Presidents
Landmark Supreme Court Cases
Wars
Depression and Prosperity
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100
What was the goal of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s plan to add more justices to the Supreme Court?
to limit judicial opposition to New Deal programs
100
Which idea is illustrated by the Supreme Court cases Schenck v. United States and Korematsu v . United States?
During wartime, limitations on civil rights have been upheld by judicial action.
100
During World War II, the need of the United States for more war materials resulted in the
rationing of some consumer goods
100
In the 1920’s, the depressed situation of United States agriculture was chiefly caused b
mechanization and overproduction
100
The main goal of President Richard Nixon’s foreign policy of détente was to
improve relations with the Soviet Union
200
During George Washington’s presidency, the authority of the federal government was strengthened by the
suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion
200
The significance of the Supreme Court case Marbury v. Madison is that the decision
established the power of judicial review
200
The United States tried to avoid involvement in World War I by following a policy of
neutrality
200
What was a major cause of the Great Depression?
unequal distribution of wealth in the United States
200
A major policy of President Ronald Reagan’s administration was to
ower federal income tax rates
300
President Theodore Roosevelt strengthened the Monroe Doctrine by establishing the policy that the United States would
intervene in Latin America to prevent European interference
300
In Gideon v. Wainwright (1963) and Miranda v. Arizona (1966), the Supreme Court ruled that persons convicted of crimes had been
denied due process of law
300
The major reason the United States became involved in the Korean War was the
threat of communism spreading throughout Asia
300
During the Great Depression, one way New Deal programs tried to stimulate economic recovery was by
creating public works jobs
300
• Teapot Dome Scandal • Harlem Renaissance • Scopes trial During which decade did these events occur?
1920s
400
What was one economic consequence of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal?
The role of the federal government in the economy expanded.
400
In Schenck v. United States (1919), the Supreme Court decided that a “clear and present danger” to the country allowed the federal government to
restrict first amendment rights
400
Prior to the start of World War II, Great Britain and France followed a policy of appeasement when they
allowed Germany to expand its territory
400
One way in which the New Deal, the Fair Deal, and the Great Society are similar is that these programs
increased government commitment to the well-being of the people
400
The term Manifest Destiny was first used to support
westward expansion to the Pacific Ocean
500
One reason President Thomas Jefferson supported the Louisiana Purchase was that he wanted to
gain full control of the Mississippi River
500
One similarity between the laws being challenged in the United States Supreme Court cases of Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) and Korematsu v. United States (1944) is that
specific groups of people were being targeted based on race or ethnicity
500
An initial response of the United States to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, was to
aid in the overthrow of Taliban rule in Afghanistan
500
A major goal of President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society program was to
end poverty in the United States
500
An important result of the Spanish-American War of 1898 was that the United States
became a world power with an overseas empire
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