Amendments
What amendment granted women's suffrage?
19th
What excluded Chinese immigrants from entering the US in fear of the taking jobs?
Chinese Exclusion Act
What case ruled segregation was okay as long as the facilities were "separate but equal"
Plessy v. Ferguson
Who was a civil rights leader who wrote the "I have a dream speech" and supported civil disobedience?
Martin Luther King Jr.
In the Korean and Vietnam War US got involved in order to prevent the spread of what?
Communism
What amendment repealed prohibition?
21st
What act wanted to assimilate Native Americans?
Dawes Act
What was the ruling of Brown v. Board of Education?
Segregation was unconstitutional in schools
Who was associated with the Watergate scandal further leading to people distrusting the government?
Nixon
In WWI what type of warfare led to periods of stalemates?
Trench warfare
What amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18?
26th
What act gave settlers 160 acres for free if they settled, built a dwelling and farmed land for 5 years?
Homestead Act
In Tinker v. Des Moines students wore arm bands protesting the Vietnam War. Students were suspended for wearing the armbands. Did the court rule in favor of the students or the school?
Students (1st amendment)
Who created social security, FDIC and SEC in his New Deal initiative?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
In WWII who worked in factories after men were drafted to war?
Women and minorities
What amendment set the presidential term limits to two terms?
22
What act gave government ability to break up monopolies?
Sherman Anti-trust Act
In Hernandez v. Texas gave what group of Americans equal protection?
Mexican Americans
President Carter assisted Egypt & Israel signing a cease fire known as the what?
Camp David Accords
In WWI what caused Japan to surrender?
Truman dropping atomic bobs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
What amendment was violated with the executive order 9066?
5th or 14th
What act led to government officials being hired on merit?
Pendleton Service Act
Miranda v. Arizona led to the reading what when someone is accused of a crime?
Miranda rights
What president signed the FMLA?
President Clinton
During the Vietnam War, what gave President Johnson power to send troops without government approval?
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution