US Semester 2 Final

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  1. 5. of Nations An international organization founded after World War I to promote peace and cooperation among countries, though it ultimately failed to prevent World War II.
  2. 6. the mass slaughter of European civilians and especially Jews by the Nazis during World War II
  3. 7. journalists and writers in the early 20th century who exposed corruption, social injustices, and abuses in business and government.
  4. 10. House a community center that provides social services and education to the urban poor, often founded in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
  5. 11. travel into a country for the purpose of permanent residence there
  6. 12. an order that comes from the U.S. President or a government agency and must be obeyed like a law
  7. 16. Unions organized groups of workers that come together to negotiate for better wages, working conditions, and benefits.
  8. 17. June 6, 1944, the largest amphibious attack in recorded history, the first battle of the Battle of Normandy
  9. 18. A period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music, and literature flourished in Harlem NYC
  10. 20. atomic bomb detonated over the Japanese city of Nagasaki on 9 August 1945
  11. 21. the 2 months following D-Day, included the liberation of Paris
Down
  1. 1. Limited rights of blacks. Literacy tests, grandfather clauses, and poll taxes limited black voting rights
  2. 2. The country's central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates
  3. 3. Era a period of social activism and political reform in the United States from the 1890s to the 1920s aimed at addressing issues caused by industrialization.
  4. 4. forcibly relocated and incarcerated people of Japanese descent
  5. 8. atomic bomb created by the Manhattan Project during World War II dropped on Hiroshima
  6. 9. A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.
  7. 13. the process of transforming an economy from primarily agricultural to one based on the manufacturing of goods.
  8. 14. the right to vote in political elections, particularly the movement to secure voting rights for women in the early 20th century.
  9. 15. Young women in the 1920s who challenged social traditions with their dress and behavior
  10. 19. is a civil rights organization founded in 1909 to fight for racial equality and justice.