time line for u.s government

By AmonteFowler
  • Sep 12, 1215

    Limited government

    began in 1215 when king johnson signed maga carta

  • individual rights

    king Charles required to sign petition of rights

  • eruptede a civil war with charles

    renewed conflict and rebellon between the crown of parliament

  • William and Mary ruling

    William and Mary chose to rule but had to govern accordingly to stature parliament

  • english bill of rights

    free speech and protection from cruel and unusual punishment's from the government

  • September 25, 1789 1st

  • December 15, 1791; meaning the first amendments were written

  • December 15, 1791,

  • Seneca Falls Convention (1848)​

  • Wyoming Territory was the first to grant women the right to vote (1869)​

  • because it didn’t extend voting rights to women. (1870)​

  • Barred entry to criminals (1875)​

  • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882

  • Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882​

  • Chinese Exclusion Act (1882-1892

  • 19th amendment gave women the right to vote (1920)​

  • United States v. Miller (1939)

  • Minersville School District v. Gobitis (1940)

  • Executive Order 9066 (1942)​

  • West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette (1943)

  • Korematsu v. United States (1944)​

  • Korematsu v. United States (1944)

  • Civil rights movement-mass movement in the 1950s and 1960s to guarantee the civil rights of African-Americans​

  • Motivated in part by Brown v. Board (1954)​

  • Civil Rights Act of 1960​

  • Edwards v. South Carolina (1963)

  • Equal Pay Act of 1963: Established equal pay for men and women​

  • civil rights act of 1964

  • Literacy tests outlawed with Voting Rights Act of 1965​

  • (1965) Eliminated country-based quotas;

  • age discrimnation in employment act 1967

  • De Jure Segregation ended in the 1970s​

  • Equal Credit Opportunity Act of 1975 prohibited banks, stores, and other businesses from preventing women from getting loans or credit.​

  • Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 allowed Native American Groups to

  • The cost of college has increased twice as much as inflation since 1980.​

  • Tennessee v. Garner (1985)

  • Graham v. Connor (1989)

  • Americans with Disabilities Act (1990)

  • (1990) Allowed 675,000 immigrants ​

  • Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility Act of 1996​

    1996

  • D.C. v. Heller (2008)

  • McDonald v. Chicago (2010)

  • Up to 1.8 million immigrants in 2016​

  • Down from 85,000 in 2016​

  • Estimated undocumented population in 2017: 10.5 million​

  • Trump v. Hawaii (2018)

  • Allowed 30,000 refugees in 2019​

  • In 1980, the average cost of a four-year college was $30,800 (adjusted for inflation)​

  • By 2019, the average cost had risen to $85,480.​

  • As of 2020, Black Americans were about 5.6x as likely to be imprisoned as White Americans

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