ModUS History Quizzes: Red Scare to New Deal

Red Scare

A period in the 1920s when America severely cut immigration, particularly from Eastern Europe.

Bolsheviks

The group that gained complete control of Russia and turned it into a communist state in the 1920s.

Communism

An economic system in which most property and resources are owned or controlled collectively by the state.

Sedition Act

A law related to punishing those who said disloyal, profane or abusive language about the government

Radicals

The group of people targeted by Attorney General Palmer in his raids.

Sacco and Vanzetti Trial

1921, involved Italian immigrants and anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti who were accused of robbery and murder. The government did not have evidence they committed these crimes, but were still executed.

Great Migration

The movement of African Americans from the South to the North during the early 20th century.

Push Factor

A reason that drives people away from their home country, such as the blight of the boll weevil.

Pull Factor

A reason that attracts people to a new country, such as the availability of manufacturing jobs in the North.

Duke Ellington

A significant musician of the Harlem Renaissance known for his influential music.

Harlem Renaissance

A cultural movement in the 1920s that celebrated African American culture and arts.

Manufacturing Jobs

Employment opportunities in the North that attracted African Americans during the Great Migration.

Nativist Fears

Concerns about foreign influence in the U.S. that were prevalent during the Sacco and Vanzetti trial.

Alien Act

Legislation related to the treatment of immigrants during wartime.

National Quota Act

A law that set limits on immigration from certain countries.

Subversive Act

An act that undermines the authority of the government.

Suffragists

Activists who fought for women's right to vote.

Boll Weevil

An insect that caused significant agricultural damage, influencing migration patterns.

Harlem Renaissance Musicians

Artists who contributed to the cultural movement celebrating African American heritage.

Founder of the Fascist Party

Benito Mussolini

Leader of the Nazi Party

Adolf Hitler

He believed the Aryan race was the master race and sought to eliminate or subjugate others.

Adolf Hitler

He desired to spread communism to the entire world.

Josef Stalin

He was responsible for the Holocaust.

Adolf Hitler

He allied his country with the United States during WWII.

Joseph Stalin

He aimed to return his country's boundaries to those of the Roman Empire.

Benito Mussolini

He used assassinations and the Gulags to eliminate everyone who opposed him and his ideas.

Josef Stalin

He was captured and killed by his own people.

Benito Mussolini

His country invaded China.

Hideki Tojo

His country invaded most of Western Europe.

Adolf Hitler

His country invaded Ethiopia.

Benito Mussolini

His country attacked Pearl Harbor.

Hideki Tojo

His military attacked other countries to gain access to both additional living space for the population and natural resources for the military

Hideki Tojo

These men led totalitarian governments.

Adolf Hitler, Hideki Tojo, Josef Stalin, Benito Mussolini

These men blamed their countries' problems on the Treaty of Versailles.

Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini

Tennessee Valley Authority

Built dams to provide low-cost electricity to a particular region of the U.S.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Regulated the stock market

Federal Emergency Relief Administration

Gave money to the states so states could give money to needy people

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Provided insurance on bank accounts, up to $5,000

Social Security Administration

Provided a retirement fund for people over the age of 65

Home Owners Loan Corporation

Provided low interest loans to homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments

Works Progress Administration

Provided many types of jobs, both skilled and unskilled

National Youth Administration

Provided part time jobs and job training for students

Civilian Conservation Corps

Provided jobs that included housing, uniforms, and meals, but required much of the paycheck to be sent home to the employees' families

Agricultural Adjustment Administration

Paid farmers to reduce production which raised crop prices

put these events in chronological order:

19th amendment ratified

black Tuesday

18th amendment ratified

pearl harbor

Neutrality act of 1937

FDR died

Great depression ended

US dropped bomb on Hiroshima

NATO established

US dropped bomb on Nagasaki

Brown vs Board of Education

US withdraws combat forces from Korea

Berlin wall built

US withdraws combat forces from Vietnam

1. 18th Amendment ratified (1919)

2. 19th Amendment ratified (1920)

3. Black Tuesday (1929)

4. Neutrality Act of 1937

5. Great Depression ends (around 1939)

6. Pearl Harbor attack (1941)

7. FDR Dies (April 1945)

8. US dropped atomic bomb on Hiroshima (August 6, 1945)

9. US dropped atomic bomb on Nagasaki (August 9, 1945)

10. NATO established (1949)

11. US withdraws forces from Korea (1953)

12. Brown vs. Board of Education decision (1954)

13. Berlin Wall built (1961)

14. US withdraws combat forces from Vietnam (1973)

What was the Bracero program of 1942?

Let Mexicans come into the United States temporarily to do agricultural work.

Zoot Suit

a flamboyant outfit favored by young African American and Mexican American men. Sailors attacked these men for wearing them and the police did nothing to help

Consumerism

a movement advocating greater protection of the interests of consumers

installment plan

buying an item on credit with a monthly plan to pay off the value of the good

Model T Ford

Henry Ford developed this model of car so that it was affordable for everyone. Its success led to an increase in the production of automobiles which stimulated other related industries such steel, oil, and rubber. The mass use of automobiles increased the speed goods could be transported, encouraged urban sprawl, and sparked real estate booms in California and Florida.

Flappers (1920s)

Women started wearing short skirts and bobbed hair, and had more sexual freedom. They began to abandon traditional female roles and take jobs usually reserved for men.

Speakeasies

An illegal bar where drinks were sold, during the time of prohibition. It was called a Speakeasy because people literally had to speak easy so they were not caught drinking alcohol by the police.

18th Amendment

Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages

Bootlegger

someone who makes or sells illegal liquor

13th Amendment (1865)

abolished slavery

14th Amendment

Declares that all persons born in the U.S. are citizens and are guaranteed equal protection of the laws

15th Amendment (1870)

States cannot deny any person the right to vote because of race.

Margin loans, dividends

purchasing stocks with borrowed money

Stock Market Crash of 1929

Plunge in stock market prices that marked the beginning of the Great Depression

Nativism

favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people

anarchy

absence of government

Ku Klux Klan

White supremacy organization that intimidated blacks out of their newly found liberties

NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association)

push for women's right to vote state by state

Carrie Chapman Catt

(1859-1947) A suffragette who was president of the National Women's Suffrage Association, and founder of the International Woman Suffrage Alliance. Instrumental in obtaining passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920.

National Woman's Party (Alice Paul)

progressive era women who opposed the war and women's support of the war effort; engaged in marches and hunger strikes to protest the war. They did the picketing at the white house.

Lucy Burns and Alice Paul

Formed their own more radical organization, the Congressional Union, and its successor, the National Woman's Party. They opposed the 15th Amendment