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The New Nation
The Judiciary Act of 1789 helped organize the supreme court. The judicial branch, estbalised by the act, helps with major roles of the nation. -
The New Nation
The Proclamation of Neutrality was issued by President Washington in 1793. It stated that the United States wouldn't take sides while England and France were fighting. It became the foundation of American policy toward Europe until the 20th century. -
The New Nation
Marbury v. Madison establishes the idea of judicial review. It determined that the supreme court had the power to review actions made by the executive branch and the Legislative branch. Established checks and balances in all 3 branches we use today. -
Expansion and Reform
Mcculloch vs. Maryland was a decision made by South Carolina when Maryland tried to impose tax on banks not charted in Maryland. The significance was that banks gained indepencence for parts of the federal goverment. -
Expansion and Reform
The Monroe doctorine was a warning by the US towards Europe, telling them they could not recolonize latin american nations. The significance of the doctorine is that it is a fundamental element of America's foreign policy. -
Expansion and Reform
The Trail of Tears was a forced march of the cherokee indians to move west of the Mississippi. The path is significant because the Cherokee Indians were forced to travel and moved into government deemed Indian Territory. -
The American Civil War and Reconstruction
Dred Scott vs. Sanford was a US supreme court case that faced the issue of slavery. It held that the federal goverment had no power to regulate slavery in the territories and that people of African American decent were not protected by the constitution and were not US citizens. -
The American Civil War and Reconstruction
The Emancipation Proclamation was an order issued to all segments of the executive branch of the us by president Lincoln. The implemented document proclamed all enslaved in confederate territory to be forever free. -
The American Frontier
The invention of barbed wire changed the economy in the west. Due to it restraining cattle, it created cattle wars which made ranchers rely on only the railroad to transport livestock instead of transporting livestock freely. -
The American Civil War and Reconstruction
The Jim Crow Laws were mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in southern states from 1876 to 1965. These laws enforced separate but equal. Seperation led to favoritisim of whites over blacks in public places. -
The American Frontier
Munn vs. Illinois was a US supreme court case dealing with corprate rates and agricultural. It is significant because the 14th amendement did not prevent Illinois from regulation charges for use of a business' grain elevators. It allowed states to regulate certain businesses within their borders. -
The GIlded Age
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a federal law to suspend chinese immigration in the US. It was significant because it put restrictions on free immigtaion in US history, nativism. -
The Gilded Age
The Pendleton Act stipulated that goverment jobs should be awarded based on merit. The significance of this decison made by congres made it legal to fire or devote goverment employees who were put into power for wrong reasons. -
The American Frontier
The interstate commerce act was a watershed in the history of the federal regulation of business. It gained public concern with the growing power and wealth of corperations. -
Progressivism
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was passed by congress to control unfair business practices. It was a landmark federal statue on US competition law and protected competition and competitive landscape. -
Progressivism
Plessy vs. Ferguson was a US Supreme Court case that landmarked "seperate but equal". It legitimized the entire idea pf seperation of the races for the rest of American history. -
The Gilded Age
Ellis islnd is an island in the bay of New York that was an entry point for immagrants in the 1900's looking for the American dream. It is significant because it was the place where immigrants first stepped foot on American soil, those immgrants which are many of our ancestors. -
The Age of Imperialism
Big Stick Diplomacy was a policy to describe the assertion of US domince as a moral imperative, created by President Theodore Roosevelt. Its significance was to negotiate peacefully. -
The Age of Imperalism
The Roosevelt Corollary was an expansion of the Monroe Doctrine and made no more colonizing in the Western Hemisphere. It gave the US the right to get involved with any problems in the area. It was used to keep Europeans out. -
Progressivism
The Assembly Line was a manufacturing process in which parts are added to a product in a sequential manner. Henry Ford invented this new process in 1908 at the Ford Motor Company in Detroit, Michigan. It made production much faster than handcrafting type methods and made products more afforadble and easier to obtain. -
The Great War
The Great Migration lasted for 60 years when thousands of African-American families moved north in search for a better life to make more money and escape the segregated south. This is significant because Race Riots, Lynching and the KKK was formed due to black workers taking white workers jobs while they were off at war. -
Roarin' 20's, Great Depression
Prohibition was the 18th amendement that prohibited the "...manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States..." This amendment caused many organized crimes in America that affected the country greatly by causing speakeasies and bootlegging. -
Roarin' 20's, Great Depression
Still existing today, easy credit was new in the 1930's that increased supply of money into the banking system. It made it easier to get public lending with a lower intrest rate. It is significant because it encouraged economic growth, leading to inflation in America, setting into a depresison. -
Roarin' 20's, Great Depression
The New Deal was an economic measure to counteract the effects of the great depression. President Franklin D. Roosevelt and this program focused on the 3 R's, Relief, Recovery, and Reform. It is significant because it promoted economic recovery and social reform in America. -
The Great War
The League of Nations was to keep peace and to settle disputes between nations. It lasted for 27 years until it was replaced by the United Nations. It was significant becuase it was created to help prevent another war, which did not happen, but it helped create the UN which still helps the world today. -
The Great War
Anti-German Propaganda was a military tactic to increase support for the war and commitment to an Allied victory. It used many sketches and cartoons to convince American's of how bad and untrustworthy the Germans were. It was significant because it was one of the major reasons the US entered the war. -
WW2 and the Cold War
Korematsu vs. United States was a US supreme court case that ordered Japenese Americans into internment camps during world war 2 regardless of citizenship. It is significant because it was the first instance of the Supreme Court applying the strict scrutiny standard to racial discrimination by the government. -
The Age of Imperalism
Even though Social Darwinism still exists today, it is an ideology of society that seeks to apply biological concepts. The idea has been important in which unregulated free market capitalism is justified. -
WW2 and the Cold War
The GI Bill was a law that provided a range of benefits for returning world war 2 veterans. It provided low-cost mortgages, low-intrest loans, cash payments of tuition and living expences to attend college or high school. It still exists today to benifit veterans. -
WW2 and the Cold War
The Truman Doctrine was an international relations policy made by US president Truman. The US would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid. It helped fight the spread of communism and it was the response to a crisis. -
Revovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil
The Freedom Riders was a bus trip to the south United States to attempt to integrate racial facilities. They traveled all over the south to get their message across. It is significant because they challanged court cases Irene Morgan v. Commonwealth of Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional. -
Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil
The Enviromental Protection Agency is the protecting of human health and the enviroment by reducting polution in water sources. It is significant because it helps mantain national enviromental standards for the past 40 years. -
The US Since the Vietnam War
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mechlenburg Board Of Education is a US supreme court case decision of busing of students to promote integration in public schools in America. It is significant because it decided the busing of students to promote integration is constitutional. -
Recovery, Prosperity, and Turmoil
Roe vs. Wade was a US supreme court case on the issue of abortion. It is significant because it disallowed state and federal restrictions on abortion which still exist today. All though, it is still a highly debated topic today. -
The US Since the Vietnam War
The Camp David Accords was a peace deal made by President Carter between Egypt, Isreal, and America. It was the greatest accomplishment of Carter's presidency. It was a peaceful solution to a dispute between Israel and its Arab neighbors. -
The US Since the Vietnam War
The Patriot Act was a act made my president G.W. Bush for uniting and strengthing America by providing appropriate tools required to intercept and obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. It is significant because it expanded security for Americans after the horrendus incident of September 11th, 2001.
