The Document
The first three words of the Constitution
We the people
She opened the first settlement house in Chicago
Jane Addams
Ended with the Treaty of Versailles not being fully ratified by the US Senate.
WWI
The Reconstruction Amendments led to the rise of the KKK and Jim Crowe, which led to the Great Migration, which led to the
Harlem Renaissance
This Robber Barron ran Standard Oil Company and was the richest man in the world during his time.
John Rockefeller
During the 1950s these four words were added to all US currency to further distinguish the US from anti-religious Communist states.
In God We Trust
She was the first US Supreme Court Justice.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Led to the Servicemen's Readjustment Act, also known as the GI Bill.
WWII
Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ)
This Robber Barron was known for his failed company town that produced train cars and helped build the railroad industry.
George Pullman
Voting is an optional form of civic duty, but this type could get you arrested if you choose not to participate.
Jury Duty
She changed the role of first lady in the 1930s. And she had a secret girlfriend. Ooooh la laaaaa
Eleanor Roosevelt
This war was never fully ended, only met with an armistice (cease fire). Which is why we still maintain military bases there to this day.
Korean War
This man started the NAACP.
WE DuBois
Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall was the headquarters for this type of operation in New York City.
Political Machine
In the 1930s FDR threated to do this to the Supreme Court if his New Deal agenda was not affirmed.
Pack, or expand
In 2008 she became a first of her kind for First Ladies.
Michelle Obama
Part of the agreement to resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis was for the US to forever leave this leader alone, and stop trying to assonate him.
Fidel Castro
This landmark case was issued in 1954.
Brown V. Board of Education
Eventually this law passed and targeted greedy monopoly owners.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
This amendment is best known for providing citizenship to newly freed ex-slaves, but it also transfers due process rights to the states.
14th
She famously said, "thank you, but I'd prefer not to".
Rosa Parks
Both US wars with Iraq involved interest in oil, but the second war was said to be in search of these, which were never found.
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMDS)
He became the first black Supreme Court Justice.
Thurgood Marshall
JP Morgan was the robber barren of this industry.
Banking