The Constitution
The first 10 Amendments to the constitution
Bill of Rights
This court case ended segregation in America
Brown v Board of Ed
The name for the conflict in the 1950s-1990s between the USSR and USA
Cold War
This is the direction many pioneers headed
West
The US had to airlift supplies and food into this city, after the USSR cut off all roads and trains in order to force the city to turn communist
Berlin
This abolitionist was a former slave who became a writer, orator, and activist known for works such as "What, to the slave, is the fourth of July?"
The New Deal
Three-Fifths (3/5) compromise
The agreement that enslaved people would count for 3/5 a free person for representation and taxation
This court cases created the idea of "separate but equal" and made segregation legal
Plessy v Ferguson
Entry into this war helped the United States recover from the Great Depression
Jefferson doubled the country by buying what land
Louisiana Purchase
The cuban missile crisis was a conflict between Cuba, the United States, and
This book by Louisa May Allocot helped moderate white people see the evils of slavery and the need for ending slavery immediately
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This muck raker (journalist) went after Rockefeller and his monopolistic control of the Oil industry
The constitution sets up two legislative bodies, the House of Representatives and
The Senate
This court case ensures that your rights are read to you every time you are arrested
Miranda v Arizona
This event propelled the United States into entering WWII, declaring war on Japan
Pearl Harbor Attack/Bombing
The Mexican American war resulted in the addition of this US State
Texas
The United States foreign policy that stated it would support capitalism and countries fighting against communism
Truman Doctrine/ Containment
This radical anti slavery activist became so committed to his views that he and his sons killed a few slave owners before planning an attack on the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, which failed and resulted in his capture and execution
John Brown
The driving economic reason for freed slaves to move North
New factories / industrialization / job opportunities
The three branches are: Legislative, Executive, and
Judicial
When the supreme court denied FDR's New Deal Legislation, this is what he threatened to do
Despite it's misleading name, in this war, the French and Native Amercians fought together against the British
French and Indian War
All new states added had to decide between these two options when it comes to the practice of buying and selling human beings
Free State or Slave State
This region became part of the USSR, under the control of the Soviet Union (Russia)
Eastern Europe
This amendment ended slavery
14th Amendment
This "hands off" style of governing the economy means no regulations or government intervention in the economy, and was how the US governed the economy until the Great Depression
Lazzaie faire
This rule gives Congress the power to everything "necessary and proper" to govern the country and has been used as justification for many new programs, laws, and agencies
Elastic Clause
This court case created Judicial Review and proved the Supreme Court's authority to decide which laws and government actions are constitutional
Marbury v Madison
This war was the result of unresolved trade disputes between the United States and Great Britain, involving pirates, kidnapping, and unpaid tarifs
War of 1812
This new industry drew workers in to the west from Ireland, China, and elsewhere, and it's product made the West more easily accessible
Railroads
The movement led by a midwestern Senator to identify and remove communists from the US government and military.
McCarthyism
The effort to rebuild the south and ensure equal rights for all races in the country
Reconstruction
The term for a tax placed on goods that are from a foreign country
Tarif