U.S. History Study Quizs

limited the spread of infectious diseases; Jonas Salk created to stop polio

• antibiotics

• vaccines

• antivirals

• pain relievers

Out of many, one; colonies were different yet came together to form one country.

• E Pluribus Unum

• In God We Trust

• Liberty and Justice for All

• United We Stand

Cuban Revolution, sinking of USS Maine.

• Causes of World War I

• Causes of Spanish-American War

• Causes of the Cold War

• Causes of the American Civil War

Supreme Court ended recount in Florida; Bush wins; third-party drew votes from Bush and Gore

• 2000 Presidential Election

• 1996 Presidential Election

• 2004 Presidential Election

• 2016 Presidential Election

allowed a president to take military action without a declaration of war from Congress

• Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

• War Powers Act

• National Defense Authorization Act

• Military Authorization Act

Fight to Contain Nazi Germany and Other Dictators

• World War I

• World War II

• The Cold War

• The Great Depression

U.S. and Soviets promoted science and technology as both attempted to develop nuclear arsenals

• arms race

• cold war

• nuclear proliferation

• space race

response to rejection of some New Deal programs; many disliked because it increased power of president

• Franklin D. Roosevelt's Court Packing Plan

• The Social Security Act

• The Wagner Act

• The National Industrial Recovery Act

Passed to prevent further acts of terrorism; complaints that right to privacy was ignored

• Patriot Act

• Freedom Act

• Terrorism Prevention Act

• National Security Act

took on new roles to support war effort; joined nurse cadets and worked in factories to keep up production

• men

• children

• women

• elderly