US History: 20th Century

What was the Progressive Era?

A period of social and political reform (1890s–1920s) addressing problems caused by industrialization, including child labor, corruption, and monopolies

What was the 19th Amendment?

Ratified in 1920, it granted women the right to vote in the United States

What caused the Great Depression?

The 1929 stock market crash, bank failures, overproduction, and falling demand led to massive unemployment and economic collapse

What was the New Deal?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt's series of programs (1933–1939) providing relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression

When did the US enter World War II?

December 8, 1941, the day after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

What was the Manhattan Project?

The secret US research program that developed the first nuclear weapons during World War II

What was the GI Bill?

The Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, providing veterans with benefits including college education, housing loans, and unemployment insurance

What was Brown v. Board of Education?

A 1954 Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional

Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?

A civil rights leader who advocated nonviolent protest, delivered the 'I Have a Dream' speech (1963), and was assassinated in 1968

What was the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

Landmark legislation prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin