miscellaneous
The number of ammendments the US currently has
27
American Revolution
This rise of this movement led to the quota acts in the 1900s
Nativism
This SCOTUS decision decided that black people could NOT be citizens
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
it's like giving the president a bazooka
2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF)
This marked the first peaceful transfer of power between rival political parties and lead to the 12th amendment
The Election of 1800
After a war the US and this country stopped fighting and started buying each other’s cars
Japan
This law signed in 1830 forced Native Americans off their ancestral lands
This case allowed the US federal government to legally incarcerate people based on nationality
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
they’re getting a little tipsy, they’re getting a little drunk
the Federal Reserve
The number of Articles of Confederation
We fought this country to get more land in this event during the mid 1800s, which led to more sectionalism
Mexican-American war
These groups, although less than Japanese-Americans, faced suspicion and targeted arrest following Pearl Harbor
Germans and Italians
This case from WW1 led to the "clear and present danger" doctrine of SCOTUS
Schenck v. United States (1919)
because we BOMBED them
foreign countries originally did not have industries/manufacturing to compete with the US
This undid the national origin quotas of the 1920s
1965 Immigration and Nationality Act/Hart-Celler Act
This country and the US are basically enemies to lovers (we broke up with them first)
Great Britain/UK/England (ig?)
The United States promised to give this country independence, but lied
Phillipines
This 19th-century SCOTUS decision said that Indigenous tribes were not sovereign nations and therefore could not sue in federal court
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831)
The number of states which left the Union after Lincoln was elected in 1860
7 (11 after he took office)
We split up Berlin with these other countries (NAME ALL)
the Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France
This system became widespread in the South, tying people to debt
Sharecropping
This 19th century case upheld Congress's authority to bar immigrants based on nationality following the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act
Chae Chan Ping v. United States (1889)