Visits China, the Soviet union in order to ease tensions (detente!)
Korematsu v.s. U.S.
The interment of Japanese Americans- was argued that the interment violated the constitutional rights, but Supreme Court upheld the conviction, ruling that this was a "military necessity" and had nothing to do with race
Census
Gets conducted every 10 years, house of representative, electoral votes
Monopolies
Standard Oil, AT&T, Microsoft
French and Indian War
Causes were territorial disputes- both the British and the french wanted to expand into the North American colonies towards the Ohio river valley, which stirred conflict, trade- both wanted to control the fur trade, alliances w/ native americans- both shared alliances w/ different N.A. tribes
Writs of Habeas Corpus
This is a legal order that require a person who has been arrested/imprisoned to be sent to the judge/court- judge determines whether the persons detention is lawful- Lincoln ends up controversially suspends this- this raises questions about the balance of powers in gov't
