Modern Era
This person became the first African American President of the United States
Barack Obama
believed in civil disobedience, which he famously mentioned in his "letter from Birmingham Jail"
bonus: although this group is often viewed as militant, they believed in the use of violence as a means of self-defense
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Black Panthers
ideological struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union that lasted from 1945 to 1989
Cold War
"greatest manager ever"- he helped to organize the invasion of Normandy aka D-Day
The stock market crashed on this date
Bonus: what is this day called?
October 29, 1929
Black Tuesday
These entrepreneurs exemplified the American dream
Estee Lauder, Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Robert L. Johnson
these two people founded the National Farm Workers Association and organized a national grape boycott
Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez
Policy of pushing a country to the edge of war, but not all the way into war
brinkmanship
played a major role in the naval history of World War II as Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, commanding Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II.
Chester Nimitz
This practice of borrowing 90% of your investment and only using 10% of your own money was a cause of the stock market crashed
buying on margin
The first woman appointed to the Supreme Court
She is the first Hispanic and Latina Justice
Sandra Day O'Conner
Sonia Sotomayor
these two women had contrasting views on the feminist movement
1. believed that the plight of women had been overlooked too long
2. believed that conservative family values should be prioritized over the rights of women
Betty Friedan
Phyllis Schlafly
the policy of preventing the expansion of a Hostile Power
containment
America joined the war because of this event
Attack on Pearl Harbor
President at the start of the Great Depression, he didn't give a dam
Herbert Hoover
riots occurred here because of the 1992 acquittal of four cops who were videotaped beating this African American man
bonus: Drawing on their own experiences of racism and excessive policing, the group made inherently political music.They were known for their deep hatred of the police system, which sparked much controversy over the years.
Los Angeles
Rodney King
bonus: NWA
What is the court case that established "separate but equal?"
This court case set the precedent for desegregating schools
This court case overturned "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Mendez v. Westminster
Brown v. Board of Education
bonus: what resolution expanded the presidents' power? what resolution limited the presidents' power? What horrific event involved a US soldier having to stop the slaughter of civilians?
Vietnam War
bonus: Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, War Powers Resolution, My Lai Massacre
diplomatic policy of making political or material concessions to an aggressive power in order to avoid conflict
-"paying the bully your lunch money to avoid getting beat up"
appeasement
President that created a series of programs that helped pull America out of the Great Depression
FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
a secret U.S. arms deal that traded missiles and other arms to free some Americans held hostage by terrorists in Lebanon, but also used funds from the arms deal to support armed conflict in Nicaragua.
This happened during whose presidency?
the Iran-Contra Affair
Ronald Reagan
These court cases reaffirmed first amendment rights of students and parents
Tinker v. Des Moines
Wisconsin v. Yoder
this war almost led to world war III when MacArthur tried advancing into China from here
this war was ended by an armistice that separated the country at the 38th parallel, the DMZ
Korean War
-1. United States pledged to lend not sell arms to Britain
- Bonus: Policy of having a country buy weapons and making them carry it on their own ship back to their country
lend-lease act
Bonus: cash and carry
Bonus: Name three programs...
reform, relief, recovery