Laws
First 10 Amendments to the U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
This book revealed the unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry
The Jungle
Founding Father, author of many Federalist Papers, and first Secretary of the Treasury.
Alexander Hamilton
Ended segregation in public schools.
Brown v. Board of Education
This was Washington's foreign policy
The 1776 document that declared the colonies free from Britain.
Declaration of Independence
This book was written to persuade the loyalists to declare independence from Great Britain.
Common Sense
Led enslaved people to freedom via the Underground Railroad.
Harriet Tubman
Upheld “separate but equal” segregation laws.
Plessy v. Ferguson
Warned Europe to stay out of the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
Banned segregation and discrimination in public places.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This book was written by an abolitionist to show people in the North was slavery was about.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Progressive president known for trust-busting and national parks.
Teddy Roosevelt
This case upheld the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
Korematsu v. U.S.
Policy to stop the spread of communism around the world through economic and military aid.
Containment
Required all slaughterhouses and factories that produced Meat to be inspected
Meat Inspection Act
Lincoln’s short but powerful speech about democracy and sacrifice and give purpose to the Civil War.
The Gettysburg Address
Muckraker who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" about tenement life in NYC
Jacob Riis
This case determined that slaves could not sue in court because they are not considered citizens.
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
A Cold War conflict that sparked protests and division at home.
Vietnam War
Gave settlers free land in the West if they farmed it.
Homestead Act
Essays written by to support ratifying the Constitution.
"The Federalists Papers"
Big Industrialist who owned Standard Oil Company
John D. Rockefeller
The case established the principal called "Judicial Review", the Supreme court could call a law unconstitutional
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
A Cold War policy focused on EASING TENSIONS between the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
Detente