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The president who initiated the Space Race.
Who is John F. Kennedy?
Upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
Unemployment, bank failures, and falling production defined this era.
What is the Great Depression Era?
This environmental disaster drove thousands of families from the Great Plains westward to California.
What is the Dust Bowl?
This amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol.
What is the 18th amendment?
This president has been the only president to resign.
Who is Richard Nixon?
First female justice on the Supreme Court.
Who is Sandra Day O'Connor?
Global war era that involved the Axis and Allied powers; U.S. joined after Pearl Harbor.
What is the World War II Era?
October 29, 1929, triggered widespread panic and economic collapse.
What is Black Tuesday?
This amendment abolished slavery.
What is the 13th amendment?
This author wrote "The Jungle".
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
Brown v Board of Education
Era that reformers worked to fix corruption, labor abuse, and poor living conditions.
What is the Progressive Era?
U.S. policy to stop the spread of communism abroad
What is containment?
This amendment gave women the right to vote (women’s suffrage).
What is the 19th amendment?
This "robber baron" founded the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
First African American justice on the Supreme Court.
Who is Thurgood Marshall?
Era of rapid industrial growth, rise of monopolies, and urban problems.
What is the Gilded Age Era?
A company that controls a product or service with no competition
What is a monopoly?
This amendment lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th amendment?
His assassination in 1914 triggered the start of World War I.
Who is Archduke Ferdinand?
President and later Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
William Howard Taft
This era also saw violent backlash, including church bombings and assassinations.
Mass hysteria during the 1920s when people feared communism would take over.
What is the Red Scare?
This amendment provides equal protection and due process.
What is the 14th amendment?