Amendments
Prohibition
18th
13 day event, closest the USA ever got to war with Soviet Union
Cuban Missile Crisis
160 acres for free if you farm it for a minimum of 5 years
Homestead Act
Name of Upton Sinclair's expose on the meat packing industry working conditions
The Jungle
Alabama Gov. that refused to integrate schools
George Wallace
Women's Suffrage
19th
Separated East and West Berlin
Berlin Wall
LBJ's version of the New Deal
Great Society
Plessey v. Ferguson
Founder of Tuskegee University
Booker T. Washington
Repeal of 18th Amendment
21st
Domino Theory
New Deal program that was essential in building dams, therefore creating hydro-electric power
TVA
Signals the beginning of the Great Depression
Stock Market Crash
Court Case that overturned Plessey v. Ferguson
Brown vs Board of Ed of Topeka Kansas
Income Tax
16th
Stopping the spread of communism
Containment
Hampered Cuba's ability to govern themselves
Platt Amendment
Name of Rockefeller's monopoly/trust
Standard Oil
First African American President in United States History
Barrack Obama
Direct Election of Senators
17th
Failed invasion in Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Selecting persons for gov. jobs based on an exam score
Pendleton Act
What does NAFTA stand for?
North American Free Trade Agreement
City in which MLK was assassinated
Memphis