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Declaration of Independence
The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House -
Louisiana Purchase
was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803 -
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War of 1812
A conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies. Historians in Britain often see it as a minor theatre of the Napoleonic Wars; in the United States and Canada, it is seen as a war in its own right -
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Mexican American war
was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States -
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Spanish-American War
Was fought between the United States and Spain -
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WWI
A global war originating in Europe, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history -
Panama Canal
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Zimmermann Telegram
A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the prior event of the United States entering World War I against Germany. Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
International agreement in which signatory states promised not to use war to resolve disputes -
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The Great Depression
the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world -
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WWII
It was the most global war in history; it directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries -
United Nations Established
Intergovernmental organization tasked to promote international cooperation and to create and maintain international order. -
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Cold War
Was a state of geopolitical tension after World War II -
Rio Pact
The central principle contained in its articles is that an attack against one is to be considered an attack against them all; this was known as the "hemispheric defense" doctrine -
Marshall Plan
An Act to promote world peace and the general welfare, national interest, and foreign policy of the United States through economic, financial, and other measures necessary to the maintenance of conditions abroad in which free institutions may survive and consistent with the maintenance of the strength and stability of the United States. -
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Berlin Blockade
One of the first major international crises of the Cold War -
NATO
is an intergovernmental military alliance between several North American and European countries based on the North Atlantic Treaty -
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Korean War
war between North Korea, with the support of China and the Soviet Union, and South Korea, with the principal support of the United States -
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Vietnam War
Was a conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia -
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Bay of Pigs
A failed military invasion of Cuba undertaken by the CIA sponsored paramilitary group Brigade 2506 -
Berlin Wall Rise
A wall that divided Berlin into two areas, east and west -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
The confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union concerning American ballistic missile deployment in Italy and Turkey with consequent Soviet ballistic missile deployment in Cuba. -
SALT 1
Bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union, the Cold War superpowers, on the issue of arms control. The two rounds of talks and agreements were SALT I and SALT II. -
Detente
Name was given to a period of improved relations between the United States and the Soviet Union that began tentatively in 1971 and took decisive form when President Richard M. Nixon visited the secretary-general of the Soviet Communist party -
Camp David Accords
Bilateral treaty that signed twelve days of secret negotations at Camp David -
SALT II
Bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union, the Cold War superpowers, on the issue of arms control. The two rounds of talks and agreements were SALT I and SALT II. -
Berlin Wall Fall
End of the seperation between east and west Berlin -
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Persian Gulf War
codenamed Operation Desert Shield for operations leading to the buildup of troops and defense of Saudi Arabia and Operation Desert Storm in its combat phase, was a war waged by coalition forces from 35 nations led by the United States against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait. -
NAFTA
is an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States, creating a trilateral trade bloc in North America -
9/11
Three Al-Qauda terrorists hijacked and crashed two planes into the Twin Towers -
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War on Terror
Is an international military campaign that was launched by the U.S. government after the September 11 attacks in the U.S. in 2001 -
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Iraq war
A protracted armed conflict that began in 2003 with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the government of Saddam Hussein
