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He founded the company Microsoft
Who is Bill Gates?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were enacted to give rights to this group
What is former slaves (African Americans)?
This battle was a turning point in the Pacific for the U.S. during World War II
What is the Battle of Midway?
The decision in the Supreme Court case Sweatt v. Painter was this
What is that the University of Texas Law School had to allow African Americans to enroll?
It was a plan put together by Republican candidates for the House of Representatives in 1994 in order to convince voters to elect them instead of Democrats
What is the Contract with America?
The two lawyers involved in the Scopes Monkey Trial.
Who are William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow?
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The year that the Spanish-American War was fought
What is 1898?
The name of the law that guarantees women equal access to various opportunities (especially sports) in schools and colleges.
What is Title IX?
The Progressive Era reform that provides a way to remove elected officials from office
What is recall?
The president of the U.S. during World War I
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The amendment that has been used to apply the Bill of Rights to the states and has been used to ensure that state do not violate people's rights and provides for due process.
What is the 14th Amendment?
The strategy of providing billions of dollars in financial aid to Europe after World War II to help rebuild countries' economies and keep them from becoming Communist
What is the Marshall Plan?
This law banned discrimination and segregation in public accommodations, housing, businesses, etc.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This agreement calls for free trade between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
The first female member of the Supreme Court
Who is Sandra Day O' Connor?
The amendment that made the manufacture and distribution of alcohol illegal.
What is the 18th Amendment?
In 1979, over 40 Americans were taken hostage in the U.S. Embassy in this country
What is Iran?
This court case that stated that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The name of the program during World War II that developed the atomic bomb
What is the Manhattan Project?
The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This event happened in 2008
What is the election of the first African American president, Barack Obama?
The Supreme Court decision that stated that students do not lose their 1st Amendment rights in school, and that schools must prove conduct must “materially and substantially interfere” with the operation of the school before it can be banned.
What is Tinker v. Des Moines?
The first Hispanic female member of the Supreme Court
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?