This law made it illegal to discriminate in public places like restaurants and hotels based on a person’s race.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
100
What was the reason the U.S. became involved in WWI?
1. Unrestricted Warfare - Lusitania
2. The Zimmerman note- A telegram from the German ministry to Mexico promising territory in exchange for support against the U.S.
100
What were 2 major advantages of the South during the Civil War?
1. Defensive War
2. Execellent leadership
100
This document layed the foundation for self-government and legal contract to agree to have fair laws to protect the general good.
Mayflower Compact
100
This event occured on June 6, 1944 was the largest sea and land invasion in world history.
D-Day
200
This Supreme Court decision over turned Plessy v. Fergeson.
Brown v. Board of Education.
200
What was Lincoln's reason for the Civil War?
Preserving the Union
200
What ended Reconstruction?
The Compromise of 1877 (Election of Hayes)
200
The statement that John Quincy Adams had made a secret deal with Henry Clay which resulted in Andrew Jackson’s loss of the election of 1824 is known as the
Corrupt Bargain
200
What was the foreign policy that stated the U.S. would provide economic aid to any country fighting against Communism?
Truman Doctrine
300
It gave the U.S. president broad war powers to take any measure necessary to protect American interests in the region.
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
300
What were the TWO reasons for the Stock Market Crash of 1929 that started the Great Depression?
1. Speculation
2. Buying on the Margin
300
Who owned many successful steel mills, used vertical integration, produced more steel than Britain, and donated millions of dollars to charity?
Andrew Carnegie
300
President Andrew Jackson and the U.S. government forcing the Cherokee Nation to migrate west was given the name...
Trail of Tears
300
Which Supreme Court case created the important legal concept of judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
400
The Vietnam War was an example of...
Containment
400
Which part of the Compromise of 1850 favored the South?
Fugitive Slave Act
400
The idea that the U.S. had a special mission to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean is known as
Manifest Destiny
400
He was one of the most important African American leaders before the Civil War. He escaped slavery at age 20, taught himself to read and write and gave speeches against slavery for the American Anti-Slavery Society.
Frederick Douglas
400
What was the name of the invasion of France in WWII?
D-Day
500
He was the North Vietnamese leader...
Ho Chi Minh
500
What were 3 major advantages of the North during the Civil War?
-Factorys
- Railroads
-Larg population
500
The success of the colony of Jamestown, due to John Rolfe’s discovery, is based primarily on the success of what crop?
tobacco
500
What was the major turning point of the American Revolutionary War? And what did it led to?
Battle of Saratoga. Led to military support by the French
500
George Whitefield and Jonathon Edwards were most associated with which movement in colonial America?