Amendments
This amendment provides the freedom of speech, religion and press
What is the 1st amendment?
"separate but equal" doctrine supreme court upheld the constitutionally of Jim Crow laws
What is Plessy v. Ferguson?
Barack Obama is the first minority president to be elected into office
This era is defined by Muckrakers, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, Amendments, and the Populist Movement
What is the Progressive Era?
This document contains the first 10 Amendments
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment allows for people to vote at the age of 18. Was written during the Vietnam war because if you have the right to die at war, you should have the right to vote.
What is the 26th amendment?
(1954) The Supreme Court overruled Plessy v. Ferguson, declared that racially segregated facilities are inherently unequal and ordered all public schools desegregated.
What is Brown v. Board of Education?
NASA lands a man on the moon
What is 1969?
This era is defined by 1914-1918, Trench Warfare, Technological Innovations, Stalemate, and Treaty of Versailles
What is WWI?
Instead of one leader with all the power, the constitution divides responsibilities into three branch's of government.
What is Separation of Powers?
This amendment makes requirements to pay a poll tax illegal
What is the 24th Amendment?
This court case integrated of University of Texas Law School.
What is Sweatt v. Painter?
MLK is assassinated in Memphis, TN
what is 1968?
This era is defined by Great Migration, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz Age, Tin Pan Ally, Flappers, Speakeasies, and Organized Crime.
What is the Roaring 20's?
A system that prevents any one branch (section) of the government from being more powerful
What is Checks and Balances?
This amendment protects against self incrimination and eminent domain
What is the 5th Amendment?
Supreme Court held that criminal suspects must be informed of their right to consult with an attorney and of their right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police.
What is Miranda v. Arizona?
The Soviet Union launches Sputnik into earths atmosphere
What is 1957?
This era is defined by 1898, Spanish American War, Rough Riders, and the Great White Fleet
What is Imperialism?
A system in which power is divided into National and State Government
What is Federalism?
This amendment says that the federal government only has the powers listed in the Constitution. All other powers belong to the states or the people.
What is the 10th Amendment?
Florida's Court decision was overruled by the U.S. Supreme court, leaving the winner of the 2000 election to be George W. Bush
What is Gore v. Bush?
The crash of the stock market launching the U.S. into a Great Depression
What is 1929?
This Era is defined by Manifest Destiny in which many believed it was their God given right to move West.
What is Westward Expansion?
A French civil servant who traveled to and wrote about the United States. He wrote "Democracy in America", which describes five values he believed allowed our democracy to succeed. Those five values included liberty, egalitarianism, individualism, populism, and laissez-faire.
Who is Alexis de Tocqueville?