TN end of course US History study guide
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| 743855217 | Ronald Reagan | Advocated supply side economics | |
| 743855218 | George Bush Jr. | President __________nominated Clarence Thomas | |
| 743855219 | Jerry Falwell | Preacher, organized the Moral Majority | |
| 743855220 | Roe v. Wade | Supreme Court case advocating women's right to abortion | |
| 743855221 | Gulf of Tonkin resolution | A joint resolution of the U.S. Congress passed on August 7, 1964 which gave U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson the power to send troops to Vietnam WITHOUT a formal declaration of war by Congress. | |
| 743855222 | 1973 | _________ was the year that the last troops pulled out of South Vietnam. | |
| 743855223 | Watergate | The events and scandal surrounding a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in 1972 and the subsequent cover-up of White House involvement, leading to the eventual resignation of President Nixon under the threat of impeachment. | |
| 743855224 | Daniel Elsberg | Who released the Pentagon Papers? | |
| 747248232 | Jeff Bezos | Developed Amazon.com | |
| 747248233 | Bill Gates | Created Microsoft Crporations | |
| 747248234 | Donald Trump | developed Casino resorts and hotel | |
| 747248235 | Lee Ioccoca | CEO of Chrysler Corporations | |
| 747248236 | Ray KROC | Purchased Mcdonalds 's | |
| 747248237 | Sam Walton | Created Wal-mart | |
| 747248238 | Counter Culture | Teenagers rebeling against parental authority | |
| 747248239 | Jackie Robinson | First African American to join major League Baseball | |
| 747248240 | Elvis Presley | King of Rock n' Roll | |
| 747248241 | John F. Kennedy | First televised presidentIal debate between Nixon | |
| 747248242 | WSM | Radio station that sponsored Grand Ole Opry | |
| 747248243 | Sun Studio | Studio in Memphis that recorded Rock N Roll | |
| 747248244 | 1st Atomic Bomb on Japan | August 6,1945- dropped on Hiroshima | |
| 747248245 | John F. Kennedy | The president said we would have a man on the moon by the end of the decade | |
| 747248246 | Strom Thurman | Leader of of Dixiecrats | |
| 747248247 | Malcolm X | Civil rights leader who studied Nation of Islam teaching | |
| 747248248 | George wallece | AL governor that fought integration | |
| 747248249 | Eugene Bullconner | Police chief who used dogs and fire hoses to fight black activist | |
| 747248250 | Betty Friedman | Co-founder of NOW , wrote Feminine Mystique | |
| 747248251 | Rosenberg Spy Case | Most famous spy case in U.S | |
| 747248252 | Oakridge TN | Land acquired to separate the building of the atomic bomb | |
| 769400995 | Fort Campbell Kentucky | Training ground for 101th Airborne Divsion | |
| 769400996 | T.V.A. (tennessee valley | Helps citizens in the South with hydroelectric power | |
| 769400997 | G.I. Bill | Helped World War II veterans get established | |
| 769400998 | F.D.I.C | Bank insurance for depositors | |
| 769400999 | Social Security | tax taken from workers to benefit the elderly | |
| 769401000 | Wagner Act | Guaranteed collective bargaining rights | |
| 769401001 | 9/9/39 | Official date of World War II beginning in Europe | |
| 769401002 | Bonus Army | World War I vets march to Washington demanding their "pay" | |
| 769401003 | 12/7/41 | Japan attacks Pearl Harbor | |
| 769401004 | Anti-Semitism | Prejudice against Jewish People | |
| 769401005 | Nationalism | Devotion to ones country | |
| 769401006 | Communion | Collective ownership of Property | |
| 769401007 | Totalitarianism | Government exerts total control | |
| 769401008 | bankrupt | Federal court process to help individuals/business eliminate debts | |
| 769401009 | Mirianda Rights | Treaty ended World War I | |
| 769401010 | United Nations | International Organization Established to maintain worldwide peace and security | |
| 769401011 | 1931 | What year did Japan march into China(Manchuria) and create a puppet government? | |
| 769401012 | Isolationism | Wanted to avoid participation in foreign war(s) | |
| 769401013 | Booker T. Washington | Which African Americans philosophies thought they should start at the bottom of the ladder and gradually work on being accepted into society through and education? | |
| 769401014 | W.E.B. DuBois | Who thought African Americans should get racial equality immediately? | |
| 769401015 | Cuban Missile Crisis | Russia gave aid to Cuba & Nuclear missiles aimed at US | |
| 769401016 | Brinkmanship | Pushing a highly violate situation to the edge of war | |
| 769401017 | Bay of Pigs | Cuban exiles sent back to overthrow Castro | |
| 769401018 | Brown Vs. Board of Education | Segregated public facilities declared illegal | |
| 769401019 | Great Society | LBJs administration | |
| 769401020 | April 4,1986 | Year Dr Martin Luther King,Jr . was assassinated | |
| 769401021 | James Earl Ray | Who was Dr.King's assassin? | |
| 777597605 | James Meredith | First African American to attend Ole Miss | |
| 777597606 | Little Rock 9 | Group of African Americans uniting to integrate an all white Arkansas school | |
| 777597607 | Montgomery, AL | A year-long bus boycott of African Americans | |
| 777597608 | Sit ins | Going into department stores and demanding to be served at lunch counters | |
| 777597609 | Freedom Riders | Group protesting no segregation at bus stations | |
| 777597610 | Miranda vs. Arizona | You have the right to remain silent................ | |
| 777597611 | Plessy v. Ferguson | Separate but equal | |
| 777597612 | Brown v. Board of Education | Segregation in schools unconstitutional | |
| 777597613 | Gideon v. Wainwright | Court appointed attorney if one couldn't afford one | |
| 777597614 | Consumerism | Americans enter and era of buying frenzy | |
| 777597615 | counter culture | Against conformity | |
| 777597616 | Joseph McCarthy | He waged a campaign to rid America of Communist | |
| 777597617 | Korea | 38th parallel divided this country | |
| 777597618 | Vietnam | 17th parallel divided this country | |
| 777597619 | National Highway Act | Act passed to improve and increase national defense in 1956 | |
| 777597620 | Sputnik (Russia) | 1st artificial satellite | |
| 777597621 | Cold War | War between Soviet Union and United States | |
| 777597622 | Containment | Policy to stop the spread of communism | |
| 777597623 | "The Jungle " - Upton Sinclair | Novel discussing horrible conditions of meat packing industry | |
| 777597624 | October 29, 1929 | Stock market collapsed -Black Tuesday | |
| 777597625 | Tennessee | Perfect "36" ( First state to pass the 19th Amendment; it gave women the right to vote) | |
| 777597626 | 19th Amendment | Women suffrage | |
| 777597627 | Anne Dallas Dudley | Famous suffragist from Tennessee | |
| 777597628 | KDKA (Pittsburgh, PA) | 1st radio station | |
| 777597629 | Route 66 | Famous interstate road to west | |
| 777597630 | Prohibition | 18th Amendment | |
| 777597631 | Al Capone | Famous gangster | |
| 777597632 | speakeasies | Illegal saloons | |
| 777597633 | Rearing 20's | Popular culture (entertainment, communication, & consumerism) | |
| 777597634 | Woodrow Wilson | President during World War I | |
| 777597635 | ended Prohibition | 21st Amendment | |
| 777597636 | Zimmerman telegram | intercepted by the British; caused the Americans to enter World War I | |
| 777597637 | Sammuel Gompers | AFL leader | |
| 777597638 | muckrakers | Writers revealing corruption | |
| 777671176 | recall | A procedure in which people can vote to remove a public official | |
| 777671177 | referendum | Submitting a bill passed by lawmaking group to direct votes of citizens. (TN lottery) | |
| 777671178 | initiative | Right of citizens outside legislatures to introduce a new law by vote | |
| 777671179 | Teddy Roosevelt | Trust buster | |
| 777671180 | Imperialism | The Age of American acquiring new territory | |
| 777671181 | Spanish American War | 1898 War | |
| 777671182 | yellow journalism | Sensational newspaper writing | |
| 777671183 | Joseph Pulitzer | Owned NY World | |
| 777671184 | William Randolph Hearst | Owned NY Journal | |
| 777671185 | Monroe Doctrine | America informs Europe that American continent is no longer open to colonization | |
| 777671186 | Menlo Park, NJ | Location of Thomas Edison's lab | |
| 777671187 | Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor of the telephone | |
| 777671188 | Chicago | City that introduces the cable car system | |
| 777671189 | Interstate Commerce Act (Granger laws) | Laws regulating railroad rates | |
| 777671190 | ICC | Commission that sets up investments in railroads | |
| 777671191 | Boss Tweed | Political boss | |
| 777671192 | Pendelton Civil Service | Civil Service commission set up after President Garfield's assassinsation | |
| 777671193 | Credit Mobiler | A coperation set up to skim profits from the Union Pacific Railroad | |
| 777671194 | Black Friday | When Fisk and Gould bought a large amount of gold, planning to sell it for a profit. In order to lower the high price of gold, the Treasury was forced to sell $4 million in gold from its reserves. | |
| 777671195 | Gilded Age | A period of history which was beautiful on the outside but corrupt on the inside, 1870s - 1890s; time period looked good on the outside, despite the corrupt politics & growing gap between the rich & poor | |
| 777671196 | Cornelius Vanderbilt | Railroad Baron | |
| 777671197 | John Rockerfeller | Oil baron | |
| 777671198 | Andrew Carnegie | Steele baron | |
| 777671199 | Amour Swift | Meat Packing baron | |
| 777671200 | Homestead Act | 160 acres of free land; 1862 | |
| 777671201 | 1849 California Gold Rush | Mining frontier began in California gold rush | |
| 777671202 | Booker T. Washington | Atlanta Compromise Speech | |
| 777671203 | Sojourner Truth | "Ain't I a Woman" speech | |
| 777671204 | Jane Adams | Hull House founder | |
| 777671205 | Jacob Riss | "How the Other Half Live" author and photographer | |
| 777671206 | Manifest Destiny | Providence that America should go from sea to sea | |
| 777671207 | Promitory, UT | Trans-Continental railroad met in Utah | |
| 777671208 | Bessermer Process | Injects air into molten iron | |
| 777671209 | Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo | Treaty that ended the Mexican War |
