Presidents
This president went against his strict small government views when he signed the Louisiana purchase, thus expanding federal powers
Thomas Jefferson
SCOTUS case that ruled that all school must be desegregated. Sparked the African-American Civil Rights Movement
Brown v. BOE
Policy first put in place by Truman that aimed to stop the spread of Communism. Also was the basis for American foreign policy from the mid to late 20th century
Containment Policy
This decade of unrest saw widespread protests, the rise of counterculture, and a push for civil rights
The sixties
Amendment that gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
President responded to the Whiskey Rebellion which demonstrated the effectiveness of the new constitution
George Washington
SCOTUS case that protected abortion rights for the first two trimesters of pregnancy. Was later overruled in 2022
Roe v Wade
Explain the Missouri Compromise
The agreement in which one contested state was admitted as a slave-holding state, the other as a free state, and slavery was prohibited in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of latitude 36°30
What president was known for his use of the Veto, the bank war, and the spoils system.
Andrew Jackson (7th president 🫲🤪 🫱)
Organization made up of mostly women who pushed for progressive policies such as equal voting rights and prohibition
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
What progressive president developed the 14 points for peace?
Woodrow Wilson
This SCOTUS case established the "separate but equal" ruling that would inspire many Jim Crow laws.
Plessy v Ferguson
Doctrine issued in 1823 that declared the Western Hemisphere closed to further European colonization and warned against European interference in American affairs.
Monroe Doctrine
The Great Society
This amendment would have guaranteed paid maternity leave for women as well as protected abortion rights, had it ever actually passed.
Equal Rights Amendment
This President allowed the states to dictate their own reconstruction policies and pass black codes. Was also the first to be impeached.
Andrew Johnson
This case claimed that African Americans (freed or enslaved) were unable to be US citizens.
Dred Scott v Sanford
Policy that provided economic aid to Western Europe to prevent the spread of Communism after WWII
Marshall Plan
Thomas Paine's pamphlet, published in Jan
1776🫲🤪 🫱, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence. What was the name of that pamphlet
Common Sense
Journalist who in the late 1800's into the early 1900's highlighted the epidemic of lynchings in the south
Ida B. Wells
Nickname for Monroe's presidency that reflected a rising sense of nationalism (1817-1825).
The Era of Good Feelings
This SCOTUS case established judicial review
Marbury v Madison
Congressional reconstruction was a series of policies during the Reconstruction era after the Civil War. Congressional Reconstruction required southern states to ratify the Civil War Amendments before the could rejoin the union. What were these 3 amendments and what did they do?
13th - Abolished Slavery
14th - Gave citizenship to formerly enslaved people
15th- Extended voting rights to people of color.
The reconstruction era came to an end in 1877. Name the event that finally brought an end to reconstruction and briefly explain it.
The Great Compromise.
- Gave the presidency to Rutherford B. Hayes
- Pulled troops out of the South
The idea that women should take charge of educating their children in the ways of the new republic after the American Revolution
What is Republican Motherhood?