Gilded Age and Progressive Era
Who was the leader of the Tammany Hall Political Machine?
Who was William "Boss" Tweed
The assassination of this man sparked World War I.
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
This policy aimed to stop the spread of commnism.
What is containment?
This 1954 Supreme Court Case ended school segregation.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This amendment banned the sale and use of alcohol.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This 1890 law was designed to break up monopolies.
What was the Sherman Anti-Trust Act?
This treaty officially ended World War I.
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation
What is Watergate?
He was the founder of the SCLC and gave the "I Have A Dream" speech during the March on Washington in 1963.
Who was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.?
19th Amendment
What is gave women the right to vote?
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle led to these two food safety laws.
What are the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act?
What were the 3 R's used to help America out of the Great Depression?
What are Relief, Recovery, and Reform?
This strategy was used to deliver food and supplies to a country that was divided after World War II.
What is the Berlin Airlift?
This 1964 law banned discrimination in public places.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
This amendment established the direct election of senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This event brought the United States into World War II.
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
This 1947 program gave economic aid to rebuild Western Europe after World War II.
What is the Marshall Plan?
What is Executive Order 9981?
16th Amendment
What is established the federal income tax?
This Supreme Court case established “separate but equal.”
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
During World War II, this strategy was used to capture key Pacific Islands
What is Island Hopping?
This 1962 crisis brought the U.S. and USSR closest to nuclear war.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
They worked for the rights of Mexican Americans and migrant farm workers.
Who were Cesar Chavez and Delores Huerta?
This amendment guarantees birthright citizenship, ensures equal protection of the laws for all persons, and prohibits states from depriving anyone of life, liberty, or property without due process.
What is the 14th Amendment?