Miscellaneous
This SCOTUS case establishes that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education
The secession of seven states started this war.
Civil War
This compromise determined how the enslaved population would be counted for representation in the House and for taxation purposes.
Three-Fifths Compromise
His pamphlet, published in Jan 1776, was instrumental in convincing many Americans to support independence.
Thomas Paine
What amendment allows women to gain the right to vote?
19th Amendment
The process by which commodities, people, and diseases crossed the Atlantic.
Colombian exchange
This war completed the recovery of the U.S. from The Great Depression.
World War II
This agreement was created after the Cold War and is a military alliance of 32 North American and European countries.
NATO
President who vetoed the national bank, voice of the common man, and pushed through the Indian Removal Act.
Andrew Jackson
What amendment refers to equal protection?
14th Amendment
A rebellion that exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
Shay's Rebellion
A proxy war during the Cold War that ended in a stalemate and no clear winner.
Korean War
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’.
Missouri Compromise
Slave preacher who led a bloody revolt against slave owners and their families (Southampton, VA in 1831).
Nat Turner
What amendment refers to prohibition?
18th Amendment
This SCOTUS case established the "separate but equal" ruling that would inspire many Jim Crow laws.
Plessy v. Ferguson
This war was fueled by the sinking of the USS Maine in Havana harbor.
Spanish-American War
A treaty where Mexico gives up claims to land north of the Rio Grande, in return, the US gave $15 million to Mexico.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This Progressive Era reformer opened the Hull House in Chicago to provide social services to immigrants.
Jame Addams
What amendment allows for the direct election of senators?
17th Amendment
An economic system in the 18th century aimed to increase a nation's wealth through government regulation of all the nation's commercial interests.
Mercantilism
A war that was fought over the issue of maritime rights, impressment, and American expansion.
War of 1812
This treaty guaranteed the independence of Cuba, and it also forced Spain to cede Guam and Puerto Rico to the United States.
Treaty of Paris 1898
Head of the supreme court under Jefferson-Monroe, who opposed Democratic-Republican legislation, and enforced federalists policies (strong national government).
John Marshall
What amendment abolished the poll tax?
24th Amendment