Amendments and Presidents
Bill of Rights Amendments
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1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
8th
9th
10th
• RAPPS: Religion, Assembly, Petition, Press, Speech
• Right to bear arms
• No quartering of soldiers
• Protection from unlawful search & seizures
• Rights of the accused: due process, protection from
double jeopardy, & self incrimination
• No excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment
• Citizens entitled to rights not listed in the Constitution
• Asserts that powers not delegated to the national
government or denied to the states are reserved to the
states.
Civil Rights & Progressive Amendments
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13th
14th
15th
16th
17th
18th
19th
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Abolish Slavery
All US born people are citizens with rights
African American males have right to vote
Federal government can collect income tax
Direct election of senators
Prohibition of alcohol
Women’s right to vote
Later Amendments
• 21st • Repealed prohibition
• 22nd • Election Terms (2 terms or 10 years)
• 24th • Abolish poll tax
• 25th • Established line of succession
• 26th • Voting age is 18 (because of Vietnam)
President William McKinley
• President during the SpanishAmerican War. Issued the Open
Door policy in China. He was
assassinated in 1901.
Teddy Roosevelt
• Progressive President. Square Deal, Trust Busting,
Meat Inspection Act, Roosevelt Corollary, Rough
Riders, Pure Food and Drug Act, Panama Canal;
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
• Endorsed Taft, then ran against him in the midterm
election of 1910 with a new platform called New
Nationalism, then ran against him again in 1912
under Progressive Party with party platform called
Bull Moose Party.
William Taft
• Progressive President in 1908. Called
a progressive for fighting monopoly
trusts. He's the "dollar diplomacy"
guy who used US power help US
business interests in Latin America.
Teddy Roosevelt would run against
him in the 1912 election.
Woodrow Wilson
• The last progressive president, known
for his moral diplomacy. He kept the
U.S. neutral until WWI when we
joined the war. His plan for peace was
known as the Fourteen Points, which
included the League of Nations.
Warren Harding
• This president promised a "return
to normalcy" when he was
elected. His administration was
full of scandal and corruption,
including the Teapot Dome
scandal.
Calvin Coolidge
• Republicans president of
the 20s, pro-business,
known as "silent Cal"
and not much else
Herbert Hoover
• President when the Great
Depression began, believed in
rugged individualism over
government handouts, did not do
enough in the eyes of the people to
help the economy out of its funk.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
• New Deal president that created several
programs in an attempt to get America
out of the Great Depression. Known for
his alphabet soup legislation and fireside
chats. He tried to pack the courts to
increase executive power. He was
president through a majority of World
War II until he died in 1945.
Harry Truman
• The president who
presided over the end of
World War II (ordered
droppings of atomic
bombs.
Dwight Eisenhower
• The US president who followed
Truman. After election he
immediately signed an armistice
and ended the Korean War. He
was the army general who led the
D-Day invasion.
John F. Kennedy
• President of the US from 196063. Involved in Cuban Missile
Crisis with Khruschev. He was also
humiliated by the failure of the
Bay of Pigs invasion. He was
assassinated and replaced by
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
• Improvement of American
Society; antipoverty antidiscrimination; Kennedy's vice
president, took over after his
assassination and was elected in
1964, a Democrat from Texas.
Richard Nixon
• This president came in during the Vietnam
War, his plan to withdraw peacefully was
called "Vietnamization." He was also known
for his policy of "detente" with the Soviets
and his ping pong diplomacy with China. He
would resign from office after he was found
guilty of covering up the Watergate Scandal
Gerald Ford
• The only unelected VP and President
(1974-77); chosen as VP after Spiro
Agnew resigned; chosen because he
wasn't very intelligent and easy to
manipulate;
• Pardoned Nixon for all crimes
committed while President
Jimmy Carter
• Panama Canal Treaty, Washington
outsider, Experienced high interest rates,
inflation, increased government
spending, rising unemployment. Known
for boycotting the Moscow Olympics,
brokering the Camp David Accords
between Egypt and Israel, and was in
office during the Iran Hostage Crisis but
was unable to get the hostages released
Ronald Reagan
• Oldest president elected, got the Iran
hostages released after taking office.
He was associated with the IranContra Affair scandal, claimed to
have know knowledge of the events.
He also implemented Reaganomics
and "Star Wars"
George H. W. Bush
• In office 1989-1993, he invaded responsible
for Dessert Storm and Afghanistan War I.
Former director of the CIA. President during
the Gulf War, set up the Americans with
Disabilities Act, would liberate Kuwait from
Saddam Hussein
Bill Clinton
• Scholarly president that focused
on economics and welfarereform, "Contract with America",
impeachment over Monica
Lewinski Scandal, War in Kosovo
George W. Bush
• 43rd president of the US who began a
campaign against terrorism in 2001,
Faced al-Qaeda's attacks on September
11, 2001 (9/11). Also responsible for the
No Child Left Behind education law.
During his first election he was named
the winner but had to deal with the
Florida recount scandal.
Barack Obama
• the 44th and current President of the
United States. He is the first African
American to hold the office. He
previously served as a United States
Senator from Illinois, from January 2005
until he resigned after his election to the
presidency in November 2008.
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Iran Contra Affair
• While Reagan was in office
this scandal took place in
which we sold weapons to
Iran and gave the money
made to the contras of
Nicaragua.
Bill Gates
•Creator of Microsoft
Upton Sinclair
This muckraker wrote “The
Jungle,” exposing the
unsanitary conditions of the
meat packing industry.
Navajo Code Talkers
• These Native Americans
helped use a rare language to
communicate secretly during
wartime.
4th Amendment
•Protection from search
and seizure
14th Amendment
• Declared that all persons
born in the US were
citizenship, that all
citizens were entitled to
equal rights
Domino Theory
• The belief that if a nearby
country became communists,
surround nations soon would
Sputnik (1957)
•First man made satellite
to be launched into
space that led to the
space race with the
Soviets
Thurgood Marshall
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African American
to serve on the
Supreme Court
McCarthyism
• Witch hunt of suspected
communist, accusing without
proper evidence and throwing
them in jail
Cuban Missile Crisis
• Soviets moved missiles into Cuba,
Americans set up a blockade blocking
Soviet supplies to Cuba. This standoff
was the closest we came to actual war
with the Soviets
Gerald Ford
• This president pardoned
Nixon for his crimes
General Dwight Eisenhower
• Which U.S. general was in
charge of the Normandy
invasion and later became
president?
Fourteen Points
President Wilson’s plan for
peace after World War I
Interstate Highway Act
• Authorized the building of a national
highway system. Encouraged the
development of suburbs away from
the city
USS Maine
What was the name of the ships
that was sunk in Havana
Harbor, leading to the Spanish
American War
Harlem Renaissance
•Where did writers
increase pride in African
American culture?
Civil Rights Act of 1964
• This act made
discrimination based on
race, religion, or national
origin in public places
illegal
Dust Bowl
• Time of heavy droughts, over
farming, and dried up farm
land, forced residents of the
Great Plain to relocate.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
• This piece of legislation
passed under Lyndon B.
Johnson, eliminated
literacy tests for voters and
expanded African American
voting participation
24th Amendment
•This amendment
abolished the poll tax
18th Amendment
•Which amendment
prohibited alcohol?
Assembly Line
• What did Henry Ford
develop that helped
increase production in the
industrial industry?
Berlin Airlift
• US operation that flew
food and supplies into
West Berlin after the
Soviets set up a blockade
George W. Bush
•Which president was in
office when the 9/11
attacks took place and
then declared a war on
terror?
Teapot Dome Scandal
• Corruption during Warren
Harding’s presidency, gave his
friends (Ohio Gang) jobs in
government. They abused,
selling oil illegally.
War Powers Act
• Law that limited the
President’s right to send
troops into battle without
Congressional approval
Watergate Scandal
• A political scandal involving
abuse of power and bribery
and obstruction of justice.
Led to Nixon’s resignation
in 1974
Invasion of Normandy/D-Day
• June 6, 1944, Dwight Eisenhower
led an allied beach attack on
German controlled France. This led
to Germany retreating from
France.
Sent in the military to keep the
students out of school
•What did Orval Faubus
do in relation to the
Little Rock Nine?
We cut off trade/oil with them
•Why did Japan drop
the bombs on us at
Pearl Harbor?
Extended the work day, longer hours
•How did the invention
of the light bulb effect
the factory work day?
Lusitania
•Passenger ship
brought down by
German US Boats, led
to US entry into WWI
USS Maine
What was the name of the ships
that were sunk in Havana
Harbor, leading to the Spanish
American War
Black Panthers
A “black power” movement
group who fought for civil
rights, willing to be more
violent and less into civil
disobedience