Civil Rights
These laws were instituted in the South after Reconstruction to segregate public places and schools
What are Jim Crow laws?
US foreign policy before the late 1800s can be best summed up by this word which begins with the letter "i"
What is isolationism?
This president served during the Depression and WWII
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This amendment instituted Prohibition, and was later repealed by the 21st Amendment
What is the 18th?
This city was divided until November 1989, and the fall of its wall marked the end of the Cold War
What is Berlin?
The Supreme Court case in 1954 that ended segregation in public schools
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The desire to take overseas colonies to create an empire is known by this word, which also starts with the letter "i"
What is imperialism?
This president served during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Bay of Pigs invasion
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th?
Ronald Reagan wanted to institute the Strategic Defense Initiative, which was nicknamed after this sci-fi movie
What is Star Wars?
This civil rights leader, who disagreed with W.E.B. DuBois, created the Tuskegee Institute
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The explosion of this battleship in the Havana harbor was the cause of the Spanish-American War
What is the USS Maine?
This president served during the Vietnam War and was responsible for the Watergate scandal
Who is Richard M. Nixon?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th?
Winston Churchill used this two-word term to describe the divide between Eastern and Western Europe
What is the Iron Curtain?
This President who followed JFK signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This man, who was president during WWI, created the Fourteen Points
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This post-Civil War amendment grants citizenship to all people who were born here (including African-Americans)
What is the 14th?
This French word describes Nixon's decreasing of tensions between the US and USSR/China during the 1970s
What is detente?
The Montgomery bus boycott and "Bloody Sunday" in Selma were two key moments in the civil rights movement that occurred in this state
What is Alabama?
Part of the Fourteen Points, which was rejected by the US Senate, involved the creation of this international organization
What is the League of Nations?
This president made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
Who is Harry S Truman?
This amendment called for the direct election of senators (remember: tax senators who don't drink with women...)
What is the 17th?
This married couple were convicted of being Soviet spies and were executed in the early 1950s
Who are the Rosenbergs?