US Presidents
This was the youngest US President, and the first Catholic ever elected, but his presidency was cut short by an assassin's bullet in 1963
John F. Kennedy or JFK
Since the 1980s, many Native American tribes have had economic success by operating this unique type of business
Casinos
This Civil Rights leader of the 1960s delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech during the March on Washington
MLK or Martin Luther King Jr.
Alaska
This event which, occurred in 1929, is generally considered to be the beginning and main cause of the Great Depression
The Stock Market Crash
This US president created the EPA and opened up trade relations with China, but resigned in disgrace after the Watergate Scandal
Ricard Nixon
The language of this Native American tribe was used as a unique and unbreakable code during World War 2
Navajo
This Civil Rights leader of the 1960s voluntarily got arrested for sitting in the white section of a Montgomery bus beginning the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks
This small island chain in the Pacific was annexed via a military coup and the overthrow of Queen Liliuokalani. It would become the 50th state in 1959.
Hawaii
This agricultural disaster caused by overproduction of wheat in loose soil led to the destruction of numerous farms in the Midwest, causing over 2 million people to move West, mainly to California
The Dust Bowl
This US president was the Supreme Allied Commander in World War 2 and as president helped create the Interstate Highway System
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Between 1969 and 1971, Native American activists from AIM occupied this unused prison island in the San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
This distinguished unit of Black pilots fought in World War 2, and was known for their uniquely colored P-51 Mustangs
The Tuskegee Airmen or "Red Tails"
This island chain in the Pacific Ocean was acquired by the United States following the Spanish-American War, though the native population felt betrayed by not being granted liberty and continued to fight until 1902
The Philippines
This US president, who presided over the beginning of the Great Depression, was widely criticized for not doing enough to help struggling Americans deal with the economic hardships of the time
Herbert Hoover
This US president tried to create a "Great Society" through numerous social programs such as Medicaid and Public Housing, but his handling of the Vietnam War led to him not seeking re-election
Lyndon B. Johnson or LBJ
This was the location of the final "battle" of the Indian Wars, which was really a massacre of up to 300 members of the Lakota Sioux tribe
Wounded Knee
This major court decision, decided in 1954, ruled that segregation and "separate but equal" facilities in schools were unconstitutional
Brown v. Board of Education
This African nation was founded by free Black Americans in 1847 based out of its capital of Monrovia, and proceeded to, quite ironically, seize land from and exploit the local African inhabitants
Liberia
This was the name of the promise that FDR made to create government programs to help struggling Americans deal with the economic struggles of the Great Depression
The New Deal
This US president, a hero of the Spanish-American War, passed a number of progressive reforms and broke up large corporate monopolies, earning him the name "trust-buster"
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt
This US state was formerly designated as "Indian Territory", and was where numerous Native American tribes were moved to during the 1800s, including during the infamous "Trail of Tears"
Oklahoma
This distinguished unit of Black soldiers fought in World War 1, though initially they were given to the French to fight beside African colonial troops
The Harlem Hellfighters
This was the idea that the United States of America had the divine right to expand West and stretch from the Atlantic Ocean all the way across the continent to the Pacific
This program was created to insure bank deposits up to a certain percentage to restore Americans' faith in the banking system
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)