This War began in August 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles.
What is World War I?
100
July 4, 1776
What is the date the Declaration of Independence is signed?
100
1920s court case associated with William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow
What is Scopes v State of Tennessee?
100
This military alliance brought together the United states, France, Great Britain, Italy, and eight other noncommunist nations with a pledge of mutual protection.
What is NATO? (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
200
Guarantees that citizens cannot be denied the right to votte because of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
200
Key events during this war include the invasion at Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Holocaust.
What is World War II?
200
1787
What is the year that the Constitutional Convention meets in Philadelphia to draft the US Constitution?
200
Court case that supported the separate but equal doctrine of the southern states
What is Plessy v Ferguson?
200
The stock market crashes, marking the beginning of this tragic period in American History.
What is the Great Depression?
300
Gives Congress the Power to collect an income tax
What is the 16th Amendment?
300
These wars were fought because of a desire to spread communism.
What are the Korean and Vietnam Wars?
300
1861
What is the year that Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President of the United States?
300
Overturned the separate but equal doctrine
What is Brown v Board of Education of Topeka?
300
This document lists the reasons why colonists were unhappy with British rule.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
400
Mandates that senators be elected by popular vote
What is the 17th Amendment?
400
The explotion of the USS Maine in the harbor at Havana Cuba.
What caused the start of the Spanish-American War?
400
1917
What is the year that the United States declares war on Germany?
400
Ruled it was unconstitutional for public schools to set aside a rigid quota of positions for students based on race
What is the University of California v Bakke
400
Claimed that he had a list of more than 200 communists who worked for the U.S. State Department? This launched a vicious anticommunist atmosphere causing people to lose their jobs and be subjected to public humiliation.
Who is Joseph McCarthy? (McCarthyism)
500
Guarantees women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
500
The bombing of Fort Sumter in South Carolina marked the beginning of this 1861 war.
What is the Civil War?
500
June 6, 1944
What is the day that allied troops invade Normandy? Also known as D-Day
500
Court case which rejected claim to "an absolute, unqualified Presidential privilege of immunity from judicial process under all circumstances."
What is United States v Nixon?
500
The launch of this artificial satellite into space in 1957 caused shocked Americans to acknowledge Russia's scientific authority. the reult was the establishment of NASA. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)