Supreme Court Cases
This Supreme Court case overturned Plessy V Ferguson and the separate but equal clause
Brown V Board of Education of Topeka
The goal of this president was to "Preserve the Union" during the Civil War
Abraham Lincoln
This program created by Franklin Roosevelt enacted numerous forms of legislation to combat the Great Depression
The New Deal
What event forced the United States to enter World War II ?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
This declaration warned Europe to stay out of Latin America. In return the US would stay out of Europe.
Monroe Doctrine
A rights of the accused case in which a person must be informed of their rights when taken into custody by authorities
Miranda V Arizona
This president resigned because of the "Watergate Scandal"
Richard Nixon
The name of our first national constitution which presented a weak federal government where most power was given to the states
Articles of Confederation
Which Antebellum reform movement was associated with William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, and Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Abolition Movement to end slavery
The term where settlers in a territory/state vote on the issue of slavery.
Popular Sovereignty
This Case upheld (supported) the Internment of Japanese Americans during World War II
Korematsu V U.S
This presidents Great Society plan fought for Civil Rights and to aid the poor through Medicare and Medicaid
Lyndon Johnson
This legislation provided financial support to Western Europe after World War II. In return those countries promised to oppose Communism
Marshall Plan
A Failed U.S attempt to overthrow the Cuban Government where our military trained Cuban insurgents.
Bay of Pigs
This document signed by the Pilgrims is considered the first form of self government in the 13 colonies
Mayflower Compact
This Marshall court case involved interstate commerce over claim to New York and New Jersey waterways and steamboat operations
Gibbons V Ogden
This president was impeached by the Radical Republicans for violating the tenure of office act
Andrew Johnson
This legislation promoted by Andrew Jackson forcibly removed Native Americans from their land and forced them onto Reservations.
Indian Removal Act
This International peace keeping organization was created by Woodrow Wilson and included in the Treaty of Versailles. However the United States was not a member.
League of Nations.
During the cold war this term referred to a "relaxing of tensions" between the U.S and Russia
Detente
A John Marshall case involving a states authority to tax a federal bank. Marshall ruled in favor of the federal bank strengthening the power of the Government
Mcculloch v Maryland
Right before leaving office this president issued "Midnight Appointments" creating 16 federalist judges positions. This led to a legendary Supreme Court case.
John Adams
This document was a proposal by Germany to Mexico stating that if Mexico invaded the U.S, Germany would help Mexico regain lost territory in the Mexican Cession
Zimmerman Telegram
This event signaled the "END" of the cold war in 1989
Tearing down of the Berlin Wall
These were released by the New York Times during Nixon's administration explaining that the Government lied to the public about the Vietnam Conflict
Pentagon Papers