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The Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict fought between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was an American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. -
Reaganomics
The economic policies of the former US president Ronald Reagan, associated especially with the reduction of taxes and the promotion of unrestricted free-market activity. -
The Birth of A Nation
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine in director D.W. Griffith's controversial Civil War epic -
Red Scare
The promotion by a state or society of widespread fear of a potential rise of communism or radical leftism. -
League of Nations
International organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
Flappers
A fashionable young woman intent on enjoying herself and flouting conventional standards of behavior. -
The Great Gatsby
novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922 -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was the name given to the cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s -
Social Security
The CES was formed in June 1934 and was given the task of devising "recommendations concerning proposals which in its judgment will promote greater economic security." -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
United States citizens who were executed under the auspices of committing espionage for the Soviet Union. They were accused of selling the United States' top secret plans for building a nuclear bomb to the Soviet Union. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
Failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Malcom X
An African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist. -
Medicare and Medicade
A federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and health insurance portability standards. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. -
Watergate Scandal
Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. in 1972 and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement. -
1979 Energy Crisis
Oil crisis or oil shock occurred in the United States due to decreased oil output in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. -
Iran-Contra Scandal
The Iran–Contra affair, also referred to as Irangate, Contragate or the Iran–Contra scandal, was a political scandal in the United States that occurred during the second term of the Reagan Administration. -
9/11
The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001