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U.S.S Maine
The U.S.S Maine was blown up, starting the Spanish-American War -
Spanish-American-Cuban War
The Americans went to war, with the Spnish, to help cuba fight for it's freedom from spanish rule -
Treaty of Paris 1898
Basically a peace protocol between the Americans and the Spanish, ending the Spanish-American War -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair wrote the jungle, to warn and tell people of all the wrong things being done in the meat packing industry -
Meat Inspection Act
Made it so meat packing companies had to be inspected due to their gross ways of processing meats, such as having it covered in saw dust, and be throw around, etc. -
NAACP
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People was created, with a goal to have racial equality, and eliminate race prejudice -
14 Points
A speech delivered by President Woodrow Wilson to congress, was to assure that the Great War was being fought for a Moral of peace -
The Treaty Versailles
One of the treaties that ended WW1, it ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers -
Fordney-McCumber Tariff
This tariff was passed in 1922. It raised duties to an average of 38 percent. It particularly provided protection to thechemical and drug industries that had developed during World War I. -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Oil was set aside for the Navy by President Taft. The placed it was transferred to was leased to Harry Sinclair and Edward Doheny -
Warren Harding
Was an Ohio senetorwho was president from 1921 until his death from a heart attack in 1923 -
Equal Rights Amendment
Was written by alice paul and national womens party, but opposed by many of thier coleugues -
Scopes Trial
John Thoams Scopes was arrested for going against the law, by teaching evolution in school -
Harlem Renaissance
The Movement of African American Culture, music, art, etc. Centered in the Harlem Neighborhood -
Sacco and Vanzetti
Sacco and Venzetti were Italian immigrants who were convicted and called guilty on mudering two men during a bank robbery in massachusetts -
Holocaust
The killing and genocide of many Jewish people, by Hitler and the Nazis -
Munich Pact
Germany, Italy, France, And Great Britain, was signed as like an appeasement purpose -
Grapes of Wrath
A Book by John Steinbeck, about a family of poor sharecroppers, in the time of the Great Depression, and the Dust bowl -
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Lend-Lease
The United States supplied the United Kingdom, Soviet Union, China, and France with war material, tat they could lease war material, and pay later -
Atlantic Charter
was a published statement between Britain and the United States, it was meant to be a blueprint of post war after World War 2 -
Battle of Stallingrad
A major battle in Wolrd War 2, where Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for the city of Stallingrad -
D-Day
The first invasion of Normandy, allied troops landed on the coastline to fight Nazi Germany on the coast or Normandy,France -
Battle of the Bulge
Was a major German offensive launched towards the end of World War 2 -
Fair Deal
A 21 point program presented to congress from President Truman to convert ecomony from wartime, back to peacetime -
Truman Doctrine
A policy set for forth by President truman stating that the U.S would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to preventing thier falling into soviet spehere -
Marshall Plan
was made to create and rebuild a stronger and better foundation for countries in western europe -
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Korean War
a military conflicy between the republic of korea, supported by the united nations and the democratic peoples republic of korea -
Brown vs BOE
declaring that seperate schools for black and whites for equal education oppurtunities is unconstitutional -
The Feminine Mystique
A book written by betty friendman, that ignited the womens movement in 1963 -
War Powers Act
is the purpose of this joint resolution to fulfill the intent of the framers of the Constitution of the United States and insure that the collective judgement of both the Congress and the President will apply to the introduction of United States Armed Forces into hostilities, or into situations where imminent involvement in hostilities is clearly indicate by the circumstances, and to the continued use of such forces in hostilities or in such situations.
