Amendments
The right to petition is provided by this amendment
1st Amendment
This court case resulted in the desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
This law was the first to restrict immigration to the United States
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This coordinated attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in human history
September 11th Terrorist Attacks
This is the process of people adopting American values
Americanization
Women were guaranteed the right to vote as a result of this amendment
19th Amendment
This Supreme Court Case established the first amendment within schools, and protects students' right to free speech
Tinker v. Des Moines
The government passed this law to encourage more people to move out west during the 1800's
The Homestead Act
Scandal that resulted in distrust of the government and the first resignation of a president
The Watergate Scandal
The process of cities becoming the primary places of residence and economic activity
Urbanization
This is the only amendment to have another amendment repealing it
18th Amendment
The Supreme Court gave itself the power of “Judicial Review” in this court case
Marbury v. Madison
This act required that livestock be slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
The Meat Inspection Act
This event was the beginning of Allied operations in mainland Europe during World War II
D-Day or Operation Overlord
An approach where there is little to no government involvement
Laissez-Faire
This amendment was used as the basis for the majority of legislation and court decisions in the Civil Right Movement
14th Amendment
This court case upheld president Roosevelt’s decision to move Japanese Americans to internment camps
Korematsu v. United States
A lack of men joining the military is the reason this law was created
The Selective Service Act
Event in Havana Harbor that resulted in the beginning of the Spanish American War
The Sinking of the USS Maine
System that focuses on the collective as opposed to the individual
Communism
This amendment gives the federal government the power to collect income taxes
16th Amendment
This court case challenged the constitutionality of separate schools for Mexican-Americans in Southern California
Mendez vs. Westminster School District
All places in society were desegregated by this law
The Civil Rights of 1964
This event lead to greater building safety standards and workplace safety regulations
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Everyone in society is considered the same, and there is a lack of hereditary social classes
Egalitarianism