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This man led American settlers into Texas for the first time in the 1820s. His name is found in the state's capital.
Who is Stephen Austin?
In this famed SCOTUS case, several newspapers retaliated against President Richard Nixon's injunction against anti-war publications.
What is New York Times Co. v. United States?
America launched an invasion of Mexico in 1914 to protect American investments and infrastructure, capturing this port city - one captured by Winfield Scott just 70 years prior.
Where is Veracruz?
This term can be used to describe California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, and Florida, which all saw major growth economically and population wise in the 21st century.
What is "The Sun Belt"?
"He was a triumphant general (like Washington) and a rural lawyer (like Jefferson), a staunch unionist (Washington) and a friend of legitimate states' rights (Jefferson), a commanding personality (Washington) and a man of the people (Jefferson), a scourge of the British (Washington) and a champion of New Orleans (Jefferson)."
Who is Jackson?
By the 1920s, the image of frontier pioneers became part of popular culture just as Americans were becoming more urban and more settled. They began to develop a nostalgia for pioneering in the 19th century, an idea furthered by Little House on the Prairie, by this female author.
Who is Laura Ingalls Wilder?
In this famed SCOTUS case, the Supreme Court ruled that laws forbidding the use of contraceptives were unconstitutional because they violated the privacy rights of individuals.
What is Griswold v. Connecticut?
This writer wrote "Sociology for the South", providing a pro-slavery argument. He states that, " the relation of master and slave is one of mutual good will.... The slave always has a home, always an interest in the proceeds of the soil."
Who is Fitzhugh?
President Barack Obama pushed for comprehensive immigration reform but was met with opposition in the House of Representatives. In 2012, it approved this program, which protected minors whose parents were undocumented immigrants.
What is DACA?
Who is Hamilton?
A group of abolitionists founded this political party in 1840, a party that differed in opinion with William Lloyd Garrison's belief that the Constitution is an anti-slavery document.
What is the Liberty Party?
By 1968, the war in Vietnam seemed nearly unwinnable. After Vietcong forces launched the Tet Offensive, America began questioning its involvement in the war. In 1969, this 1968 event became known to the American public, fueling anti-war sentiment.
What is the My Lai Massacre?
These two ironclads fought for the first time in the Civil War, marking a significant shift in Naval development, importance, and tactics.
What are Monitor and Merrimac?
In 2004, the release of photographs of United States Army personnel humiliating and abusing prisoners at this Iraqi detention center cast light on new tactics used by the United States in its handling of prisoners in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks.
What is Abu Ghraib?
"That same year, he composed his Thoughts on Government, brimming with specific ideas about the ideal state constitution. Several of his signature proposals -- term limits for all public servants, and absolute executive veto...did not make their way into the Massachusetts Constitution."
Who is John Adams?
This ideology, that woman should confine their activities to the private sphere, exerted a powerful influence on middle-class society in the Antebellum period. However, women like Dorothea Dix challenged these ideals, leading to the foundation of the Female Moral Reform Society in 1834.
What is "Cult of domesticity"?
The SDS (Students for a Democratic Society) was founded by college students in the 1960s, adopting this document as a pillar of their values, helping develop the "New Left".
What is the Port Huron Statement?
These two SCOTUS cases (Name one) were both major parts of the abolition movement. In one, the Supreme Court overruled the arrest of a slave catcher in Pennsylvania. In the other, an 1859 case, a slave was found not guilty for resisting arrest by a slave catcher.
What are Prigg v. Pennsylvania and Ableman v. Booth?
Several states have passed "Right-to-work" laws, which are enabled by this 1947 act. They have undermined the power and strength of the union movement.
What is the Taft-Harley Act?
"[He] rises. He was a Washington man--first, last, always-- and Washington was a ... man. He served under Washington in the Revolutionary War. Later, like Washington, he rose to the military rank of general."
Who is John Marshall?
This man was tried for plotting a slave rebellion in 1822, even though he was a free black man who called Charleston, SC, his home.
Who is Denmark Vesey?
This term can be used to describe the entrance of many women into the American workforce in the 1970s, a major shift in ideology from republican motherhood, an idea that dominated for a century.
What is the "Quiet Revolution"?
Starting in the late 1870s, a movement of approximately 40000 African Americans, labeled this, departed from states along the western frontier of the former Confederacy, crossing the Mississippi River into Kansas.
What is the "Exoduster Movement"?
This 1980s term was connected to the increasing cost of Medicare and Medicaid, which President Ronald Reagan and many after him have tried to cut and reduce.
What is the "Graying of America"?
Who is James Otis Jr?