Supreme Court Cases
This court case established the idea of precedent of Judicial Review
What is Marbury v. Madison?
The Mayans, Aztecs and Incans are a few examples of...
Indigenous Civilizations
This man won his election unopposed
Who was George Washington/James Monroe?
The term used to refer to those against slavery, prominent in the North
Who were the abolitionists?
The central rival of the United States during the Cold War
What was the Soviet Union?
This supreme court chief justice favored the federal government and established prestige for the Supreme Court
Who is John Marshall/What is the Marshall Court?
Columbus arrived to the Americas in this year
1492
This president in his farewell address stated the nation should avoid permanent alliances & political parties
Who was George Washington?
The term used to refer to the first 10 amendments
What are the Bill of Rights?
The United States purchased Alaska from this nation
What is Russia?
This court case ruled that enslaved people were not American citizens
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This document was the first form of self-governing in the New World
What was the Mayflower Compact?
This president is referred to as the president of the common man
Who was Andrew Jackson?
Women met in this convention to discuss women's suffrage
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This court case ruled that segregation in the school system was unconstitutional
What was Brown Vs. Board of Education?
Gibbons v. Ogden decided that the federal government...
The transfer of ideas, plants, animals and diseases between the Americas and the Old World
What was the Columbian Exchange?
This president resided over the War of 1812
Who was James Madison?
This invention made slavery much more profitable
What was the cotton gin?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What was the 19th Amendment?
This court case established the idea that states cannot impose laws on the federal government
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
The first American state to be colonized
What is Virginia?
This man served the shortest time as president, only about 30 days
Who was William Henry Harrison?
The first state to secede from the Union
South Carolina
This event led to increased escalation in the Vietnam War
What was the Gulf of Tonkin incident?