Court Cases
Court decision that segregated schools are unequal and must integrate
What is Brown Vs. The Board of Education?
Law that allows the U.S. Government to aggressively locate suspected terrorists within the United States
What is the Patriot Act?
California entered as a free state, popular sovereignty in western territories and strict fugitive slave laws
What is the Compromise of 1850?
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution which guarantee certain protections and liberties to the people
What is the Bill of Rights
I said
I said "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Who is Patrick Henry?
Symbolic of the rivalry in Europe, this war resulted in the temporary end to French land claims in North America
What is The French and Indian War
Court decision which established federal court power to declare laws unconstitutional (judicial review)
What is Marbury vs. Madison?
This law attempted to end discrimination in many areas of society, including jobs.
What is the Civil Rights Act of 1964?
British law which upset colonists as it prohibited settlement west of Appalachian Mts. after the French/Indian War
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The amendment that started Prohibition.
What is 18th amendment?
I said "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Dropping Atomic Bombs on these cities caused the surrender of the Japanese, ending WW2 and saving American lives.
What is HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI?
Court decision ruled that black men, free or slave, were not citizens and that slavery could exist in "free" areas
What is the Dred Scott Decision?
Nixon’s plan to return the fighting of the Vietnam War to the people of Vietnam so we could withdraw
What is Vietnamization?
Written by George Mason, this outlined basic rights of people in Virginia and served as a model for the Bill of Rights
What is the Virginia Declaration of Rights?
States were prohibited from denying equal rights under the law to any American
What is the 14th amendment?
I said "Four-score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle that all men are created equal."
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired here.
What is Lexington and Concord
Court decision which prohibited states from taxing agencies of the federal government (implied powers)
What is McCulloch vs Maryland?
This made containment of communism the guiding principle of American policies after WW2
What is the Truman Doctrine?
Temporarily solved the problem of slavery by drawing a slave line through the territories and balancing slave and free states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
Gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th amendment?
I said
"Speak softly, and carry a big stick..."
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
The surprise attack on the U.S. Naval Base by Japan which prompted our entrance to WW2
What is Pearl Harbor?
Court decision which stated "separate but equal" did NOT violate 14th amendment and upheld Jim Crow Laws
What is Plessy vs. Ferguson?
This expanded the Sherman Act and outlawed price fixing and exempted unions
What is the Clayton Anti-Trust Act?
Statement of women’s rights movement before the Civil War that demanded equality and the right to vote
What is the Seneca Falls Declaration?
Slavery was abolished permanently in the United States
What is the 13th Amendment?
I said
"Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country!"
Who is John F. Kennedy?
This was the failed attempt by Cuban exiles to overthrow Fidel Castro, the communist leader of Cuba
What is the Bay of Pigs?
Court decision that established foundation for Supreme Court to decide disputes between states or levels of government (commerce clause)
What is Gibbons vs. Ogden?
This law prohibited people from China from immigrating to the United States which shows anti-immigrant feelings.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
Ending the Reconstruction Period, Republicans dropped reconstruction laws to gain the presidency for Hayes.
What is the Compromise of 1877?
Voting rights were guaranteed regardless of race (to former slaves)
What is the 15th Amendment?
I said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself" and "December 7th, 1941, a date that will live in infamy..."
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
The Union victory in this Civil War battle prompted Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation.
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What is the battle of ANTIETEM?