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Marbury v. Madison

Established judicial review

McCulloch v. Maryland

Established federal supremacy over states

Gibbons v. Ogden

Federal government controls interstate commerce

Dred Scott v. Sandford

Enslaved people were not citizens

Plessy v. Ferguson

Established separate but equal doctrine

Brown v. Board of Education

Ended racial segregation in public schools

George Washington

Set presidential precedents and warned against alliances

Thomas Jefferson

Made the Louisiana Purchase

Andrew Jackson

Expanded democracy for white men and signed Indian Removal Act

Abraham Lincoln

Led Union during Civil War and preserved the nation

Theodore Roosevelt

Trust-buster and Progressive reformer

Woodrow Wilson

Led U.S. during World War I

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Created New Deal and led U.S. through most of WWII

Harry Truman

Began containment policy during Cold War

John F. Kennedy

Managed Cuban Missile Crisis

Lyndon B. Johnson

Great Society and Civil Rights Act

Richard Nixon

Resigned after Watergate scandal

Ronald Reagan

Promoted conservative policies and increased military spending

1st Amendment

Freedom of speech religion press assembly and petition

2nd Amendment

Right to bear arms

4th Amendment

Protection from unreasonable searches and seizures

5th Amendment

Due process and protection against self-incrimination

6th Amendment

Right to a speedy public trial

8th Amendment

No cruel and unusual punishment

13th Amendment

Abolished slavery

14th Amendment

Granted citizenship and equal protection

15th Amendment

Protected voting rights regardless of race

16th Amendment

Established federal income tax

17th Amendment

Direct election of senators

18th Amendment

Prohibition of alcohol

19th Amendment

Women's right to vote

22nd Amendment

Limited presidents to two terms

26th Amendment

Lowered voting age to 18

Second Great Awakening

Religious revival that inspired reform movements

Abolition Movement

Effort to end slavery

Women's Suffrage Movement

Effort to gain voting rights for women

Temperance Movement

Effort to reduce or ban alcohol

Progressive Movement

Reforms targeting political and social problems

Civil Rights Movement

Effort to end racial discrimination

Mayflower Compact

Early colonial self-government agreement

Declaration of Independence

Declared independence from Britain in 1776

Articles of Confederation

First U.S. government with weak central power

Constitution

Created the current U.S. government

Bill of Rights

First ten amendments protecting freedoms

Emancipation Proclamation

Freed enslaved people in Confederate territory

Gettysburg Address

Reaffirmed equality and national unity

Benjamin Franklin

Founding Father diplomat and inventor

Thomas Jefferson

Author of Declaration of Independence

Andrew Jackson

Leader of Jacksonian Democracy

Frederick Douglass

Formerly enslaved abolitionist and speaker

Susan B. Anthony

Leader of women's suffrage movement

Booker T. Washington

Advocated vocational education for African Americans

W.E.B. Du Bois

Co-founder of NAACP and civil rights activist

Martin Luther King Jr.

Leader of nonviolent Civil Rights Movement

French and Indian War

British victory led to colonial taxation

American Revolution

Colonies gained independence from Britain

War of 1812

Increased American nationalism

Mexican-American War

U.S. gained Southwest territories

Civil War

Union defeated Confederacy and ended slavery

Spanish-American War

U.S. gained overseas territories

World War I

U.S. helped Allies defeat Central Powers

World War II

U.S. and Allies defeated Axis powers

Cold War

Long rivalry between U.S. and Soviet Union

Vietnam War

Attempt to contain communism in Vietnam