Civil War/Reconstruction
South Carolina, the first state to secede from the union, was the sight of this first battle of the Civil War
What is Fort Sumter?
Dominated by an increase of factory labor, and transition away from an agricultural economy, the Gilded Age was a result of this revolution
What is the Industrial Revolution?
The Berlin Wall is most closely associated with this global conflict
What is the Cold War?
This famous 1963 protest paved the way for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
What is the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom?
World War II helped bring the United States out of this economic downturn known as what
What is the Great Depression?
This court case decided black people could not be American citizens, a major precursor to the Civil War
What is Dred Scott v. Sanford?
Due to their exorbitant wealth, and unethical business practices, the press often referred to industrialists like Cornelius Vanderbilt and Andrew Carnegie by this term
What is a robber baron?
The United States did not join World War II in response to the Holocaust, but joined because of
What is the attack on Pearl Harbor?
The right to attend integrated schools was determined this landmark Supreme Court Case, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson
What is Brown v. the Board of Education?
This period of time between the ratification of the 18th and 21st amendments is marked by bootlegging, moonshine, and speakeasies
What is the Prohibition?
The advocates for the end of slavery, such as Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth, were known as this
What is an abolitionist?
Disasters like this ramous fire led to significant changes in legislation during the Progressive Era
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire?
The assassination of this individual led to the beginning of World War I
Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
Betty Friedan's book "The Feminine Mystique" is often considered the catalyst for which movement for rights
What is the Feminist Movement?
The quote, "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here," comes from this 271 word speech
What is the Gettysburg Address?
When the military left the Southern US at the end of the Reconstruction Era, Southern states saw a rise in these policies named after black minstrel shows
What are Jim Crow laws?
The ratification of this amendment marked the end of the Progressive Era in 1920
What is the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage)?
The anti-war movement was in response to this "proxy war" during the Cold War period
What is the Vietnam War?
The start of the Gay Liberation Movement is often marked by the police raid and subsequent riots that took place at this now US Historic Landmark and Monument
What is the Stonewall Inn?
The most intense 13 days of John F. Kennedy's presidency were marked by this Cold War event
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Known as the Reconstruction Amendments, these three amendments shaped the landscape of the postbellum era
What are the 13th (abolished slavery), 14th (citizenship), and 15th Amendments (voting rights)
This term was used to describe the investigative journalists, like Upton Sinclair, who called for reform during the Progressive Era
What is a muckraker?
In February of 1942, FDR signed Executive Order 9066, which took military action against many American citizens
What is Japanese Internment?
Organizations like CORE and SNCC organized these protests involving interstate transportation
What were freedom rides?
"Uncle Sam" became a propaganda symbol for the United States during this war
What is World War I?