Amendments
Court Cases
Laws
Events
Themes and Values
100

The right to petition is provided by this amendment

1st Amendment

100

This court case resulted in the desegregation of schools

Brown v. Board of Education

100

This law was the first to restrict immigration to the United States

The Chinese Exclusion Act

100

This coordinated attack was the deadliest terrorist attack in human history

September 11th Terrorist Attacks

100

This is the process of people adopting American values

Americanization (assimilation)

200

Women were guaranteed the right to vote as a result of this amendment

19th Amendment

200

Established "separate but equal"

Plessy v. Ferguson 

200

The government passed this law to encourage more people to move out west during the 1800's

The Homestead Act

200

Scandal that resulted in distrust of the government and the first resignation of a president

The Watergate Scandal

200

The process of cities becoming the primary places of residence and economic activity

Urbanization

300

This is the only amendment to have another amendment repealing it

18th Amendment

300

The Supreme Court gave itself the power of “Judicial Review” in this court case

Marbury v. Madison

300

This act required that livestock be slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions

The Meat Inspection Act

300

This event was the beginning of Allied operations in mainland Europe during World War II

D-Day or Operation Overlord

300

An approach where there is little to no government involvement

Laissez-Faire

400

This amendment was used as the basis for the majority of legislation and court decisions in the Civil Right Movement

14th Amendment

400

This court case upheld president Roosevelt’s decision to move Japanese Americans to internment camps

Korematsu v. United States

400

A lack of men joining the military is the reason this law was created

The Selective Service Act

400

Event in Havana Harbor that resulted in the beginning of the Spanish American War

The Sinking of the USS Maine

400

System that focuses on the collective as opposed to the individual

Communism

500

This amendment gives the federal government the power to collect income taxes

16th Amendment

500

This 1967 Supreme Court declared the right to marry, regardless of race, a fundamental freedom protected by the 14th amendment 

Loving v. Virginia

500

All places in society were desegregated by this law

The Civil Rights of 1964

500

This event lead to greater building safety standards and workplace safety regulations

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

500

Extreme pride in one's country or culture, often advocating for self-determination or a nation-state

Nationalism