Jazz Age
Radical 70s
Dirty 30s
Stormy 60s
Court cases
100

Court case that pitted science and religion against each other

Scopes Monkey Trial

100

President in 1970 that said he would end U.S. involvement in Vietnam

Richard Nixon

100

This was caused by drought, high winds, and farmers overworking the land

Dust Bowl

100

Who became President in the election of 1960 because of televised debate

John F. Kennedy

100

This court case involved students that protested the Vietnam war and used armbands as a symbol of protest speech

Tinker v. Des Moines

200

Promoted Black is beautiful pride, segregation, & Back to Africa movement.

Marcus Garvey

200

men got caught breaking in to a hotel that was the Democratic headquarters, President tried to cover it up

Watergate Scandal

200

WWI veterans that went to Washington to request money they had been promised as a reward for their service 

Bonus Army/Marchers

200

What 2 men landed on the moon in 1969?

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

200

This allowed segregation and created Jim Crow laws in the country. (separate but equal)

Plessy v. Ferguson

300

A court case involving Italian immigrants accused of robbery and murder with only circumstantial evidence

Sacco and Vanzetti

300

policy used by Nixon with the Soviet Union to relax tensions and limit the development of missiles 

Detente

300

People that lost their homes lived in shacks built out of cardboard and pieces of wood.

Hoovervilles

300

Organization of American volunteers to help people in developing countries with illiteracy, disease, hunger, poverty.

Peace Corps

300

The court case that claimed that separate but equal was NOT equal and ended segregation in public schools

Brown v. Board of Education

400

Fear of Communists coming to and infiltrating the government of the U.S.

Red Scare

400

state law can not require Amish children from going to school past the 8th grade-homeschooling

Wisconsin v. Yoder

400

Programs created by FDR to try to stimulate the economy. Included all A,B,C agencies

New Deal

400

An attempted invasion by Cuban exiles of Cuba to try to overthrow Fidel Castro without U.S. military support that failed

Bay of Pigs invasion

400

This case involved an African-American man that wanted to attend UT Law School in Austin but was not allowed based on race... - the court ruled in his favor 

Sweatt v Painter

500

When people bought stock with borrowed money from the banks and got into debt

on-margin

500

The term Nixon used to withdraw our troops and leave the fighting between North and South Vietnam

Vietnamization

500

FDR's plan to add 6 judges to the Supreme Court to get his New Deal programs approved by the court.

Court Packing 

500

13 intense days of pending nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union when silos were placed in Cuba targeting the United States

Cuban Missile Crises

500

These two court cases involved segregation of Mexican-American children in schools in California and Texas - Courts ruled NO CAN DO!

Medez v. Westminster and Delgado v. Bastrop

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