U.S. 3rd Quarter Review

These flashcards cover key concepts, events, and figures from U.S. history as discussed in the 3rd Quarter Review lecture.

John F. Kennedy was a senator from __ before becoming President of the US.

Massachusetts

The Warren Commission concluded that __ acted alone in JFK's assassination.

Lee Harvey Oswald

___ was JFK’s VP before he became president.

LBJ

A __ is a large corporation made up of smaller corporations.

conglomerate

Plessy v. Ferguson was a Supreme Court case that supported racial segregation under __.

“separate but equal”

______ overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling segregation in public schools as unconstitutional.

Brown v. Board of Education

The Black Power movement was led by __ and Stokely Carmicheal.

Malcolm X

The Montgomery Improvement Association led a bus boycott using __ protest.

nonviolent

De jure segregation is based on __.

laws

De facto segregation is based on __ or traditions.

practice

John T. Scopes was tried for teaching __ during the Scopes Monkey Trial.

evolution

____ was known for his skills on the trumpet.

Louis Armstrong

____ is government assistance provided directly to individuals in need.

Direct relief

The ____ established financial support for the elderly, unemployed, and disabled.

Social Security Act

____ is the deliberate extermination of a smaller ethnic, religious, or national group.

Genocide

The Holocaust was the genocide of six million __ by the Nazis in WWII.

Jews

____ is a military attack strategy characterized by overwhelming and surprise.

Blitzkrieg

V-E day refers to the day ______ __ on May 8, 1945.

Germany surrendered

The __ parallel is the border between North and South Korea.

38th

The ____ bomb is far more destructive than the atomic bomb.

hydrogen

The Treaty of __ ended WWI and punished Germany.

Versailles

____ is the expansion of cities into surrounding areas.

Urban sprawl

The effects of the ___ included increased mobility and suburbanization.

automobile

The ____ involved government corruption and oil leases.

Teapot Dome scandal

___ were secret places that illegally sold alcohol during Prohibition.

Speakeasies

Fundamentalists are religious people who interpret the __ literally.

Bible

The ___ refers to unfair treatment of women compared to men.

double standard

Women in the 1920s challenged traditional __ roles.

gender

Hoboes were unemployed people who traveled by __ seeking work.

train

The Soviet Union was a __ superpower during the Cold War.

communist

The ___ was an agreement between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union.

non-aggression pact

____ was a surprise attack on December 7, 1941, leading the U.S. into WWII.

Pearl Harbor

Martin Luther King, Jr. led the March on Washington advocating for __.

civil rights

MLK founded the ___ to promote nonviolent protest.

SCLC

The beat movement was seen as a ___ against traditional culture.

rebellion

The television in the 1960s changed politics and influenced __.

consumerism

The ___ aimed at containing communism by providing aid to resisting countries.

Truman Doctrine

Palmer Raids targeted ___.

communists

How is the Cold War different from other wars?

It is a war of words and ideas instead of bullets and guns.

The _____ was FDR’s plan to help gett the economy going again and help the unemployed find jobs.

New Deal

What organization formed to stop the spread of Communism?

NATO

____ was the socialist revolutionary leader who took control of Cuba and had close ties to the Soviet Union?

Fidel Castro

____ Was JFK’s legislative agenda

New Frontier