1920s
Great Depression
World War II
Cold War
Civil Rights Movement
200

A push factor and a pull factor of the Great Migration

What are...

Push: racial violence, lack of economic opportunity, lack of voting rights, poor education, etc.

Pull: jobs in cities, access to education, vibrant city culture, etc.

200

This weather event led to migration west. 

What is the Dust Bowl?

200

This campaign reflects how the Civil Rights Movement blossomed from World War II and parallels between fighting against fascism abroad and racism at home.

What is the Double-V Campaign?

200

This word reflects the policy of the U.S. towards communism. 

What is containment? 

200

This is one practice that was outlawed by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

What are literacy tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause?

300

These women were symbols of female and cultural liberation in the 1920s. 

What are flappers?

300

These were the three goals of Roosevelt's New Deal.

What are relief, recovery, and reform? 

300

Allied troops landed at Normandy on this day (Bonus 100: date?).

What is D-Day (June 6, 1944)?

300

This senator stirred up anti-communist fear and sentiment in the U.S. government, sparking a witchhunt.

Who is Joe McCarthy?

300

Brown vs Board overturned this Supreme Court ruling.

What is Plessy vs Ferguson (1896)?

400

This act established immigration quotas. 

What is the Johnson-Reed Act?

400

This Second New Deal program established public works and arts projects across the country.

What is the Works Progress Administration?

400

This statement began the internment of Japanese Americans on the West Coast. It was issued by this person. 

What is Executive Order 9066? Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

400

Name the four groups of people (nations) who fought in the Korean War.

Communist N. Korea, US/UN troops, S. Korea, China

400

MLK and John Lewis' march for voting rights marched from here to here. 

What is from Selma to Montgomery?

500

The stock market crashed on "Black Tuesday," or this day.

What is October 29, 1929?

500

This New Deal program sought to bring business, labor, and the government together by establishing a set of fair business practices. 

What is the National Recovery Administration? 

500

This act loaned weapons to Allies with the agreement that they'd pay the U.S. back.

What is the Lend-Lease Act?

500

This represents a way in which the U.S. used economic resources in Western Europe to stop the spread of communism following World War II.

What is the Marshall Plan?

500

The Freedom Rides sought to challenge this.

What are segregation laws on public transportation?

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