Twentieth Century America
The Supreme Court case overturned “the separate but equal” clause.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
These 1798 resolutions, written in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, argued that states had the right to nullify unconstitutional federal laws.
What are the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
This 1763 measure forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, angering land-hungry settlers.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This 1955–56 boycott in Alabama began after Rosa Parks’ arrest and helped launch Dr. King to national prominence.
What is the Montgomery Bus Boycott?
This 1890 law aimed to limit monopolies and promote competition by regulating trusts.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This U.S. senator’s anti-communist crusade defined the Second Red Scare.
Who is Joseph McCarthy?
The XYZ Affair occurred during the presidency of this Founding Father.
John Adams
This group founded Massachusetts Bay in 1630 for religious freedom.
Who are the Puritans?
This 1957 confrontation over school integration involved President Eisenhower sending federal troops to enforce desegregation.
What is the Little Rock Crisis?
This 1896 Supreme Court case upheld the "separate but equal" doctrine, reinforcing racial segregation.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
This 1963 book by Betty Friedan critiqued domestic confinement and launched second-wave feminism.
What is The Feminine Mystique?
What act passed under the Articles of Confederation set up the process for creating new states?
Northwest oridance
These two dissenters were banished for defying religious conformity in Massachusetts.
Who are Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams?
This 1961 campaign involved interracial activists riding buses into the segregated South to test federal desegregation laws.
What are the Freedom Rides?
This 1912 Progressive Party presidential candidate ran on a platform called the "New Nationalism."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 1947 National Security legislation reorganized the military, created the CIA, and marked a shift toward a permanent national security state.
What is the National Security Act?
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution in which we convinced France to formally ally with the American colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This radical colonial group formed in opposition to the Stamp Act, often using intimidation and protest.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
This student-led organization emerged from the sit-in movement and emphasized grassroots activism.
What is SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)?
This idea, promoted by Carnegie, argued that the wealthy had a moral obligation to give back through philanthropy.
What is the Gospel of Wealth?
This 1962 confrontation brought the world to the brink of nuclear war and ended with a secret agreement to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.
What is the Cuban Missile Crisis?
This colonial-era movement emphasized rationalism and individualism, influencing revolutionary thought and weakening the authority of traditional institutions.
What is the Enlightenment
Name the intercolonial organization formed to coordinate resistance efforts prior to the Revolutionary War.
What are the Committees of Correspondence?
This militant civil rights organization, founded in 1966, advocated for Black self-defense and community programs.
What is the Black Panther Party?
This major strike began at a steel plant in Pennsylvania and turned deadly after private guards clashed with workers.
What is the Homestead Strike?