After WW I many African Americans began leaving the south moving both North and West, this was known as-
What is the Great Migration?
100
The bombing of this naval base by Japan launched the U.S. into WW II.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
She was the secretary of the NAACP who refused to give up her seat on the city bus to a white person.
Who is Rosa Parks?
100
Artist known for urban scenes, flowers, and paintings of the Southwest.
Who is Georgia O'Keeffe?
100
This organization helped to improve conditions for working women and helped in forcing colleges to give women equal athletic oppotunities.
What is National Organization of Women (NOW)?
200
German submarine warfare was a cause of the U.S. getting involved in WW I when they sank this ship.
What is the Lusitania?
200
This country declared war on the U.S. after the U.S. declared war on Japan.
Who is Germany?
200
His "Message to the Grassroots," delivered a harsh critique to non-violent protests that were frequently dismantled with acts of violence and terror. He was also the leader of nation of Islam.
Who is Malcolm X?
200
African American poet who combined the experiences of African and American cultural roots..
Who is Langston Hughes?
200
This invention led to the improved quality of life and encouraged population growth in certain hot areas of the country.
What is the Air conditioning?
300
Woodrow Wilson had a peace plan known as the _______________ points.
What is the Fourteen?
300
This president mad a decsion to drop an atomic bomb on Japan.
Who is Harry Truman?
300
What is the name given to the people who rode buses into the south to see they could challenge the segregation laws.
What is Freedom Riders?
300
Manufactured the atomic bomb in a secret program called the "Manhattan Project."
Who is J. Robert Oppenheimer?
300
This Amendment banned slavery in the United States and any of its territories.
What is 13th Amendment?
400
The discovery of this telegram from Germany to Mexico launched the U.S. into the War.
What is Zimmerman Telegram?
400
Who were 2 of the 3 dictators during this time period.
Double points if you know the country they were dictators over.
Who is Benito Mussolini- Italy, Hideki Tojo-Japan, Adolf Hitler-Germany.
400
This person gave a speech during the march on Washington, D.C.
Double points if you know the name of the speech.
Who is Martin Luther King and the speech is "I have a Dream"?
400
Though many have eaten at McDonald's, many may not know that the person credited for its success was actually known more for creating franchising, a business type. This person is-
Who is Ray Kroc?
400
These laws made discrimination practices legal in many communities and states.
What are Jim Crow Laws?
500
Ottoman Empire was part of these powers.
What is the Central Powers?
500
What were the name of the 2 citites that the United States dropped the atomic bombs on in 1945?
What is Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
500
Name 3 types of non-vilolent protests.
What are sit-ins, boycotts, marches, freedom rides and passive resistance.
500
These two people are known for their contribution to the academic realms.
Extra 200 points if you give their area of contribution.
Who is Henry Louis Gates- Historian and Maya Angelou- literature?