People of the 20th Century
Famous Civil Rights leader who used Non-violent means to gain advances for Black people
Martin Luther King Jr.
minorities and women
What was the significance of Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech?
Concern of democratic nations over Soviet expansion in Eastern Europe. (Spread of Communism)
What was the significance of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision?
Established "separate, but equal" doctrine
Name one of the two main reasons why people immigrate to the United States.
Political freedom and economic opportunity
Famous Civil Rights leader who believed black power and force was necessary to gain equality.
Malcolm X
D-Day
What plan called for helping the Western European countries recover from WWII by accepting money from the U.S. in exchange for an alliance against communism?
Marshall Plan
This Supreme court case overturned "separate, but equal".
Brown v. Board of Education
What 1980s President was a conservative Republican who favored tax cuts?
Ronald Reagan
The President in office when the 9/11 terrorist attack occured.
George W. Bush
What was the reason the Supreme Court believed the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II was necessary?
militarily necessary
What country was divided in democratic and communist spheres of influence after WWII?
Germany (also, the city of Berlin)
The term for when White Southerners who stood against the enforcement of desegregating schools.
Massive resistance
He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1991, making him the second African-American appointed to the Court.
Clarence Thomas
This President claims the election of 202 was "stolen" due to illegal voting.
Donald Trump
This event pull the United States into WWII.
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Why did America go to war in Korea and Vietnam?
Containment of communism
Rosa Park, in breaking the law and sitting in a front bus seat, triggered this event
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Who was the only American president to resign from office?
Richard Nixon
The President that stated " Ask not for what your country can do for you, but ask what you can do for your country".
John F. Kennedy
The determination of most Japanese soldiers to fight to the death rather than surrender led to President Truman decision to do this.
Drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The symbolic event that ends the Cold War
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Who was the President who signed the Civil and Voting Rights Acts of 1964 and 1965?
Lyndon B. Johnson
The first woman to serve on the United States Supreme Court
Sandra Day O'Connor