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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park is a national park located primarily in the U.S. state of Wyoming, although it also extends into Montana and Idaho. It was established by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872. Roosevelt doubled the number of National Parks to 10. He also added land to Yosemite. In 1902 Teddy used $15,000 for the purchase, feeding, and fencing of buffalo in Yellowstone. -
Eugene Debs
He become the leader/president of the American Railway Union. In 1894 he became he led a strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway. Socialist party leader in 1900, 1908, 1912 and 1920. -
Radio and Tv
- these added to the knowledge that information could travel around the globe in the matter of seconds, and change the way propaganda was implemented on a global scale.
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Spanish American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. Although the main issue was Cuban independence, the ten-week war was fought in both the Caribbean and the Pacific -
Louis Armstrong
Grew up poor in a suburb called "The battlefield" A jewish family gave him work and encouraged him to sing. On top of his jazz work he orginzed a workers union that had much violence. -
Air Conditioning
In 1902, the first modern electrical air conditioning unit was invented by Willis Carrier in Buffalo, New York. -
Henry Ford
Founded Ford auto company on June 16, 1903. Implicated the use of the assembly line within company. Making it more effectively economically. -
Roosevelt Corollary
The Roosevelt Corollary is a corollary to the Monroe Doctrine that was articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union Address in 1904. The corollary says that the United States will enter conflicts between European Nations and Latin American countries to enforce the European powers. -
The Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of 6 million African-Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the Northeast, Midwest, and West for most of the 20th century. Between 1910 and 1970, blacks moved from 14 states of the South, especially Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas to the other three cultural regions of the United States. -
Gerald Ford
Ford signed the Helsinki Accords, marking a move toward détente in the Cold War.With the conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam nine months into his presidency, One of his more controversial acts was to grant a presidential pardon to President Richard Nixon for his role in the Watergate scandal. -
Tin Pan Alley
Name for New York City songwriters and music publishers in the late 19th century and early 20th century. -
Creation of Panama Canal
the Panama Canal goes back to the earliest explorers of the Americas. The narrow land between North and South America offers a water way between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The canal was completed in 1913 and was opened in 1914. The state of Panama was created through its separation from Colombia in 1903. -
world war 1
World War 1 was a global war centered in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until the start of World War II. It involved all the world's great powers which were assembled in two opposing alliances -
Red Scare
Denotes the fear of communism or radicalism infiltrating the government. 1917 march 8 -
US Neutrality
In WW1 the united states tried to remain neutral. When Germany sunk the Lusitania it killed American passengers, and America was very mad. The Zimmerman telegraph and the unrestricted submarine warfare made USA finally enter the war in 1917 -
Wilsons 14 Points
Points during WWI made by Woodrow Wilson, it explained agreements for peace to help end the war. These included: Respect for Belgium's Integrity Restoration of French Territory, free trade, self determination of Russia, independence for countries, freedom of seas. January 8 1918 -
Wilsons 14 points.
Points during WWI made by Woodrow Wilson, it explained agreements for peace to help end the war. These included: Respect for Belgium's Integrity Restoration of French Territory, free trade, self determination of Russia, independence for countries, freedom of seas. January 8 1918 -
Leauge of Nations
first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Preventing wars through negotiations and disarmament. -
18th Amendment
Prohibits alcohol in the U.s. 46 states ratified it January 16, 1919. but was later repeled. -
18th Amendment
Establishing of prohibition—prohibits alcohol in the U.s. 46 states ratified it January 16, 1919, but was later dropped. -
Leauge of Nations
first international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. Preventing wars through negotiations and disarmament 1919 founded -
19th amendment
prohibits the denial of the right to vote by sex. ( women’s right to vote.) ratified in 1919 -
The Harlem Renaissance
A cultural renaissance in the 1920s. Also known as the “New Negro Movement.” It was centered in the Harlem neighborhood in New York City. -
Communist Regime in China
also known as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China. The CPC is the only party in the PRC maintaining a unitary government and centralizing the state, military, and media. The party was founded in July 1921 in Shanghai -
Irving Berlin
(May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist. -
Langston Hughes
He was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. Most famous for his work in the Harlem Renaissance. : (February 1, 1902 – May 22, 1967) -
Huey Long
• An American politician who served as the 40th Governor of Louisiana from 1928–1932 and as a member of the United States Senate from 1932 until his assassination in 1935.
• Established Share Our Wealth program, created in 1934 under the motto "Every Man a King." It proposed new wealth redistribution measures in the form of a net asset tax on corporations and individuals to curb the poverty and homelessness endemic nationwide during the Great Depression -
The Great Depression
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Stock Market Crash of 1929
Also known as Black Tuesday and the Wall Street Crash of 1929. Began in late October 1929. Started the beginning of a 10 year worldwide Great Depression. -
Hoovervilles
towns built by homeless people during the Great Depression. -
The Neutrality Act
• were passed by the United States Congress in the 1930s
• in response to the growing turmoil in Europe and Asia that eventually led to World War II.
• They were spurred by the growth in isolationism and non-interventionism in the US following its costly involvement in World War I, and sought to ensure that the US would not become entangled again in foreign conflicts.
• made no distinction between aggressor and victim
• Treating both equally as "belligerents"
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New deal
• series of domestic economic programs enacted in the United States between 1933 and 1936.
• involved presidential executive orders or laws passed by Congress during the first term of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
• The programs were in response to the Great Depression
• focused on what historians call the "3 Rs": Relief, Recovery, and Reform.
• Relief for the unemployed and poor; Recovery of the economy to normal levels; and Reform of the financial system to prevent a repeat depression
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Tennessee Valley Authority
A federally owned corporation in the United States created by congressional charter in May 1933 to provide navigation, flood control, electricity generation, fertilizer manufacturing, and economic development in the Tennessee Valley, a region affected by the Great Depression. -
Dust Bowl
Was a period of severe dust storms that caused ecological and agricultural damage to American and Canadian prairie lands in the 1930s, particularly in 1934 and 1936. Caused from farming methods. -
Wagner Act
Act allows
• basic rights of private sector employees to organize into trade unions
• Guarantees Engage in collective bargaining for better terms and conditions at work
• take collective action including strike if necessary.
• It was enacted to eliminate employers’ interference with the autonomous organization of workers into unions.
• The act prohibited employers from engaging in such unfair labour practices as setting up a company union and firing workers who organized or joined unions. -
Social Security Act
• The Act provided benefits to retirees and the unemployed, and a lump-sum benefit at death.
• Payments to current retirees are financed by a payroll tax on current workers' wages, half directly as a payroll tax and half paid by the employer.
• Gave money to states to provide assistance to aged individuals (Title I), for unemployment insurance (Title III), Aid to Families with Dependent Children (Title IV), Maternal and Child Welfare (Title V), public health services (Title VI), and the blind (T -
"Court Packing" Plan
• In February 1937
• This plan would allow the president to appoint a new Supreme Court justice whenever an incumbent judge reached seventy and failed to retire
• a maximum of six judges could be named in this manner.
• FDR's attempt to expand the membership of the Supreme Court so that he could nominate justices who would uphold the constitutionality of New Deal legislation -
Unrestricted Submarine warfare
Unrestricted submarine warfare is a type of naval warfare in which submarines sink vessels such as freighters and tankers without warning, as opposed to attacks per prize rules . The germans were known for this during WW2. This is how the Lusitania went down. -
Philip Randolph
• (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979)
• was a leader in the African-American civil-rights movement, the American labor movement and socialist political parties.
• He organized and led the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first predominantly Black labor union.
• Randolph led the March on Washington Movement, which convinced President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802 in 1941, banning discrimination in the defense industries during World War II
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Executive Order 8802
• signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 25, 1941, to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry.
• It was the first federal action, though not a law, to promote equal opportunity and prohibit employment discrimination in the United States.
• The executive order was issued in response to pressure from civil rights activists A. Philip Randolph, Walter White, and others involved in the March on Washington Movement who had planned a march on Washington, D.C. to prote -
Pearl Harbor
Navy lagoon in hawaii.Bombed by Japan in December 1941 during ww2 -
internment of japanese americans
America put around 110000 japanese people in camps after the bombing of pearl harbor due to the thought that the japaneswere spies. -
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Manhattan Project at Los Alamos
Research and development project that produced the first atomic bombs during World War II. It was led by the United States with the support of the United Kingdom and Canada -
Battle at middway
Biggest naval battle in WW2 between the Us and south korea vs china and south korea. The US and south korea won the war. -
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Baby Boom
The end of World War II brought a baby boom to many countries, especially Western ones. -
lend lease program
the US lent weapons and resources to great Britian to push back Germany on the eastern front. -
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Baby Boom
The end of World War to brought a major increase in birth rates, known as the baby boom. The rate was especially in Western countries. Birth rates in the United States began to decline in 1957. The set dates are unknown, but it is believed to begin immedietly after the end of the war. -
Containment Policy
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Eleanor Roosevelt (October 11, 1884 – November 7, 1962)
• the longest-serving First Lady of the United States
• Held the post from 1933 to 1945 during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office.
• Eleanor became one of the only voices in the Roosevelt White House insisting that benefits be equally extended to Americans of all races.
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Levittown
Levittown is the name of four large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons. Built in the post-WWII era for returning veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and apartments. He and other builders were guaranteed by the Veterans Administration and the Federal Housing Association (FHA) that qualified veterans could receive housing for a fraction of rental -
Truman Doctrine
- an international relations policy set forth by the U.S. President Harry Truman, on March 12, 1947 in a speech which stated that the U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere
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Jackie Robinson and the integration of baseball
Robinson broke the baseball color line when the Brooklyn Dodgers started him at first base. As the first major league team to play a black man since the 1880s, the Dodgers ended racial segregation that had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. -
Marshall Plan
The American program to aid Europe, in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to prevent the spread of Communism -
D-Day
The allies stormed normndy beach to suprise axis to beat the axis powes and end the war. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion -
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Outbreak of the Korean War
a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea -
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Cuban Revolution
an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista -
Warren Court
From 1953-1969 Earl Warren was in the leader of the Supreme Court. Many individual rights were passed that are still here today. -
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News Coverage on the Civil Rights Movement
American television covered much of the Civil Rights Movement and ultimitely contributed to the redinition of the country's political and televisual landscape. Portable cameras and electronic news gathering equipment allowed increases in the ability to bring campaigns to the television. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Little Rock
A group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. The ensuing Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, and then attended after the intervention of President Eisenhower. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam. U.S. defended South Vietnam. -
Interstate Highway Act
• The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 was enacted on June 29, 1956, when Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the bill into law
• With an original authorization of 25 billion dollars for 41,000 miles of the Interstate Highway System over a 10-year period, it was the largest public works project in American history through that time. -
Sputnik I
It was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a 585 mm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit. -
Presidential Debates (Kennedy/Nixon)
• The United States presidential election of 1960 was the 44th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1960.
• The Republican Party nominated Vice-President Richard Nixon
• The Democratic Party nominated John F. Kennedy, Senator from Massachusetts.
• The President, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, was not eligible for re-election after serving the maximum terms allowed.
• Kennedy was elected with a lead of 112,827 votes.
• This was the first election in which all fift -
The Bay of Pigs
- an unsuccessful military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the paramilitary group Brigade 2506
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Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions. -
Rachel Carsons Silent Spring
documented detrimental effects of pesticides on the environment, particularly on birds. Carson accused the chemical industry of spreading disinformation, and public officials of accepting industry claims uncritically. -
Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis, known as the October crisis in Cuba and the Caribbean crisis in the USSR, was a 13-day confrontation between the Soviet Union and Cuba on one side, and the United States on the other, in October 1962. The Soviet's gave missiles to Cuba to protect themselves from the U.S. This was the closest we came to WW3. -
MLK’s letter from jail
The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism, arguing that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws. After a setback, it enjoyed widespread publication and became a key text for the American civil rights movement of the early 1960s. -
I have a dream speech
In which he called for an end to racism in the United States. Delivered to over 250,000 civil rights supporters from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the speech was a defining moment of the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Barry Goldwater
- An articulate and charismatic figure during the first half of the 1960s, he was known as "Mr. Conservative". Businessman and five-term United States Senator from Arizona
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News Coverage of the Civil Rights Movement
• American television coverage of the Civil Rights Movement ultimately contributed to a redefinition of the country's political as well as its televisual landscape.
• During the 1964 Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, technological innovations in portable cameras and electronic news gathering equipment increasingly enabled television to bring the non-violent civil disobedience campaign of the Civil Rights Movement and the violent reprisals of Southern law enforcement agents to a n -
Civil rights act of 1964
Landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and also women. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
A landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. -
National Organization of women
organization founded in 1966 and which has a membership of 550,000 contributing members set up for the advancement of women. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched on January 30, 1968 by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. It was a campaign of surprise attacks that were launched against military and civilian command and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place -
Election of Richard M. Nixon
37th President of the United States, Democrats torn over the issue of the Vietnam War, a Republican had a good chance of winning, although he expected the election to be as close as in 1960. -
election of Nixon
Nixon was elected president.promised to restore law and order to the nation's cities, torn by riots and crime. -
Anti Vietnam War Movement
social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause -
Earth Day
are held worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. -
Environmental Protection Agency
agency of the United States federal government which was created for the purpose of protecting human health and the environment by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress. -
Nixon’s opening of China
• The visit to China was in 1972.
• First U.S. president to go to PRC, and the visit ended 25 years of separation between the two sides.
• Occurring from February 21 to 28, 1972, the visit allowed the American public to view images of China for the first time in over two decades. Throughout the week the President and his most senior advisers engaged in substantive discussions with the PRC, including a meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong.
• "the week that changed the world." -
Roe v. Wade
is a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court on the issue of abortion. -
Bakke Decision
1) reduce the historic deficit of traditionally disfavored minorities in medical schools and the medical profession, (2) counter the effects of societal discrimination, (3) increase the number of physicians who will practice in communities currently underserved, and (4) obtain the educational benefits that flow from an ethnically diverse students -
camp david acords
The two framework agreements were signed at the White House, and were witnessed by United States President Jimmy Carter. The second of these frameworks, A Framework for the Conclusion of a Peace Treaty between Egypt and Israel, led directly to the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, and resulted in Sadat and Begin sharing the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize. -
Cesar Chavez and United Farm Workers’ Movement
Co Founder, labor union created from the merging of two groups, This union changed from a workers' rights organization that helped workers get unemployment insurance to that of a union of farmworkers almost overnight, when the NFWA went out on strike in support of the mostly Filipino farmworkers of the AWOC -
Personal Computer
IBM Personal Computer, commonly known as the IBM PC, is the original version of the IBM PC compatible hardware platform. It is IBM model number 5150. It was created by a team of engineers and designers under the direction of Don Estridge of the IBM Entry Systems Division in Boca Raton, Florida. -
the collapseof the soviet union
-The immediate cause of the Soviet collapse was economic, as the Soviet Union lost the arms race and international competition with the West.
-Another factor was the lack of honest information, the secrecy and propaganda that is central to the culture of war. -
north american free trade agreement
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America. It superseded the Canada–United States Free Trade Agreement between the U.S. and Canada. -
2000 presidential election
The United States presidential election of 2000 was the 54th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 2000. The contest was between Republican candidate George W. Bush, the incumbent governor of Texas and son of former president George H. W. Bush, and Democratic candidate Al Gore, the incumbent Vice President. -
war on terroism
The War on Terror (also known as the Global War on Terrorism) is a term commonly applied to an international military campaign which started as a result of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States. This resulted in an international military campaign to eliminate al-Qaeda and other militant organizations. The United Kingdom and many other NATO and non-NATO nations participate in the conflict. -
the response of president george w. bush to the attacks
On the evening of September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed the country after a “series of deliberate and deadly terrorist acts.” He suggests that America was targeted because it is the “brightest Beacon of freedom and opportunity in the world.” Bush discusses the response of the American people, rescue efforts, and plans to seek out and punish those responsible for the attacks. Bush thanks the members of the international community who have offered condolences and says that the Uni -
Espionage Act of 1917
Law passed that didnt allow anyone to prohibit with the Military presence, operations, or recruitement. It also didn't allow people to support U.S. enemies during wartime, and not to promote unruly acts against the military. -
fall of Berlin
germany storming through Russia to defeat Prussia.
