Court Cases
The case brought to sue for a slave's freedom because he lived in a free area.
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Federal legislature outlawing forming trusts to create monopolies and restrain trade
Sherman Anti-trust Act of 1890
First 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
This war secured the freedom of the colonies from Britain
American Revolution/Revolutionary War
A political protest by American colonists against "taxation without representation" by the British government when colonies were required to purchase Tea form the British East India Tea Company
Boston Tea Party
Decision whereby the Supreme Court gave itself the power of judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
1862 Act giving settlers in the West 160 acres of land after they farmed it for 5 years
Homestead Act
This amendment abolishes slavery
13th Amendment
This was a massive global conflict primarily in Europe, triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
The Great War/World War I
This Massachusetts event confirmed that the Articles of Confederation could not protect states from uprising
Shays Rebellion
1832 case where Supreme Court ruled only the federal government could deal with and protect the Cherokee.
(Statute that prohibited non-Native Americans from being present on Native American lands without a license from the state was unconstitutional.)
Worcester v. Georgia
Four laws aimed at limiting foreign influence and silencing Republican opposition during the XYZ Affair conflict with France.
Alien & Sedition Acts
This amendment give the right to vote to former enslaved peoples
15th amendments
This War was brought about by Yellow Journalism and triggered by the sinking of the Maine
Spanish American War
These government sponsored propaganda events spared fear of Communism in the country
The (1st & 2nd) Red Scares
Decision that upheld the constitutionality of the "Separate but Equal" Doctrine
Plessy v. Ferguson
Act allowed the previously free and unorganized territories of ____ to use popular sovereignty to choose whether or not to permit slavery
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This amendment gives the rights of citizenship to formerly enslaved peoples
14th Amendment
This war ended the salutary neglect enjoyed by the British colonies
French & Indian War
This was the location of the 1st Women's Rights Convention
Seneca Falls
Trial of a high school teacher for teaching evolution after it had been banned
Scopes v. Tennessee
Landmark U.S. federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry, which was the nation’s first industry subject to federal regulation.
Interstate Commerce Act
This amendment says:
any powers not specifically given to the federal government by the Constitution, nor prohibited to the states, belong to the individual states or to the people
10th Amendment
A decades-long standoff between the United States and the Soviet Union. No direct conflict ever occurred
The Cold War
Government response to this event confirmed that the new Constitution had the power to control the uprisings that occurred in the states.
The Whiskey Rebellion