The EOC Games

Years of World War I

Ruled that students had the right to wear armbands to school to protest the Vietnam War?

Political machines were...

Which of these was a major goal of Jane Addams's Settlement House movement in Chicago?

Who believed that African Americans should gradually achieve equality through jobs/education?

Intended to stop monopolies that prevented fair competition sometimes used against labor unions

The reason given by U.S. leaders to justify military involvement in Vietnam was that it would--

Gave the President Congress War Powers during the Vietnam War, allowed him to escalate the war

Voters can vote directly to introduce bills and vote on whether they want it passed

Abolished slavery

Abolished the use of poll taxes

What was the Office of War Information responsible for doing in the United States during WWII?

The policy of Reaganomics was based on the theory that--

Means the powers of government are divided between the federal gov. and the states.

Year the Great Depression began

Prohibited unfair practices by RR (such as charging more for shorter routes than long ones)

Passed by Clinton, establishes rules for global trade and settles trade disputes?

Reagan secretly traded weapons to Iran for money, which he used to support Nicaraguan rebels.

Prohibited the manufacture, sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages

Year that the Spanish-American War started

Required changes in school finance to increase funding for students in poorer school districts?

Who co-founded NAACP and believed African Americans should demand equality?

Document begins with "We the people of the United States." Basis for how our government runs.

Rules "Separate but equal is not equal" in public education?

Bills could be put on the ballot for voter approval

Elected officials could be removed from office by voters before their term was up

Assassination of MLK happened during this year

President Johnson told Americans they were winning Vietnam, journalists reported otherwise.

Means the people elect representatives to represent them.

Senator Joseph McCarthy is best known for his involvement in--

Senators were no longer chosen by state legislature and were elected directly by the people

Prohibits denying people the right to vote based on their race.

Agreement that Nixon signed with the Soviet Union to limit Nuclear Missile build up/defenses?

Voting age lowered to 18; was passed primarily because of the Vietnam draft

What event immediately caused the U.S to enter World War I?

Year Sputnik was launched

The main reason for the United States' direct involvement in World War II was--

The Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War had the effect of--

Means " out of many [comes] one"

Banned sex discrimination in Ed. institutions and guaranteed girls same opportunities as boys.

What event immediately caused the U.S to enter the Spanish-American War?

During the nineteenth century one way political bosses gained voter support was by--

Document begins with "We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal."

Created the graduated income tax

Years of World War II

As a result of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the U.S.--

How does the 1966 Supreme Court decision in Miranda v. Arizona continue to affect society?

Granted citizenship, equal protection of the laws, and due process to ALL Americans

Gave 160 acres of western land to any citizen who lived on it and made improvements for 5 years

Extended suffrage to women

Encouraged assimilation of Native Americans by giving tribal lands and setting up schools

US forces would gradually be reduced in Vietnam, and S. Vietnam would take over fighting

Year that the U.S. landed on the Moon

Scandal in which a Harding Cabinet member leased oil-rich government lands for a bribe?

The powers of the government come from the consent of the governed (the people)

The policy of relaxing tensions with the Soviet Union under President Nixon

Limits the President to two terms; was passed after FDR's died during his third term

Event resulted in the arrests of suspects and the deportation of people suspected of Communism?

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 eliminated--

Repealed Prohibition

Trade association with Mexico, Canada, and U.S. to stimulate all three economies?

Mendez v. Westminister and Delgado v. Bastrop played a role in protecting Mexican Americans by-

One legacy of FDR's New Deal was--

Womens' right to privacy allows them to end a pregnancy within the first 3 months?

Year that the Cold War Ends

Created the Doctrine of "separate but equal."