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AMENDMENTS
WWI
WWII
1970's
MODERN HISTORY
100
THIS AMENDMENT WAS PASSED DUE TO THE VIETNAM WAR AND THE DRAFTING OF MEN INTO THE MILITARY. IT LOWERED THE VOTING AGE FROM 21 TO 18.
What is the 26th Amendment
100
This new weapon was used to get through No Man's Land
What are Tanks?
100
When the Japanese bombed a U.S. military base
What is Pearl Harbor?
100
Scandal in which President Nixon was caught wiretapping phones
What is Watergate?
100
First minority president
Who is Barack Obama?
200
Granted womens suffrage
What is the 19th Amendment
200
He was the leader of U.S. forces and won the Battle of Argonne Forest
Who is John J. Pershing?
200
The relocation of Japanese Americans to internment camps
What is Executive Order 9066?
200
President Richard Nixon tried to ease tension with China
What is Détente?
200
Hurricane in which the levees broke causing massive flooding and death in New Orleans
What is Hurricane Katrina?
300
Granted Male African-Americans the right to vote
What is the 15th Amendment
300
Won the Medal of Honor
Who is Alvin York?
300
New weapon which could detect the enemy
What is the Radar?
300
Organization in the middle east that controls oil. Led to gas shortages and long lines at gas stations
What is OPEC?
300
Act that was created to defend terrorism
What is the Patriot Act?
400
This amendment banned the consumption, sale, and manufacturing of alcohol
What is the 18th Amendment?
400
One of the causes of the war-means having large armies
What is Militarism?
400
Showed support for the war by encouraging Americans to grow gardens to save food for the troops
What are Victory Gardens?
400
Act that would provide more equality to women. Was opposed by Phyllis Schlafly
What is Equal Amendments Act?
400
When twin towers in Ney York were attacked and led to U.S DECLARING A WAR ON TERROR
What is 9/11?
500
Freedom of Religion, Speech, Petition, Assembly, Press
What is the 1st Amendment?
500
This treaty ended the war and weakened Germany
What is the Treaty of Versailles?
500
American General who visited the concentration camps
Who is Dwight Eisenhower?
500
Crisis in which Americans were held hostage in Iran
What is Iran Hostage Crisis?
500
Agreement to trade between Mexico, U.S. and Canada
What is NAFTA?