Between 10 & 15 with 2-4 Exams
Racial policies were mostly those that dealt with the issue of slavery at first and later with the issue of civil rights. Court's decision to have the anti-slavery acts and to later have the civil war acts impacted African-Americans a lot. A case when it comes to ethnicity is for example the court's decision that affirmative action can often be treated as positive racism and that such laws and policies have to pass strict scrutiny and be analyzed to prevent discrimination. Religious groups often had court problems because of issues regarding homosexuality or abortions in which it was established that religious groups have all the freedom to believe what they want but same-sex marriages and abortions can be provided to all people regardless of religion.
In 1917, Germany attacked some passengers in submarines from the US that led the US to assist in WW1. Hope this helps!
"The reason why Britain didn’t declare war on the Soviet Union is an
intriguing one. Unknown to the general public there was a ‘secret
protocol’ to the 1939 Anglo-Polish treaty that specifically limited the
British obligation to protect Poland to ‘aggression’ from Germany" http://www.historyextra.com/qa/why-did-britain-and-france-not-declare-war-soviet-union-when-red-army...