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President that proposed the Civil Rights Bill.
John F. Kennedy
African-American students protested at a Greensboro, N.C. lunch counter.
Sit-ins
This Industrialists got rich in the Steel
Industry and used Vertical Integration.
He later sold his company to J.P. Morgan
Andrew Carnegie
This movement was led by women in
The late 1800s early 1900s. It included Susan
B. Anthony and Alice Paul.
The Suffrage Movement
This was built to connect the eastern
And western US, make transportation
Faster, and give factories access to raw
Materials and markets. It also led to the
Time zones.
Transcontinental Railroad
Interracial groups who refused to sit in segregated sections of buses.
Freedom Riders
This was the turning point battle in the
Civil War, after it there was no chance
The south could win the war.
The Battle of Gettysburg
This Industrialist was created an empire
In the Oil industry and used Horizontal,
And Vertical Integration along with
Trusts.
Rockefeller
This president took an active approach
To the great depression trying to get
People money through public work
Projects.
Roosevelt
This led to the rise of Organized Crime,
Bootleggers, and speakeasies.
Prohibition
Scandal that ended Nixon's presidency.
Watergate
Militant group that patrolled African-American neighborhoods to protect residents from police violence.
The Black Panthers
Mussolini was this type of dictator.
Fascist
This is the sensationalizing of news
Headlines. It was used after the sinking
Of the USS Maine to get the US into
The Spanish American War.
Yellow Journalism
This was issued by Secretary of State
Hays to insure there was free trade in
China between the imperialist powers.
Open Door Policy
President Johnson's "Great Society" program that gave people over 65 health insurance.
Medicare
This Supreme Court case stated that
Congress could not limit slavery in
The territories because slaves were
Property. It accelerated the start of the
Civil War.
Dred Scott Decision
This is the name for the fighting in
Kansas before the Civil War between
Pro-slavery and Abolitionists forces.
Bleeding Kansas
This was the fear that communist would
Take over the US after WWI
Red Scare
Name two of the four territories the US
Gained in the Treaty of Paris 1898
(ending the Spanish American War)
Guam, Puerto Rico and Philippines
Supreme Court case that legalized abortion.
Roe v. Wade
Is was the name for journalist in the
Progressive movement that exposed
Corruption in business, politics, and society.
Muckrakers
This was the start of the Great Depression.
Stock Market Crash
This is when a person only pays for 10% of
A stock and barrows the other 90%. This
Helped lead to the stock market crash.
Buying on the margin
This is the name for an organization that
Controlled city politics through bribes and
Intimidation. The most famous was Tammany
Hall led by Boss Tweed.
The Political Machine