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Name that -ism
Civil Rights Movement
Gilded Age & Progressive Era
Order in the Court!!!
WWI-II-Cold-Korean?
100
Laissez-Faire or Government hands off business regulations or Free Enterprise
What is Capitalism?
100
A law that is unjust should not be followed...this leads to people participating in...
What is civil disobedience?
100
A thin layer of prosperity is covering a large proportion of poverty...this is why I called this period of time the "Gilded" Age
Who was Mark Twain?
100
this "court" secured more rights for the accused...Miranda v. Arizona, Gideon v. Wainwright, Mapp v. Ohio
What is the Warren Court? (Chief Justice Earl Warren)
100
America's forgotten war...do your remember?
What was the Korean War?
200
the party philosophy/platform was built on free silver, progressive income tax, government oversight of transportation/communication, etc...
What is Populism?
200
This president had to send down federal troops to help ensure the desegregation of Ole Miss...
Who was John F. Kennedy?
200
This helped restrict power of railroads through government regulations of shipping costs...made it fair & balanced
What was the Interstate Commerce Act?
200
Fundamentalism v. Creationism & throw in the Butler Act
What is the Scopes Trial? (Scopes v. TN)
200
First you duck, then you cover!
What was the Cold War?
300
White man's burden, Manifest Destiny on a larger scale
What is Anglo-Saxonism?
300
This group seemed to often focus on the legal aspect (through the courts) of fighting against discrimination in America. (acronym is fine)
Who was the NAACP?
300
This term shows the corrupt nature of politics...people could appoint unqualified people to civil service jobs with no repercussion
What was the spoils system or patronage?
300
The legal question is, are racially-based restrictive covenants (on real estate) legal under the 14th Amendment & can they be enforced by a court of law?
What is Shelley v. Kraemer?
300
Shortly after you see the infamous Schenck v. United States case
What was WWI?
400
Foreigners are taking jobs, bringing in diseases, causing anarchy, causing American wages to be undermined, etc...
What is Nativism?
400
The philosophy that promotes preference in hiring for African Americans and other minorities (schools as well...just think of California vs. Bakke)
What is affirmative action?
400
"The half that was on top cared little for the struggles, and less for the fate, of those who were underneath, so as long as it was able to hold them there..." the excerpt was have come from this author of the period
Who was Jacob Riis?
400
this case (and other denials of the New Deal) led to FDR attempting to pack the Supreme Court
What is the Schechter Poultry Corp v U.S. (Sick Chicken Case)?
400
Connection to the infamous Sacco & Vanzetti Case...
What was WWI?
500
The state department is filled with Communists...I have proof!
What is McCarthyism?
500
Civil rights advocate that helped establish the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (Need full name)
Who was A. Philip Randolph?
500
The U.S. Congress established three key objectives for monetary policy in this "centralized themed" act: maximizing employment, stabilizing prices, and moderating long-term interest rates. No more recessions...riiiiiggghhtttt.
What is the Federal Reserve Act?
500
This was the 1st SCOTUS case you were supposed to do this year...The court upheld the power of government to regulate private industries...even railroads. (interstate travel)
What was Munn v. Illinois?
500
Dennis v. United States
What was WWII?