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| Isolationism | Idea that the U.S. should stay out of European affairs because we wanted to be alone |
| Panama Canal | Man-made ditch that connects the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean |
| Woodrow Wilson | President during WWI, developed 14 Points, helped created Treaty of Versailles |
| 14 Points | Plan for Europe after WWI, developed by Wilson |
| WWI | Great War, started by assassination of Archduke, trenchwarfare was used |
| Trench Warfare | When ditches were dug for soldiers to escape the fire of machine guns |
| League of Nations | Created by Wilson, world organization aimed at maintaining peace after WWI |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote |
| Nationalism | Idea that all common people are proud of their history, want their own country |
| Jazz Age | Nickname for decade after WWI that saw the development of Jazz |
| Roaring 20's | Nickname for decade after WWI that saw development of the car, Prohibition, speakeasies |
| Louis Armstrong | Most influential jazz trumpet player, invented Swing, Scat singing, nicknamed Pops |
| Duke Ellington | Greatest Jazz composer, played Jungle music on the piano, 1st band to be on the radio |
| Count Basie | Jazz piano player from Kansas city, taught us about space & time, had greatest rhythm section |
| Benny Goodman | King of Swing, played the Clarinet, 1st band leader to integrate white & black jazz musicians |
| Herbert Hoover | President at beginning of Great Depression & stock market crash, was blamed & fun of for the Depression |
| Stock Market Crash | Black Tuesday, Oct. 29, 1929, when the prices of stock fell so fast that people lost a lot of money |
| Model-T | 1st massed produced car made by an assembly line by Henry Ford |
| Assembly Line | Automated way of mass producing products, first perfected by Ford |
| Speakeasies | Secret bars & taverns where alcohol was served in Prohibition |
| Prohibition | Time of the 18th Amendment, Illegal to make, sell, consume alcohol |
| Swing | - Style of Jazz created by Armstrong that was popular during the 20’s, 30’s, & 40’s |
| New Deal | Program by FDR to get country out of Great Depression |
| FDR | 32nd President, created New Deal, president when WWII started |
| TVA | Damned up Tennessee Valley to control flooding, provide irrigation, lasting legacy of FDR’s New Deal |
| Great Depression | Began with stock market crash, The 1930’s |
| Dust Bowl | Nickname of the Midwest during 1930’s because it was so dry |
| Hoovervilles | Shantytowns of homeless during Great Depression |
| Social Security | Welfare for the retired, part of FDR's New Deal |
| Soup Kitchens & Breadlines | Where food was provided to the poor during the Depression |
| Lend-Lease Act | FDR’s plan in giving ships to Great Britain so supplies could go to Great Britain |
| WWII | Worst war in history, fought against Nazis & Japanese |
| Pearl Harbor | Dec. 7th, 1941, Japanese surprise attack on U.S. |
| D-Day | June 6th, 1941, Allied invasion of Normandy |
| Manhattan Project | Code name of U.S. plan to build nuclear bomb |
| Harry Truman | 33rd Pres.- Pres during end of WWII |
| Adolf Hitler | Leader of Nazi Germany |
| United Nations | World org. aimed at keeping peace in the world created after WWII. |
| Allies | Winning side of WWII, U.S., Great Britain, France, Soviet Union |
| Axis Powers | Alliance of Germany, Italy, Japan during WWII |
| Central Powers | Alliance of Germany, Austria-Hungary, Ottoman Empire during WWI |
| Elvis | King of Rock N Roll |
| Rock N Roll | Music of the 1950's created by Afr-Americans, made famous by Elvis, loved by teens |
| Conformity | Means everything is the same, you are trying to fit in. |
| Television | Invention that replaced the radio as the means of entertainment for the family |
| McDonalds | Restaurant that popularized the fast-food business |
| Segregation | Legal Separation of the Races |
| Sit-ins | Non-violent strategy when people sat down and refuse to leave until needs are met |
| March on Washington | 250,000 people protesting for Civil Rights Act, where MLK Jr. gave his speech |
| Selma | After the march at this city, the Voting Rights Act. |
| Birmingham | Most segregated city in the South, where children marched & were attacked by police |
| Freedom Rides | When black & white college students rode on buses in South to protest segregation |
| Martin Luther King Jr. | Most famous Civil Rights leader, was assassinated, gave "I Have A Dream" speech |
| Little Rock | Where Pres. Eisenhower sent troops to protect 9 black students at school |
| Malcolm X | 2nd most famous Civil Rights leader, believed people should use force if attacked |
| Civil Rights Act | Made it illegal to discriminate on basis of color race, ethnicity or creed |
| Voting Rights Act | Made it illegal to deny people the right to vote |
| JFK | President who was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald |
| Cuban Missile Crisis | When Soviets placed nuclear missiles in Cuba to scare the US |
| Vietnam War | The only war that the US lost-War that lasted 10 years |
| Thurgood Marshall | Attorney for the Brown v. Board case & 1st Af-Am to be placed on the SC |
| President Johnson (LBJ) | President after JFK, began Vietnam war |
| Gulf of Tonkin Resolution | Document that allowed US to join Vietnam war |
| Nixon | President at end of Vietnam war, only president to resign |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | Led by MLK Jr. when Afr-Am refused to ride buses as a protest |
| Rosa Parks | Refused to move from bus seat |
| Brown vs. Board of Education | Supreme Court decision that reversed Plessy-Ferg, Made Separate but equal unconstitutional. |
| NATO | Military Alliance after WWII aimed at stopping the spread of communism |
| Korean War | War fought after WWII to stop the spread of communism in Asia, we didn't win or lose |
| Nonviolent resistance | Using peaceful protest strategies to achieve social & political change |
| Cold War | Competition btwn US & USSR for global control |
| Nazis | Led by Hitler during WWII, responsible for Holocaust |
| Holocaust | Systematic killing of 6 million Jews and others during WWII |
| Communism | Economic & political idea where the government controls the economy & all way of life |
| Fascism | Form of government used by Hitler, Mussolini in WWII |
| McCarthyism | When Americans were scared of being labeled as a communist |
| Fat Man & Little Boy | The two nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima & Nagasaki |
| Christmas Bombings | When Nixon ordered for a massive bombing attack against N. Vietnam trying to force them to negotiate |
| Imperialism | Idea that it is good to have an empire so you can get resources |
| Militarism | Idea that it is glorious to be a part of the military |
