Unit 5
Confederate general during the Civil War
Robert E. Lee
Black nationalist organization founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California
Black Panther Party
Black female investigative journalist who led the anti-lynching movement
Ida B. Wells
The protest sparked by Rosa Parks
Montgomery Bus Boycott
2001 terrorist attack involving the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
9/11
The battle that's considered the turning point of the Civil War
Battle of Gettysburg
The term used by Southerners to describe a Northerner that moved to the South for personal gain during Reconstruction
Carpetbaggers
The secret message sent from Germany to Mexico proposing an alliance between the two countries against the US
Zimmermann Telegram
Televised hearings that led to the downfall of Senator Joseph McCarthy
Army-McCarthy Hearings
First president to be impeached twice
Donald Trump
Law repealing the Missouri Compromise and allowing for popular sovereignty
Kansas/Nebraska Act
Industrialist who significantly expanded the steel industry and wrote "The Gospel of Wealth"
Andrew Carnegie
WWII research program that produced the first atomic bombs
Manhattan Project
Plessy v. Ferguson was overturned in this Supreme Court case
Brown v. Board of Education
President who signed the Affordable Care Act
Barack Obama
Southern Democrats who wanted to reimplement White supremacy and restore their power during the Reconstruction Era
Redeemers
Law requiring government positions to be earned based on merit rather than given out based on political connections
Pendleton Act
Tennessee court case that occurred after a high school, teacher was accused of teaching about evolution
Scopes Monkey Trial
The mass murder of unarmed civilians in South Vietnam by the US Army
My Lai Massacre
Devastating category 5 hurricane that hit the Southeastern US in 2005
Hurricane Katrina
The treaty in which Mexico sold territory to the US
Gadsden Purchase
Native American religious movements attempting to reestablish their traditional culture
Ghost Dances
Law restricting the number of immigrants allowed into the US based on a set quota for their national origin
Immigration Act of 1942
An order issued by President Truman abolishing segregation of the US Armed Forces
Executive Order 9981
Military operations started by Iraq's invasion of Kuwait
Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm