Native American
These people hiked over a ¨land bridge¨ from Asia to what is now Alaska more then 12,000 years ago.
Who are the Native americans
This document outlines the role of government and the rights of citizens in the United States.
What is the US Constitution
Your 2nd Amendment Right
The right to bear arms
This organization formed to intimidate black voters, sometimes resorting to violence.
What is the KKK
This group of people helped send secretly coded messages across the Pacific ocean during World War 2
Who are the Navajo Code Talkers
The US Government granted this to Native Americans in 1924.
What is US Citizenship
The President of the United States leads this branch of government.
What is the executive branch
Pleading the 5th means refers to the 5th Amendment and means this
You have the right to remain silent
The Reconstruction Era
When this US penitentiary was abandoned, the Natives claimed it as Native land because of treaties made between the US government and Native Tribes.
What is Alcatraz
This was created to keep Native Americans off the land Europeans wanted.
The three branches of government.
What are the executive, judicial, and legislative
3 Rights given to you by the 1st Amendment
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Right to assemble
Right to protest/address grievances
This case legalized segregation in the United States
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Bonus Question: Plessy vs. Ferguson was overturned in the 1950s by this case.
During this cultural moment in American history, Black American music, art, and poetry became mainstream
What is the Harlem Renaissance
This movement started to raise awareness on the abuse and injustice that was happening to natives. This movement was also intended to better health care and protection for natives.
What is the American Indian Movement
This branch of government can declare war
What is the legislative branch
THE RIGHT OF THE PEOPLE TO BE SECURE
IN THEIR PERSONS, HOUSES, PAPERS, AND
EFFECTS, AGAINST UNREASONABLE SEARCHES
AND SEIZURES, SHALL NOT BE VIOLATED, means that
After the Civil War, the government established the Freedman's Bureau which did these 3 things to help newly freed people.
Fed millions of people.
Built hospitals & provided medical aid.
Negotiated labor contracts for ex-slaves and settled labor disputes.
Helped former slaves legalize marriages and locate lost relatives.
Assisted black veterans.
Built thousands of schools for blacks.
This group formed to fight for equality in schools, job opportunities and to ensure voting rights for Black Americans.
What is the NAACP (the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)
The purpose of government boarding schools.
What is forced assimilation
There are this many Amendments to the US Constitution and the 1st 10 are called this
What is 27 and the Bill of Rights
Bonus (answer separately): What is an amendment
The 14th Amendment
Equality Under the Law. Everyone born in the
U.S. is automatically a citizen, and no matter
what you look like, how much money you have,
or how popular you are, all people should be
treated equally under the law.
The Reconstruction Amendments & What They Are
13th - Ended Slavery
14th - Equality under the law
15th - All citizens, regardless of race, can vote
This poet says that he, is America too
Who is Langston Hughes