Misc.
Constitution
Reconstruction/Civil Rights
World Wars
Cold War
100
The largest generation in the United States history was known as the
What is Baby Boom Generation
100
The Constitution was created to protect people's
What is individual rights
100
After the Civil War, President Johnson allowed Southern states to pass laws restricting the rights of newly freed African Americans. There were called?
What is Jim Crow Laws
100
During World War II, the Manhattan Project was the name of the plan to
What is develop the atomic bomb
100
What was the name of the plan in order to rebuild Europe after World War II?
What is Marshall Plan
200
During the 1920s, which group experienced the most severe economic problems?
What is owners of small farms.
200
The first Amendment guarantees people's right to
What is speech, religion, press, assembly and petition
200
Literacy tests and grandfather clauses were enacted in the South after Reconstruction Era primarily to
What is limit the number of African Americans voters
200
What political effect did World War I have on the United States?
What is transformed US to a world power
200
Blocking Soviet influence by creating alliances and supporting weaker countries is known as what?
What is containment
300
During the 1920s much of the debt accumulated by consumers was due to
What is installment buying
300
Which Amendment gave women the right to vote?
What is 19th
300
This prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, national origin and gender.
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
300
The internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was deemed necessary by the US government on what grounds?
What is National security was more important than individual rights.
300
During the 1950s, McCarthyism was
What is false accusations that people were communist without evidence
400
The practice of yellow journalism mostly directly influenced what event?
What is Spanish American War
400
Which amendment prohibited the sale and making of alcohol?
What is 18th
400
A major way in which the Civil Rights Act of 194 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 are similar is that both laws provided equal protection of what?
What is discrimination
400
Many senators opposed US membership to the League of Nations because?
What is League of Nations would involve the nation in future military conflicts.
400
By secretly bombing Cambodia, President Nixon violated the constitutional principle of
What is separation of powers
500
The Red Scare of post World War I era led to many Americans to develop harsh feelings for which group of people?
What is immigrants
500
Enlightenment philosophers Locke and Rousseau challenged the idea of the divine right of kings. They wrote about a government's obligations to uphold people's
What is natural rights
500
The Supreme Court decision in Schenck v. United States (1919), Korematsu (1944), and the passage of the USA Patriot Act (2001) demonstrate the principle that the federal government can limited individual rights in order to protect what?
What is national security
500
The "cash and carry" policy and the Lend Lease Act were used the United States to support which alliance?
What is Allies
500
Which actions has come to symbolize the end of the Cold War?
What is tearing down the Berlin Wall
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