Civil Rights Leader who founded the SCLC. He had a dream! He was assassinated in Memphis, TN
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
100
He made his millions in the steel industry. He brought the Bessemer process to America. He donated millions to build libraries.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
100
turning point of the Vietnam War.
What is Tet Offensive?
100
He was elected 4 times. He suffered from polio, He was president at the end of the Great Depression and the beginning of WWII.
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
100
She wrote the Feminine Mystique and also started NOW.
Who is Betty Friedan?
200
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus in this city.
Where is Montgomery Alabama?
200
Created Apple computers
Who is Steve Jobs?
200
the Battle of Stalingrad was a turning point battle for this war.
What is WWII?
200
As a result of the Watergate scandal, he is the only president to resign from office.
Who is Richard Nixon?
200
The new woman of the 1920's.
What is a Flapper?
300
He believed that violence was the best way for African Americans to get full equality.
Who is Malcolm X?
300
He made his fortune in the Standard Oil Company
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
300
The Zimmerman Note led up into this war.
What is WWI?
300
during his presidency makeshift housing communities were named after him because of his poor performance handling the depression.
Who is Herbert Hoover?
300
Investigative journalists who wrote about the need for reform during the Gilded Age.
What is a Muckraker?
400
This landmark case found that segregation in schools was unconstitutional and overturned which case.
What is Brown v. Board of Education and Plessy v. Ferguson?
400
Idea that some businesses and people were destined to be successful in American and others were not.
What is Social Darwinism?
400
North Korea and South Korea were split here.
What is the 38th parallel?
400
He oversaw the construction if the Panama Canal. He sad, 'Speak softly and carry a big stick'
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
400
This president chose to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. He believed that doing so would save American lives.
Who is Harry Truman?
500
These were the two most important acts of the Civil Rights Movement. Banned discrimination in public accommodations and banned poll taxes and literacy tests.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
500
This person wrote and photographed the plight of the poor living in the city. "How the Other Half Lives"
Who is Jacob Riis?
500
These were the 2 turning point battles of the Civil War.
What is Gettysburg and Vicksburg?
500
This president got us involved in WWI and created a 14 point program for peace.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
500
this landmark case ruled that you must inform someone of their charges and notify them that they can have an attorney.