Supreme Court Cases
This 1973 Supreme Court case legalized abortion nationwide based on a constitutional right to privacy.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This war, fought from 1861–1865, determined whether the United States would remain united and whether slavery would continue.
Question: What is the Civil War?
This 1930 tariff raised duties on thousands of imports, worsening global trade during the Great Depression.
What is the Smoot-Hawley Tariff?
This Reconstruction amendment guaranteed birthright citizenship and equal protection under the law.
What is the 14th Amendment?
In his first inaugural address, this president stated that "there is nothing to fear but fear itself."
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
This 1944 Supreme Court case upheld the constitutionality of Japanese American internment during World War II.
What is Korematsu v. United States?
This Cold War conflict ended in a stalemate near the 38th parallel and solidified the policy of containment in Asia.
What is the Korean War?
This 1994 agreement reduced trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, creating one of the world’s largest free trade zones.
What is NAFTA?
This amendment granted women the right to vote nationwide in 1920.
What is the 19th Amendment?
A progressive at home and an imperialist abroad, his president championed the “Square Deal,” busted trusts, and helped mediate the end of the Russo-Japanese War.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This 1919 Supreme Court case upheld limits on free speech during wartime and introduced the “clear and present danger” doctrine.
What is Schenck v. United States?
This conflict, sometimes called “Mr. Madison’s War,” increased American nationalism despite major military setbacks, including the burning of Washington, D.C.
What is the War of 1812?
This 1828 tariff earned the nickname “Tariff of Abominations” due to Southern opposition over higher taxes on imported goods.
What is the Tariff of 1828?
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This president’s administration became associated with the “Corrupt Bargain” following the election of 1824.
Who is John Quincy Adams?
This 1824 Supreme Court decision strengthened federal authority by ruling that Congress could regulate interstate commerce.
Question: What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This battle marked the turning point of the American Revolution and encouraged France to join the war effort.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1944 international economic system established fixed currency exchange rates and created institutions such as the IMF and World Bank. (Named after where the conference was held)
What is the Bretton Woods System?
This amendment was passed largely in response to Franklin D. Roosevelt serving four terms as president, and concerns about executive power by formally restricting the number of presidential terms.
What is the 22nd Amendment?
Nicknamed the “Little Magician,” This president continued many Jacksonian policies but became unpopular due to the economic crisis known as the Panic of 1837.
Who is Martin Van Buren?
This 1832 Supreme Court case ruled that Georgia laws had no authority within Cherokee territory, though Andrew Jackson refused to strongly enforce the decision.
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
This 1899–1902 conflict erupted after the United States acquired islands in the Pacific from Spain, as local nationalists resisted American imperial control.
What is the Philippine-American War?
This late 19th-century economic debate centered on whether U.S. currency should be backed solely by gold or by both gold and silver.
What is the free silver debate (or bimetallism debate)?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 during the Vietnam War era.
What is the 26th Amendment?
This president served the shortest presidency in U.S. history, dying just 31 days after taking office in 1841.
Who is William Henry Harrison?