Presidents
Treaties
Court Cases
Wars
Important Acts
100
This U.S. president developed the 10% Plan, gave the Gettysburg Address and issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
What is Abraham Lincoln.
100
What treaty ended the Seven Years War and marked the end of salutary neglect.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1763.
100
This Supreme Court Case that the 14th Amendment protected only politically equality and not social equity, would later be overturned by the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
What is Plessy v. Ferguson.
100
This war was caused by British impressment of American soldiers, trade restrictions and the fact that the British were encouraging Native American rebellion.
What is the War of 1812.
100
These were a series of acts that was Britain's response to the Boston Tea Party.
What is The Intolerable Acts.
200
This U.S president established the Federal Trade Commission, initiated progressive reform that prohibited child labor and limited railroad workers to an 8 hr day, led the U.S. into WWI, and had issued his Fourteen Points.
What is Woodrow Wilson.
200
This treaty was a result of the Paris Peace Conference, and formed the League of Nations to protect territorial integrity and political independence.
What is the Treaty of Versailles.
200
This court case stated that Georgia legislature had issued extensive land grants to Yazoo Land Company in a corrupt deal and the Supreme Court decided that the original contract was valid regardless of the corruption.
What is Fletcher v. Peck.
200
This war was between France and Britain over land in the Ohio region.
What is French and Indian War. (Seven Years War)
200
These acts dictated that only certain goods shipped from the New World port were to go only to Britain, served as a foundation of England's world wide commercial system but led to increased tension between Britain and its colonies.
What is the Navigation Acts.
300
This U.S. president banned racial discrimination in the armed forces, had a doctrine named after him that instituted the policy of "containment" against Communism, and decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan.
What is Harry S. Truman.
300
This treaty provided evacuation of British troops of their posts in the Northwest and payment of damages and seizures on American ships and allowed them to continue their fur trade.
What is Jay's Treaty.
300
This court case established judicial review over federal legislation, which gave courts the power to declare statues unconstitutional.
What is Marbury v. Madison.
300
The cause of this war was because of the dispute of the border, the fact that the U.S. aided Texas in revolt, and the annexation of Texas to the U.S.
What is Mexican War.
300
This act further outlined regulations against monopolies and other unfair business practices. Also excepted labor unions engaged in legal activities, and legalized strikes and peaceful picketing.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act.
400
This U.S. president invaded Spanish Florida to end Native American rebellions, provided federal enforcement to remove Native Americans tribes west of Mississippi, and set up the Spoils System.
What is Andrew Jackson.
400
This treaty divided the findings of the New World between Portugal and Spain creating the Papal Line.
What is the Treaty of Tordesillas.
400
This court case determined that no state could control an agency of federal government, after the state tried to levy a tax on a local branch of the U.S.'s Bank to protect its own state banks.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland.
400
In this war America supported Cuba's fight for independence which caused the war and as a result of it America gained Puerto Rico and other land.
What is the Spanish American War.
400
As a result of this act Congress opened trade to all nations except France and Britain.
What is the Non-Intercourse Act.
500
This U.S. president wrote the Virginia Plan, led the U.S. into WWII and was considered the "Father of the Constitution."
What is James Madison.
500
This treaty defined the U.S.-Mexican border, the U.S. paid Spain $5 million for Florida.
What is the Adam-Onis Treaty.(Transcontinental Treaty/ Florida Purchase Treaty)
500
This division of powers case determined that only Congress could regulate interstate commerce, including navigation after a monopoly had been granted of the Hudson River, after the case the monopoly was voided.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden.
500
This war was the result of conflict between King Charles I and parliamentarians. The result of this war was parliament's victory which resulted a trail that caused the execution of King Charles I and the exile of Charles II.
What is the English Civil War.
500
This act gave Britain the power to tax and make laws for Americans in all cases.
What is the Declaratory Act.