LAD 34: Brown vs the Board of Education

Schools across American were all segregated between black and white students. Until one day a black man, Oliver Brown, wanted to enroll his daughter into the near by white school; he was denied. So he went to the NAACP for help and they took his case to the Kansas courts. The NAACP argued that the school system made the black students feel inferior, but the Board argued that the segregation was just preparing them for the segregation they would face in the future. The Court ruled that the facilities were equal thus following the ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson, that they can be separate but equal. The NAACP took this case and others like it the supreme court. The court ruled that although the facilities were "equal" the curriculum was not. That the black school was inferior to the white school. Thus they ruled that Plessy v. Ferguson did not applied to schools. Although there was not time limit set for schools to desegregate, this was a huge step in the Civil Rights movement.

LAD 32: FDR's First Inaugural Address

In FDR's First Inaugural Address, he addressed the issues that America was about to face. He ensured the people that he was ready for the job and would only act if he had their support. His famous quote "...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself..." was his way of telling the American people that they could get out of the hard times and prosper. the only thing in the way was themselves. FDR was blaming the buissness for the faliures of the economy, and he had a plan to boost it up.

LAD 31: Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact

The Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact was a peace pact between the United States and Australia, Dominion of Canada, Czechoslovkia, Germany, Great Britain, India, Irish Free State, Italy, New Zealand, and Union of South Africa, March 2, 1929: By Poland, March 26, 1929; by Belgium, March 27 1929; by France, April 22, 1929; by Japan. Was created to ensure peace between the nations of the world. The nations agree to take actions that benefit the whole world. But ultimately it ended up being a false sense of security for the US.

LAD 30: Schenck vs. US case

The Schenck vs. US case was a supreme court decision of whether a person had the first amendment rights when they were speaking out against the WWI draft, like Schenck was. Speaking out against the government was illegal during WWI due to the Espionage Act. When Schenck was arrested for breaking the Espionage Act he plead the first, saying that he could tell people not to support the draft because of freedom of speech and press. Eventually the supreme court upheld the decision saying that Schenck was creating a "clear and present danger" and was put in jail.

LAD 29: Wilson's 14 Points

The Fourteen Points was Wilson's plan for world peace. After World War I he wanted every country in the world to be peaceful with each other. The points included demilitarising of all nations, no secret alliances, and his brain child, the League of Nations. He did not want to punish the Germans or any other Central powers, he merely wanted peace. He saw how much the south hated the north after reconstruction and did not want that type of relationship with Germany and Russia. Wilson wants someone to take control of the world and keep peace; he wants the United States to be the world peacekeeper. Yet the senate and people disagreed with him leading to much controversy surrounding the Fourteen Points.

LAD 28: Woodrow Wilson First Inaugural Address

In Woodrow Wilson First Inaugural Address he focused on the change from a primarily Republican government to a Democratic one. He said that while life in America is certainly very great with all the material wealth and the great ideals that the nation is built upon, there was also evil that came with this growth in industry and business, caused both by the businesses and the Republican Governmental leaders. Wilson wanted to correct the evils in government and destroy corruption. He wanted to purify the government.

LAD 26:The Clayton Antitrust Act

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act estalished rules for big buissnes's about monopolies and trusts. It established rules about price; selection of customers, burden of rebutting prima-facie case of discrimination, payment or acceptance of commission, brokerage, or other compensation, paymetfor services or facilities for processing or sale, furnishing services or facilities for processing, handling, knowingly inducing or receiving discriminatory price.