African American History
Native American History
Latin American History
Asian American History
Odds and Ends
100

This man is widely considered the leader of the Civil Rights Movement

MLK

100

After the Civil War, the US soldiers were hellbent on destroying this critical element of Native American life

the buffalo

100

This war saw the US gain a ton of territory that would later become US states

Mexican-American war

100

This ethnic group was put in the Internment Camps

Japanese Americans

100

This man committed mass genocide after "discovering" the Americas

Christopher Columbus

200

This woman covered the horrors of lynching

Ida B Welles

200

Richard Henry Pratt founded this horrible institution that particularly targeted native American children

boarding schools

200

These were violent riots in LA

Zoot Suit

200

This order allowed for said ethnic group to be put in

Order 9066

200
True or False: Rosa Parks stayed in Montgomery all her life

False

300

This Amendment guranteed equal protection under the constitution

14

300

The trail of tears was enforced by this president

Andrew Jackson

300

The Alamo was fought for what right?

Slavery

300

True or False: Japanese had an easy time when it came to land ownership

False

300

This group terrorized Mexican Americans throughout much of the late 1800s and early 1900s

Texas Rangers

400

This city saw a 1920 massacre

Tulsa

400

This "tribe" received a medal of honor for their heroic work during WWII

the "Navajo" or Dine

400

The contras were aggressively supported by this man

Reagan

400

Vietnam saw this devastating chemical used that led to birth defects for decades to come

Agent Orange

400

Name one of the famous three defenders of the Alamo

Bowie, Travis, Crockett

500

This man created COINTELPRO. Bonus: What was it?

J. Edgar Hoover (an initiative to neutralize civil rights activits)

500

How did the aniyunwiya cherokee try to prove their "whiteness"

they owned enslaved people.

500

How many Puerto Ricans were living in the US by the 1960s?

Over a million

500

Provide one example of a hardship US soldiers faced in Vietnam

Punji sticks, enemy can come anywhere, tunnel system, 

500

Both the Civil War and the Texas rebellion began because of this reason

SLAVERY!!!!!!!