WW2 and the "American" Homefront
This is the number of Japanese-Americans who were forcibly interned at camps across the United States during WW2.
roughly 110,000 - 120,000 Japanese-Americans.
This is the name of the multi-nation group who worked to protect Western Europe from Communism and the USSR.
NATO; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization
This is the name of the organization made by college students to fund and support non-violent civil rights protests.
the S.N.C.C.; the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
This 1954 SCOTUS ruling found that segregated schools were unconstitutional.
Brown v. the Board of Education
This is considered to be the minimum level of income needed to cover basic needs, as set by the U.S. Census Bureau.
the Poverty Line.
Name TWO groups of people that ended up being put into German Concentration Camps during WW2.
Jews, Political Prisoners, Homosexuals, Criminals, Prisoners of War, Jehovah's Witnesses, "A-Social" People, undesirable peoples, etc.
Name TWO of the USSR's satellite nations during the Cold War.
Albania, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania
This domestic terrorist group saw a Resurgence during the Civil Rights Movement, wherein the amount of violence, lynchings, bombings, and threats of more swelled in southern states.
the KKK.
In 1968, he became the first African-American man to join the Supreme Court of the United States.
Thurgood Marshall.
This is the name of the action when the minority in the Senate delays or blocks a vote.
Filibuster.
The names of the TWO cities upon which the United States dropped atomic bombs in 1945.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
During the Cold War, these were the TWO opposing economic theories that were being fought for all around the world.
Capitalism vs. Communism.
When ratified in 1964, the 24th Amendment did this.
Banned Poll Taxes.
In 1968, she became the first African-American woman elected to Congress, and she eventually went on to run for President of the United States.
Shirley Chisholm.
This is the controlled rationing of resources, goods, services, etc. in order to make sure that there is a fair distribution.
Rationing.
These were the TWO "theaters" of war where the combat was concentrated during WW2.
the Pacific and European Theaters.
The goal of this agreement was to reduce the number of long-range ballistic missiles each side could have/make.
S.A.L.T.; Strategic Arms Limitations Talks.
This is the estimated number of people who convened in Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington to protest racial discrimination, and where they heard the "I Have a Dream" speech from Dr. MLK, Jr.
> 200,000 people.
Name two types of "active" resistance used during the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.
Boycotts, Hunger Strikes, Petitions, Sit-Ins, Strikes, and Marches and Demonstrations.
A name for the improvement of "blighted" areas in cities to increase safety, to increase property values, and to increase local populations.
Urban Renewal.
This is the length of time that many Japanese-Americans spent in the Internment Camps.
roughly 3 years.
This was the name of the actions taken by students and staff at schools to protect themselves during a nuclear explosion.
"Duck and Cover" drills.
This is the name given to the African-American students who needed to be escorted by the 101st Airborne (the Army) so they could enter their recently-desegregated high school in Arkansas in 1957.
the "Little Rock Nine".
Name TWO of the five major spending programs of President LBJ's "Great Society" Plan.
Education, Transportation, Medical Care, Urban Issues, and Rural Poverty.
An ultranationalist, authoritarian government characterized by dictatorial power, forcible suppression of opposition, and favoring the good of the nation over the needs of the individual.
Fascism.