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What was the secret project to make the atomic bomb?
Manhattan Project
Who wrote the 14 Points?
Woodrow Wilson
What was the plan for peace written by the U.S. President after WWI?
The League of Nations / Fourteen Points
What policy allowed for U.S. intervention in the Americas to protect the Monroe Doctrine?
The Roosevelt Corollary
Writing/reporting using sensationalism and exaggeration
Yellow Journalism
A failed attack on Cuba by Pres. Kennedy to try and take down Fidel Castro
Bay of Pigs
A period of time when the Soviet Union had missiles in Cuba pointed towards the U.S.
Russian Missle Crisis
McCarthyism was named for Joe McCarthy when he went too far in trying to expose people for being
Communists
The idea that once a country was brought down by Communism, the countries around it would fall also.
Domino Theory
This war ended in a stalemate and the country was divided at the 38th parallel.
Korean War
What was the 18th Amendment and what negative effect did it have?
prohibition; increased crime
How did the radio change society?
united the country
A time period when black people created a new identity for themselves with music and literaturein New York City
Harlem Renaissance
What happened at Kent State and Jackson State in the 1970's?
Students were killed while protesting against the Vietnam War.
Who helped created Earth Day and the Environmental Protection Agency by writing "Silent Spring".
Rachel Carson
Why did Pres. Richard Nixon resign from the White House?
Watergate Scandal
