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Laws
100
Changed voting age to 18
What is 26th Amendment
100
President during Spanish American War
McKinley
100
Muckraker who exposed horrible working conditions and food safety issues
Upton Sinclair
100
Stand-off with Soviets over missile placement near the USA
Cuban Missile Crisis
100
Created safety guidelines for the production of food and meat in the Progressive Era
What is the pure food and drug act.
200
Includes freedom of speech, press, and assembly
What is 1st amendment
200
President at the end of WWII
Truman
200
Founded the Hull House in Chicago
Jane Addams
200
The completion of this allowed the US to increase trade because it was easier to ship goods from east to west coast and to other nations.
Panama Canal
200
Made it illegal to discriminate based on race, national origin, or religion
What is civil rights act of 1964
300
guaranteed suffrage to women
What is 19th amendment
300
President at the beginning of WWI
Wilson
300
Advocated for the "Gospel of Wealth"; made his money in the steel industry
Andrew Carnegie
300
Terrorist attack on USA that led to stricter laws concerning travel and freedom
What is 9/11
300
Outlawed Jim Crow-era laws that prevented African Americans from voting, such as the Literacy Test
What is Voting Rights Act of 1965
400
Established 2 term limit for presidents
What is 22nd amendment
400
President at the start of the Great Depression
Hoover
400
Commander of armed forces in North Africa, Italy in WWII. Later became President
Dwight Eisenhower
400
This was signaled that the USA was now a dominant world power for the first time.
What is Spanish American War
400
limited civil liberties during WWI by making it illegal to speak about the government or the war in a negative way
What is Espionage Act of 1917
500
Guarantees equal protection under the law; one of the Reconstruction amendments
What is 14th Amendment
500
President during the Iran-Contra Scandal
Reagan
500
Wrote the Book The Feminine Mystique; co-founded NOW (National Organization of Women)
Betty Friedan
500
Sinking of this boat led the USA to enter WWI
What is Lusitania
500
While not a law, this executive order led to the internment of thousands of US citizens in WWII due to fear and racism
What is Executive Order 9066