US History Key Events, Figures, and Supreme Court Cases Review

Flashcards covering key figures, historical books, famous quotes, presidential trivia, and landmark Supreme Court cases based on the lecture notes.

The Jungle

Book about the meat packing industry written by Upton Sinclair.

How the Other Half Lives

wealth inequality written by Jacob Riis.

The Influence of Sea Power upon History

Book written by Alfred Thayer Mahan.

Mein Kampf

Book written by Adolf Hitler.

Profiles in Courage

Book written by JFK.

Silent Spring

Book written by Rachel Carson.

Hillbilly Elegy

Book written by JD Vance.

The History of Standard Oil

Book written by Ida Tarbell.

Atlas Shrugged

Book written by Ayn Rand.

H. Rap Brown Quote

"Violence is as American as apple pie"

Keynes Quote

"in the long run we are all dead"

Woodrow Wilson (1917) Quote

"The world must be made safe for democracy."

Theodore Roosevelt (1901) Quote

"Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far."

Ronald Reagan (1987) Quote

"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

William Jennings Bryan

Gave the speech including the line "Don’t crucify us on a cross of gold"

The Hero of San Juan Hill

Nickname for Theodore Roosevelt (TR).

Peanut Farmer

Nickname for Jimmy Carter.

Harry S. Truman

The last president to not attend college.

Black Abe / The Rail Splitter

Nicknames for Abraham Lincoln.

Old Hickory

Nickname for Andrew Jackson.

Young Hickory

Nickname for James K. Polk.

Tippecanoe

Nickname for William Henry Harrison.

The Great Communicator

Nickname for Ronald Reagan.

Landslide Lyndon

Nickname for LBJ (Lyndon B. Johnson).

Iran-Contra

Scandal associated with Ronald Reagan.

Watergate

Scandal associated with Richard Nixon.

Lewinsky

Scandal associated with Bill Clinton.

Warren Court (1953-69)

Court known for civil rights rulings, with justices appointed by Eisenhower.

Marshall Court (1801-35)

Court appointed by Adams that made the Supreme Court powerful.

Marbury v Madison (1803)

Established the principle of judicial review.

Plessy Vs. Fergeson (1896)

Established the doctrine of "separate but equal."

Brown v Board of Education (1954)

Ruled that "separate but equal is inherently unequal."

Brown v Board of Education 2 (1955)

Ordered integration to proceed "with all deliberate speed."

McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)

Established the implied powers of Congress and ruled that states cannot tax federal institutions.

Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)

Affirmed the federal government's exclusive power to regulate interstate commerce.

Martin v. Hunter's Lessee (1816)

Affirmed the Court's power to override state court decisions in civil matters pertaining to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, and treaties.

Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819)

Ruled that a corporate charter qualifies as a contract under the Contract Clause, preventing state interference with private contracts.

Foster Dulles

Secretary of State under IKE (Eisenhower).

Henry Kissinger

Secretary of State under Nixon.

Dean Acheson / George C. Marshall

Secretaries of State under Truman.

William H. Seward

Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson; associated with the Monroe Doctrine.

John Quincy Adams

Secretary of State under Monroe; associated with the Monroe Doctrine.

Dean Rusk

Secretary of State under JFK.

Robert McNamara

Secretary of Defense under JFK.

Allen Dulles

Director of CIA under JFK.

Joseph Glidden

Inventor associated with barbed wire technology.

Sandra Day O'Connor

The first woman Supreme Court justice, appointed by Reagan.

College of JFK

Harvard

college of FDR

Harvard

College of Roosevelt

Harvard

College of Ike / Eisenhower

west point

College of Hoover

stanford 

College of Coolidge

amherst 

College of Truman

last pres to not attend college

College of Jimmy carter

Georgia tech 

College of Ronald reagan

Eureka college

College of Ford

UMich - yale law

College of LBJ

San marco state teachers college

College of Richard Nixon

whittier college - duke law 

College of HW bush

yale

College of W bush

yale - harvard

College of Clinton

Georgetown - oxford - yale law

College of Obama

Occidental College - Columbia - Harvard Law

College of Trump

Fordham - Upenn

College of Biden

Udeleware - Syracuse law