amendments
- 13: abolishes slavery
- 14: birthright citizenship, theoretically equal rights
- 15: right to vote cannot be restricted based on race
- 16: federal income tax
- 17: direct election of US senators
- 18: prohibition
- 19: women’s suffrage
- 20: lame duck
- 21: repeals prohibition
court cases
- marbury v madison: judicial review
- mcculloch v maryland: federal precedence over state law
- worcester v georgia: rules in favor of cherokee but ultimately ineffective
- plessy v ferguson: separate but equal
a rough chronology
- god, gold, and glory
- great compromise (1787)
- va plan (large states) vs new jersey plan (small states)
- shay’s rebellion
- quasi war ⇒ alien and sedition acts ⇒ va and ky resolutions (tj and jm)
- missouri compromise
- compromise of 1850
- ww expansion + transcontinental railroad ⇒ increases interactions with asia
- second party system collapses
- republicans replace northern whigs
- democrats consolidate southern support
- lincoln then wins with no electoral votes from the south
- his 1860 election leads to south carolina’s secession
- post civil war, government begins to subsidize railroads ⇒ transcontinental railroad
ww1
- first red scare
- zimmermann telegram
cold war
- long telegram
- truman doctrine
- marshall plan
- NATO/warsaw pact
- proxy wars
- cuban missile crisis
- detente
- 2nd red scare (1947-1957)
- huac (although already created in 1938)
- dies down due to criticism from those like margaret chase smith
1950s/60s
- levittowns
- LBJ great society + war on poverty (“the other america” by michael harrington)
- youth culture (“sex, drugs, rock’n’roll”) ⇒ SDS (students for democratic society)
- “new left”
- civil rights
saqs
religious right
a) One specific cause of the rise of the Religious Right was Roe v. Wade decision in 1973. This decision championed abortion rights, which sparked dismay among several conservative Christian groups and led them to unite in opposition.