Joseph McCarthy | ___was the Republican Senator of Wisconsin |
| segregation | What did the NAACP worked to end? |
| Martain Luther King Jr. | Who was the leader that was assassinated on April 4, 1968? |
| National Organization for Women (NOW) | what was the organization that fought for women's equal rights? |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | The arrest of Rosa Parks led to what? |
| 1964 | LB Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act in what year? |
| Sit-ins | What type of protest did African Americans use to fight "whites-only" lunch counters? |
| Cuba | What was the first foreign crisis area that JFK had to face` |
| Ho Chi Minh | In the Geneva Accords, whose Communist forces would occupy North Vietnam? |
| doves | What were the opponents of the Vietnam war called? |
| Tet Offensive | What was the turning point of the Vietnam War? |
| blockade | What was President Kennedy's response to the missile buildup in Cuba? |
| Cambodia and Laos | Nixon ordered bombing of enemy supply routes in what 2 countries? |
| regime | governing authority |
| Communist Ho Chi Minh | _______ was the leader of the Vietnamese troops. |
| William Westmoreland | ___was an American commander in Vietnam. |
| guerilla warfare | ____was fighting by small bands of warriors using tactics such as sudden ambushes. |
| International Revenue Service (IRS) | Nixon ordered the FBI and what agency to investigate his "enemies"? |
| Spiro Agnew | Who was the Vice President forced to resign because of bribery scandal? |
| South Africa | What country did President Carter condemn for its policy of apartheid? |
| Panama | Who did President Carter turn over the control of the Panama Canal to? |
| Iran | What country were American hostages held in captivity? |
| Watergate | What was the scandal that forced Nixon to resign? |
| amnesty | What did President Ford offer to men who illegally avoided military service in Vietnam? |
| anti-nuclear | In 1979 the accident at Three Mile Island caused what kind of protests? |
| Middle East | Where did President Carter help the peace process? |
| deregulation | What was the policy of cutting rules/regulations that government agencies placed on businesses? |
| Pentagon | The 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks were specifically in what area in Washington, D.C? |
| Saddam Hussein | Who was the leader of Iraq during the Persian Gulf War? |
| NAFTA (North American Free Treaty Agreement) | What was the trade agreement among Canada, Mexico and the U.S? |
| perjury | President Clinton was impeached on what charges? |
| Sandra Day O'Connor | Who was the 1st woman appointed to the Supreme Court? |
| Supreme Court | The disputed ballots (Fla.) in the election of 2000, was resolved by who? |
| burned their draft card | What was one way some Vietnam protestors showed their opposition to the draft? |
| John Glen | Who was the first American to orbit the earth? |
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