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The death of this man sparked riots throughout the country in April of 1968
Who is Martin Luther King, Jr.?
100
This president planned for a "Great Society" and instituted programs to fight a war on poverty and provide medicaid and medicare to citizens
Who is Lyndon B Johnson?
100
This was a nickname for peace-centered individuals during the Vietnam War
What are "doves"?
100
The Resolution was passed in 1964 and allowed LBJ virtually unlimited power during the Vietnam War
What is the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
100
FDR's domestic program for addressing the Great Depression that featured deficit spending and which was often criticized as either "too little" or "socialism" was known as...
What is the "New Deal"?
200
This court case struck down segregation in public schools
What is "Brown v. Board of Education"?
200
President Nixon created this federal agency to look over environmental issues in the USA
What is the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)?
200
A protest at this college in 1970 resulted int he deaths of four students
What is Kent State University
200
This treaty marked the official end to US involvement in Vietnam
What are the "Paris Peace Accords"?
200
The Eighteenth Amendment issued in THIS era of American history "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited."
What is the Prohibition Era
300
“On February 1, 1960, four friends entered the Woolworth’s. They purchased school supplies and then sat at the lunch counter and ordered coffee. When they were refused service, [Ezell] Blair [one of the students] said, ‘I beg your pardon, but you just served us at [the checkout] counter. Why can’t we be served at the counter here?’ The students stayed at the counter until it closed, then announced that they would sit at the counter every day until they were given the same service as white customers.” This describes what form of protest from the civil rights movement
What is a "sit in"?
300
Thanks to LBJ's "War on Poverty", all children can attend THIS level of federally-funded schooling
What is preschool?
300
This 1965 boycott was sparked by Rosa Parks
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott
300
The Vietcong and North Vietnamese used this type of warfare against American GIs
What is "guerrilla warfare"
300
What word, coined by Raphael Lemkin in 1943 and meaning "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political or cultural group", is best applied to the Holocaust?
What is a "genocide"?
400
This man led the Black Panthers, but later subscribed to MLK's non-violent methods of protest
Who is Malcolm X?
400
This famous court case from 1973 legalized some circumstances for abortions.
What is "Roe v Wade"?
400
Martin Luther King, Jr. gave this famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963
What is the "I Have a Dream" speech?
400
Which of the following words best describes US public opinion of the war in Vietnam: Supportive, Opposed, Divided
What is "divided"
400
This US president based his foreign policy on the moral belief that it was the role of the US to promote democracy in the world, rather than acquire new territories
Who is Woodrow Wilson
500
This amendment, passed in 1865, officially outlawed slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
500
This agency, an element of Johnson's "Great Society", builds low-income housing, and is widely considered to have been a failure
What is the Housing and Development Agency
500
Widespread hatred of this South Vietnamese leader led many South Vietnamese people to join the Viet Cong
Who is Diem
500
Two years after American involvement in Vietnam ended, this city fell to the Vietcong, officially rendering Vietnam an entirely communist country
What is Saigon
500
This early 20th century reformer opened Hull House as a settlement house to help the poor and immigrants
Who is Jane Addams?