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- 3. 1962 standoff between the U.S. and Soviet Union over nuclear missiles in Cuba and is often cited as the closest the world has ever come to full-scale nuclear war.
- 4. 1969 achievement as part of NASA’s Apollo 11 mission involving astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins.
- 8. The process of ending racial separation, particularly in public institutions like schools, transportation, and the military. It was the central goal of the Civil Rights Movement.
- 10. The movement that led to the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote in 1920. Notable women of the movement were Susan B. Anthony, Lucy Stone, and Frances Ellen Watkins Harper.
- 12. A decade of economic prosperity, cultural change, and social dynamism between World War I and the Great Depression.
- 14. Terrorist attacks in 2001 that led to the War on Terror against two commercial buildings in New York, one government building in Virginia, and four commercial airplanes.
- 16. Four-year conflict 1860s between the Union (North) and Confederate (South) states that was partially about ending slavery.
- 19. Conflict with Great Britain often called the "Second War of Independence." This war inspired its author to create the Star-Spangled Banner, the U.S.’s national anthem today.
- 21. Japanese city on which the first atomic bomb, named “Little Boy,” was dropped in 1945 during the final stages of World War II.
- 22. Document signed in 1776, declaring the colonies' separation from Britain was the Declaration of ______.
- 25. Period of rapid economic and technological growth from the late 1700s to the early 1900s and consisted of two periods. The first was marked by inventions like the cotton gin and textile mills. The second was marked by mass production, steel, oil, and electricity.
- 26. The war that led to American independence from British rule.
- 27. This railroad completed in 1869, connecting the East and West coast railroad networks. The two railroads met in Utah where the “Golden Spike” was driven to mark its completion.
- 28. Forced relocation of Native American nations from their ancestral lands in the southeastern U.S.
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- 1. A series of programs, such as social security and public works, and reforms, like banking, initiated by Franklin D. Roosevelt to combat the Great Depression.
- 2. Global conflict (1914-1918) between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers and which the U.S. entered in 1917. This conflict was fought in the trenches.
- 5. Severe worldwide economic downturn in the 1930s caused by the stock market crash in October 1929, bank failures, and tariffs.
- 6. Long and controversial war in Southeast Asia involving the U.S. from the 1960s to 1970s. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam and the anti-communist South Vietnam, and both sides’ respective global allies.
- 7. Pivotal Civil War battle fought in Pennsylvania spanning three days where Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s troops fought Union General Gorge G. Meade’s troops.
- 9. Japanese attack in 1941 on a U.S. naval base that led to U.S. entry into World War II, joining the Allies against the Axis powers.
- 10. Global conflict (1939-1945) in which the U.S. played a major role. This conflict involved 30+ countries and was fought between the Allied and Axis Powers.
- 11. Several month war in 1898 that led to the U.S. gaining new territories like Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines.
- 13. Historic election of the first African American president of the U.S. in 2008.
- 15. Period after the Civil War focused on rebuilding the South and integrating freed slaves.
- 17. The 1803 acquisition of vast territory from France, doubling the size of the U.S.
- 18. Movement in the 1950s and 60s aiming to end racial discrimination and secure equal rights that ended with the passing of the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Voting Rights Act (1965).
- 20. U.S. President Lincoln's ______ Proclamation declaring slaves in Confederate states free.
- 23. The foundational law of the United States was drafted by Founding Fathers and was ratified in 1788.
- 24. Four-decade long geopolitical rivalry and ideological conflict between the U.S, along with its allies was known as the Western Bloc, and the Soviet Union, along with its allies known as the Eastern Bloc.