Question | Answer |
What was the revival of African-American art, literature, and music in the 1920s called? | Harlem Renaissance
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What was the first representative assembly in Virginia? | House of Burgesses
| What was the Union’s Strategy in the Civil War called? | Anaconda Plan
| What happened to 120,000 Japanese-Americans during the 1940s? | They were place in internment camps Kellogg – Briand Pact
| What government agency helped former slaves and poor whites after the Civil War? | Freedman’s Bureau
| What was the immediate cause of the US entry into WW I? | Zimmerman letter
| What presidents participated in the first televised debates? | Kennedy / Nixon
| What was General Sherman’s battle from Atlanta to Savannah called? | March to the Sea
| What one word described American foreign policy in the 1920s and 1930s? | Isolationism
| What were “perestroika” and “glasnost”? (USSR 1980s) | Openness/ restructuring of the economy
| What hurt the Midwestern farmer in the 1930s? | Drought and wind storms (the dust bowl)
| What was the site of the first convention for women’s rights? | Seneca Falls, New York
| What was the gradual withdrawal of US troops from Vietnam called? | Vietnamization
| What organization was created in 1949 by western democracies, the US, and Canada? | NATO
| What document formed the government set up by the Pilgrims? | Mayflower Compact
| What type of warfare did the colonist use against the British in the American Revolution? | Guerrilla
| What was the major weakness of the Articles of Confederation? | Not enough power was vested in the federal government
| What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights? | To protect fundamental rights |