Constitutional Controversies
This 1798 legislation allowed the government to deport non-citizens and made it harder for new immigrants to vote.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This term describes the belief that the U.S. was destined to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This 1863 declaration by President Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate-held territories.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This 1906 act aimed to ensure the safety and proper labeling of food and drugs.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This 1823 doctrine warned European powers against further colonization in the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison
This 1820 agreement admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state to maintain the balance in Congress.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This 1865 amendment abolished slavery throughout the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?
This 1913 amendment allowed the federal government to collect income taxes.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This 1898 conflict resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories like Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
What is the Spanish-American War?
This 1824 case ruled that the federal government had the power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden
This 1832 crisis involved South Carolina's opposition to federal tariffs, leading to a confrontation with President Andrew Jackson.
What is the Nullification Crisis?
This 1868 amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S., including former slaves.
What is the 14th Amendment?
This 1913 amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This 1904 policy asserted the U.S. right to intervene in Latin America to maintain stability.
What is the Roosevelt Corollary?
This 1819 case confirmed the constitutionality of the Second Bank of the United States and denied states the power to tax federal institutions.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland
This 1854 act allowed territories to decide on the legality of slavery, effectively nullifying the Missouri Compromise.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act
This 1870 amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment?
This 1919 amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This 1917 proposal from Germany to Mexico promised U.S. territory in exchange for joining the war against the U.S.
What is the Zimmermann Telegram?
This 1857 decision declared that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress could not prohibit slavery in the territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford
This 1831 slave rebellion in Virginia led to stricter slave laws and increased tensions over slavery.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion?
This 1877 agreement ended Reconstruction by withdrawing federal troops from the South.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
This 1920 amendment granted women the right to vote.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This 1918 statement outlined President Wilson's vision for post-World War I peace.
What are the Fourteen Points?