Civil War
The Civil War was fought between
North and South
What are the Reconstruction Amendments?
13, 14, 15
This 1929 stock market crash triggered a decade-long economic crisis and marked the start of the Great Depression. What is this day called?
Black Tuesday
This political and economic system seeks to eliminate class differences by promoting collective ownership of property
Communism
This 1960s movement promoted racial pride, economic empowerment, and self-determination for African Americans.
The North was called the _____ and led by _________
Union; Lincoln
These laws were designed to segregate and oppress African Americans after the Civil War.
Jim Crow Laws
This 1930s environmental disaster in the Great Plains forced thousands of farmers to migrate west in search of work
Dust Bowl
This term refers to the 1950s hunt for communists during the Red Scare led by a Wisconsin senator who used fear and accusations with little proof
McCarthyism
This nonviolent civil rights leader delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech and helped organize the March on Washington
MLK
The South was called the __________ and led by __________
Confederacy/confederate states; Jefferson Davis
Name TWO popular ways that Black people were restricted from executing their newly gained rights? Hint: Black Codes
literacy tests, poll taxes, grandfather clause
This president responded to the Great Depression with the New Deal, a series of programs meant to provide relief, recovery, and reform
This competition between the U.S. and Soviet Union for dominance in space exploration symbolized Cold War rivalry
Space Race
This organization, founded in 1966, advocated for African American rights and self-defense against police brutality.
Black Panther Party
This Union military strategy aimed to choke off the Confederacy by blockading ports and controlling the Mississippi River.
Anaconda plan
This Reconstruction plan, led by Radical Republicans, sought to punish the South and protect the rights of newly freed African Americans
Congressional Reconstruction
These settlements of makeshift shacks built by the homeless during the Depression were sarcastically named after the president many blamed for the crisis
Hoovervilles
This U.S. Cold War foreign policy aimed to stop the spread of communism worldwide.
containment policy
This 1963 bombing in Birmingham, Alabama killed four African American girls and shocked the nation, helping to galvanize support for the Civil Rights Movement.
16th Street Church Bombing
These included slavery, states’ rights, and the election of Abraham Lincoln, sparking a national conflict in 1861
Civil War
There are TWO presidential reconstruction plans -- one gave amnesty to many Confederates and opposed equal rights for freedmen, leading to conflict with Congress. Whose was it?
Johnson's Reconstruction Plan
This New Deal program put millions to work building roads, schools, and parks to stimulate the economy
WPA (Works Progress Administration)
This Soviet policy of openness contributed to the weakening of communism and eventually the collapse of the USSR in 1991.
Glasnost
Name three nonviolent strategies used by people participating in the Civil Rights Movement
sit-ins, boycotts, freedom rides, and peaceful marches, writing, speeches,