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US History
US History test
Term | Definition |
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1898 | Spanish-American War: Explosion of Maine in havana harbor. William McKinley, Teddy R, Rough Riders, George Dewey. Free Cuba. |
1914-1918 | World War I: Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, MAIN, Central Powers and Allied Powers, Sinking of Louisitania, Unrestricted Sub warfare, Zimmerman Telegram. |
1929 | Stock Market Crash |
1939-1945 | World War II: U.S., Russia, Britain, Germany, Italy. Dictators: Mussolini, Hitler, Stalin. Holocaust, Pearl Harbor, D-Day, Battle of the Bulge, Nazi Party, Night o Broken Glass. |
1957 | Russia launches Sputnik |
1968 | Assassination of MLK: Civil rights activist. |
1969 | U.S. lands first man on the moon |
1991 | Cold war ends- Stand off between super powers U.S. and Soviet Union. |
2001 | 9/11 World Trade Center and pentagon attacked |
2008 | Barak Obama first black president elected |
13th Amendment | Abolished Slavery |
14th | Citizenship to former slaves |
15th | Voting rights for all men |
16th | Allowed government to collect income taxes |
17th | U.S. Senators would be elected directly by the people |
18th | Prohibition |
19th | Voting rights to Women |
24th | Outlawed Poll tax- Can no longer charge people to vote |
22nd | No president shall be elected more than 2 times |
26th | Granted voting rights to 18 year olds - Old enough to enlist, Old enough to vote |
Plessy v. Ferguson | 1896- Supreme court rule that laws requiring separate but equal railway accommodations did not violate 13th or 14th amendment. "Segregation is OK!!!" |
Mendez v. Westheimer School district of Orange County | 1947- Segregation of Mexican American children in California schools violated California law "Segregation is illegal if their is no law for it." |
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD | 1948- Segregation of Mexican and Anglo schools is unconstitutional. Different classes for spanish. "Segregation for some but not all" |
Brown v Board of Edu | 1954- Over ruled Plessy v. ferguson |
Tinker v. Des Moines | 1969- Students have rights in schools |
Hernandez v. Texas | Established that Mex Am had equal protections under the 14th amendment. Cant be segregated |
White v. Regester | Equality in drawing of voting district lines. Can reduce or eliminate the voting power of certain groups |
Tuskegee Airmen | Af Am piolets in WWII |
Susan B. Anthony | Early pioneer of womens rights. |
Ida B. Wells | Af Am author who campaigned to end lynching |
Upton Sinclar | Muckracker. the Jungle- Pure food and drug act and Meat inspection act |
Clarence Darrow | Defense attorney in Scopes Trial. Supported not teaching evolution in schools. |
Korean War | 1950- North and South Korea. North invaded south U.S. sent troops to help. Containment. |
Vietnam War | 1956-75North and South Vietnam. U.S. concerned with Communist threat in south. Fall of Saigon. Viet Cong. Tet offensive. |