Amendments
The right to petition is provided by this amendment
1st Amendment
This court case resulted in the desegregation of schools
Brown v. Board of Education
This law was the first to restrict immigration to the United States. Hit hardest on Asian immigrants.
The Chinese Exclusion Act
This coordinated attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in human history
September 11th Terrorist Attacks
This is the process of people adopting American values, sometime forced to assimilate into the main culture
Americanization
Women were guaranteed the right to vote as a result of this amendment
19th Amendment
The Supreme Court ruled in 1896 that 'separate but equal' facilities for black & white were constitutional. 🤔 This was later overturned by Brown v Board in 1954.
Plessy v. Ferguson
The government passed this law to encourage more people to move out west during the late 1800's. FREE LAND!
The Homestead Act
1970s Scandal that resulted in distrust of the government and the first resignation of president Nixon
The Watergate Scandal
The process of cities becoming the primary places of residence and economic activity
Urbanization
This is the only amendment to have another amendment repealing it
18th Amendment
Back to 8th grade! The Supreme Court gave itself the power of “Judicial Review” in this early court case
Marbury v. Madison
This act required that livestock be slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
The Meat Inspection Act
This event was the beginning of Allied operations in mainland Europe during World War II
D-Day or Operation Overlord
An approach where there is little to no government involvement
Laissez-Faire
This amendment was used as the basis for the majority of legislation and court decisions in the Civil Right Movement
14th Amendment
This court case upheld president Roosevelt’s decision to move Japanese Americans to internment camps
Korematsu v. United States
Getting men to join the military is the reason this law was created
The Selective Service Act (aka THE DRAFT)
Event in Havana Bay (Cuba) that caused in the beginning of the Spanish American War
The Sinking of the USS Maine
System that focuses on the collective as opposed to the individual. Government controls ALL economic decisions.
Communism
This amendment gives the federal government the power to collect income taxes
16th Amendment
This Texas court case was used to strike down school segregation for Mexican American students - odd because they had to argue that they were NOT black.
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
All public places were DESEGREGATED by this law
The Civil Rights of 1964
This tragic event lead to greater building safety standards and workplace safety regulations
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Rich robber barons give to charity and hope to do good works with their money
Philanthropy