Jim Crow Era
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This 1896 Supreme Court case legalized segregation across the United States under the doctrine of "separate but equal."
What is the 13th Amendment?
This amendment to the Constitution officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude in the United States.
What it the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1863 executive order shifted the purpose of the war form "preserving the Union" to "ending slavery"
Who was Franz Ferdinand?
This Archduke of Austria-Hungary was assassinated in Sarajevo, acting as the immediate "spark" that ignited WWI.
What was the invasion of Poland?
This even occurring September 1, 1939, caused Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany, officially beginning WWII.
This term describes he series of state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States until the mid-1960s.
What are Jim Crow laws?
What are the Black Codes?
These laws were passed by Southern states immediately after the Civil War to restrict the freedom of African Americans and compel them to work in a labor economy on low wages.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This three-day battle in July 1863 ended Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North and is the war's most famous turning point.
What is Trench Warfare?
This type of combat, common on the Western Front, resulted in a grueling stalemate and "No man's Land"
What was the Japanese internment?
Authorized by Executive Order 9066, this controversial U.S. policy resulted in the forced relocation and incarceration of over 110,000 individuals of Japanese ancestry.
What is a Poll Tax?
Often used to bypass the 15th Amendment, this specific voting barrier required citizens to pay a fee before they could cast a ballot.
What is the Freedmen's Bureau?
This federal agency was established in 1865 to provide food, shelter, medical care, and schools for formerly enslaved people and poor whites in the South.
What is the Battle of Vicksburg?
By capturing this city on the Mississippi River in 1863, the Union successfully split the Confederacy in two.
What was the Lusitania?
The British passenger liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915, killing 128 Americans and shifting U.S. public opinion.
What was the Battle of Midway?
This 1942 naval battle is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific, where the U.S. Navy sank four Japanese aircraft carriers.
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
This cvil rights leader and co-founder of the NAACP disagreed with Booker T. Washington, arguing instead for immediate political action and the "Talented Tenth"
Who are the Radical Republicans?
What is the Anaconda Plan?
This phrase describes the strategy used by the Union to blockade Southern ports and control the Mississippi River.
What was the Zimmermann Telegram?
This intercepted telegram from Germany to mexico proposed and alliance against the U.S., ultimately pulling America into the war.
Who was Rosie the Riveter?
This iconic propaganda character symbolized the millions of American women who entered the industrial workforce to support the war effort.
What is the Grandfather Clause?
This 19th- century "clause" allowed poor or illiterate white southerners to vote by exempting anyone whose ancestors had the right to vote before the Civil War.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This informal agreement settled the disputed 1876 Presidential election by pulling federal troops out of the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
What is "With malice toward none, with charity for all"?
In his Second Inaugural Address, Lincoln used this famous phrase to signal his desire for a peaceful, non-punitive Reconstruction.
What was the Treaty of Versailles?
This 1919 treaty officially ended the war and forced Germany to accept the " War Guilt Clause" and pay massive reparations.
What was the Trinity Test?
This was the secret codename for the first test of an atomic weapon in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945.