Following the Civil War, the majority of southern blacks worked as:
Sharecroppers.
100
True or not, he is often blamed for causing the Great Depression.
Herbert Hoover
100
Many people consider this event to be the start of the Great Depression.
The Stock Market Crash of 1929.
100
Charles Schenck protested against:
The World War I Draft.
100
This Republican won the presidential election of 1876.
Rutherford B. Hayes
200
During Reconstruction, these laws were passed by Southern states in an attempt to deny African Americans equal rights.
Black Codes.
200
He was President when the United States was attacked on September 11, 2001.
George W. Bush
200
At its peak, unemployment during the Great Depression reached:
25%
200
The policy of avoiding international commitments is known as:
Isolationism.
200
Republicans in Congress who were most supportive of black rights after the Civil war were known as:
Radical Republicans.
300
This law split the South into five military districts, ensuring that the U.S. Army would supervise southern compliance with Reconstruction.
Military Reconstruction Act (1867)
300
He outlined his vision for peace after World War I in a document called the Fourteen Points.
Woodrow Wilson
300
New Deal programs such as the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA) were primarily intended to help:
Unemployed workers.
300
Executive Order 9066 resulted in the internment of this group of citizens during World War II.
Japanese-Americans.
300
This term is used to describe President Franklin Roosevelt's first few months in office, a period in which several key New Deal components were passed.
The Hundred Days.
400
This right was guaranteed by the 14th amendment (1868) to the U.S. Constitution.
Equal protection of the laws.
400
His decision to use atomic bombs against Japan was primarily based on his belief that an invasion of Japan would result in excessive casualties.
Harry Truman
400
Although many Americans supported his New Deal, public support for President Roosevelt began to decline after he announced this plan.
Court Packing (Scheme)
400
September 11, 2001 is to the War on Terror as ___________________________ is to World War II.
The attack on Pearl Harbor.
400
World War I veterans demanding immediate payment of a monetary reward congress had pledged were given this nickname.
Bonus Army.
500
The 15th amendment (1870) to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed that suffrage could not be restricted based on this:
Race.
500
Although he was not convicted and removed from office, he was impeached by Republicans in Congress in 1868 for violating the Tenure of Office Act.
Andrew Johnson
500
The Supreme Court decision in Schechter Poultry Corporation v. the United States declared that this New Deal program unconstitutional.
National Industrial Recovery Act
500
This law authorized the federal government to listen to private phone conversations, make arrests with secret search warrants, and detain American citizens and foreign nationals without trial.
PATRIOT Act.
500
This supreme court case held that the government's interest in preventing espionage outweighed the rights of individual Japanese-American citizens.