Political Parties
Which political party was led by Henry Clay, supporting the American System?
Whigs
What is the court case that overturned Plessy v Ferguson in 1954?
Brown v. Board of Education
This was the first independent federal regulatory agency, designed to set standard freight rates and eliminate discrimination.
Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC)
Who wrote the Letter from a Birmingham Jail?
MLK Jr.
What was Nixon's policy to get the U.S. out of Vietnam?
Vietnamization
Which political party was fueled by nativism and anti-Catholic sentiments?
Know Nothing Party
Loving v. Virginia
This was created in July 1917 to coordinate all facets of industrial and agricultural production and the purchasing of military supplies.
War Industry Board (WIB)
Who wrote The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
What student led organization set up nonviolent direct action in the Civil Rights movement?
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
What political party did Theodore Roosevelt run under in the election of 1912?
Bull Moose
Landmark Supreme Court case that declared that Georgia had no right over the Cherokee Nation's territory. This decision declared only the federal government, could regulate tribal affairs.
Worcester v. Georgia
This protects employees' rights to organize, bargain collectively, and engage in concerted activities, while also investigating and remedying unfair labor practices by private-sector employers and unions.
National Labor and Relations Board (NLRB)
Who is the writer of The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison
Which compromise officially marked the end of Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877
This party was against slavery in territories acquired from the territories from Mexican cession.
Free Soil Party
Which court case claims that states are required to provide attorneys to criminal defendants who are unable to afford their own?
Gideon v. Wainwright
This provided jobs for young, unemployed men during the Great Depression; primarily focussing on environmental conservation.
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Who wrote The Feminine Mystique?
Betty Friedan
Which democratic president famously said "I have only two regrets: that I have not shot Henry Clay or hanged John C. Calhoun"? Why did he say this?
Andrew Jackson
This court case ruled that the Espionage Act did not conflict with the First Amendment.
Schenck v. United States
This was created during the Great Depression and it built new infrastructure as a part of the New Deal.
Public Works Administration (PWA)
What is the fictional physical representation of the United States' spirit?
Columbia