History Makers
Doc Law
Hamilton
Political Cartoons
Decades of the 20th Century
Final Jeopardy: Political Theory
100
This president infamously lowered cold war tensions and resigned after Watergate
Richard Nixon
100
What purpose does the Declaration of independence serve?
To declare independence from England
100
Who shot Hamilton?
Aaron Burr
100
This political cartoon supports what idea?
Manifest Destiny
100
This Decade was roaring until the Stock Market crashed.
The 1920s
200
This Lawyer successfully argued "Seperate but = has no place in public education"
Thurgood Marshall
200
The Declaration of Sentiments(1848) serves as the founding document of what social movement?
The Woman's suffrage movement
200
What President does George III insult?
John Adams
200
What action did TR take to limit the power of the octopus in the cartoon?
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
200
We faced the threat of nuclear annihilation and the promise of Civil Rights in this decade.
The 1960s
300
This suffragist put pressure on Woodrow Wilson during WWI to pass the 19th Amendment
Alice Paul
300
The Constitution, as a blueprint, splits government into 3 branches. What is it called when each branch has a distinct, separate role in government.
Separation of Powers
300
Who opposed Hamilton in Washington's cabinet?
Jefferson
300
Why did FDR and the Supreme Court fight in this cartoon?
The SC felt some of FDR's New Deal programs were unconstitutional
300
The Us passed a major milestone at the end of the decade but started it with a war in the Persian gulf. Dosvedanya USSR
1990s
400
Rather than moving back, this woman took a stand by refusing to give up her seat.
Rosa Parks
400
What is Judicial Review(Marbury vs Madison)
The right and privileage of the Supreme Court to declare law or policy constitutional or unconstitutional
400
What was the song "The Room where it happens" about?
Aaron Burr wanting to take an active role in the country/jealousy being directed at Hamilton
400
What international body replaced the League of Nations?
The United Nations
400
The US emerged from isolation to global super power after a war unlike any other.
1940s
500
There are 2 Presidents in US history who saved the US twice during their terms. Give me 1 and how they saved the US.
George Washington- Defeated the British/Resigned peacefully
Franklin Delano Roosevelt- Ended the Great Depression/Defeated the Nazis
500
Choose a Supreme Court Case(Not Brown vs Board) and discuss the problem it solved or didn't solve.
Variable Answers
500
What was Alexander Hamilton going to do in the Duel with Burr?
Raise his gun to the sky rather than kill Burr.
500
How did the US respond to the Soviet action in this cartoon(Blockading Berlin)
The Berlin Airlift
500
The US was involved in Europe+Southeast Asia while rooting Communism out at home.
1950s
500
The Cold War challenged many of our ideas about who we are and what our role is in the world. In the Cuban Missile Crisis, the US and Soviet Union nearly ended the world by going to the brink of war. What political theory acronym brought us to that point?
Mutually Assured Destruction(MAD)