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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plessy v Ferguson | The decision in 1896 which declared segregation was legal (separate but equal seen as acceptable) |
| George Wallace | The governor of Alabama who demanded "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever!” |
| Poll Taxes & Literacy Tests | Ways to prevent African Americans from voting |
| Jim Crow Laws | Laws designed to separate the races in public facilities |
| W.E.B. DuBois | Urged African Americans to stand up and fight for rights |
| Booker T. Washington | Urged African Americans to gain an education |
| Brown v Board | Overturned the doctrine of "separate but equal” |
| Montgomery Bus Boycott | Boycott sparked by Rosa Parks that took place in Alabama |
| Martin Luther King Jr's “I Have a Dream” Speech | Given in Washington DC, during the March on Washington |
| Little Rock Nine | The nickname given to the students who integrated central high school in Arkansas |
| Black Power | Facial theory promoted by Malcolm X and others |
| Malcolm X | Minister of the Nation of Islam |
| Black Panthers | Civil rights group founded by Bobby Seal and Huey Newton |
| Jackie Robinson & Integration | Supported the idea of integration when Robinson became a Dodger |
| James Earl Ray | Assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. |
| Marcus Garvey | Promoted the “Back to Africa Movement” |
| SCLC | Dr. King served as this organization’s first president. The organization sought to secure civil rights using christian techniques of protest |
| Thurgood Marshall | The first African American Supreme Court Justice |
| The majority of immigrants entering New York were processed and inspected here | Ellis Island |
| This invention allowed Ford to produce more affordable cars | Assembly Line Production & Henry Ford |
| Progressives | Believed society would only improve because of increased government action |
| Muckrakers | Authors who exposed corruption in society and demanded reform |
| Flappers | Nickname of the rebellious women in the 1920s |
| 1929 Stock Market Crash | Started the Great Depression: Herbert Hoover was the president at the time |
| FDR & The New Deal | FDR created this program to fix the problems of the Great Depression |
| Social Security | Provided retirement benefits to older Americans |
| During the 1950s people began moving here at a record pace | Suburbs |
| The “King of Rock and Roll” during the 1950s | Elvis Presley |
| JFK was elected in 1960 over Richard Nixon largely because of these | JFK’s televised debates |
| Lee Harvey Oswald | Man who assassinated JFK |
| Woodstock | A rock concert which brought national attention to 1960’s youth culture |
| Neil Armstrong | The first man on the moon |
| Richard Nixon forced from office by this scandal | Watergate Scandal |
| The Feminine Mystique & Betty Friedan | Feminist book published in 1963: challenged roles of women |
| Roe v Wade | Supreme Court Case that granted women the right to choose to have an abortion |
| Clinton’s Impeachment | President Clinton became the only 2nd president to be impeached |
| Obama’s Affordable Care Act | 2010 law that expanded healthcare coverage |
| Valentine’s Day Massacre | Gang violence during prohibition orchestrated by Al Capone |
| Alcoholic beverages were made illegal by this amendment | 18th Amendment |
| The stock market crash of October 29, 1929 | Black Tuesday |
| FDR’s radio broadcasts to the nation | FDR’s Fireside Chats |
| Three Mile Island Incident | Site of a nuclear powder plant accident in 1979 |
| 1992 LA Riots | Violent riots broke out after police officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King, an African-American man (caught on film) |
| Trickle-Down Economics | Theory that encouraged tax breaks for corporations and the wealthy as a way to stimulate the economy: championed by President Reagan |
| Rock n’ Roll | A new form of music developed in the 1950s |
| 1979 event in which 52 Americans were taken hostage | Iran Hostage Crisis |
| Heavyweight boxing champion who refused to fight in vietnam | Muhammad Ali |
| Infamous public safety commissioner of Birmingham Alabama who used dogs and fire hoses on African American demonstrators | Bull Connor |
| Miscegenation | The mixing of races that was violently opposed by groups like the KKK |
| AIDS Crisis | Public health epidemic seen first in 1981, caused by the HIV virus |
| Donald Trump | Elected president in 2016, election for 2nd term in 2024. One of only 2 presidents in U.S. History to serve non consecutive terms (Cleveland) |
| Joe Biden | First presidential candidate to receive over 80 million votes |
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