Q4 Timeline Review: 1920-1960

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Who said, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'?

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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What major economic event occurred in October 1929?

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The Great Depression

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What was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957?

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Sputnik 1

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In what year did the Supreme Court rule public school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education?

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1954

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What significant event in 1941 brought the United States into World War II?

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The attack on Pearl Harbor

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What was the New Deal?

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A series of programs and reforms introduced by Franklin D. Roosevelt to recover from the Great Depression.

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What was the significance of the 19th Amendment?

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It granted women the right to vote in the United States.

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What was the Cold War?

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A period of geopolitical tension between the Soviet Union and the United States after World War II.

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What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

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To aid Western Europe's economic recovery after World War II.

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What was the significance of the Brown v. Board of Education ruling?

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It declared that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.