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Turning Events in History
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an act passed to limit U.S. involvement in possible future war
What is Neutrality Act
100
an ex-slave that stresses patience, manual training and hard work for black people
Who is Booker T. Washington
100
organized mixed-race groups who rode interstate buses deep into the South to draw attention to and protest against racial segregation beginning in 1961
Who are Freedom Riders
100
the Supreme Court reverted Plessy v. Ferguson in 1954 by ruling in favor of the desegregation of schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
100
outline strategy for suppressing the confederacy at the beginning of the American Civil War
What is Anaconda Plan
200
important restrictions on free immigration in U.S. history prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
What is Chinese Exclusion Act
200
African American sociologist & civil rights leader has opposing views from Booker T. Washington
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois
200
an African American organization established to promote black power & self-defense through acts of social agitation
Who are Black Panthers
200
a large political rally that took place in Washington D.c. on August 28, 1963
What is March on Washington
200
it was a farmers movement involving the affiliation of local farmers into areas to work for their political and economic advantages
What is Grange
300
required all men between 21-30 years to register for the military
What is Selective Service Act
300
Cuban revolutionary who overthrew Batista dictatorship in 1958 and assumed control of the island country
Who is Fidel Castro
300
a secret organization in the southern U.S. aimed to suppress minorities through violence
Who are Ku Klux Klan
300
orchestra led by Hitler to ensure German supremacy, by eliminating Jews, non-conformist, homosexuals, mentally and physically disabled
What is Holocaust
300
a 50 mile man made canal cutting through the Isthmus of Panama that connects the Pacific & Atlantic Ocean
What is Panama Canal
400
enacted in 1917 & 1918, that imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. participation in World War 1
What is Espionage & Sedition Acts
400
leader of the UNIA urged blacks to return to Africa
Who is Marcus Garvey
400
a northerner who moved to the South after the American Civil War
Who are Carpetbaggers
400
fought between the U.S. and Spain as well as Cuba and the Philippines lasted less than 3 months
What is Spanish American War
400
a statement of principles for world peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War 1
What is Fourteen Points
500
passed by LBJ, outlawed public segregation and discrimination forbade racial discrimination in the work place
What is Civil Rights Act of 1964
500
known for his deep commitment to the cause of civil rights and emerged as an antislavery leader in the later 1840s
Who is Charles Sumner
500
International organization founded in 1919 to promote world peace & cooperation
Who are League of Nations
500
deadly tropical disease conquered during the Spanish-American War by Dr. Walter Reed and other American medical researchers
What is Yellow Fever
500
the ideological struggle between communism & capitalism for world influence
What is Cold War
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