U.S. History EOC review

I made the decision to drop atomic bombs on Japan at the end of WWII

This person invented the incandescent light bulb.

I wrote a letter from a Birmingham Jail about Civil Rights

Settlement houses were...

The man most associated with the steel industry was....

Called the first "true American music."  Began in the 1920's in speakeasies.  

The political cartoonist that made fun of political machines in the Gilded Age was?

A Federal program that provides health insurance for senior citizens.

The FDIC insures_______ against fraud, theft and a downturn in the economy.

A major problem of the Gilded Age was...

Theory that if one country falls to Communism, another will fall too.

The rise of a manufacturing economy and decline of farming is called?

I went to China and then was impeached because of Watergate

U.S. foreign policy that vowed to contain Communism wherever it existed.

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) put people to work building state parks during the

Small factories where workers were paid low wages in bad conditions are called...

First person to fly across the Atlantic

I founded Microsoft, a computer company

The sinking of this ship sparked the Spanish American War

From 1870-1900, the head of Tammany Hall was?

I was called the "King of Rock and Roll"

We were the first African American students to go to a Arkansas High School

Most immigrants in the 1890's came from?

I won the 1960 Presidential election partly because of the first televised debate that year.

Her actions were the catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement

The Supreme Court case that created the doctrine of "separate but equal"

The belief that the rich will succeed and the poor will not is called?

The procedure by which citizens can propose and new law is called...

During the Cold War, the US and USSR both observed a policy called brinkmanship, meaning...

The sinking of this ship sparked American entry into WWI

Another term for the right to vote.

This brought food and supplies into West Berlin when Stalin blocked roads. 

FDR differed from other presidents because he wanted to help

This helped people move to the suburbs

In 1957, America feared that the Soviet Union might be spying on them because of this

I lead an invasion into Poland and thus nullified a treaty I had with Stalin.

By killing the Buffalo the U.S. forced the Plains Indians onto...

Event that sparked the Great Depression

Defense attorney in Brown v Board of Ed who later became the 1st black Supreme Court Justice.

Where in the U.S. was the Dust Bowl located?

The attack on this navel base sparked WW II

During the Great Depression, the unemployment rate was as high as

I wanted African Americans to achieve economic independence before social equality

This Supreme Court Case overturned the doctrine of "separate but equal."

Law that provided 160 acres to anyone that would settle for 5 years