These two Italians were suspected anarchists and were convicted of armed robbery and murder, and then executed by electric chair.
Who are Sacco and Vanzetti?
100
The attack on this strategic Hawaiian location led to America's involvement in WWII.
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
This WWII general became president in 1952 and helped pass the Internstate Highway Act, which created the interstate system that exists today.
Who is Dwight D. Eisenhower?
100
This group helped lead sit-in protests across the nation.
What is the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)?
100
This court case made abortion legal in the United States.
What is Roe V. Wade (1973)?
200
The 19th Amendment allowed for this new right.
What is women's suffrage?
200
To get around the Neutrality Acts of 1936 and 1937, FDR adopted this policy to help get weapons and war materials to our European allies (i.e, the British).
What is cash and carry OR what is the Lend-Lease Act?
200
The growth of these boosted the need for automobiles in the United States.
What are the suburbs?
200
This civil rights leader argued for black separatism.
Who is Malcolm X?
200
This court case about contraception in marriage created a "right to privacy" based on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 9th amendments.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)?
300
This was one of the major causes of the Great Depression.
What are interest rates, overproduction, uneven distribution of wealth, high tariffs, falling demand, or stock market speculation?
300
This event opened up the Western Front and allowed Allied forces to advance toward Berlin from France.
What is D-Day?
300
This gave WWII veterans greater access to job and educational opportunities.
What is the GI Bill of Rights?
300
This failed invasion of Cuba was a major policy failure for John F. Kennedy.
What is the Bay of Pigs Incident?
300
This court case allowed for affirmative action in admissions at colleges.
What is Regents of the University of California v. Bakke (1978)?
400
This New Deal program employed men ages 18-25 in public works, giving them a small wage of about $30 a month.
What is the Civilian Conservation Corps?
400
An atomic bomb was dropped on this city on August 9, 1945.
What is Nagasaki?
400
This Supreme Court case reversed the "separate but equal" doctrine laid out in Plessy v. Ferguson.
What is Brown vs. Board of Education?
400
This series of programs passed under LBJ included Medicare, Medicaid and Headstart.
What is the Great Society?
400
This court case guaranteed the right to counsel.
What is Gideon v. Wainwright (1962).
500
These three "r"s were the goals of FDR's New Deal program.s
What are recovery, relief and reform?
500
This court case ruled that the interment of Japanese-Americans was acceptable in times of emergency (i.e., war).
What is Korematsu v. United States?
500
This theory was one of the main justifications for United States involvement in Korea and Vietnam.
What is domino theory?
500
The media had a major influence on public opinion on America's involvement in this war.
What is the Vietnam War?
500
This Supreme Court case asserted that suspects must be advised of their rights in order for any statements made during interrogation to be used in court.