Civil Rights
Supreme Court case that ended “separate but equal.”
What is Brown v Board of Education?
Document that declared independence from Britain in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Event in 1964 that led Congress to give LBJ broad military powers.
What is the Gulf of Tonkin incident?
The immediate cause of WWI.
What is the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand?
The U.S. fought Spain in 1898 mainly because of events in this territory.
What is Cuba?
He used nonviolent civil disobedience, wrote the “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” and led the March on Washington.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr?
First written plan of government for the U.S., later replaced because it was too weak
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This policy aimed to gradually withdraw U.S. troops and turn fighting over to South Vietnam.
What is Vietnamization?
U.S. foreign policy at the start of BOTH wars.
What is neutrality/isolationism?
American battleship whose explosion helped spark the Spanish-American War.
What is the USS Maine?
This 1965 law banned literacy tests and expanded voting rights.
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965?
Document that outlines the structure and powers of the U.S. government.
What is the Constitution?
Massive surprise attack by North Vietnam in 1968 that shook U.S. public confidence.
What is the Tet offensive?
WWII battle that turned the tide in the Pacific in favor of the U.S.
What is the Battle of Midway?
Territory the U.S. annexed in 1898 after overthrowing its queen.
What is Hawaii?
Group founded in 1966 that promoted Black pride and community defense.
What is the Black Panthers?
The first 10 amendments guaranteeing personal freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
These 1971 documents proved the government had misled the public about the war.
What are the Pentagon Papers?
WWI law that punished anti-war speech; WWII law that limited Japanese Americans’ rights. (2 answers)
What is the Espionage Act (WWI) and Executive Order 9066 (WWII)?
After the was the US gained these three territories.
What are the Philippines, Guam, and Puerto Rico?
This case extended civil rights protections to Mexican Americans.
What is Hernandez v Texass?
This principle divides the national government into three branches.
What is the separation of Powers?
1970 shooting of four students protesting the war occurred at this university.
What is Kent State?
This program provided weapons to Allies before the U.S. officially entered WWII.
What is Lend-Lease?
Teddy Roosevelt’s foreign policy saying the U.S. should “speak softly and carry a big stick.”
What is Big Stick Diplomacy?