Amendments
This Amendment Granted women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This Supreme Court case ended Segregation within Schools
What is Brown v Board of Education?
This war was a failure for the United States in the Cold War after nearly 10 years of involvement
This President was in office during World War II but died right before the end.
Who is Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR)
The dream of moving to the U.S., becoming middle class or prosperous, and having a better quality of life.
What is the "American Dream?"
This amendment repealed the 18th amendment.
What is the 21st Amendment?
This Supreme Court Case established that segregated facilities were legal as long as those facilities for different races were of equal quality
What is Plessy v Ferguson
This war helped end the Great Depression for the United States and ended with the dropping of Atomic Bombs on Japan
What is World War II
This President was shot in a motorcade in Downtown Dallas, 1963
Who is John F. Kennedy
Fear of communism in the United States during the 1920s AND again during the 1950s
What is the Red Scare?
This Amendment Lowered the Voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
This Supreme court case made it illegal to yell "FIRE" in a crowded theater/ use freedom of speech to scare people or make them fear the government. It happened when a man tried to encourage people to encourage the draft in World War I but scared people while he did it.
What is Schenck v United States?
This war was a short, 5 week war in the Middle East that the U.S. declared over Iraq invading Kuwait for oil reserves
What is the Persian Gulf War
This President ended U.S. involvement in Vietnam but resigned as a result of the Watergate scandal
Who is Richard Nixon
Trend of Americans wanting to buy the latest and greatest thing
This Amendment gave ALL American Born Citizens Equal Protection Under the Law
What is the 14th Amendment?
This Supreme Court Case gave the NYT the right to publish declassified information
What is New York Times v United States
This War made the United States an empire (With Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines) after the U.S.S. Maine blew up in Havana Harbor
What is the Spanish American War
This President was in office during World War I and drafted the Treaty of Versailles + League of Nations
Who is Woodrow Wilson
"E pluribus Unum" or "From many to one" -- what does this represent for American culture?
What is "Diversity" or "Melting Pot"
This amendment granted ALL MEN regardless of race the right to vote
What is the 15 Amendment?
This Tennessee Supreme Court Case established that evolution could not be taught in public schools until the 1960s. It shows the 1920s divide between modernism and traditionalism.
What is the Scopes Trial
This was the first official Proxy War of the Cold War
What is the Korean War
This President adopted a "Big Stick" foreign policy towards Latin America and also passed the Pure Food and Drug Act
Who is Theodore Roosevelt (TR)
There are 3 ideas that are founding principles or goals of life in America. What are they?