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Enacted the Emancipation Proclamation.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The amendment that gave women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
He was the 44th president of the United States elected in 2008.
Who is the first African American president, Barack Obama?
This court case that stated that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
The Progressive Era reform started by Jane Addams
What are settlement houses?
He was President during World War I.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
The amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The year that the Spanish-American War was fought.
What is 1898?
This law banned discrimination and segregation in public accommodations, housing, businesses, etc.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
This agreement calls for free trade between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico.
What is NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement)?
The Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
The amendment that made the manufacture and distribution of alcohol illegal.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This battle was a turning point for the U.S. during the Civil War
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The decision that said free speech was not an absolute right.
What is Schenck vs. US
It was a plan put together by Republican president in 1981 to stimulate the economy by using "trickle down economics"
What is Reaganomics?
Advocated for bimetallism
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments were enacted to give rights to this group.
Who are former slaves (African Americans)?
The strategy of providing billions of dollars in financial aid to Europe after World War II to help rebuild countries' economies and keep them from becoming Communist.
What is the Marshall Plan?
The Supreme Court decision that stated that in instances of war, national security is more important than individual rights
What is Korematsu vs. Unites States?
The first Hispanic female member of the Supreme Court.
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Advised African Americans to work hard and eventually prove their worthiness.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The amendment that lowered the voting age to 18.
What is the 26th Amendment?
In 1979, over 40 Americans were taken hostage in the U.S. Embassy in this country.
What is Iran?
The name of the law that guarantees women equal access to various opportunities (especially sports) in schools and colleges.
What is Title IX?
The name of the program during World War II that developed the atomic bomb.
What is the Manhattan Project?