African American History
This man is widely considered the leader of the Civil Rights Movement
MLK
After the Civil War, the US soldiers were hellbent on destroying this critical element of Native American life
the buffalo
This war saw the US gain a ton of territory that would later become US states
Mexican-American war
This ethnic group was put in the Internment Camps
Japanese Americans
This man committed mass genocide after "discovering" the Americas
Christopher Columbus
This woman covered the horrors of lynching
Ida B Welles
Richard Henry Pratt founded this horrible institution that particularly targeted native American children
boarding schools
These were violent riots in LA
Zoot Suit
This order allowed for said ethnic group to be put in
Order 9066
False
This Amendment guranteed equal protection under the constitution
14
The trail of tears was enforced by this president
Andrew Jackson
The Alamo was fought for what right?
Slavery
True or False: Japanese had an easy time when it came to land ownership
False
This group terrorized Mexican Americans throughout much of the late 1800s and early 1900s
Texas Rangers
This city saw a 1920 massacre
Tulsa
This "tribe" received a medal of honor for their heroic work during WWII
the "Navajo" or Dine
The contras were aggressively supported by this man
Reagan
Vietnam saw this devastating chemical used that led to birth defects for decades to come
Agent Orange
Name one of the famous three defenders of the Alamo
Bowie, Travis, Crockett
This man created COINTELPRO. Bonus: What was it?
J. Edgar Hoover (an initiative to neutralize civil rights activits)
How did the aniyunwiya cherokee try to prove their "whiteness"
they owned enslaved people.
How many Puerto Ricans were living in the US by the 1960s?
Over a million
Provide one example of a hardship US soldiers faced in Vietnam
Punji sticks, enemy can come anywhere, tunnel system,
Both the Civil War and the Texas rebellion began because of this reason