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Who is Sitting Bull?
Revolt that took place in California in 1846. John C. Fremont and other white settlers wanted California to be an independent nation
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
Causation: The explosion of the U.S.S. Maine and Yellow Journalism led to the U.S. entering war against which nation?
What is Spain in 1898?
Turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, MLK gave his famous "I Have a Dream Speech" at this March
What is the March on Washington, 1963?
1776
Democrat, Senator from Massachusetts, Catholic, served for 2 years before he was assassinated
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Controversial figure who led the Back to Africa Movement that inspired Black Nationalism in the early 1920's
Who is Marcus Garvey?
The destruction of this animal in the Great Plains by the U.S. government and white settlers had a detrimental effect on the Plains Indians
What are bison OR buffalo?
CCOT: The ideology of Manifest Destiny is most similar to the ideology of _________________ during the age of American Imperialism.
What is White Man's Burden?
Organization that was formed under Martin Luther King's leadership
What is the Southern Christian Leadership Conference or (SCLC)?
1939-1945
What is WWII?
Democrat, elected to office four times, passed New Deal Programs during the Great Depression, and led the country into WWII
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt or FDR?
Mass produced the automobile using the assembly line; offered programs for workers to improve attendance and prevent them from forming unions
Who is Henry Ford?
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
Causation: The Selma March led to the passage of this Act
What is the Voting Rights Act in 1965?
This boycott in 1955 led to the rise of MLK and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
1861-1865
What is the Civil War?
Republican, Senator from California, lost the 1960 election to Kennedy and resigned from his presidency due to the Watergate Scandal
Who is Richard Nixon?
Became leader of SNCC in 1966, coined the term "Black Power" and advocated for self-determination within Black communities
Who is Stokely Carmichael?
Leader of the Texas Revolution. Led a revolt against the Mexican government and was victorious at the Battle of San Jacinto
Who is Sam Houston?
CCOT: What best describes the cause for tension between Native people and the U.S. government and represents a continuity from the beginning of the U.S. to the settling of the West in the late 1800's
White and Black activists who protested the interstate transit system, they were met with violence in the Deep South
Who are Freedom Riders?
1914-1918
What is World War I?
Who is Calvin Coolidge?
Leader of the Filipino farmworkers that initiated the Delano Grape strike in 1965
Who is Larry Itliong?
territory that was annexed by the U.S. as a result of the Mexican American war in 1848 is known as
Comparison: Identify three similarities that connect to the American Homefront (mobilizing for war) during World War I and World War II.
Women enter the workforce, Government relied on propaganda to gain public support for the war, military draft, victory gardens, victory bonds, increased nativism towards immigrants, laws passed that infringe upon American liberties
This bill was announced by Kennedy in 1963 and signed into law by LBJ a year later
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
1929
What is the Stock Market Crash and the beginning of the Great Depression?
Republican, war hero, passed the Federal Highway Act to build the highway interstate system, and supported the creation of NASA
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
A lawyer for the NAACP, argued for the Brown v. Board of Education case in 1954 and was appointed to the Supreme Court by LBJ in 1967
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
This battle took place in 1876 in Dakota territory, it is one example of the many conflicts (wars) between the U.S. government and native people that would plague the Great Plains during western settlement
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn, 1876?
What is women working in factories OR women working outside of the home?
Inspired by Malcolm X and the Black Power movement, this organization was founded in Oakland, California. Created hot breakfast programs and offered social programs
Who were the Black Panther Party?
1775-1783
The American Revolutionary War?
Authorized the bombing of Japan to end WWII, established the Policy of Containment, and entered into the Korean War to support South Korea
Who is Harry Truman?
Pro-imperialist who wrote a book "Our Country" in 1885 to justify religious reasons for expanding missionaries in foreign countries
Who is Josiah Strong?
The purchase of this territory in New Mexico and parts of Arizona in 1853 would fulfill "Manifest Destiny"
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Change: Federal laws passed to protect the rights of African Americans (Reconstruction Amendments), African Americans served in government positions and received an education
Continuity: Black codes and Jim Crow laws restricted the progress of African Americans
This movement was established in the late 1960's and represented a shift in the Civil Rights Movement- breaking away from the traditional non-violence movement led by MLK
What is the Black Power Movement?
1607
Founding of Jamestown in Virginia; first English settlement
Republican, Conservative, cut a lot social welfare programs: "Make America Great Again"
Who is Ronald Reagan?
Led a conservative movement to STOP the passage of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) which called for gender equality
Who is Phyllis Schlafly?
Editor who coined the term "Manifest Destiny" to justify the annexation of Texas
Who is John O' Sullivan?
Comparison: LBJ's Great Society programs in the 1960's were most similar to
What are FDR's New Deal programs in the 1930's?
This movement was similar to the Black Power Movement; denounced U.S. policies and relied on more forceful tactics such as occupations of federal property
1789
George Washington becomes president, Constitution is ratified and the Judiciary Act was passed
Republican, his assassination led to the Pendleton Act which reformed requirements for civil service jobs
Who is James Garfield, president in 1881?