Reform Movements
This 20th century culture emerged and organized anti-war protests in opposition to the Vietnam War.
What is Youth Culture?
This court case ruled that "separate but equal" accommodations based on race were not unconstitutional.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
During Lincoln's presidency, he was a member of this political party.
Who was a part of the Republican Party?
This act forced colonists to provide housing for British soldiers in towns and villages.
What is the Quartering Act?
A war fought over the institution of slavery from the years 1861-1865.
What is the Civil War?
Religious revival that advocated temperance and abolition.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
This court case ruled that "separate but equal" school facilities based on race were unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
Among the first U.S. parties, proponents sought a strong central government.
What is the Federalist Party?
This act allowed for popular sovereignty in new territories and led to a bloody conflict known as "Bleeding Kansas."
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
A war ending in America's independence from Great Britain.
What is the American Revolutionary War?
Influential anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This court case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This mid 19th century political party opposed immigration and foreign influence.
What is the Know-Nothing Party?
Post-WW2, this act reorganized national defense and intelligence, establishing several new military departments.
What is the National Security Act?
A secret message intercepted by the British and passed to the U.S. that detailed plans to renew unrestricted submarine warfare.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
Only skilled workers were organized in this union from the industrial age.
What is AFL?
This court case ruled that a statute prescribing maximum work hours for bakers was unconstitutional.
What is Lochner v. New York?
This pre-Civil War party opposed the Western extension of slavery.
What is the Free Soil Party?
Signed into law in 2010, this act aimed to make affordable health insurance more widely available.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
This incident involved a massacre of Southern Vietnamese villagers during the Vietnam War.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
This book can be seen as one of the instigators of Second-Wave Feminism.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
This court case that was recently overruled established that the Constitution generally protected the right to an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This late 19th century political party sought to improve conditions for the country's agrarian workers.
What is the Populist Party?
This act combated the spoils system by requiring that government jobs be awarded based on merit.
What is the Pendleton Act?
This armed conflict between U.S. soldiers and Natives ended in hundreds of Sioux men, women, and children dying.
What is the Wounded Knee Massacre?