Party in the USA
THIS MAN WAS NOT SO INTO PARTIES… HIS FAREWELL ADDRESS WARNED AGAINST FORMING FACTIONS
GEORGE WASHINGTON
BEFORE THE CONSTITUTION, THIS DOCUMENT GOVERNED OUR NATION
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
“REMEMBER THE LADIES” WROTE THIS FIRST SECOND LADY AND SECOND FIRST LADY IN A LETTER TO HER HUSBAND
ABIGAIL ADAMS
THE GREAT EMANCIPATOR
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
THURGOOD MARSHALL CHAMPIONED THE PLAINTIFF’S CAUSE IN THIS LANDMARK SCHOOL INTEGRATION CASE
BROWN V. BOARD
FOLLOWING THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS, THIS EARLY PARTY (OF JEFFERSON) FOCUSED ON STATES’ RIGHTS AND AGRARIAN INTERESTS
DEMOCRATIC-REPUBLICANS
FOUNDED IN 1886, THIS LABOR UNION (LED BY SAMUEL GOMPERS) FOUGHT TO IMPROVE WAGES, HOURS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS
AFL (AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR)
BETTY FRIEDAN, AUTHOR OF THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, IS CREDITED WITH SPARKING THE SECOND WAVE OF THIS
FEMINISM
WITH FAR-REACHING REFORMS, THESE TWO PRESIDENTS USHERED IN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE THROUGH THEIR NEW DEAL AND GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS
FDR AND LBJ
US V. NIXON’S RESULT LED TO THE RESIGNATION OF THE PRESIDENT AS A RESULT OF THIS 1970S SCANDAL
WATERGATE
THIS POLITICAL PARTY WAS CREATED IN OPPOSITION TO ANDREW JACKSON AND HIS DEMOCRATS DURING THE SECOND PARTY SYSTEM
WHIGS
THE SECOND GREAT AWAKENING BROUGHT A SPIRIT OF REFORM TO THIS PERIOD OF U.S. HISTORY
ANTEBELLUM
ELIZABTH CADY STANTON LED THE CAUSE AT THIS CONVENTION IN NEW YORK STATE IN 1848
SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
HE MAY HAVE BEEN A WAR HERO, BUT THIS MAN IS PERHAPS BEST KNOWN FOR THE PASSING OF THE INDIAN REMOVAL ACT DURING HIS TENURE
ANDREW JACKSON
THIS MAN WAS AT THE CENTER OF A CASE WHICH WOULD SEE THE MISSOURI COMPROMISE OVERTURNED IN 1857
DRED SCOTT
PARTY REALIGNMENT DURING THE TENURE OF THIS PRESIDENT LARGELY SHAPED THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY WE KNOW TODAY
FDR
A DEFINING FEATURE OF THE COLD WAR WAS THIS STOCKPILING OF WEAPONS IN BOTH THE U.S. AND U.S.S.R.
ARMS RACE
SHE CO-FOUNDED CHICAGO’S HULL HOUSE, ONE OF AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS SETTLEMENT HOUSES
JANE ADDAMS
SMALL IN STATURE (5’4”) BUT MIGHTY IN ACTION, HE LED THE COUNTRY THROUGH THE WAR OF 1812… OKAY, SHORT KING
JAMES MADISON
THE PLAINTIFF IN THIS CASE HAD VIOLATED THE SEPARATE CAR ACT OF 1890 (THE COURT PUT EMPHASIS ON ‘SEPARATE’)
PLESSY V. FERGUSON
THE MONROE PRESIDENCY CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH THIS “ERA” CHARACTERIZED BY OPTIMISM AND A LACK OF PARTY OPPOSITION
ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS
THIS EVENT (DURING JAMES K. POLK’S TENURE) SPARKED THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR
ANNEXATION OF TEXAS
A SYSTEM OF CULTURAL BELIEFS OR IDEALS IN THE 19TH CENTURY THAT GOVERNED GENDER ROLES IN UPPER- AND MIDDLE-CLASS SOCIETY
CULT OF DOMESTICITY
HIS VISION FOR AN INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ORGANIZATION IN THE WAKE OF WWI WOULDN’T BE FULLY ACCOMPLISHED UNTIL 1945 (A LITTLE LATE, GUYS!)
WOODROW WILSON
THE MARSHALL COURT USED MARBURY V. MADISON TO GIVE THEMSELVES THIS FUNDAMENTAL POWER OF THE SUPREME COURT
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