Supreme Court Cases
A 1973 case that dealt with the reproductive rights of women.
Roe v. Wade
An 1861-65 war that divided the nation. This war was based on many things, including slavery, Bleeding Kansas, and Industry, among other things
Civil War
First Catholic president. Cold War: Bay of Pigs, Cuban Missile Crisis; established the Peace Corps, domestic program called the "New Frontier," promoted civil rights, major supporter of the space program; assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in 1963
John F. Kennedy
Wrote "history of the standard oil company" which depicted Rockafeller and his company poorly.
Ida Tarbell
States that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention
Monroe Doctorine
A historic case that forced the sitting president to turn over incriminating evidence against himself.
U.S v. Nixon
Causes: The French Built chains of forts in the Ohio River Valley to stop westward growth of the British Colonies
French and Indian War (Seven Years War)
Former Rough Rider was often called a "trust buster," his namesake corollary to the Monroe Doctrine, first president to be seen publicly riding in an automobile
Teddy Roosevelt
a law that allowed the President of the United States to set aside forest reserves from the land in the public domain. This act passed by the United States Congress under Benjamin Harrison's administration.
Forest Reform Act
warns the American people to be suspicious and look down upon anyone who seeks to abandon the Union, to secede a portion of the country from the rest, or seeks to weaken the bonds that hold the constitutional union together.
George Washington’s Farewell Address 1796
A 1966 case that ensured that those held in police custody knew they were allowed a lawyer before their statements could be used in court.
Miranda v. Arizona
Causes: The militarism, alliances, and nationalism in Europe. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The War: The US declared it's neutrality. The US favored the Allies because of the German submarine warfare, it's economic ties with Britain and France, the American public favored the Allies, Wilson wanted to make the world safe for democracy.
World War I
Large debates began over wether the Civil War should be continued which was the biggest difference between these two candidates.
Election of 1864 Lincoln v McClellan
The movement allowed for birth control to become more available to the married women.
The women's rights movement
The peace treaty that ended the war between the U.S and Mexico (Mexican-American War 1846-8) and gave the U.S, several new territories.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848
A 1962 case that made it illegal to have an official school prayer and encourage the recitation of said prayer.
Engle v. Vitale (1962)
On April 21, 1898, war was declared. The reasons for war were many, but there were two immediate ones: America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor.
Spanish American War
John Brown’s raid and other events that divide the South and the North. This election further divided the regions and was the last straw.
1860 election (Lincoln and Douglas)
Called "The Sage of Anacostia" and "The Lion of Anacostia", they are one of the most prominent figures in African-American history and United States history. In 1872, they became the very first African-American nominated as a Vice Presidential candidate in the U.S., running on the Equal Rights Party ticket with Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for President of the United States.
Fredrick Douglass
The law that started a program under which the United States of America supplied the United Kingdom, the USSR, Republic of China, Free France, and other Allied nations with material between 1941 and 1945.
A 1963 case that stated that all states were required to provide an attorney to criminal defendants.
Gideon v. Wainwright
(1941-1945)
• Germany, Italy, Japan vs. America, Britain, Soviet Union (Axis vs. Allies)
• Causes - Japan bombed Pearl Harbor & US declared war
• Effects - Cold War beginnings; creation of United Nations
World War II
His opinions on all the important issues had been forcefully stated, and he had only been chosen to balance the Whig ticket with no expectation he would ever have power. He was in favor of state's rights, and a strict interpretation of the constitution, he opposed protective tariffs, a national bank and internal improvements at national expense.
John Tyler 10th President
toured prisons in the U.S. and all over Europe looking at the conditions of the mentally handicapped. Their ideas led to a mushroom effect of asylums all over the United States.They were a activist for changing the way people viewed the mentally ill.
Dorothea Dix
Ended 30 yrs of hostility between Egypt and Israel.
Gave Israel official recognition as well as access to the Suez Canal.
Israel evacuated the Sinai Peninsula and negotiations dealing with the issue of self-determination for Palestinian refugees began
The Camp David Accords