History Review Flashcards

Flashcards based on lecture notes for exam preparation.

Central Powers

WWI alliance between Austria-Hungary and others.

Treaty of Versailles

Blamed Germany for the effects of WWI.

Harlem Renaissance

Outpour of Black artistic and literary creativity.

CCC (Civilian Conservation Corp.)

Associated with shirtless men working (project related to the Great Depression).

Rosie the Riveter

Symbol to recruit women into wartime industries during WWII.

American Homefront Economy during WWII

Economically prosperous (good economy).

Pearl Harbor

Reason the US entered WWII.

Japanese Internment Camps

Japanese Americans were thought to be a threat to national security.

Axis Powers in WWII

Japan, Italy, Germany.

Manhattan Project

Secret project to develop the atomic bomb.

United Nations

Organization formed to promote world peace.

Brown v. Board of Education

Supreme Court case that proved segregation unconstitutional.

The Great Society

LBJ’s domestic policy plan, increased spending for anti-racist and anti-poverty.

Containment

U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War.

Suburbanization

Demographic migration of people from cities to the suburbs (middle class).

Southern Manifesto/George Wallace

Supported states' rights.

Phyllis Schlafly

Campained to block the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment).

Silent Spring

Warned people about pesticides.

Watergate, Pentagon Papers, War Powers Act

Revealed scandals in branches of government, decreasing trust in the U.S. government.

New Right

Appealed strongly to Evangelical Christians, Southerners, and states' rights activists.

Fall of USSR

Led to President Bush believing a New World Order was starting.

Dept. of Homeland Security

George W. Bush administration created because of 9/11 attacks.

The Internet

Directly contributed to the trend of globalization in the 2000s.

White males in Sunbelt

Likely to support Ronald Reagan.

Al-Qaeda

Terrorist attackers of 9/11.

Obergefell v. Hodges

Legalized same-sex marriage.

Nancy Reagan

First Lady, wanted people to 'say no to drugs'.

September 11th attacks

Directly led to the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.

Dawes Act

Divided Native American lands into individual holdings.

Farmers' Movement

Farmers in the South protesting monopolized railroads.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Sparked by Rosa Parks’ arrest.

Gospel of Wealth

Stated that wealthy people shouldn’t donate their money to the poor but rather invest it in infrastructure/public buildings.

Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Led the women's suffrage movement (19th to early 20th century), with rallies such as the Seneca Falls Convention, leading to the 19th Amendment.

Seneca Falls Convention

Important rally in the women's suffrage movement led by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

19th Amendment

Amendment allowing women the right to vote.

First Wave Feminism

Largely centered on only the experiences/concerns of white, middle-class women, it laid the foundation for future progress.