Directions: Know the Constitutional Issue and Story of Each Case

SUPREME COURT CASES Directions: Know the constitutional issue and story of each case. 1803  Marbury v. Madison 1819  McCulloch v. Maryland 1832  Worcester v. Georgia 1857  Dred Scott v. Sandford 1861  Ex parte Merryman 1877  Munn v. Illinois 1886  Wabash v. Illinois 1896  Plessy v. Ferguson  Northern Securities v. United 1905 States 1919  Schenck v. United States 1905  Lochner v. New York 1908  Muller v. Oregon 1935  Schecter v. United States 1944  Korematsu v. United States 1954  Brown v. Board of Education 1966  Miranda v. State of Arizona 1973  Roe v. Wade 1974  United States v. Nixon 1974  Milliken v. Bradley  Regents of Univ. of CA v. 1978 Bakke

IMPORTANT DATES IN UNITED STATES HISTORY

Directions: Memorize the following dates. Use them as a point of reference for other events.

1. ______Columbus sailed to the New World

2. ______Jamestown established

3. ______French and Indian War ended

4. ______Declaration of Independence

5. ______Constitutional Convention

6. ______Washington became the first president 7. ______Era of Good Feelings began

8. ______Era of Good Feelings ended

9. ______Reconstruction Era began

10. ______Reconstruction Era ended

11. ______Progressive Era began

12. ______Progressive Era ended

13. ______Great Depression began

14. ______Great Depression ended

15. ______Cold War began

16. ______Cold War ended

ARTHUR SCHLESINGER’S CYCLES OF AMERICAN HISTORY (Schlesinger believed the US entered a period of public action and reform roughly every thirty years. The beginning of each period of reform is listed below.)

17. ______Jefferson became president

18. ______Jackson became president

19. ______Lincoln became president

20. ______Theodore Roosevelt became president

21. ______Franklin Roosevelt became president

22. ______John Kennedy became president

WARS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY

23. ______American Revolution began 29. ______Civil War began

24. ______American Revolution ended 30. ______Civil War ended

25. ______War of 1812 began 31. ______Spanish-American War (began and ended in the same year) 26. ______War of 1812 ended 32. ______World War I began in Europe 27. ______Mexican-American War began 33. ______US entered World War I 28. ______Mexican-American War ended 34. ______World War I ended 35. ______World War II began in Europe 40. ______LBJ sent US ground troops to Vietnam 36. ______US entered World War II 41. ______US troops pulled out of Vietnam 37. ______World War II ended 42. ______Persian Gulf War (began and 38. ______Korean War began ended in same year) 39. ______Korean War ended CURSE OF TIPPENCANOE (TECUMSEH)(Beginning in 1840, every president elected in a year ending in zero died in office. Note: Ronald Reagan broke the “curse” and did not die in office.)

43. ______William Henry Harrison elected

44. ______Abraham Lincoln elected

45. ______James Garfield elected

46. ______William McKinley elected

47. ______Warren Harding elected

48. ______Franklin Roosevelt elected (3rd term)

49. ______John Kennedy elected

50. ______Ronald Reagan elected

ODDS AND ENDS (a.k.a. “Proper Noun Gold Mine”)

SLOGANS THAT WON AN ELECTION (what/who did these slogans refer to?) 1. Tippecanoe and Tyler Too, 1840

2. 54º 40’ or Fight, 1844

3. Vote Yourself a Farm, 1860

4. Wave the Bloody Shirt, 1872

5. Ma! Ma! Where’s my pa? Gone to the White House, Ha! Ha! Ha!, 1884

6. He Kept Us Out of War, 1916

7. A Chicken in Every Pot and a Car in Every Garage, 1928

8. Don’t Change Horses in Midstream, 1944

9. I Like Ike, 1952

10. In Your Guts, You Know He’s Nuts, 1964

11. Nixon’s the One, 1968

12. It’s Morning in America, 1980 ELECTIONS THAT CHANGED THE UNITED STATES (what did they change?) 13. Jefferson / John Adams – 1800

14. Jackson / John Quincy Adams – 1828

15. Lincoln / Douglas / Breckenridge / Bell – 1860

16. Hayes / Tilden – 1876

17. McKinley / Bryan – 1896

18. Wilson / Theodore Roosevelt / Taft / Debs – 1912

19. Franklin Roosevelt / Hoover – 1932

20. Kennedy / Nixon – 1960

21. Nixon / Humphrey / Wallace – 1968

22. Reagan / Carter / Anderson – 1980

23. Bush / Gore – 2000

PHRASES THAT DESCRIBED THE TIMES (what are they describing?) 24. Great War for the Empire

25. Join or Die

26. O Grab Me

27. Corrupt Bargain

28. Manifest Destiny

29. Peculiar Institution

30. Bleeding Kansas

31. King Cotton

32. Seward’s Folly

33. Robber Barons

34. New Immigration

35. Remember the Maine

36. Square Deal 37. New Freedom

38. New Deal

39. Massive Retaliation

40. Great Society

SPEECHES THAT MADE A DIFFERENCE (what difference did they make?) 41. George Washington’s Farewell Address, 1796

42. Thomas Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address, 1800

43. Daniel Webster’s Second Reply to Hayne, 1830

44. Abraham Lincoln’s “House Divided” Speech, 1858

45. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, 1863

46. William Jennings Bryan’s “Cross of Gold” Speech, 1896

47. Woodrow Wilson’s call for a Declaration of War against Germany, 1917

48. Franklin Roosevelt’s First Inaugural Address, 1933

49. Franklin Roosevelt’s Declaration of War, 1941

50. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Speech, 1963

THE ART OF COMPROMISE (what issues are they compromising on? successful?) 51. The Great (Connecticut) Compromise, 1787

52. The Three-Fifths Compromise, 1787

53. The Missouri Compromise, 1820

54. The Compromise Tariff of 1833

55. The Compromise of 1850

56. The Crittendon Compromise, 1860

57. The Compromise of 1877

58. The Atlanta Compromise, 1895

FAMOUS NICKNAMES (who are these people??) 59. The Stallion of the Potomac

60. Old Hickory 61. Great Compromiser / Pacificator

62. Old Fuss and Feathers

63. Young Napoleon

64. His Fraudulency

65. Kingfish

66. Tricky Dick

67. Slick Willie

AUTHORS AND ARTISTS

68. Ernest Hemingway

69. John Steinbeck

70. Joseph Heller

71. Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

72. Ezra Pound

73. Tennessee Williams

74. William Faulkner

75. J.D. Salinger