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100
These illustrated images help explain political issues, especially to people who might not read
What are: political cartoons
100
This was the belief that white Americans were favored by god to take control of all land in the North America from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean
What is: manifest destiny
100
This Reconstruction Amendment granted that the right to vote shall not be denied based on race
What is the 15th Amendment
100
This period of severe drought combined with over-grazing and major windstorms led to the mass migration of many people out of the midwest to farther west states, especially California
What was the Dust Bowl
100
The beginning of mass "car culture" in the 1950s led to the creation of these - where you could watch a movie on the big screen from your parking space
What are drive-in movies
200
In the early 20th century, the assembly line along with mechanization enabled this new, more efficient method of getting products to the marketplace
What is: mass production
200
This Shawnee chief resisted westward expansion of the white settlers by trying to unite the remaining tribes against the US in the War of 1812, where he was killed in battle
Who was Tecumseh
200
This landmark Supreme Court case decided that segregation would no longer be allowed in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
200
The mass movement of African Americans out of the South - fleeing violence and oppression, and seeking better opportunity in the North and West
What was the Great Migration
200
Heavyweight champion boxer who famously refused to be drafted into the Vietnam War (and was fined, stripped of his title, suspended from boxing, and sentenced to jail for this)
Who was Muhammad Ali
300
During the 1920s, this was the extraordinary artistic, cultural, and philosophical advancement centered on the New York City neighborhood it's named for
What is: The Harlem Renaissance
300
This was the US acquisition of a massive area of land west of the Mississippi River in 1803, from France by US president Thomas Jefferson
What was the Louisiana Purchase
300
This landmark Supreme Court case allowed legal racial segregation in the US, under the doctrine of "separate but equal"
What is Plessy v. Ferguson (1986)
300
This law, signed by Abraham Lincoln and continued for many decades, gave predominately white settlers 160 acres of free land that had been taken from Native Americans if they would live on it and "prove it up" for at least 5 years
What was the Homestead Act
300
This famous guitarist played a distorted version of the "Star Spangled Banner" at Woodstock in 1969
Who was Jimi Hendrix
400
Form of entertainment most popular in the 19th century (1800s) involving white actors in blackface singing and dancing in African American styles
What were: minstrel shows
400
This agreement brought an end to the Mexican American War and allowed to US to acquire present-day California, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Colorado for $15 million.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
400
This group of mostly college students, mentored by Ella Baker, practiced nonviolent resistance to fight segregation in private businesses, such as the famous Greensboro sit-in in North Carolina.
What is SNCC/Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
400
The name of this discriminatory housing practice comes from the creation of color-coded "residential security maps" which told mortgage lenders which neighborhoods were too "risky" to invest in
What is redlining
400
Decade when the Kodak Instamatic camera was introduced to the public
What is the 1960s
500
During the mid-20th century, more American than every before had this: it was a way to increase spending on "wants" rather than "needs."
What is: disposable income
500
He led a famous slave revolt in Virginia that killed several enslavers ("masters") and was able to hide out for a month before being caught and executed by hanging
Who was Nat Turner
500
This group was considered radical and militant at the time, but also created the first free breakfast program in the United States for school children
What is the Black Panthers
500
This contemporary problem, widespread in American cities, results in the eviction and displacement of low-income residents, typically communities of color, to make way for more expensive housing, shops, and restaurants
What is gentrification
500
This was the first feature-length "talkie" - film with synchronized moving images and sound
What is The Jazz Singer