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Barack Obama
100
This political party is categorized as being conservative compared to opposing parties.
What is the Republican Party.
100
African Americans invested symbolic importance in making this day a national holiday.
What is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
100
The majority of African Americans support this political party.
What is the Democratic party.
100
During this president's term Hurrican Katrina wrecked the city of New Orleans.
Who is George W. Bush.
100
This is the state in which Barack Obama was a senator.
What is Illinois.
200
With the election of this president in 1980, there was a decline in the focus on civil rights.
Who is Ronald Reagan.
200
In addition to African Americans' interest in American politics, they also were interested in the anti-apartheid movement in this country.
What is South Africa.
200
The Republican Party controlled the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives at the beginning of this election year.
What was 2000.
200
The beating of this African American sparked the LA Riots.
Who is Rodney King.
200
This senator from Arizona was the Republican candidate in the 2008 election.
Who is John McCain.
300
President George H.W. Bush nominated this African American conservative to the Supreme Court in 1991.
Who is Clarence Thomas.
300
This is the concept of compensation to descendants of those that endured slavery.
What are reparations.
300
In this state 26 thousand ballots were not counted in Duval County in the 2000 presidential election.
What is Florida.
300
As a result of the lack of response to Hurricane Katrina from President George W. Bush, this hip hop artist stated, "George Bush does not care about black people."
Who is Kanye West.
300
On this day Obama gained one of the largest winning percentages in American history for the presidency.
What is November 4, 2008.
400
This is the lady that Clarence Thomas allegedly sexually harassed.
Who is Anita Hill.
400
He was the first African American to reach the top rank in congressional leadership.
Who is William H. Gray.
400
During these two presidential administrations the "old civil rights law," which prohibited intentional discrimination, was supported compared to the "new civil rights law," which was concerned with discriminatory outcomes.
What were the Reagan and Bush administrations.
400
Critics of the war in Afghanistan argued that the real target after 9/11 was, in fact, not Afghanistan but instead this country.
What is Iraq.
400
Barack Obama graduated from this law school in 1991.
What is Harvard Law School.
500
Affirmative action
What is the civil rights policy or program that seeks to redress the effects of past discrimination due to race or gender by giving preference to women and minorities in education and employment.
500
The first African American to seek the presidential nomination of a major political party.
Who is Shirley Chisholm.
500
This is the name of the group that Jesse Jackson appealed to during his campaign in 1983.
What is the Rainbow Coalition.
500
New York's World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania
What are the three sites that were attacked on September 11, 2001.
500
This was the turning point in the 2008 campaign for the presidential election.
What was the Global Financial Crisis (also known as 2008 Financial Crisis).