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Theodore Roosevelt
Was US President from 1901 to 1909. Was so many things including journalist, soldier, and author. -
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Spanish-American War
Conflict between Spain and the United States. 1898. April 1898 – August 1898 -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The movie was released on November 10th. It is about an enslaved preacher that is treated badly. It is very racist and not liked till this day. -
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Red Scare
Promotional event to help raise awareness and to stop communism and radical leftism. -
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The League of Nations
Different government and leagues are coming together to solve world problems and issues. Founded in 1920 on January 10th. -
Flappers
A generation of young western women. They wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. -
The Great Gatsby (Novel)
The Great Gatsby is a novel written 1925 by Scott Fitzgerald. It is about a few people living in a fictional town on Long Island in 1922. The story primarily concerns the young and mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and his quixotic passion and obsession for the beautiful Daisy Buchanan. -
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Malcolm X
His real name is Malcolm Little. He was an African-American muslim minister and human rights activist. He was assassinated in Washington Heights. -
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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. -
Harlem Renaissance
In between the end of World War I and the 1930’s there was cultural, social, and artistic explosion in Harlem. -
Social Security
President Roosevelt signed in the Social Security Act in August 14, 1935 to make sure people that are 65 and older get a continues pay after retirement. -
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Fatboy and Little Boy
On August 6, 1945 a US bomber dropped an atomic bomb called “Little Boy” on Hiroshima. On August 9, 1945 a second atomic bomb called “Fat Boy” was dropped on Nagasaki. -
Julius and Ethel Rosenberg
They were a married couple convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage in 1951, are put to death in the electric chair. -
Bay of Pigs Invasion
The Bay of Pigs Invasion was a failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA-sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 on April 17, 1961. -
Medicare and Medicaid
President Johnson on July 30th, 1965. This is made so that the poor people could get more medical attention if they couldn’t afford it. -
Jimmy Carter’s Energy Crisis
By the early 1970s, American oil consumption–in the form of gasoline and other products–was rising even as domestic oil production was declining, leading to an increasing dependence on oil imported from abroad. Despite this, Americans worried little about a dwindling supply or a spike in prices, and were encouraged in this attitude by policymakers in Washington, who believed that Arab oil exporters couldn’t afford to lose the revenue from the U.S. market. -
Watergate
This was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States on June 17, 1972. -
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. -
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Iran-Contra Scandal
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 Reagan Administration. -
September 11, 2001
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