CIVIL RIGHTS
What was the nickname of the 9 African American students that were admitted as the first African American students into Little Rock High in Little Rock, Arkansas?
BONUS: What massive court case allowed this to legally occur?
Little Rock 9
Brown v. Board of Education
What does the term nativism mean?
BONUS: What was the purpose of laws such as the Emergency Quota Act of 1921 and National Origins Act of 1924?
It means to have a strong hatred or fear toward immigration.
These were supposed to limit or put a cap on immigration into the United States.
What caused the Great Depression to begin with?
BONUS: What is disposable income?
stock market crash
Disposable income - money that you can play with or spend what you want on after you've taken care of your basic necessities/bills
How did the cash-and-carry and lend lease policies the United States practiced before getting picking a side in WWII made the country look bad or hypocritical?
Both policies showed us making us money at the expense of war and the loss of life by two opposing sides.
True or False:
We won both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
BONUS: What is the name of the parallel or dividing line in Korea that still exists to this day?
false
38th parallel
Which two men represented the violent and peaceful side of the Civil Rights Movement throughout the 60's and 70's?
BONUS: What were the two men who represented the same sides previously in U.S. History?
MLK Jr./Malcolm X
Booker T. Washington/W.E.B. DuBois
What style of government by the United States allowed things such as illegal immigration, political machines, and political bosses to run rampant in the U.S. during the roaring 20's?
BONUS: Name at least one political boss or political machine.
Laissez-faire
"Boss" Tweed/Tammany Hall
What natural disaster made the Great Depression worse than it already was?
BONUS: Which president claimed that the only way out of the Great Depression was through hard work and our own boot straps?
Dust Bowl
Herbert Hoover
What was the name of the pact or agreement that Stalin and Hitler made to not be aggressive with one another at the start of WWII called?
BONUS: Stalin was the leader of what country.
Non-aggression pact
Soviet Union
Why did Nixon want to keep the Pentagon Papers secret from the public during his second term?
BONUS: What two countries did Nixon bomb in the hopes of ending the Vietnam War?
The papers proved that we were there for too long and that the government had little faith we were actually going to win, as well as some dirty tactics that we had used.
Cambodia/Laos
Which amendment granted women the right to vote?
BONUS: What were the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments collectively known as?
19th
Reconstruction Amendments
What was the difference between a traditionalist and modernist during the roaring 20's?
BONUS: What trial of a teacher that taught evolution in a classroom showed the differences between both schools of thought?
Traditionalist - believed in traditional values
Modernist - pushed traditional values and believed in things that didn't fully fit tradition
Scopes Trial
BONUS: How were they treated differently when they marched on the F.D.R. adminstration?
They were a group of WWI veterans that were unhappy since they weren't receiving the bonus they were promised from serving in WWI.
They were welcomed by F.D.R.'s wife in comparison to Hoover sending in the military to force them out at whatever cost.
What was the purpose of the "Double V" campaign that units like the Tuskegee Airmen fought for during WWII?
BONUS: What president is credited for desegregating the military?
Victory overseas and victory over inequalities on the home front.
Harry S. Truman
What theory pushed us to get involved in both Korea and Vietnam during the Cold War?
BONUS: What was the opposing side throughout the Cold War?
Domino Theory
Soviet Union
What was the name of the bus boycott started by MLK Jr. after Rosa Parks was forced to give up her seat and move to the back of the bus?
BONUS: What was "Freedom Summer?"
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was a summer where freedom workers went across the South, especially MS, trying to expand voting rights for African Americans.
What novel written F. Scott Fitzgerald showed the struggles and society of the roaring 20's?
BONUS: What was the name of the sudden boom of African American culture during the roaring 20's?
The Great Gatsby
Harlem Renaissance
What were the 3 r's that all of F.D.R's New Deal programs focused on?
BONUS: What was the name of the proposed bill that F.D.R. used to scare the Supreme Court into accepting more of his New Deal policies out of fear of being replaced by other judges who would?
reform, recovery, relief
Court Packing Bill
What was the irony behind the Japanese internment camps used during WWII in the United States?
BONUS: What were the two ways the U.S. paid for WWII?
They were cookie cutter nice versions of Hitler's concentration camps in Europe.
war bonds/taxes
What term was coined for what we were trying to do in Korea and Vietnam by keeping communism in one spot?
BONUS: What is it called when one decides to go the brink of war but never fully cross it?
brinkmanship
Who were Sacco and Vanzetti?
BONUS: How did their case provide an example of the barrier that nativism presents to civil rights?
They were two immigrants during the roaring 20's were accused of a crime and sentenced to death without very much evidence based off of the fact that they were immigrants.
It showed that as long as there was a hatred or strong fear of immigrants, civil rights would be a tough battle for those who didn't have it.
What was the name of the Jamaican born immigrant who started his own union and black steamship company? He also believed that the only pathway to equality was for African Americans to become completely separate from whites.
Marcus Garvey
What event got us out of the Great Depression?
BONUS: Why was F.D.R. hesitate to join?
WWII
He was worried we were too broke, our military was too small and weak, and that our country wouldn't survive another war so soon.
What did Korematsu v. United States prove in terms of your rights and liberties during a time of war?
BONUS: What role did women play during WWII?
Freedom of speech and other freedoms can be taken away or infringed upon by the U.S. government is there is a "clear and present danger" to national security or democracy.
Women took over men's jobs on the home front and pushed the stereotype of what a traditional woman should look like or do.
What organization created by the United States and other countries that were either democratic or trying to protect democracy across the globe during the Cold War stepped in to try and help the U.S. win both the Vietnam and Korean War?
BONUS: What was the name of the communist coutnerpart?
NATO
WARSAW Pact