By:Courtney Lucas (Contemporary Issues in America)

  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    John Adams thought that it would be "the most memerable epocha in the history of America"
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Roosevelt Corollary
    Its almost similar to the monroe doctrine.
  • Worl War 1

    Worl War 1
    Countries were planning to go against each other and one of the countries started a war and then they all were fighting. >>the countries were Serbia, Germany, and Russia and the ones that they wanted to fight were France, Belguim, Hungray, Germany
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania
    It occured durring the first world war
  • Good Neighbor Policy

    Good Neighbor Policy
    President Franklin D. Roosevelt wanted to improve the ralations between South and Central America, this is what he said "In the field of world policy I would dedicate this nation to the policy of the good neighbor—the neighbor who resolutely respects himself and, because he does so, respects the rights of others." -Franklin D Roosevelt
  • World War 2

    World War 2
    Marco Polo bridge incident happened becasme a war
  • Pearl Harbor

    Pearl Harbor
    "A date in which we live infamy" -Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Bombing of Hiroshima

    Bombing of Hiroshima
    Durring World War 2, An American dropped a B-29 on the worlds first atomic bomb
  • Truman Doctrine

    Truman Doctrine
    President Harry S. Truman asked Greece and Turkey fro $400 million dollars
  • Marshall Plan

    Marshall Plan
    President Truman signed economic recovery act and it was later known as the Marshall Plan
  • Korean War

    Korean War
    they had 75,000 soldiers from the North Korean Arny
  • Vietnam War

    Vietnam War
    It lasted 19 years 5 months 4 weeks and 1 day
  • Eisenhower Doctrine

    Eisenhower Doctrine
    In the cold war period after worlsd was 2 , President Eisnhower creatd it.
  • Cuban Missle Crisis

    Cuban Missle Crisis
    It was aimed for the United States and the Soviet union
  • Operation Desert Storm

    Operation Desert Storm
    A build up of diffrent trrops and defences
  • 9/11

    9/11
    Planes were higjacked and the terrorist hit the twin towers and millions of people died. It was the biggest terrorist attack in America EVER!!!
  • War on Terror

    War on Terror
    9/11 was an example of war terror
  • Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)

    Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom)
    This started when president George w. Bush was president, it says that the u.s. and British forces were doing airstrikes and then Afganistan does airstrikes for 5 more days
  • Operation Iraqi Freedom

    Operation Iraqi Freedom
    U.S. Secretary of state poses an imminent threat
  • Air Strikes on ISIS

    Air Strikes on ISIS
    U.S. President Obama targeted air strikes against islamic militants