Period 6 1865-1898
This 1865 amendment to the U.S. Constitution officially abolished slavery.
What is 13th Amendment?
Jouurnalists during Progressive Era who exposed problems in American society.
Muckrakers
Name given to Lyndon Johnson's domestic program to combat poverty.
Great Society
First business man to be elected President.
Who is Donald Trump?
1776
What is Declaration of Independence?
This Supreme Court decision undermined the 14th Amendment by arguin "separate but equal"
Whay is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Sensationalized news coverage during Spanish-American War.
What is Yellow Journalism?
This 1954 Supreme Court case declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
President who challenged communism in the 1980s.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
2001
What is 9/11 attacks?
1929
Balck Tuesday/Black Thursday
This 1862 act offered 160 acres of public land to settlers who would farm it for five years.
What is Homestaed Act?
This Progressive Era reformer opened Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.
Who is Jane Addams?
Turning point in the Vietnam War.
What is Tet Offensive?
This economic policy, associated with Reagan, emphasized tax cuts and deregulation to stimulate growth.
What is supply side economics (reaganomics, trickle down)?
1861-65
Civil War
2020
COVID
First federal law paased by Congress to break up monopolies; was ineffective
What is Sherman Anti Trust Act?
Congressional law that enforced the 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
Volstead Act
The Truman Doctrine made this principle the cornerstone of US Foreign Policy during the Cold War.
What is containment?
Bill Clinton's free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada
NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)
1754-1763
French-Indian War
This educational reformer and Tuskegee Institute founder advocated for vocational training for African Americans.
Who is Booker T Washington?
Resolution promised the U.S. would not annex Cuba when the Spanish-American War ended.
Teller Amendment
Carter brokered this peace agreement between Israel and Egypt.
What are Camp David Accords?
This law passed after 9/11 was criticized for violating people's privacy and civil rights.
What is the Patriot Act?
1968
Tet Offensive
assasination MLK OR RFK
DNC Violoence
LBJ drops out