Making of Modern America

World War I began as a conflict between nations in

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

Large numbers of workers in the United States lost their jobs and their homes because of the

• Cold War

• Great Depression

• WWII

• Civil Rights Movement

The Cold War was called “cold” because the United States and the Soviet Union

• Flew over the North Pole

• Were enemies during WWII

• Stopped speaking to each other

• Did not fight each other directly

Under segregation in the South, laws and customs before the 1950s

• Took land away from farmers

• Created many good factory jobs

• Separated black people and white people

• Required men to serve in the army

As a result of industrialization, many people moved

• From farms to cities

• From the United States to Europe

• From suburbs to small towns

• From the West Coast to the East

Which country attacked American ships at Pearl Harbor?

• China

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

The separation of people, especially by race in the years after the Civil War was called

• Segregation

• Nuclear Weapon

• Great Depression

• Civil Rights Movement

The worst economic slump in history which began in the United States in 1929 was known as

• The Cold War

• The Information Age

• The Civil Rights Movement

• The Great Depression

A time of great change in the business industry that lasted from 1790-1920. It changed the way people lived and worked by introducing hundreds of new inventions and machines

• Industrial Revolution

• WWI

• WWII

• Cold War

Citizens involved in the Civil Rights Movement were fighting against

• Weapons

• Jobs

• Segregation

• War