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Only President to resign
Addition to Constitution to protect individual liberties
Easing of Cold War tensions, foreign policy assoc w Nixon
Written by Rachel Carson on harmful effects of DDT
Convention in 1848 advancing idea of womens rights-like voting. Declaration of Sentiments is signed
Colonial representative government, step toward independence
Written by Upton Sinclair exposed problems in meat packing plants led to Meat Inspection Act 1906
Passed by Congress in 1964 gave president 'blank check' toward fighting in Vietnam
Amendment that abolished slavery
Amendment tthat gave women the right to vote
Supreme Court Case established judicial review-right to declare law or action unconstitutional
Created a bicameral legislation with House of Reps and Senate
Thomas Paine wrote this pamphlet to convince undecided Americans to join the Revolution
Article I of the Constitution describes powers of the
Supreme Court case that allowed gov't to limit personal freedoms in time of 'clear and present danger' including free speech
Ended the Mexican American War 1848 and forced Mexico to cede much of SW to US
In 1860 he was elected without a single Southern vote
Crusading journalist exposing social and economic problems, coined by T Roosevelt
John D Rockefeller organizeed his business this way to combine many firms engaged in the same business to one corporation
Letter intercepted by British from Germany to Mexico to convince them to start a conflict with US 1917
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