Significant Court Cases and Laws
This case ended segregation in schools
Brown v Board of Education
A cult that was known for its belief in white supremacy
Ku Klux Klan
This Movement was a social movement in the United States that tried to gain equal rights for African Americans
Civil Rights Movement
The U.S. was hesitant to join this war, but ultimately turned the tides and won the war
World War II
a political scandal in the 1970s including the break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters, leading to a President's resignation.
Watergate
This court case made it a law that African Americans in a free or slave state could not be an American Citizen
Dred Scott Case
This man was a activist and was a prominent leader in the civil rights movement
Martin Luther King Jr
This was a diverse social movement, largely based in the United States in the 60s and 70s that sought equal rights and opportunities and greater personal freedom for women
Womens Right Movement
This non-violent war began in 1947 and doesn't have a clear end date
Cold War
enacted in 1887, aimed to assimilate Native Americans by dividing their tribal lands into individual allotments and encouraging private land ownership.
Dawes Act
This case allowed segregation to continue in certain states
Plessy v Ferguson
an American industrialist and business magnate. He was the founder of _____ Motor Company and chief developer of the assembly line technique of mass production.
Henry Ford
In this era there was widespread social activism, and the US was focused on defeating corruption, monopoly, and inefficiency
Progressive Era
The only war the U.S was considered to "lose" in
Vietnam War
economic policies characterized by tax cuts, deregulation, and a focus on supply-side economics.
Reaganomics
This case during World War II involved a Japanese-American man who refused an executive order and would not leave his home
Korematsu v United States
a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against the African American community
Black Panthers
This era was an attempt to rebuild the US after the civil war and bring the confederate states back into the US
Reconstruction Era
A conflict from 1846 to 1848 over territorial disputes in the south
Mexican American War
The belief that the US was destined to expand west in North America
Manifest Destiny
These Laws enforced racial segregation
Jim Crow Laws
journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government
Muckrakers
This movement is a social movement that aims to protect the natural world from harmful environmental practices in order to create sustainable living all beginning with the fear of air pollution
Environmental Movements
a U.S. law that limits the president's authority to deploy military forces without congressional approval and establishes reporting requirements for such deployments.
War Powers Act
This 1940s organization's goal was to improve quality of life in the southeast
Tennessee Valley Authority