Roads to War
In what year was Abraham Lincoln elected, prompting the secession of many southern states in the following months?
What is 1860?
What was the nickname for Teddy Roosevelt's Progressive Party?
What is the Bull Moose Party?
THIS Supreme Court decision in 1954 declared segregated schools unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board?
The Civil War ended, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated, and the 13th Amendment was ratified in THIS year.
What is 1865?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal..."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
As Cold War tensions increased after WWII, THIS plan was developed to feed and rebuild Western European countries to encourage them not to turn communist. The plan has been described by one prominent scholar as "the Truman Doctrine in action."
What is the Marshall Plan?
Which political party would former slaveowners in the South during Reconstruction most likely have supported?
What is the Democratic Party?
THIS president was assassinated by an anarchist in 1901, which elevated Teddy Roosevelt to the presidency.
Who is McKinley?
The Nazis were defeated in Germany, FDR died, and the US used atomic weapons against Japan in THIS year.
What is 1945?
"Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The Wounded Knee Massacre was caused in part by the government's fear that THIS sacred dance was a sign of rising Native resistance.
What is the Ghost Dance?
Which party did Woodrow Wilson and FDR belong to?
What is the Democratic Party?
THIS Supreme Court decision in 1957 was seen as a major victory for pro-slavery forces.
What is Dred Scott (or Dred Scott v. Sandford)?
In THIS year, communists seized power in Russia and the United States entered WWI.
What is 1917?
"These rats were nuisances, and the packers would put poisoned bread out for them. They would die, and then rats, bread, and meat would go into the hoppers together."
Who is Upton Sinclair?
American intervention in the Korean War was prompted in part by rising fear of international communism after THIS country turned communist in 1949.
What is China?
Every president during the pro-business 1920s belonged to THIS political party.
What is the Republican Party?
THIS president sent troops to Vietnam in 1965 and THIS president withdrew them in 1973 (need to name both!)
Who are LBJ and Nixon?
What is 1896?
"Education must not simply teach workâit must teach Life. The Talented Tenth of the Negro race must be made leaders of thought and missionaries of culture among their people."
Who is W.E.B. Du Bois?
In the lead-up to the Civil War, which compromise involved the admission of California as a free state as well as the strengthening of the Fugitive Slave Act?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Which party drafted the Omaha Platform in 1892, expressing its support for the free coinage of silver?
What is the Populist Party (or Peoples' Party)?
THIS Supreme Court decision in 1919 held that it was okay to prosecute someone during wartime for encouraging people to resist the draft.
What is Schenk v. US?
In THIS year, the Interstate Commerce Act was passed, the Dawes Act was passed, and four men were hanged for supposedly throwing a bomb at Haymarket Square the previous year.
What is 1887?
"A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike."
Who is Woodrow Wilson?