Amendments
The right to petition is provided by this amendment
1st Amendment
The Idea that government should have a hands off approach to the economy.
what is laissez faire?
This law was the first to restrict immigration to the United States
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This coordinated attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in human history
September 11th Terrorist Attacks
This is the process of people adopting American values
Americanization (assimilation)
Women were guaranteed the right to vote as a result of this amendment
19th Amendment
This Progressive Era policy targeted monopolies by allowing the federal government to break up businesses that unfairly limited competition.
What is trust-busting?
The government passed this law to encourage more people to move out west during the 1800's
The Homestead Act
Scandal that resulted in distrust of the government and the first resignation of a president
The Watergate Scandal
The process of cities becoming the primary places of residence and economic activity
Urbanization
This is the only amendment to have another amendment repealing it
18th Amendment
This New Deal program provided jobs through government-funded public works projects during the Great Depression.
What is the Works Progress Administration (WPA)?
This act required that livestock be slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
The Meat Inspection Act
This event was the beginning of Allied operations in mainland Europe during World War II
D-Day or Operation Overlord
An approach where there is little to no government involvement
Laissez-Faire
This amendment was used as the basis for the majority of legislation and court decisions in the Civil Right Movement
14th Amendment
This 1980s economic approach argued that lowering taxes on businesses and wealthy individuals would encourage investment and stimulate economic growth.
What is Reaganomics?
A lack of men joining the military is the reason this law was created
The Selective Service Act
Event in Havana Harbor that resulted in the beginning of the Spanish American War
The Sinking of the USS Maine
System that focuses on the collective as opposed to the individual
Communism
This amendment gives the federal government the power to collect income taxes
16th Amendment
This set of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s programs expanded the role of the federal government in the economy during the Great Depression.
What is the New Deal?
All places in society were desegregated by this law
The Civil Rights of 1964
this event led to the United States joining WW1.
Sinking of the Lusitania/ Zimmerman Telegram
Extreme pride in one's country or culture, often advocating for self-determination or a nation-state
Nationalism