Random Review
Federalists
This civil rights leader was famous for his "I Have a Dream" speech delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
Martin Luther King Jr.
Massachusetts Senator; Cuban Missile Crisis; Desegregation of University of Alabama
John F. Kennedy
After 9/11, this controversial law was passed to combat domestic terrorism
The Patriot Act
Read your rights upon being arrested
Miranda v. Arizona
Give ONE piece of advice Washington gave during his Farwell Address (1796)
- No permanent political alliances
- No political parties
- Stay united despite regional differences
The Greensboro Sit-Ins and Freedom Rides were examples of THIS type of non-violent resistance to unjust laws
Civil Disobedience
Affordable Care Act; Illinois Senator; Raid on bin Laden's Compound
Barack Obama
In 2003, the US invaded this country after the CIA wrongly convinced the Bush Administration that President Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction
Iraq
Desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
Upton Sinclair & Jacob Riis were examples of these, individuals who sought out to expose the ills of industrial society (100 bonus points for each correct exposed issue)
Muckraker
Sinclair (The Jungle) - Meatpacking industry led to Pure Food & Drug Act 1906
Riis (How the Other Half Lives) - Tenement housing conditions in cities led increased public awareness and housing conditions laws
This controversial group was formed partially because of the rhetoric of Malcom X, it advocated to address racial violence with violence
The Black Panthers (Black Panther Party)
War on Terror; Patriot Act; Great Recession of 2008
George W. Bush
This was President Regan's flagship economic policy
Reganomics (Trickle-Down Theory / Supply Side)
Japanese Internment
Korematsu v. US
The 19th Amendment gave this group suffrage
Women
This organization, founded by W.E.B. Dy Bois & Ida B. Wells in 1909, was created to fight for the Civil Rights that SHOULD have been guaranteed under the 13th, 14th & 15th Amendments (100 bonus points for each correct amendment identification)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Watergate Scandal; Vietnamization; EPA
Richard Nixon
This program was President Johnson's attempt to eradicate poverty
The Great Society
Smoking in the girl's room; 4th Amendment
New Jersey v. TLO
This American President defied a Supreme Court ruling by enforcing the Indian Removal Act (1830) and starting the process of Native Americans forced migration to Indian Territory (Oklahoma)
Andrew Jackson
Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat led to her arrest and the start of this 13 month movement that ultimately ended segregations on public transportation
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Military Industrial Complex; Interstate Highway System; Allied Commander in Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
This part of the economy failed in 2008, kickstarting the Great Recession
Housing Market / Mortgage Banking Industry
WW1; "Fire in a crowded movie theatre"
Schenck v. United States
Despite Southern concerns over Lincoln's opposition to slavery, he did not officially take direct action against it until he released this in 1863, which outlawed slavery in the rebelling territories only
Emancipation Proclamation
These TWO laws, are seen as evidence of success for the Civil Rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Great Society; Vietnam; Sworn In on Air Force One
Lyndon B. Johnson
President Carter hosted leaders from Israel and Egypt at this succesful summit in attempt to negotiate peace in the Middle East
Camp David Accords
NYS; prayer in school
Engel v. Vitale