STAAR Review

Politics

100

Populism, Popular Sovereignty, Suffrage

Voting

200

2nd Red Scare (Cold War), televised trials of public figures regarding affiliation with Communism, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC)

McCarthyism

300

The illegal attempt by FDR to load the Supreme Court with justices who would listen to him.

Court Packing Scheme

400

The Secretary of the Interior allowed oil companies to drill at a National Park for kickbacks.

Teapot Dome Scandal

500

"The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people." (10th Amendment)

Shows what system of government?

Federalism

Era Hallmarks

100

Flappers, Jazz, Speakeasys, Moonshine, Stock Market Crash

Roaring 20s.

200

Mass poverty and unemployment, Hoovervilles, Dust Bowl, Breadlines, Soup Kitchens

Great Depression

300

Major law changes with new Amendments in order to "fix" broken politics and broken society.

Progressive Era.

400

"Reaganomics," AIDS crisis, No more Aerosol Hairspray, "Tear Down This Wall" speech.

1980s.

500

Vietnam, Hippies, Mass Protests

1970s

Society

100

Mostly 1960s and 70s, lived "off the grid," protested war, and smoked lots of pot.

Hippies

200

Women who cut their hair in a "bob," dated gangsters, showed their legs, danced and smoked.

Flappers

300

"The Stepford Wives," Equal Rights Amendment attempt, burning bras and high heels

New Feminism/Women's Civil Rights Movement.

400

Motorcycles, black jackets, hair slicked back 

Greasers

500

Investigative Journalism, "The Jungle," Jacob Riis Photography, Dorothea Dix

Muckrakers

Technology

100

Edison's invention that let factories stay open all night.

Light Bulb

200

Alexander Graham Bell's invention that allowed instant communication over large distances with people's real voices.

Telephone

300

Improvement in Communication, primarily using a system of long and short beeps over wires.

Telegraph

400

This technology allowed manufacturers to lower prices on products because they could make more units.

Assembly Line

500

GPS, the Internet, Motorcycle Helmets, Velcro, and Drink Mix Powders are all rooted in . . . . 

The Space Race (Space Spinoffs)

Amendments

100

Freedoms of expression (Speech, press, religion, etc)

1st Amendment

200

Enactment and Repeal of Prohibition

18th and 21st

300

The president is only allowed 2 terms by law.

22nd Amendment

400

This amendment is associated with Miranda v Arizona

5th Amendment

500

This amendment was put into place because "if you're old enough to go to war, you're old enough to vote."

26th (Lowered voting age to 18)