Supreme Court Cases
Established the law of Judicial Review
Marbury vs. Madison
Solved the problem with government. Gave the US the House of Representatives and the Senate. Also known as the Connecticut Compromise
What is the Great Compromise?
Gave the British all lands East of the Mississippi River
What is the French and Indian War?
What is the 13th Amendment?
Prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachian after the French and Indian War
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
Court case that said slaves were considered property and not citizens and were not allowed to sue in court.
What is Dred Scott vs. Sanford or Dred Scott Decision
Established the 36 30 parallel line
Missouri enters as a slave state
Maine enters as a free state
What is the Missouri Compromise or the Compromise of 1820?
This would be the last war fought between the US and Britain. Triggered by British impressment of US naval soldiers
What is the War of 1812?
Prohibition
What is the 18th Amendment?
This law issued prohibited foreign powers from meddling in affairs in the Western Hemisphere
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
Desegregated schools overturning the ruling "Separate but Equal"
What is Brown vs. the Board of Education?
Established Popular Sovereignty
What is the Kansas Nebraska Act?
America's bloodiest battle. Lead to demonstrations and the Kent State Massacare
What is the Vietnam War?
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
Abolished slavery in new territories
Required public education for all
Created the model for the creation of new states during westward expansion
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1857?
Gave women the right to make decisions about their body
Federal Troops leave the South Ending Reconstruction
Rutherford B. Hayes becomes president
What is the compromise of 1877?
This war gave the US the Philippines and Puerto Rico
What is the Spanish American War?
Reconstruction amendment that granted citizenship to freed slaves
What is the 14th Amendment?
This law banned immigration from Asia due to the impact on jobs in the west (IE.. The Transcontinental Railroad)
What is The Chinese Exclusion Act?
This court case gave us the Miranda rights, part of a citizens due process before being arrested
What is Miranda vs. Arizona?
Solved the issue of how to count slaves within population during the creation of the constitution
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
First war fought during the cold war era. An effort to stop the domino theory
What is the Korean War?
Repealed Prohibition
What is the 21st amendment?
Put in place during the first Red Scare to limit immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe
What is the Emergency Quota Act?