1920s and Great Depression
What invention contributed most to the development of a national popular culture in the 1920’s?
Radio
How were minorities (Native, African, Hispanic, and Asian Americans) impacted by the Great Depression
They often lost jobs to White laborers
_________allowed the United States to send “all aid short of war” to Britain despite its status as a neutral nation early in World War II
Lend-Lease Act
What group sent observers into the streets armed with law books and shotguns to protect Black people from police mistreatment in the 1960s?
Black Panthers
What did the Supreme Court decide in Roe v. Wade?
They ruled that ruled that abortion was legal
What happened on Black Tuesday?
Stock prices fell and the stock market crashed
What was one objective of the Social Security Act?
To lessen poverty in retirement
To assist disabled Americans
To help children of single parents
Roosevelt organized the top secret ____ to develop the atomic bomb.
Manhatten Project
What lawsuit was brought before the Supreme Court to challenge the constitutionality of school segregation laws?
Brown v. Board of Education
What group are Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta famous for founding?
United Farm Workers
Describe the economy of the 1920s
Stock prices rose and the economy appeared healthy
Name 3 causes of the Great Depression (100 points for each cause)
Overproduction, underconsumption, tarrifs, bank runs
List three reasons Japan attacked the United States on December 7, 1941 (100 points each).
Blockade of vital resources to Japan
Freeze of Japanese assets in American banks
American loans to Japan’s enemy, China
How did President Eisenhower respond to the refusal to desegregate a school in Little Rock, Arkansas?
He sent in federal troops to enforce the school's integration.
Why are the Stonewall Riots significant?
They marked the beginning of the Gay Rights movement
Which piece of legislation outlawed the “manufacture sale, or transportation of” alcohol in the United States?
18th Amendment
List two reasons that Mexican Americans were forcefully deported (repatriated) during the Great Depression. (200 points each)
To reduce unemployment
To reduce government spending/economic reliance
Policies such as isolationism and appeasement allowed countries such as Japan, Germany, and Italy to do what in the late 1930’s?
Begin invading neighboring lands
What is the name of the call by many civil rights activists, beginning in the mid-1960s, for African Americans to have economic and political power?
Black Power
What group was responsible for the occupation of Alcatraz Island, the Trail of Broken Treaties, and the Longest Walk?
American Indian Movement (AIM)
The 1932 presidential election served as a turning point in the way Americans viewed what?
The responsibilities of the federal government
How did the New Deal change the role of the Federal Government?
Increased the federal government’s role in the economy and for improving the lives of citizens
What did the Supreme Court decide in the case Korematsu v. United States?
Japanese Americans’ civil rights can be set aside in a time of war
What organization decided to use Rosa Parks' refusal to give up her seat as a test case against segregation?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
Name 2 laws that prohibit discrimination based on disability (250 points each)
Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504)
Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)