Landmark Court Cases
This court case ______ v. Virginia, ruled that laws preventing interracial marriages were in violation of the Equal Protection.
What is Loving?
This scandal led to President Nixon's resignation from office.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
This Founding Father served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797.
Who is George Washington?
This movement, which gained momentum in the 1950s and 1960s, aimed to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans through nonviolent protests and legal challenges.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
This author wrote "The Great Gatsby," a novel set in the Jazz Age that explores themes of wealth, love, and the American Dream.
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
This 1925 case involved a high school biology teacher accused of violating a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution.
What is the Scopes Monkey Trial (or Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes)?
This scandal is famous for the quote "I did not have sexual relations with that woman".
What is the Lewinsky scandal?
This President, often associated with the Progressive Era, was responsible for the establishment of national parks and the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This movement, which gained prominence during the Vietnam War era, included protests, demonstrations, and acts of civil disobedience aimed at opposing U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia.
What is the Anti-War Movement (or Vietnam War Protest Movement)?
This novel by Harper Lee, published in 1960, explores themes of racial injustice and moral growth in the American South.
What is "To Kill a Mockingbird"?
This 1973 case legalized abortion nationwide, establishing a woman's right to choose.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This scandal in the 1980s involved the covert sale of weapons to Iran in exchange for the release of American hostages and the diversion of proceeds to fund Nicaraguan Contras, despite a congressional ban on aid to the Contras.
What is the Iran-Contra affair?
This President was the only one to serve two non-consecutive terms, making him both the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.
Who is Grover Cleveland?
This movement, characterized by its rejection of mainstream culture and embrace of alternative lifestyles, emerged in the 1960s and included elements such as countercultural music, fashion, and communal living.
What is the Counterculture Movement (or Hippie Movement)?
This poet, often associated with the transcendentalist movement, wrote "Leaves of Grass," a collection of poetry celebrating democracy, nature, and the individual.
Who is Walt Whitman?
This 1896 Supreme Court case dealt specifically with the segregation of railroad cars.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This scandal, which occurred during the presidency of Ulysses S. Grant, involved a construction company overcharging the Union Pacific Railroad for building the transcontinental railroad and bribing members of Congress to cover it up.
What is the Credit Mobilier scandal?
This President, often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution," served as the fourth President of the United States and authored the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
This activist, known for her work as an investigative journalist, exposed the brutal realities of lynching in the South and co-founded the NAACP.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
This author, known for his dark and macabre tales, wrote "The Raven" and "The Tell-Tale Heart."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
This landmark 1954 Supreme Court case overturned the "separate but equal" doctrine established in Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
This scandal, originating in the late 19th century, involved a political group in New York City accused of defrauding the city through political corruption and graft, leading to widespread public outrage and reform efforts.
What is the Tweed Ring scandal (or Tammany Hall scandal)?
This President, who served from 1801 to 1809, is known for the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which explored the newly acquired territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This lesser-known movement, active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, advocated for the rights of workers in the western United States, particularly Chinese immigrants, and campaigned against discriminatory laws and labor practices.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act Repeal Movement?
This novel, published in 1852, tells the story of a slave's journey to freedom and became a powerful abolitionist tool in the years leading up to the Civil War.
What is "Uncle Tom's Cabin" by Harriet Beecher Stowe?