14th and 15th amendments guaranteed the rights of newly freed slaves 15th amendment Gave citizens the right to vote regardless of race color or former status as a slave Later methods of depriving citizens of this amendment included poll taxes and literacy tests 19th amendment Women can finally vote 1776 Declaration of Independence Signed 1929 Great Depression Anti Federalists Opposed the Constitution because it gave the federal government too much power Battle of Midway Brown V Board of Education of Topeka Charles Lindbergh Checks and Balances Crucial victory for US dealt severe blow to Japanese Navy Supreme Court decision that resulted in improved educational opportunities for African Americans 1927 flew solo across the Atlantic symbolized ingenuity courage and ability Prevents one branch of the federal government from becoming too powerful Civil Rights Act of 1964 Prohibited discrimination on basis of color race religion or natural origin Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO Conservationism FDR s brain trust 1930s founded by John L Lewis labor union intended to organize the growing number of workers in mass production industries Theodore Roosevelt s policy of setting aside millions of acres of land under public domain during the early 1900s Save the trees Informal group of intellectuals who helped devise New Deal policies Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation FDIC Intended to stabilize financial institutions in the US First Ten Amendments Flappers GI bill Homestead Act Hoovervilles Constitutional amendments that protect individual freedoms and rights 1920s movement that represented women s desire to break with the past Passed by US gov WWII provided education to returning veterans 1862 encouraged settlers to move to the Great Plains which led to increased agricultural output Communities of homeless people living in makeshift shelters direct result of Great Depression Invasion of Normandy Iran Hostage Crisis Island Hopping June 6 1944 opened a second major front in the war in Europe Major factor contributing to Reagan s defeat of President Carter in 1980 Important strategy used by American forces in the Pacific Jamestown First permanent English settlement 1607 Jim Crow Laws Passed in response to 15th enforced segregation Korean Conflict League of Nations Manifest Destiny March on Washington A part of the Cold War struggle between US and Sov U Proposed by President Woodrow Wilson after WWI in order to establish and organization to maintain world peace Many Americans opposed US membership out of concern that it would lead to US involvement in international conflicts without congressional approval The idea that the US would inevitably stretch across North America from the Atlantic to Pacific 1963 intended to convince congress to pass civil rights legislation Marshall Plan Intended to prevent spread of communism in Western Europe Monroe Corollary Issued by Theodore Roosevelt in order to increase American involvement in word affairs Montgomery Bus Boycott Demonstrates the effectiveness of nonviolent protest for the Civil Rights movement New Deal FDR s program designed to combat the effects of the Great Depression North American Free Trade Agreement NAFTA Promoted free trade among Canada Mexico and the US Open Door Policy Proposed by US 1899 intended to protect US interests by establishing equal trade rights with China President Taft Progressives Proprietary Colony Puritans Rachel Carson Continued Roosevelt s progressive programs by pursuing antitrust cases Believed that government should protect workers and help the poor Colony over which an individual group had been granted full governing rights Migrated to New England to escape religious persecution Published a book in 1962 that started the environmental movement Radical Republicans Sacco and Vanzetti Scopes Monkey Trial Opposed Lincoln s Reconstruction plan because it was too lenient on the South Immigrants executed due to their radical beliefs during the red scare 1925 Clarence Darrow defended John Scopes in a trial that addressed the teaching of the theory of evolution in public schools Sherman Antitrust Act Promoted fair industrial competition Speech press In a democracy these freedoms allow citizens to express opinions on important issues Sputnik Tet Offensive Unalienable rights United Farm Workers US Constitution Launched by Sov U 1957 encouraged US to accelerate space program 1968 South Vietnam resulted in a loss of public confidence in US gov Life liberty pursuit of happiness belong to every human being According to Declaration cannot be taken away by a government without due process of law 1960s organized by Cesar Chavez intended to improve working conditions for migrant farm laborers An evolving document that has its roots in earlier political documents and contains the process that allows for change USS Maine Voting Rights Act of 1965 Warsaw Pact WEB Du Bois Wounded Knee 1898 battleship that exploded in Havana Harbor killing more than 200 Americans Prompted the beginning of the Spanish American War Suspended literacy tests used by some states as barriers to prevent minority participation in elections Created by the Soviet Union in response to the formation of NATO Founder of NAACP an organization dedicated to achieving racial equality for African Americans 1973 occupation in South Dakota one of several civil rights protests led by the American Indian Movement
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