Reform: Women's right to vote, urban problems, temperance, govt and business corruption.
What is Progressive Era 1890-1920
200
1887 law designed to regulate rates charged by railroads.
What is the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887?
200
Limits the power of the President to commit troops abroad.
What is The War Powers Act 1973
200
LBJ's war on poverty, support for civil rights
What is The Great Society
300
18980 US gains an empire in the Caribbean and the Philippines
What is the Spanish-American War
300
World trade declines, banks fail, high unemployment, New Deal expands role of govt.
What is The Great Depression 1929-1941
300
Depression era law providing for retirement and unemployment insurance.
What is The Social Security Act of 1935?
300
SC case which established poor people have a right to free legal counsel
What is Gideon v. Wainwright 1963
300
USSR and the US come to the brink of nuclear war..
What is The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
400
1917- Tips the balance of power to the Allies.
What is the US enters WWI
400
America becomes a world power, gains overseas colonies..
What is American Imperialism 1890-1920
400
Prohibited discrimination based upon race, religion, national origin, or gender, equal access to public facilities.
What is The Civil Rights Act of 1964?
400
Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson..
What is Brown v. Board of Ed Topeka 1954
400
Turning point of the Vietnam War
What is The Tet Offensive 1968?
500
1919-1933 Alcoholic beverages banned.
What is Prohibition
500
Non-violent protests-voting rights, desegregation, Black Power movement, and urban riots.
What is The Civil Rights Movement 1954-1968
500
Limited numbers of of immigrants, discriminated against Eastern Europeans,outlawed Japanese immigration.
What is The Emergency Quota Act of 1921-1924
500
SC case which established the right to remain silent, warning anything suspects say can be used against them, right to an attorney before and after questioning.