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Ratification of the Articles of Confederation
Failed document that the United States' Government was to be based around. Gave to little power to national government. -
Constitutional Convention
Meeting intended to revise the Articles of Confederation, ended up overthrowing the government...again. -
Ratification of the 10th Amendment
States that power not specified in the Constitution are not allowed to be enforced by the national Government, but does not say that the state Government cannot enforce them. -
Kentucky and Virgninia Resolutions
Argued that the states should have the power to nullify an act by Congress that the states saw as unconstitutional. -
McCulloch V Maryland
Court case that invoked the Neccasary and Proper Clause. Ruled that Maryland was specificly targeting the federal bank. -
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American Civil War
A that resulted Southern states leaving the Union. Only war to be fought on American soil. -
Ratification of the 14th Amendment
Repealled Dred Scott Vs. Sandford
Gave definition of citizenship that allowed African Americans to become citizens. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Created to break up monopolies and allow competition -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Created federal inspection of food and drug factories and plants. -
Ratification of the 16th Amendment
Allowed congress to freely levi a tax -
Ratification of the 16th Amendment (Federal Income Tax)
Allowed Federal Government to enforce an income tax. -
Hoke v United States
Prostitution regulation was in the states' power. -
Gitlow Vs. New York
The court ruled that a previous case only applies to the federal government (selective incorporation) -
New Deal
A group of programs FDR created in order to reverse the Great Depression -
Brown V Board of Education
Court case that found the seperations of blacks and whites in school was unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed most forms of racial and gender discrimination. -
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act
An Act that supplied that States with funds to split between districts. -
Abell V Chavez-Salido
Court case that prohibited for illegal aliens to be prohbation officers. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Prohibited discrmination of people with diabilities in certain job markets. -
Law Enforcement Assistance Act
Helped Law Enforcement agencies with setting up survaliances -
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104th Congress
Presided over the Government shutdown in November 1995.
Both Chambers had Republican Majority. -
United States V Lopez
Limited Congress' power -
Printz V United States
Repealled the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act -
Alden v Maine
Allowed citizens to sue states without the states' consent -
The 9/11 Attacks
The terrorist group al-Qeada hijacked 4 planes with the intention of crashing them into the Pentagon, the Twin World Trade Center Towers, and an unknown third target. -
Creation of the Department of Homeland Security
Developed in response to the 9/11 attacks. -
"Do Not Call" Law
Created a list that citizens could join to stop telemarketers from calling their home or cell phones. -
No Child Left Behind
Required states to create tests to gauge a child's education. -
Dred Scott V Sandford
Upheld that slaves were not protected by the constitution, and could not be citizens. -
Roe V Wade
Extended the first amendment to a women's right to abortion, to an extent.