Unit 13 Vocabulary

Unit 13 Vocabulary

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Social Studies

6th - 8th Grade

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

One of America's greatest military commanders and the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. 


During World War II, he served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank as General of the Army.


Back

Dwight D. Eisenhower

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A network of U.S. highways connecting the 48 contiguous states and most of the cities with populations above 50,000, begun in the 1950s and estimated to carry about a fifth of the nation's traffic.


Back

Interstate Highway System

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

37th president of the United States (1969–74), who, faced with almost certain impeachment for his role in the Watergate scandal, became the first American president to resign from office.


Back

Richard Nixon

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A massive oil spill that occurred on March 24, 1989, in Prince William Sound, an inlet in the Gulf of Alaska, Alaska, U.S.

Back

Exxon Valdez Oil Spill

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Accident in 1986 at the Chernobyl nuclear power station in the Soviet Union, the worst disaster in the history of nuclear power generation.

Back

Chernobyl Disaster

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

An agency of the U.S. government that protects the environment by setting and enforcing national pollution-control standards.


Back

EPA

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Law passed during World War II that provided benefits to help veterans return to civilian life.

Back

G.I. Bill

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