Progressivism
This movement aimed to address issues with industrialization
What is the Progressive movement?
This belief states that it is God's desire for the US to stretch to the Pacific Ocean
What is Manifest Destiny?
This early civil rights leader pushed for immediate civil rights and higher education for recently released slaves.
Who is WEB Du Bois?
This Supreme Court ruling legalized abortion nationally
What is Roe v Wade?
This court case established the belief of 'separate but equal.'
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
Two leaders from the Progressive movement went on to become presidents. Name one.
Who is Teddy Roosevelt / Woodrow Wilson?
This technology revolutionized the way goods and people were transported throughout the US
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
This leader led the 'Back to Africa' movement.
Who is Garvey?
This scandal revealed that Nixon had encouraged White House employees to break into the Democratic National Headquarters
What is Watergate?
This election is one of the most controversial and was decided by the Supreme Court based upon the results of a Florida recount
What is the election of 2000 (Bush v Gore)?
These journalists wanted to unveil issues within urban industries
Who are muckrakers?
The Mexican- American war occurred due to the annexation of what US State?
What is Texas?
The United Farm Workers' Union was founded by this individual and advocated for better wages and working conditions for farmworkers
Who is Caesar Chavez?
This bill made education more accessible for military veterans
What is the GI Bill?
A landmark 1944 Supreme Court case that upheld the government's internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
What is Korematsu v the US
These apartments were known to be overcrowded, with poor craftmanship, and low ventilation.
What is tenement housing?
This compromise led to CA being admitted as a free state, but strengthened the fugitive slave act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This African American civil rights leader believed in civil disobedience and nonviolence. He gave the famous 'I have a Dream' speech.
Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?
A conservative movement from the 1970s–80s promoting free markets, traditional values, and a strong national defense.
What is the New Right?
This court case rules that a slave's status on a citizen was not dependent on where they were living
What is Dredd Scott v Sanford?
This group was made to protest low crop prices, high railroad costs, and other issues relating to agriculture.
What is the Farmers Alliance?
The Kansas-Nebraska Act led to the widespread use of popular sovereignty. However, this also caused a riot which had severe consequences in regards to sectionalism. What is the name of this riot?
What is the Bleeding Kansas riot?
This book by Betty Friedan ignited the modern women’s rights movement, challenging traditional roles for women.
What is Feminine Mystique?
A term used by Nixon in 1969 to describe Americans who quietly supported his policies, particularly in Vietnam, but didn’t protest publicly.
What is the Silent Majority?
This court case established the policy of judicial review in the US
What is Marbury v Madison?