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** Important Events Timeline ** 1781 **Articles of Confederation**: The first constitution of the United States. It gave sovereignty to each state and had a very weak federal system. 1786 **Shay’s Rebellion:** an armed protest, mainly by war veterans and farmers that were tired from the post war economic depression, the credit problems due to the lack of hard currency and the heavy taxes set by the government. It was named after Daniel Shays who rose against these oppressive conditions. 1893 **Marbury v. Madison**: This was the case that established **Judicial Review.** Judicial review is a doctrine by which actions of the legislative and the executive are subject to review by the judiciary. It is a check of the judiciary on the other two branches. 1896 **Plessy v. Ferguson**: It was a landmark case in the Supreme Court whose decision considered the racial segregation laws constitutional. It set the doctrine “separate but equal”. 1964 **Civil Rights Act**: It was a piece of legislation that outlawed any major forms of racial discrimination, including racial segregations in schools, public facilities and the workplace. 1969 **The Warren Court (1953-1969):** It is best known for expanding civil rights, civil liberties, increasing federal power and judicial power in many ways. This historic court ended racial segregation and prayer in schools. 1972 **Watergate**: It was a political scandal that resulted in the resignation of President Nixon. It was caused by the break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. Nixon’s Supreme Court case determined that the president cannot use Executive Power to cover up everything, such as the tapes. 1973 **War Powers Resolution:** It is a check from the Legislative branch on the president’s powers on war. It requires the president to let the Congress know within 48 hours of committing armed troops to a foreign country. The troops can only stay there for 60 days and have to withdraw if the Congress has not yet declared war. 1973 **Roe v. Wade:** It was a Supreme Court case regarding abortion, in which the Supreme Court ruled that the right to privacy as mentioned in the 14th Amendment extends to a woman’s right to her own body. Thus, abortion is legal in the first trimester, and the states can decided about the other trimesters. 1990 **Americans with Disabilities Act**: Its main point was the stop discrimination based on disabilities. It made it illegal for workplaces and other public places to discriminate people based on their disabilities and it also made it a law for each public entity to have a handicap access sign. 1993 **“Motor Voter” Law:** It made voting easier and more accessible. People who received food stamps and other help from the government as well as those who were getting their licenses were to be offered voter registration.