American History 3

By Rorie

  • Benito Mussolini

    Benito Mussolini
    He had power as the premier and dictator from 1922 to 1943. He limited unemployment by stressing military duty. Italy was not as productive as the german industry but Italy's economy was also based on a large military buildup, thus presenting another dangerous potential.

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter
    Signed by president franklin and prime minister Churchill stressed that the U.S. or Germany didn't want to acquire territory or attempt to govern other nations. Stating their policy, the United States and Great Britain wished to make their positions clear not only to Germany and the Axis powers but also to Russia.

  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    Japan bombed this naval base in Hawaii known as pearl harbor. At 8 am the Japanese dropped bombs and the people of the island woke up to black smoke everywhere.

  • NATO

    NATO
    These are the nations that had representatives signed the pact were Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Great Britain, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, and the United States. If any of these nations attacked each other they would be attacking all of them. Officially, the pact went into effect on August 24, 1949, with the establishment of their headquarters in Paris (ignitia.com editors).

  • Dwight D. Eisenhower

    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Was elected as president in 1952. Born in Texas in 1890, reared in Abilene, Kansas. Graduated from Abilene High School in 1909.

  • Richard Nixon

    Richard Nixon
    He was Dewight's vice president. Everyone knew him because of his successful battle against communism.

  • Adlai Stevenson

    Adlai Stevenson
    He was the Democrat leader that Nixon ran against. Stevenson lost to Nixon in a landslide.

  • NDEA

    NDEA
    This was the National Defense Education Act in 1958. This provided money for science and math with teacher training involved.

  • Barry Goldwater

    Barry Goldwater
    He was a Republican candidate who accused the Democrats of supporting a no-win policy in Vietnam. One of the main reasons for the Democratic victory appeared to be that the people of the United States believed Johnson would keep them out of a war and that Goldwater probably would not (Ignitia.com editors).

  • Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

    Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
    this gave the president authority to retaliate militarily and any other incidents. The resolution marked the beginning of an arms and troops build-up that Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy had probably not anticipated (ignitia.com editors).