STAAR REVIEW
1. 1898 SPANISH AM. WAR
6. 1968- MLK
2. 1914-1918- WWI
ASSASSINATED
3. 1929-STOCK MARKET CRASH-GREAT
DEPRESSION
7. 1969- MAN ON THE MOON
8. 1991- END OF COLD WAR
4. 1939-1945 WWII
9. 2001- 9/11
5. 1957 SPUTNIK-SPACE RACE
10. 2008- OBAMA
Define the following and the Era’s
11. INDUSTRILIZATION/GILDED AGE-
FACTORIES, GOOD OUTSIDE BAD
INSIDE. 1800’S
12. PROGRESSIVISM (REFORM)-
CHANGES 1800-1910
15. 1920s- FLAPPERS/JAZZ AGE
16. Great Depression- ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS
17. New Deal- SOULUTIONS TO ECONOMIC
PROBLEMS
13. EXPANSIONISM (Imperialism)-
18. World War II- ALLIES VS. AXIS POWERS
MORE LAND- 1800-1900S
19. Cold War- FIGHT TO STOP OR CONTAIN
14. World War I- ARCHDUKE FERDINAND
IS ASSISNATED
COMMUNISM
20. Civil Rights- EQUAL RIGHTS FOR
21. Vietnam- FIGHT COMMUNISM/LOST
MINORITIES
WAR
AMENDMENTS
1ST- FREEDOM OF SPEECH
18TH NO ALCOHOL
13- FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY
21ST YES ALCOHOL
14-CITIZENSHIP
19TH WOMEN SUFFRAGE (VOTE)
15- VOTE
24TH END POLL TAXES
16-INCOME TAX
26TH VOTING AGE 18 (VIETNAM WAR)
17-DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS
Presidents and Era
Describe Each and give the Era they were President.
1. Woodrow Wilson- WWI League of
Nations
2. Herbert Hoover-Great Depression
1930s
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt- Great
Depression and WWII
7. Lyndon B. Johnson- THE GREAT
SOCIETY, WAR ON POVERTY,
MEDICARE.
8. Ford- PARDON NIXON, BECOMES
UNPOPULAR
9. Carter- IRAN HOSTAGES 444 DAYS
4. Harry Truman-WWII , ATOMIC BOMB
10. Regan- STAR WARS, REGANOMICS
5. Nixon- VIETNAM , WATERGATE,
11. George Bush- GULF WAR, IRAQ
RESIGNS
6. John F. Kennedy- ASSASSINATED, COLD
WAR, MAN ON THE MOON
12. Bill Clinton- IMPEACHMENT
13. George W. Bush- 9/11 ATTACKS
PATRIOT ACT
People and Things
1. Ida B. Wells- ANTI-LYNCHING
2. Boss Tweed- POLITICAL MACHINES
3. League of Nations- NEVER JOINS AFTER WWI
4. Andrew Carnegie-STEEL $$$
5. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair- MEAT PACKING INDUSTRY, PROGRESSIVE
6. Sanford B. Dole- HAWAII I WANT IT
7. Franklin D. Roosevelt- PREZ. POLIO
8. Harlem Renaissance and Flappers- 1920S
9. Letters from Birmingham Jail- MLK JR.
10. Eisenhower and D-Day- WWII
11. Andrew Carnegie and Bessemer Process- INDUSTRY
12. Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand- WWI
13. Hoovervilles- SHANTY TOWNS, HOMES MADE FROM TRASH
14. Venona Papers- JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBURGS SOLD ATOMIC SECRETS.