This person was the leader of the non-violence movement.
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
100
After WWI, many African Americans moved from the South to the North to escape Jim Crow laws.
What is the Great Migration?
100
This war was a conflict between fascist/totalitarian and democratic countries.
What is WWII?
100
This invention allowed teenagers to have more freedom during the 1920s for people to move further away from the city.
What is the Model T?
200
This captain of industry owned the Standard Oil Company.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
200
Franklin D. Roosevelt was seen as a father figure to many people because of his ability to connect with the public through this method.
What are fireside chats?
200
This document sent from Germany to Mexico was a key factor in triggering U.S. involvement in WWI.
What is the Zimmerman Telegram?
200
The U.S. government took Native American children away from their homes to schools where they gave imposed on them Americanized names, clothes and customs.
What is the Boarding School Movement?
300
These journalists investigated the Watergate Scandal and changed the face of journalism.
Who were Woodward and Bernstein?
300
The presidents of the 1920s and President Hoover believed in this economic theory, which was also used during the Gilded Age.
What is laissez faire?
300
This backlash against police raid at a bar in New York City is a landmark event in the LGBT rights movement.
What were the Stonewall Riots?
300
This period of rebuilding occurred after the Civil War.
What is Reconstruction?
300
This Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was never ratified because of arguments surrounding abortion and women being drafted into the army.
What is the Equal Rights Amendment?
400
Truman fired this popular general during the Korean War due to insubordination.
Who is General Douglas MacArthur?
400
After 13 days of distress, President Kennedy decided to launch a naval blockade in this event.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
400
During the First Red Scare, suspected communist organizations were intensely investigated.
What were the Palmer Raids?
400
The media portrayed the sinking of this ship as sabotage by the Spanish, triggering this war.
What is the Spanish-American War?
400
This movement wanted to reform society at the turn of the 20th century. They believed government and society were corrupted by industry.
What is the Progressive Movement?
500
Senator Joseph McCarthy created this committee to investigate communist activity during the Second Red Scare.
What is the House of Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC)?
500
Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society, AKA the War on Poverty, created many welfare programs that still exist today, such as this program that provides medical care for the elderly.
What is Medicare?
500
This event significantly weakened trust in the government and was a factor in the rise of conservatism.
What is the Watergate Scandal?
500
This major battle created a stalemate and decreased public support for the Vietnam War.
What is the Tet Offensive?
500
At the turn of the 21st century, people, places and ideas became increasingly connected.