The Stock Market Crash
October, 1929
overspending
more sellers than buyers
Struggles of Farmers
the Dust Bowl
huge droughts
The New Deal Programs
recovery from the Great Depression
the government put money in banks
Presidents During the Depression
Hoover
Roosevelt
The End of the Great Depression
World War II
Pearl Harbor
Japan surprise attacked on December 7th, 1941
The Holocaust
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Key Leaders in WWII
Soviet Union- Joseph Stalin
Great Britain- Winston Churchill
Japan- Hirohito
United States- Roosevelt/Truman
Germany- Adolf Hitler
Italy- Benito Mussolini
Allied Powers in WWII
Soviet Union
United States
France
Great Britain
Axis Powers in WWII
Germany
Italy
Japan
Fighting Two Wars
Pacific- Japan
Europe- Germany
Major Turning Points
Normandy Beach
Stalingrad
Iwo Jima
Midway
The End of the War- Pacific
atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The End of the War- Europe
Germany surrenders after Hitler commits suicide
The Nuremberg Trials
war crimes
The United Nations
forms in 1945 to prevent war and genocide
Communism vs. Democracy/Capitalism
difference
The Red Scare
the domino effect
Communism
The Division of Berlin
East- Communist, Soviet Union
West- Democratic, United States, France, Great Britain
The Division of Korea
38th parallel
North- Communist
South- Democratic
Korean War Leaders
Kim Il Sung
Truman/General Macaurthur
Korean War Results
cease fire
U.S. Competition with the Soviet Union
Space Race
Arms Race
The Bay of Pigs
unsuccessful attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro in Cuba
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Soviets point nukes as U.S.
We remove our nukes pointed at Russia from Turkey and they remove theirs from Cuba.
Cold War Presidents
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
Ford
Carter
Reagan
Segregation/Integration
separating/putting together
Methods of Non-Violent Resistance
sit-ins
marches
filling jails
Key Leaders in the Movement
MLK
Malcolm X
Key Supreme Court Cases
Brown vs. Board of Education overturns Plessy vs. Ferguson
Key Successes in the Movement
Montgomery Bus Boycott
March on Washington
Children's March
Lunch Counter in Greensboro
Little Rock 9
The Division of Vietnam
17th parallel
North- Communist
South- Democratic
Vietminh/Vietcong
North/South
both Communist groups
Vietcong- guerrilla and rebel soldiers
Turning Point Battles
Tet Offensive- 1968
Maylei Massacre- 1968
Ho Chi Minh Trail
runs through Laos as a supply line form North to South
Escalation of U.S. Troops in Vietnam
1965, Gulf of Tonkin
The End of the Vietnam War
one Communist country now
Protests on College Campuses
Kent State
Key Leaders/Presidents During Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson/Nixon
The Watergate Scandal
Nixon resigns
The Iran Hostage Crisis
kept for over a year
released after Carter is no longer president (right after Reagan is inaugurated)
The Oil Crisis
Middle East limits our supply of oil
Presidents During the 1970s
Nixon
Ford
Carter
The End of the Cold War
Berlin Wall falls
many countries gain independence
Soviet Union falls
The Challenger Disaster
space shuttle that blows up
The Persian Gulf War
defending Kuwait
The Rise of Terrorism
everywhere
U.S. Wars in Iraq/Afghanistan
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Presidents During the 1980s/1990s/2000s
Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama