African American history
What was the driving factor for the transit of Africans to the Americas.
Slavery.
What does the Second Amendment allow (simplified)?
Gun ownership
Who was killed by police force in 2020 and thus embarked a global uproar?
George Floyd
What polarizing figure was murdered during a debate last September?
Charlie Kirk
Who were the first settlers from the UK?
The Puritans.
How did African slaves travel from Africa to the Americas and what did they cross?
They crossed the Atlantic Ocean via ship.
What is the purpose of the Second Amendment?
Self defense
Who/what was the cause for the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Rosa Parks' arrestment
What type of politics is often the center of political discourse?
Identity politics
Who is currently deporting Millions of illegal immigrants (long form)?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
What is something that African-Americans often still face until this day?
Police Brutality
In which part of the United States Constitution is the Second Amendment written?
The Bill of Rights.
What is the name of the organisation that lynched hundreds of black people throughout the country?
Ku Klux Klan
When did culture wars over identity issues become a thing in politics?
Culture wars started with the dispute over the integration of former slaves into society back when the Civil War ended.
What used to be the concept that described the American population and what is it's modern successor?
Then: Melting Pot
Now: Salad Bowl
Why was the Confederacy founded?
To preserve the institution of slavery from the Union under Abraham Lincoln's administration.
Name of the five States that imposes stricter regulations on guns.
New York, New Jersey, California, Minnesota, Maryland
What was Malcolm X's ideology?
Black nationalism
Come up with four categories that fall within culture wars.
gender, sexual orientation, race, disability, religion, class, abortion
What nationalities are part of the 4th wave of immigration that is still going on till this day?
Latin-American, African, Asian
Why was 14 y/o Emmett Till murdered?
He, allegedly, touched/whistled at a white woman.
What does the 2nd Amendment state (Word 4 word)?
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right to bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.'s infamous speech called?
I have a dream
Describe one of the Executive orders that Trump issued in order to limit diversity.
Ban on gender ideology in all school forms, exclusion of transgender individuals from military service, penelization of critical race theory teaching, recognition of only two immutable biological sexes
Who is the only non-caucasian President of the United States?
Barack Obama