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George Eastman
George eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company. Or known as the Kodak Camera. This was useful to people becasue it helped simplify photography. -
De L'ome Letter
This letter, written by the Spanish Ambassador to the United States, Enrique Dupuy de Lôme, criticized American President William McKinley by calling him weak and concerned only with gaining the favor of the crowd. -
Gustavus Swift
Gustatvus Swift founded in a meat packing empire. One of the first to use Henry Fords assembly lines. -
Monroe Doctrine
President Theodore Roosevelt expanded the Monroe Doctrine. The corollary stated that not only were the nations of the Western Hemisphere not open to European powers. -
16th Amendment
Amendment was to establish Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
F.W. Woolworth
F.W Woolworth invented Department stores. department stores are important now and ack then because people were able to buy goods. Also with all the department stores it helped get people jobs. -
Tennessee Valley Authority Act
This act was called the Tennessee Valley Authority. This act was to oversee the construction of dams to control flooding, improve navigation, and create cheap electric power in the Tennessee Valley basin. -
President Franklin Roosevelt's Radio Address unveiling the second half of the New Deal
In the radio address, President Franklin Roosevelt announced a second set of measures to fight he Great Depression, which become known as the Second New Deal. -
Social Security Act
The Social Security Act established a system of old-age benefits for workers. This benefits for victims of industrial accidents and unemployment insurance. -
Lend-Lease Act
This act set up a system that would allow the United States to lend or lease war supplies to any nation. Also was to any nation that was an Ally. -
The Cold War
The Cold War was a sustained state of political and military tension between powers in the Western Bloc and powers in the Eastern Bloc. The war lasted fro 1941- 1991 -
Joint Address to Congress Leading to a Declaration of War Against Japan
The day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt said his "Day of Infamy Speech." Immediately afterward, Congress declared war. That is when the US went to war. -
Surrender of Japan
This instrument of surrender was signed by the Japanese envoys Foreign Minister Mamora Shigemitsu and Gen. Yoshijiro Umezu. -
Containment
Containment was to restrict territorial growth. They were trying to stop the spread of communisim. -
Eisenhower was elected
Esisenhower was elected with his promising stradegies. Eisenhowers primary advisor was John Foster Dulles. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States. -
Civil Rights Act
Prohibited discrimination in public places,such as schools, buses, and public halls. This also made employment discrimination illegal. -
Voting Rights Act
This act outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states. So this gave southern more rights to vote. -
Persian Gulf War
This was the first Iraq war. It was also called Operation Dessert storm war. -
George W. Bush elected
Bush was a republican running for a president. He was also the 43rd president. -
9/11 Attack
On September 11 Afghanistan planned an attack on the U.S. During this attack 2 afghan planes crashed into the twin towers, or the world trade center.
