The Role of Women
Presidents
Migration Patterns
Supreme Court Cases
Wars
People in History
100
"Remember the Ladies" represented a change after the Revolutionary War. Written in 1776, this author requested that her husband include women in government
Who is Abigail Adams?
100
Served as a Whig representative for Illinois and became the leader of the Republican Party. Best known for his role in the Civil War; passing the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
WWII created a demand for workers in the agricultural industry; this would prompt the _____________ program in 1942
What is Bracero?
100
ruled that "separate facilities are inherently unequal" therefore public schools should be desegregated
What is Brown v. Board of Education, 1854?
100
The Union v. the Confederacy over the issue of slavery (states rights)
What is the Civil War?
100
A known "muckraker" who exposed how the immigrant population was living in the slums of New York during the Gilded Age
Who is Jacob Riis?
200
This movement gained momentum in the early 1900's led by Alice Paul and other suffragists; resulted in the passage of the 19th amendment
What is the suffrage movement?
200
The passage of the Gulf of Tonkin allowed this president to escalate American presence in the Vietnam War
Who is LBJ or Lyndon B. Johnson?
200
Internal Migration; Largest movement of African Americans who left the South is known as the Great Migration. Give two causes for the Great Migration.
1) Escaped Jim Crow Laws
2) Economic Opportunity in the North due to WWI and the demand for labor
200
Upheld National Security over individual rights during Japanese internment during World War II
What is Korematsu v. United States, 1944?
200
Hitler invades Poland in 1939- starting this war.
What is World War II?
200
Self-taught how to read and write, escaped slavery in the south and went north, worked with William Lloyd Garrison, became the figure head of the Abolitionist Movement in the mid-1800s, wrote an auto-biography
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
During the early Republic (beginning of the U.S. government; early 1800's) women taught their children the importance of government (civic virtue)
What is Republican Motherhood?
300
Led the U.S. into war with Mexico
Who is James K. Polk?
300
Internal Migration Patterns during ________.
What is WWII?
300
strengthened the role of the judicial branch; established judicial review which allowed Supreme Court judges to determine if laws are constitutional
What is Marbury v. Madison, 1803?
300
American colonists fought for independence against the tyrannical rule of Great Britain
What is the American Revolutionary War?
300
Founded and led the North Vietnamese Communist Party or the Vietminh during the Vietnam War
Who is Ho Chi Minh?
400
In response to the Stamp Act these women organized to boycott British goods and made homespun cotton, as well as other goods at home
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
400
Rolled back progress made during Reconstruction and revived the Old South; rise of the KKK and black codes
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
The Repatriation Act was signed by president Hoover in 1931 in response to the failing economy and high unemployment rates. This immigration policy was designed to deport which group of people in the United States?
Who are Mexicans and Mexican Americans?
400
Upheld Jim Crow Laws in the south; "Separate But Equal Clause" in 1896
What is Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896?
400
Turning point in the Cold War during Truman's presidency - shifted American resources and focus into Asia and led to a military build up
What is the Korean War (1850-53)?
400
Walked in two worlds; English and Wampanoag. Known as a "King" for his fancy jewelry and clothing- waged a war agains English Puritan settlers in Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who is King Philip or Metacom?
500
At the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton presented this important document modeled after the Declaration of Independence and called for legal and social equality for women
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
500
Expansionist President; led the U.S. into war with Spain in 1898. Acquired Hawaii, Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico
Who is William McKinley?
500
WWI would change immigration patterns; Restricting immigration from______________?
What is Southern and Eastern Europe?
500
Upheld slavery in the United States and denied black citizenship in America during Sectionalism in 1857
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford, 1857?
500
This war helped the United States become a world power; acquired foreign territories such as Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam
What is the Spanish American War of 1898?
500
Founded SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) at Shaw University in North Carolina- known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" and believed that young people should help lead the movement
Who is Ella Baker?
600
Authored the "Feminist Mystique" a founding text of modern feminism that sparked national dialogue about gender roles
Who is Betty Friedan?
600
Last President of the "Virginia Dynasty" and presided over an era known as the "Era of Good Feelings." His Secretary of State, John Quincy Adams was influential in policy making
Who is James Monroe?
600
Most immigrants that came from Europe during the Market Revolution (1st Industrial Revolution early 1800's) were from ___________ and ____________
What is Germany and Ireland?
600
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 3, 1919, that the freedom of speech protection afforded in the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.”
What is Schenck v. Untited States, 1919?
600
Known as the Second Independence War- The U.S. fought against the British due to British impressment and British support for Native American uprisings in the United States
What is the war of 1812?
600
muckraker who authored "The Jungle" - exposed the dangerous condition of the meat factory industry- led to the passage of the Food and Drug Act in 1906
Who is Upton Sinclair?