Miscellaneous
An Act created during the New Deal Era and established a retirement pension.
Social Security Act
Limited the use of voter literacy tests and allowed federal authorities to ensure public facilities were integrated.
Civil Rights Act 1964
Wrote the Social Contract
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The first majority rule government established in the colonies; Thanksgiving
Mayflower Compact
This piece of British legislation led to the creation of the first direct tax in the Colonies
Stamp Act
The Progressive Era
The Progressive Era
“We hold these truths to be self evident”
Declaration of Independence
Students don’t surrender their rights at the door but they are certainly limited
Tinker v Des Moines
Slanted opinion or a favored opinion on a topic
Bias
Amendment critical to the Mapp v Ohio
4th Amendment (SC-CC)
“We hold these truths to be self evident”
Income Tax
Government funded healthcare programs created as a part of The Great Society
Medicare
Medicaid
Established free states and slave states based on geographic locations; ruled unconstitutional in the Dred Scott decision.
Missouri Compromise
The Right to Vote
Suffrage
Daniel helped show the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Shays Rebellion
Outlawed literacy tests and provide the Justice Department with more authority in preventing voter suppression
Voting Rights Act 1965
LBJ’s Legislation that focused on eliminating poverty
The Great Society
The last piece of legislation in the Civil Rights Movement Era; designed to prevent housing discrimination
Fair Housing Act
Outlawed Poll Taxes
24th Amendment
Considered the first written Constitution in the Colonies; 1639
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut