Movements
A person who took action to make changes
Who is an activist?
the decade Earth Day was founded, AIM took over a Navy Air Base, and Disco was popular
What was the 1970's?
Minnesota based department stores
What is Target?
Date of terrorist attack on the US that collapsed the World Trade Center buildings
What is September 11, 2001 (9-11-2001)?
the first group of people believed to have settled in MN
Who are the Dakota?
give 2 examples of protests
What are boycotts, marches, sit-ins, legal action, take over of gov. lands, ...?
The decade of 9-11, the Iphone, and you were probably born
What was the 2000's?
MN company that specializes in electronics
What is Best Buy?
Name 2 countries that fighting has taken place in as part of the war on terror
What is Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria...?
When Minnesota became a state
What is May 11, 1858?
To separate people based on race
What is segregation?
The decade of getting a man to the moon, Woodstock, and the first US troops were sent to Vietnam
What was the 1960's?
MN company that invented the post-it note
What is 3M?
Changes in the US that have happened because of the 9-11 attacks.
What is more security in airports and sporting events, fear of terrorist attacks, US is more involved overseas, war in Afghanistan, increase defense technologies...?
This war was fought in MN at the same time as the American Civil War
What is the US-Dakota War?
The group that took over the Twin Cities Naval Air Station
Who was AIM?
The decade of grunge, hip-hop, CD's, the internet, and the first Gulf War
What was the 90's?
MN company that invented the pacemaker
What is Medtronic?
This place in Northern MN was created as a result of the Conservation Movement.
What is the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)?
The original name of St. Paul, MN
What was Pigs Eye Landing?
Made it illegal to discriminate based on gender
What is Title IX?
The decade of hair-metal, rap, the Twins win their first world series, and Nintendo
What was the 1980's?
Fuel similar to gasoline made from corn
What is ethanol?
This Vice President who helped fight segregation in MN and was an important part of getting the 1964 Civil Rights Act passed
Who was Hubert H. Humphrey?
the state of Minnesota's first governor
Who was Henry Sibley?