Presidents
This president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This amendment guarantees freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.
1st Amendment
This Supreme Court Case, which ruled “separate but equal” as constitutional, led to segregation for almost 70 more years.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This document established the first government of the United States before the Constitution.
Articles of Confederation
A system in which businesses are privately owned and operated for profit.
Capitalism
This president created the New Deal to combat the Great Depression.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
13th Amendment
The sinking of the Lusitania led to the United States entering this foreign conflict.
WWI
This 1773 protest against taxation without representation involved colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarding British ships.
Boston Tea Party
The policy of preventing the spread of communism.
Containment
This president resigned from office because of the Watergate scandal.
Richard Nixon
This amendment granted women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
The assasination of Abraham Lincoln led to this man, much less popular than Abe, becoming president.
Andrew Jackson
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
Marbury vs. Madison
Media and newspaper coverage that exaggerates stories to attract readers and influence public opinion.
This president purchased the Louisiana Territory from France and sent Lewis & Clark to explore the new land.
This amendment repealed Prohibition.
21st Amendment
Fear of foreign spies and espionage caused President Franklin D. Roosevelt to open these detention centers across the western part of America
Internment Camps
This president warned against political parties and foreign alliances in his Farewell Address.
George Washington
The belief that the United States was destined to expand across North America.
Manifest Destiny
This president signed the Patriot Act into law, increasing surveillance on American citizens
George W. Bush
This amendment guarantees equal protection under the law and citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States.
14th Amendment (5th acceptable)
The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, led to this broader U.S. foreign policy initiative.
War on Terror
This compromise created a bicameral legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other.
Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
The practice of hiring government employees based on political connections and support.