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ID Final Semester 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| _________ is derived from the Greek word kyklos, meaning circle | Ku Klux |
| ______ was added to symbolize a band of brothers | Klan |
| the KKK was founded in _________ on Christmas Eve 1865 by six ex-confederates | Pulaski, Tennessee |
| ___________ became the first Grand Dragon | Nathan Bedford Forrest |
| Force Act of 1870 and Civil Rights Act of 1871, passed by ______, diminished the Klan | U.S. Grant |
| End of ___________ allowed the Klan to survive | Reconstruction |
| experienced two resurgences in the 1920's and 1060's | KKK |
| George Armstrong Custer was a 1861 graduate of West Point, known as ____________ which stand for last in class. | "The Goat" |
| he was the Youngest Brevet Brigadier General in Civil War | George Armstrong Custer |
| George Armstrong Custer was present at Lee's surrender at ____________. | Appomattox |
| he led the 7th Calvary in Plains Indians Wars | George Armstrong Custer |
| George Armstrong Custer violated treaty with _______________ in 1874. He was looking for ______. | Black Hills Expedition; gold |
| George Armstrong Custer engaged Natives at __________________ in 1876 | Little Big Horn, Montana |
| When George A. Custer engaged Natives at Little Big Horn, MT and became known as ____________ | Custer's Last Stand |
| he was a rider for the Pony Express at 14 | "Buffalo Bill" Cody |
| Buffalo Bill Cody served for the _______ during the Civil War | Union |
| Buffalo Bill Cody was a scout for the ______________ in the Indian Wars | United States Army |
| became a Medal of Honor winner in 1872 at the young age of 26 | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Annie Oakley and Sitting Bull were main attractions | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| Buffalo Bill Cody was a major influence on how __________ was portrayed during the 20th century | The West |
| Sitting Bull was the _________ Indian Chief | Lakota |
| United the Sioux after gold was found in the Black Hills of South Dakota | Sitting Bull |
| Sitting Bull and _______ defeated Custer at Little Big Horn, then fled to Canada | Crazy Horse |
| returned to the U.S. and surrendered to authorities when U.S. Army starved his people | Sitting Bull |
| Sitting Bull joined _________'s Wild West after being freed | Buffalo Bill Cody |
| popularized Ghost Dance late in life, leading to U.S. government warrant for arrest | Sitting Bull |
| Sitting Bull was shot by _____ while being arrested | Indian Agents |
| he was the founder of Standard Oil in Cleveland | John D. Rockefeller |
| Rockefeller hired a replacement soldier to fight in his place during the __________ | Civil War |
| Rockefeller built _______________ into monopoly (90%) after war which was eventually broken by Kenesaw Moutain Landis in 1907 | Standard Oil |
| When Rockefeller built Standard oil into monopoly after the war, who broke it in 1907? | Kenesaw Mountain Landis |
| the 1st American worth more than $1 billion | John D. Rockefeller |
| adjusted for inflation he is the richest man in history at $663.4 billion | John D. Rockefeller |
| Rockefeller began targeted philanthropy - Yellow fever and founding of ____________________. | University of Chicago |
| believer in social Darwinism | John D. Rockefeller |
| Andrew Carnegie was born in __________ 1835 | Scotland |
| Andrew Carnegie came to the United States with his parents at the age of _______ | 13 |
| Carnegie revolutionized steel production with _________ while beginning Carnegie Steel in Pittsburgh | Bessemer Process |
| wrote "Gospel of Wealth" encouraging rich to help the poor | Andrew Carnegie |
| sold his business to J.P. Morgan for $480 million - $20+ billion today | Andrew Carnegie |
| Carnegie turned to philanthropy building hundreds of _______ across the U.S. | libraries |
| Carnegie is known as the ________ American story | "rags to riches" |
| Thomas Edison is known as the Wizard of ___________. | Menlo Park |
| partially deaf due to Scarlet Fever as a child-conductor myth | Thomas Edison |
| Thomas Edison obtained only __________ of formal schooling | three months |
| prolific inventor with a staggering 1093 patents | Thomas Edison |
| his inventions are the phonograph, movies, and the light bulb | Thomas Edison |
| proponent of D/C current, building the first power plant in Manhattan | Thomas Edison |
| Edison electrocuted animals - ______________- to show the dangers of A/C current | Topsy the Elephant |
| he was credited with the 1st industrial research laboratory | Thomas Edison |
| Nikola Tesla was an immigrant from _______, became U.S. citizen at age 35 | Serbia |
| worked for Edison | Nikola Tesla |
| Tesla's belief in A/C current led to ______________ with Edison | War of Currents |
| partnered with George Westinghouse to build power plant at Niagria Falls | Nikola Tesla |
| Tesla displayed A/C current at ____________ in Chicago in 1893 | World Columbian Exposition |
| proposed the idea of wireless lightning | Nikola Tesla |
| Tesla used the ______________ Tower in which used the earth as a conductor to send messages wirelessly | Wardenclyffe |
| Ellis Island replaced the Castle at ______________ in lower Manhattan | Battery Park |
| was a gateway for 12 million immigrants from 1892-1954 | Ellis Island |
| Ellis Island's original building burned and was replaced by ___________ structure in 1900 | fireproof |
| Ellis Island grew from 3 to _____ acres due to land reclamation from subway dirt. | 27 |
| made part of Statue monument in 1965 and became a museum in 1990 | Ellis Island |
| 1998 Supreme Court Case said the majority of ______________ is actually located in New Jersey | Ellis Island |
| 40% of Americans can trace their ancestry back to ______________. | Ellis Island |
| the Statue of Liberty was designed by __________ as a gift from France, 1886 | Frederic Auguste Bartholdi |
| located on former's Bedloe's Island | Statue of Liberty |
| Fort Wood and its eleven points provides the base of the statue | Statue of Liberty |
| Statue of Liberty's arm displayed in ____________ from 1876-1882 to raise money | New York City |
| who raised money for the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty? | Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World |
| first New York City ticker tape parade was held for dedication | Statue of Liberty |
| restored in 1986 in centennial with new gold torch (two pennies thick) | Statue of Liberty |
| armored cruiser and first named after state of Maine | U.S.S. Maine |
| U.S.S. Maine was built in response to naval buildup in Latin America, _________ specifically | Brazil |
| out of date by time it was commissioned | U.S.S. Maine |
| U.S.S. Maine was sent to _______ to protect U.S. interests during Cuban revolt against Spain | Havana |
| exploded and lost 3/4 of its crew, 260 people | U.S.S. Maine |
| "Yellow Press" led by Pulitzer and Hearst accused Spanish of sabotage (untrue) | U.S.S Maine |
| U.S.S. Maine - catchphrase _______________ led America to war | "Remember the Maine, to Hell with Spain" |
| 26th and youngest president | Teddy Roosevelt |
| Teddy Roosevelt was a progressive Republican known for his ________________ | cowboy persona |
| gained fame with Rough Riders in Spanish-American War at San Juan Hill | Teddy Roosevelt |
| Roosevelt took office after ______________'s assassination | McKinley's |
| promoted the "square deal" | Teddy Roosevelt |
| Roosevelt famous saying ________________________. | "speak softly and carry a big stick" |
| ran on Bull Moose ticket in 1912 | Teddy Roosevelt |
| Roosevelt is one of four presidents on ____________________________. | Mount Rushmore |
| son of Swiss-German speaking parents | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| Rickenbacker was credited with 26 kills, many of them _____________________. | Fokker D VII |
| raced in the Indy 500 four times | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| Rickenbacker owned ______________________________________ from 1927-1945, sold to the Hulman Family | Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| Rickenbacker was instrumental in development of ____________ and industry | Easter Airlines |
| survived twenty-four days at sea during WWII after B-17 ditched | Eddie Rickenbacker |
| Rickenbacker was a _________________ winner and appeared on 1995 postage stamp. | Medal of Honor |
| Alvin York was known as ______________________. | Sergeant York |
| killed 20, captured 132 men while earning Medal of Honor | Alvin York |
| Alvin York was part of group in charge of breaking the _________________ under the command of Ferdinand Foch | Hindenburg Line |
| went unnoticed until Saturday Evening Post article in April, 1919 | Alvin York |
| Alvin York, although was uneducated, he was celebrated as a ______________________. | mountaineer, patriotic, and plainspoken |
| set up foundation to educate youth in Tennessee | Alvin York |
| Alvin York was portrayed by _______ in 1941 film | Gary Cooper |
| prominent progressive reformer | Jane Adams |
| Jane Adams visited the London settlement house ______________ in 1887 | Townbee |
| acquired businessman Charles Hull's residence, built in 1856 | Jane Adams |
| Jane Adams opened _____________ in Chicago in 1889 | Hull House |
| college for women who lived on grounds and taught immigrants | Jane Adams |
| Jane Adams focused on the 3 R's, __________________________. | residence, research, and reform |
| First American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 | Jane Adams |
| pioneer in sex education and birth control | Margaret Sanger |
| Margaret Sanger wrote article in 1912 called ______. | "What Every Girl Should Know" |
| violated of Comstock Act against absence and immoral literature | Margaret Sanger |
| Margaret Sanger fled her country to _______ in 1915 | London |
| returned in 1916 and opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. | Margaret Sanger |
| Margaret Sanger formed the __________________________,, the forerunner to Planned Parenthood | American Birth Control League |
| believer in the magic pill and eugenics | Margaret Sanger |
| written by Upton Sinclair in 1906 | The Jungle |
| The Jungle was labeled by critics as the ________________________ of wage slavery | Uncle Tom's Cabin |
| first appeared as serial in socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason in 1905 | The Jungle |
| Sinclair, the author of The Jungle, was a ______________, a person who uncovered social justices | muckraker |
| this book focused on working class poverty and living conditions in Chicago | The Jungle |
| public focused on food production, not workers as Sinclair intended | The Jungle |
| pure food and Drug Act established by Teddy Roosevelt in response (Food and Drug Admin.) | The Jungle |
| Negro Leagues- ___________ was excluded from major leagues in 1884 (Toledo-American Assoc.) | Moses Fleetwood Walker |
| Cuban Giants became first professional black team in 1885 | Negro Leagues |
| formed in 1920 | Negro Leagues |
| the 20's were known as the ___________________. | Golden Age |
| ___________ inclusion led to downfall of the Negro Leagues | Robinson |
| folded in 1951 | Negro Leagues |
| Negro Leagues- ______________________ continued to play exhibition games until the 1980's | Indianapolis Clowns |
| Babe Ruth was known as _______________, _________________, and ________________ | Sultan of Swat, Colossal of Clout, and Big Bambino |
| won 3 World Series as a pitcher for Boston Red Sox | Babe Ruth |
| Babe Ruth was sold to ________ in 1919 | Yankees |
| becomes greatest power hitter ever | Babe Ruth |
| Babe Ruth hits ____ homeruns in 1927 | 60 |
| led to resurrection of game in 1920's after Black Sea Scandal | Babe Ruth |
| he is 1 of 5 original inductees to Hall of Fame in 1936 (Cobb, Wagner, Mathewson, & Johnson) | Babe Ruth |
| Babe Ruth died of ________ in 1948 | throat cancer |
| Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly across the _________, from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1932 | Atlantic Ocean |
| Earhart attended __________ to become a doctor but dropped out | Columbia University |
| member of female pilot group Ninety-Nines | Amelia Earhart |
| Amelia Earhart was part of _____- __________ flight in 1928 | Trans-Atlantic |
| member of Purdue's faculty in 1935 | Amelia Earhart |
| Amelia Earhart disappeared about 22,000 miles into 29,000 mile ______ to _______ flight around globe in Pacific in 1937 | West to East |
| her body was never found, some believe she was one o the Tokyo Rose's during WWII | Amelia Earhart |
| the youngest of 10 children | Jesse Owens (James Cleveland Owens) |
| his nickname is J.C. was misunderstood by a teacher to be _______ | Jesse (Jesse Owens) |
| Jesse Owens family moved to _________ during the Great Migration | Cleveland |
| Jesse Owens became the _______ while attending Ohio State University | "Buckeye Bullet" |
| set 3 world records and tied one during forty-five minute period of 1935 Big Ten track meet | Jesse Owens |
| Owens won ____ gold medals at 1936 Berlin Olympics | 4 |
| Owens defeated __________________, Jackie's brother, in 200 meter race | Mack Robinson |
| Owens destroyed _________ Aryan Myth | Hitler's |
| Joe Louis is known as the _________. | "Brown Bomber" |
| first loss came in title bout with German Max Schmeling in 1936 (12 rounds) | Joe Louis |
| Joe Louis beat ______________ to win title in 1937 - Cinderella Man | J.J. Braddock |
| Joe Louis, before his second Schmeling fight, FDR told Joe ______________________________. | "We need muscles like yours to beat Germany" |
| beat Schmeling in 1st round in famous rematch at Yankee Stadium in 1938 | Joe Louis |
| held heavyweight title for longest time in history from 1937-1949 | Joe Louis |
| Joe Louis defended title twenty-five consecutive times in what became known as _____________________. | "Bum of the Month" |
| first black superstar | Joe Louis |
| first director of FBI, 1935-1972 (also led precursor to FBI from 1924-1935) | J. Edgar Hoover |
| J. Edgar Hoover centralized _______ and forensic data | fingerprint |
| J. Edgar Hoover was instrumental in pursuit of 1930's ___________ | bank robbers |
| criticized for illegal methods | J. Edgar Hoover |
| J. Edgar Hoover kept secret files and exerted pressure on ____________. | politicians |
| tracked subversive civilians- John Lennon | J. Edgar Hoover |
| rumors of homosexuality but used sexuality against others | J. Edgar Hoover |
| public attracted to _________________ due to sex appeal | Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow |
| killed first man while in prison after being sexually assaulted with a lead pipe | Clyde Barrow (Bonnie and Clyde) |
| preferred to rob gas stations and small stores | Bonnie and Clyde |
| Bonnie and Clyde robbed 12 banks, killed ____ officers and several civilians | 9 |
| public opinion turned after 2 officers were gunned down in Texas Grapevine Killings | Bonnie and Clyde |
| Bonnie and Clyde were killed in ________ by Texas and Louisiana Law enforcement on May 23, 1934 | Louisiana |
| Bonnie and Clyde revived by film starring __________________________ | Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty |
| John Dillinger was born in _____________ in 1903 | Indianapolis |
| served nine and a half year prison term for armed robbery | John Dillinger |
| After ______________'s sentence, robbed 24 banks and 4 police stations in a year | John Dillinger's |
| John Dillinger broke out of jail ______ and killed 13 people | twice |
| FBI founded because of ________ "Public Enemy #1" | John Dillinger |
| ______________, the woman in red, betrayed John Dillinger | Ana Campanas |
| John Dillinger was shot and killed at ______________ in Chicago on July 22, 1934. | Biograph Theatre |
| Rosie the Riveter's name became popular through a 1942 song by ____________________, performed by the Four Vagabonds | Redd Evans and John Loeb |
| was a combination of two real people | Rosie the Riveter |
| ______________ carried the nickname Rosie the Riveter while working at Convair in San Diego. | Rosie Bonavitas |
| the image for the poster was patterned after Veronica Foster of Canada | Rosie the Riveter |
| because of Rosie the Riveter, _________ factory workers jumped from 12 million in 1940 to 20 million in 1944 | women |
| two and a half time more women in factories than men | Rosie the Riveter |
| women received only 60% of pay, $31 to $53 per week | Rosie the Riveter |
| ______________ opened in 2000 in Richmond, California honoring Rosie | historical park |
| Pennsylvania Class battleship built in 1915 and named after 48th state | U.S.S. Arizona |
| U.S.S. Arizona 2nd and _____ of super dreadnoughts built | last |
| U.S.S. Arizona did not see action in _____ | WWI |
| helped escort President Woodrow Wilson to Paris for Versailles Treaty | U.S.S. Arizona |
| U.S.S. Arizona was extensively modernized from _____________. | 1929-1931 |
| sunk at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 | U.S.S. Arizona |
| 1,177 people died aboard the __________, half of those lost at Pearl Harbor | U.S.S. Arizona |
| U.S.S. Arizona was left at the bottom of the harbor, a __________ its remains was dedicated on May 30, 1962 | memorial covering |
| FDR was governor of ____________ prior to becoming president, residence at Hyde Park on Hudson is National Historic Site | New York |
| FDR is the _____ president and only president to serve more than eight years (12+), elected four times | 32nd |
| contracted polio at age 39 prior to being president | FDR |
| FDR helped found the ____________________. | National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis- March of Dimes |
| champion of the New Deal | FDR |
| FDR became the _________ as we funded Allies prior to direct involvements | "arsenal of democracy" |
| led the U.S. into WWII w Pearl Harbor "Date of Infamy" Speech | FDR |
| 34th president of the United States, 1953-1961 | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower, 5-star general during WWII, led the preparation and invasion force at Normandy known as ____________________ | Operation Overlord |
| he was the Supreme Commander of Allied Forces during WWII | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower ran for president with slogan ___________ (seven brothers) | I Like Ike |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower proposed the _______ as it relates to communism- Vietnam | Domino Theory |
| believed in Nuclear Deterrent as opposed to ground forces | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| started the Interstate Highway System | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower began _________, NASA, and was president during the Little Rock Nine controversy | Air Force I |
| George S. Patton, was a graduate of ______________________ and 1912 Olympian, finished 5th out of 42 in the modern pentathlon | Virginia Military Institute |
| participated in first ever battle using autos against Pancho Villa in Mexico | George S. Patton |
| George S. Patton was a member of U.S. tank corps in _______. | WWI |
| commanded 3rd Army after Normandy invasion and instrumental in saving U.S. troops at Bastogne | George S. Patton |
| George S. Patton is known for his toughness, the slap and ___________ speech | "No Dumb Bastard" |
| George S. Patton portrayed by ___________ in 1970 movie Patton- refused best actor award | George C. Scott |
| died in auto accident after war in Germany | George S. Patton |
| Douglas MacArthur graduated first in his class at _____ in 1903 | West Point |
| was Army Chief of Staff during the 1930'a | Douglas MacArthur |
| D. MacArthur uttered the famous line ___________ as he left the Philippines in 1941 | "I Shall Return" |
| he and his father, Arthur MacArthur, were the first father and son to win the Medal of Honor | Douglas MacArthur |
| Douglas MacArthur accepted the ______________ to end WWII aboard the U.S.S. Missouri | Japanese surrender |
| removed as commander of U.S. troops in Korea in 1951 after dispute with Truman | Douglas MacArthur |
| Elvis Presley is known simply as ___________ | The King |
| Presley was signed by the legendary ___________ of Sun Records in Memphis, TN | Sam Phillips |
| made rockabilly popular, the combination of blues and country music | Presley |
| Elvis Presley's first hit was ______________. | "Heartbreak Hotel" |
| Presley became star after appearances on ______________________. | Milton Berle and Ed Sullivan |
| ___________ nickname and TV legend | "Elvis the Pelvis" |
| best-selling solo artist of all-time | Elvis Presley |
| Presley died of _____________ on August 16, 1977 | prescription drug overdose |
| meteoric rise in the movies made him the first teen cult icon | James Dean |
| James Dean was born in Marion, IN and his family moved to _________________ when he was 2. | Santa Monica, CA |
| moved back to Fairmount, IN at age 9 to be raised by aunt and uncle | James Dean |
| James Dean appeared in 3 movies during 1955, 1956 - _________, _________, __________ | Giant, East of Eden, and Rebel without a Cause |
| James Dean was killed while driving his ____________ on CA highway - mechanic survived | Porsche 550 Spyder |
| filmed PSA shortly before death on driver safety saying the line "the life you might save might be mine" | James Dean |
| James Dean received ____________ nominations after death | 2 Oscar |
| congress called her the "First Lady of Civil Rights" | Rosa Parks |
| Parks attempted to end segregation on ____________________ buses | Montgomery, AL |
| Parks entered _______________ bus, a driver since 1943 | James Blake's |
| 3 other blacks gave their seats to whites, her refusal started the Montgomery Bus Boycott | Rosa Parks |
| Parks became a receptionist for Representative _____________ of Michigan from 1965-1988 | John Conyers |
| received congressional Gold Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom from Bill Clinton in 1999 | Rosa Parks |
| Park died of ____ | dementia |
| Malcolm X was born as __________ in Nebraska | Malcolm Little |
| spent time in jail for attempted robbery | Malcolm X |
| Malcolm X as an adult reformed and became a _______________ and activist | Muslim minister |
| became the leader of the Nation of Islam | Malcolm X |
| Malcolm X preached of ________ | violent resistance and Black power |
| Malcolm X's _______, holy trip to Mecca, changed his approach to that of pacifism | hajj |
| militant leaders of the NOI disagreed with new approach and assassinated him in 1965 | Malcolm X |
| most prominent civil rights leader of the 1960's encouraged civil disobedience style of protest | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. was an ______ reached millions of people through his ministry and speeches | activist |
| helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, a civil rights group | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. was instrumental in the ___________________, March on Washington, and Selma Voting March | Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| his famous speech is "I Have a Dream" and eventually led to a Nobel Peace Prize | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated by _______________________ in Memphis at the Lorraine Motel in 1968 | James Earl Ray |
| his birthday has become a national holiday | Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| marine pilot and member of NASA's original astronauts, Mercury 7 | John Glenn |
| John Glenn became the first American to ___________, making three of scheduled seven laps around earth | orbit earth |
| named his rocket Friendship 7 | John Glenn |
| John Glenn was awarded the___________ | Presidential Medal of Freedom |
| after retiring from the astronaut corps, he became the U.S. Senator from Ohio | John Glenn |
| John Glenn returned to space in 1998 aboard the ________________ at age 77 | Space Shuttle Discovery |
| he was the last living member of the Mercury 7, dying on December 8, 2016 at age 95 | John Glenn |
| he and John Glenn were born and raised in Ohio | Neil Armstrong |
| Neil Armstrong was pilot in the Navy during the _______________ | Korean War |
| attended Purdue University, Astronaut U, graduating with a degree in engineering | Neil Armstrong |
| Neil Armstrong resigned as a test pilot in 1960 and joined ________ in 1962 as part of Next Nine | NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Admin.) |
| became the first civilian in space on Gemini 8 | Neil Armstrong |
| Neil Armstrong was the first human to set foot on moon during the ______________ mission with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins | Apollo 11 |
| "that's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind" | Neil Armstrong |
| Armstrong was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by ___________________ | President Nixon |
| was the nexus of 1960's counterculture | Woodstock |
| Woodstock was advertised as _____________________________ by promoters | "Three Days of Peace and Music" |
| Woodstock concert took place on August 1969 in the ___________________ about 50 miles northwest of New York City | Catskill Mountains |
| the Woodstock venue was held on __________ diary farm | Max Yasgur's |
| CCR was the first act to sign for $10,000 - other acts were The Who, Crosby Stills, Nash, and Janice Joplin | Woodstock |
| Woodstock had 32 acts in all and played during the rain - plagued event, ending with ______________ version of National Anthem | Jimi Hendrix's |
| approximately 400,000 attended "free" concert | Woodstock |
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