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Yellowstone
In 1872, Yellowstone National Park was named by President Ulysses S. Grant. It was approximately 230,000,000 acres.This park contains the world's largest collection of geysers and many of the rare temperal forest ecosystems. In 1901, President Theodore Roosevelt made stricter laws protecting the park land and the animals inhabiting it. -
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Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley was a name givin to music publishers and song writers who lives in New York. They were the ones in charge of and in control of the popular music during the late 1800's and early 1900's. The name originaly comes from a street in New York, but it gradualy became the name of the chiefs of pop music culture. Some people belive that thier downfall came in the 1930's with the invention of the phonogragh, when sheet music and live performances became less neccisary for entertainment. -
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Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin was a Russian born Jew who later migrated to America. Berlin was an influintial composer in the early 1900's, also he was one of the few musicians that was responsible for the music craze known as ragtime. Berlin Composed many pieces that are still well known today. These are just a couple of his famous pieces: "God Bell America", and "There's No Buisiness Like Show Buisiness". Irving Berlin lived to the age of 101 and passed away in New York City. -
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Spanish-American War
The United States declared war on Spain after the sinking of the Battleship Maine. After a Us victory, the two countries signed the Treaty of Paris. Spain lost control of its colonies (Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Phillipines, Guam, and other islands). -
Louis Armstrong and The Origins of Jazz
Louis Armstrong revolutionized both the instrumental and the vocal style of jazz. His experience with blues singers had allowed him to develop a trumpet style that was a mirror image of human singing. His trumpet was literally the instrumental counterpart of blues singing. Armstrong had introduced a dose of individualism in jazz that was the opposite of its original socialist ideals. -
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes was an American poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist. He was an early innovator of jazz poetry. He was the leader of the Harlem Renaissance. He is quoted to have said that the period was when "the negro was in vogue" which was later paraphrased as "when Harlem was in vogue". -
Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist, the founder of the Ford Motor Company, and main contributor to the development of the assembly line technique for mass production. He is credited to have created the first affordable automobile. The amount of automobiles produced combined with the cheap cost allowed many people to travel more efficiently and more often. -
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Creation of the Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a stretch of water through the small nation of Panama. The US began building the canal in 1904, after first being denied. -
Roosevelt Collary to the Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine of 1823 asked European nations not to recolonize any area on the Western hemisphere. After a crisis in Venezuela, Roosevelt became worried that European nations would invade the country to reestablish order. The United States wrote the Roosevelt Collary, which said that the US would intervene as a last resort in emergenices on the Western hemisphere. -
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WWI
After archduke of Austria-Hungary Franz Ferdinand was assassinated by a Serbian extremist, chaos broke loose throughout the world. A series of alliances between European countries threw them into a state of war that spanned the world. Submarine warfare, trench warfare, and chemical warfare were widely used between the Axis and Allied powers. The war ended with the Treaty of Versaille on November 11, 1919 at 11:00. -
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare
*...I don't think this actually has a "date" that it occured." This was used by German U-boats during WWI. This type of warfare stated that any boat, military or civilian, in British water seen by a submarine would be attacked and sunk. -
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Great Migration
The Great Migration was a large movement of African-Americans from the northern United States to the southern portion. It was not forced by the US government or any other group. It was a voluntary choice by many families, who moved to the south to take up many of the open factory jobs due to WWI. -
Red Scare
The first red scare in the United States was about was about worker (socialist) revolution and political radicalism. It followed the Bolshevik Russian Revolution of 1917. It was a nation wide anit-redical hysteria produced by a fear of a Bolshevik Revolution in America. -
The Espionage Act
The Espionage Act made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S Armed Forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of an enemy. If found guilty, person was subject to $10,000 fine and a 20 year prison sentence. This was reinforced by the Sedition Act during World War 1 and in the period following when the fear of Communist influence and infilteration into American society was very present (Red Scare). -
WIlson's Fourteen Points
THe fourteen points were guidlines set by Presiden Woodrow Wilson to ensure peace after WWI. He gave a speech that laid out a policy of free trade, open agreements, democracy, and self-determination. The points included free navigation of seas, the evacuation of Russia, and the release of French Territory, as well as many new states being erected. -
The Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a period of time when a rush of new ideas and art was produced by African Americans. Characterizing the Harlem Renaissance was racial pride that came to be represented in the idea of the New Negro, who through intellect and production of literature, art, and music could challenge racism and stereotypes to promote progressive politics and and social equality. The creation of art and literature would serve to "uplift" the race. -
Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment established a prohibition on alcoholic beverages in the Untited States by making the production, sale, and transport of said beverages ilegal. After the amendmet took effect, organized crime increased and corruption spread through law enforcement officals. The amendment was repealed in 1933, the only instance that an amendment has been repealed. -
Impact of Radio and Movies
Radio and movies were majr communication devices in the 1920s. The greatest impact of radio and television in the 1920s was that people realized for the time that information could travel around the world in a matter of seconds and minutes, as opposed to hours and days, previously. This had a profound impact on the way businesses operated, and it opened up a whole new category of employment in the areas of broadcasting -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an intergovernmental organization that was founded because of the Paris Peace Conference. It was an international group whose purpose was to maintain world peace. Some of their goals included preventing wars through collective security and disarmament, and settling international disputes. The organization dissolved in 1946 after it failed to prevent WWII. -
Nineteenth Amendment
THe Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution states that no person is to be denied the right to vote based on gender. It was the peak of the women's suffrage movement in the United States. The amendment was drafted by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Carol Stanton in 1878, and 42 years later it was ratified. -
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Communist Regime in China
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Stock Market Crash of 1929
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was wen the proce of a stock in the New York Stock Exchange Reached an all time low. Millions of dollars were lost sending banks into termoil. This onnly furthered the loss of money in banks. The unemployment soared and the effects of the crash were felt by all countries. The people affected most were people working in Primary sector jobs; however, the countries most affected were in the seconday economic sector. This event propelled the world into the Depression. -
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The Great Depression
The Great Depression was a time during the history of the word marked by extreame poverty and little progress. The Great Depresion's start is often associated with the New York Stock Market Crash of 1929. The Great Depression is also used as aexample and refrence to how low the economy is capable of going. The effects of the Great Depression lasted well into the 1940's, and up to the end of World War Two. -
Hooverville
The nave given to the shanty towns created after the stockmarket crashed in 1929.
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The Dust Bowl
Was a time when a servere drought covered the american great plains.
Was marked by dust storms and destroyed crop fields. -
the Neutrality Act
This act was passed to keep the US out of the turmoil in Europe and keep them out of WWII. It was spurred by isolationism and noninterventionism and also the costly involvement in WWI -
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Tennesse Valley Authority
Organization created to aid economicly and provide help in general to the tennesse vally area.
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New Deal
A series of reforms for the United States designed to pull the USA out of the Great Depression. -
Wagner Act
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Social Security Act
This act gave federal assistance to the elderly fatherless children and many other groups.
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Huey Long
Huey Long was an American politician serving as the 40th govervor of Louisiana. He was nicknamed the Kingfish. He was a democratic outspoken left wing populist. During his reign he hand a lot of supporters. Proposed the Share Our Wealth porgram which motto was "Every Man a King". He was assasinated on September 10, 1935 -
US Neutrality Acts
In an effort to keep the US out of possible European war, this act banned the shipment of war materials to European countries and warned citizens to get on ships sailing into national water at their own risk. -
Court Packing Bill
Legislative initiative to add more justices to the Supreme Court. It would give the President power to appoint one justice up to six for every sitting member over ther age of 70 and 6 months. -
lend lease program
Gave our Allies materials in hope that they would return the favor later. -
Executive Order 8802
It was signed by FDR to prevent racial discrimination in national defense industry. -
Pearl Harbor
A day that will live in infamey. The Japanese bombed the United States hoping to keep them out of the war only to bring them in the war to eventually win God Bless -
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Rationing
This was a period in WW2 when people had to ration their food in order to provide for the soldiers overseas. -
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Wartime Conversion
Time period when America no longer produced machines for civilians, but manufactured things like: bullets, tanks, airplanes, and machine gunes. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Longest serving first lady of the United States of America. She was there during FDRs four terms. President Harry S. Truman later named her First Lady of the World becuase of her great contribution to human rights. Her Husband was Franklin D. Roosevelt. -
Internment of Japanese American Citizens
After the attack on Pearl Harbor. Americans put Japanese Citizens lived in concetraiton camps because they beileved they were traitorous. -
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Manhattan Project
United States research and developement team for nuclear missiles. The bombs were later dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. -
Women's Roles
Women took the place of men in factories, military auxilaries, government positions, and resistance groups. -
Battle of Midway
Most important naval battle of the Pacific Campgain in WWII. Where the United States beat Japan in which is the turning point in the campgain. -
D-Day
Allied troops landed on the heavily fortified beaches of Normandy, France to invade Nazi Germany. -
Fall of Berlin
Soviets surrounded the city, with 20 armies, 6300 tanks and 8500 aircrafts. They slowly tightened their grip around the city towards Hitler's Chancellery. -
Senator Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy was a rebublican on the senate. He believed that communism excited in the government, in hollywood and the army so he launched investigations. -
Containment policy
Policy to conteract the Soviet Union's moves to spread communism. -
Truman Doctrine
U.S. would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from falling into the Soviet sphere. -
Levittown
Levittown is the name of four large suburban developments created in the United States of America. Built in the post-WWII era for returning veterans and their new families, the communities offered attractive alternatives to cramped central city locations and apartments. Production was modeled in an assembly line manner and thousands of identical homes were produced. Sales began in March 1947, and within the first three hours, 1,400 homes had been bought. -
Baby Boom
Post World War II baby boom where an estimated 79 million Americans where born. In the years after the war, couples who could not afford families during the Great Depression made up for lost time; the mood was now optimistic. During the war unemployment ended and the economy greatly expanded; afterwards the country experienced vigorous economic growth until the 1970s. -
Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to play Major League Baseball, therefore breaking the color barrier. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers and made advancements in the cause of civil rights for black athletes. -
Philip Randolph
Leader in African American civil rights movements, american labor movement and socialist political parties. Made the first predomiantly black labor organization. Ended segragation in armed services. -
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Marshall Plan
United States policy for aiding Europe, which provided economic support for the European economies. Also to prevent spread of communism. -
Outbreak of the Korean War
The Korean War was a war between the communist Soviet Union and the democratic United states. The USSR occupied Korea north of the 38th panel and the USA occupied Korea south of the 38th panel. This war started because the Americans where afraid of the "Domino Theory". This was the threat that if one country fell to communist rule then everyone around them would also fall. This war was fought in Korea so that the US and the USSR would not have to have a war in their own countries. -
Warren Court
The warren court is basically the Supreme Court of the United States between the two times of 1953 and 1969. This court gets is name purely because of Earl Warren, who served as Chief Justice. This man is responsible for leading a large majority that used judicial power in dramatic fashion. The Warren Court expanded civil rights, civil liberties, judicial power, and the federal power in huge ways. The court was both complimented and criticized for bringing an end to racial segregation in the Un -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a supreme court case that argued on the issue of segregated schools. It declared this act unconstitutional. This overturned the decision made in the Plessy v. Ferguson case, that allowed state-sponsored segregation. -
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was the prolonged struggle between nationalist forces attempting to unify the country of Vietnam under a communist government and the United States, with the aid of the South Vietnamese, attempting to prevent the spread of communism. -
Interstate Highway Act
The Interstate Highway Act authorized 25 billion dollars to construct over 40,000 miles of highway over a 10 year period. It payed for 90 percent of the construction costs and the state only had to pay 10 percent. Dwight D. Eisenhower was the president who signed the bill into law. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
*African-American civil rights organization.
*Led by Martin Luther King, Jr
*Large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Sputnik I
Sputnik I was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a metallic sphere that the Soviet Union launched and it succesfully entered Earth's orbit. This was the beginning of the Space Age and triggered the Space Race that was a large part of the Cold War. -
Little Rock
The list says Little Rock but I think it means something about the Little Rock 9. If not, Little Rock's the capital of Arkansas.
The 9 African Americans that attended Little Rock Central High School were known as the Little Rock 9. They were the first African American students to attend an all-white school. Originally, Arkansas governor Orval Faubus called the state's National Guard to prevent the students from entering. They then developed the Blossom Plan, a plan for gradual desegregation. -
Cuban Revolution
The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt conducted by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement and its allies against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. The revolution began in July 1953,and finally ousted Batista on 1 January 1959, replacing his regime with Castro's revolutionary government. Castro's government later reformed along communist lines, becoming the present Communist Party of Cuba in October 1965. -
Kennedy/Nixon Presidential Debates
In September of 1960, 70 million viewers tuned in to watch the first-ever televised presidential debate between Senator John Kennedy of Massachusetts and Vice President Richard Nixon. The chance for Americans to see the cantidates in competetion was significant. The first debate was centered on the domestic issues, while the others for focused on foreign. -
Lyndon Johnson's Great Society
The Great Society were programs in the United States that supported Lyndon Johnson as well as his fellow Democrats in the Congress in the years throughout the 1960s. The two main goals of the Great Society was the elimination of poverty and racial injustice. In this time there were also several major spending programs that addressed education, medical care, and transportation. -
News Coverage of the Civil Rights Movement
The American television coverage of the Civil Rights movement redefined the country's political and televisiual landscape. The publication of events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the Democratic National Convention brought both the violent and non-violent campaigns to mass audinces. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
*One of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s
*Series of student meetings led by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960.
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The Expansion of Air Condtioning
The expansion of air conditioning led to hotter states like Florida undergoing a population boom. The possibility of cooler temperatures in hotter climates meant that more was possibile. The workforce increased and the migration to this states created the Sunbelt. -
The Bay of Pigs
An unsuccessful attempt by United States backed Cuban exiles to overthrow the government led by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro. 1300 exiles landed at The Bay of Pigs armed with U.S. weapons. President Kennedy had the option of using the US Air Force against the Cubans but decided against it. The invasion was stopped by Castro's army, and about 90 exiles were killed while the others were taken as prisoners. -
Freedom Rides
*Bus rides to test the southern segregated U.S. states -
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The Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day confrontation between the United States on one side, the Soviet Union and Cuba on the other that occurred during the Cold War. The crisis ranks as one of the major confrontations of the Cold War, and is often regarded as the moment in which the Cold War came closest to turning into a nuclear conflict. The situation ended when the Soviet leader agreed to dismantle the weapons and return them to the Soviet Union. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail
After being arrested during the Birmingham Campaign, Martin Luther King Jr. was sent to the Birmingham Jail. He faced harsh conditions and while he was there, he wrote an open letter backing nonviolent protests to racism. After early setbacks, it became an important, influential text in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Martin Luther King and his I Have a Dream Speech
Martin was desperate for an end to racism in the United States. He had given his well-known speech to over 250,000 civil rights supporters. Although this speech seems like an average speech it was actually a huge role in the American Civil Rights Movement. Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation, Luther strongly stated "one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free", touching many people all over the world. At the end of the speech, which best captured listeners attent -
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Our U.S. 35th president Kennedy was horrifically shot while traveling with his wife Jacqueline in a presidential motorcade. About a ten-month investigation was held in 1963–64 by the Warren Commission, and they successfully concluded that Kennedy was in fact assassinated by a man by the name of Lee Harvey Oswald. -
Barry Goldwater
He was a five-term United States Senator from Arizona. He ran for president in 1964 (focusing on less government, more military, and ending federal welfare programs), but he lost to Lyndon Johnson. -
Sit-In
*Non-violent way to effectually shut down an area or business.
*Led to passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and also passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 -
Growing Opposition to the Vietnam War
The U.S. became polarized between those who advocated continued involvement in Vietnam, and those who wanted peace.Many in the peace movement were students, mothers, or anti-establishment hippies, but there was also involvement from many other groups, including educators, clergy, academics, journalists, lawyers, physicians, military veterans, and ordinary Americans. Expressions of opposition events ranged from peaceful nonviolent demonstrations to radical displays of violence. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act is known today as civil rights legislation in the United States outlawing all the various forms of discrimination against all of the following: racial, ethnic, national, religious minorities, and even women. This is responsible for ending unequal rights pertaining to voter registration requirements and racial segregation in not only schools, but also many other public facilities as well. -
The Establishment of Medicare
The Social Security Act of 1965 brought Medicare into the world. Medicare’s purpose was to provide federal funding for many of the medical costs of older Americans, there targeted market being the elderly. The legislation no longer had the desire to resist the idea of publicly funded health care or what was called “socialized medicine”. With Medicare benefits available to everyone over the age of sixty-five, the world was certainly taking a turn for the better. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act is a change in the world and rights when it comes to voting. This acts from here on out outlawed any sort of discriminatory voting practices such as passing literacy tests in order to vote. -
Miranda Decision
The Court held that statements made in response to police questioning by a defendant in police custody will be admissible at trial ONLY if the prosecution can show that the defendant was informed of the right to consult with an attorney before and during questioning and of the right against self-incrimination prior to questioning by police, and that the defendant not only understood these rights, but voluntarily waived them. This decision is a significant impact on law enforcement in the United -
National Organization of Women
*To take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities. -
Election of Richard M. Nixon
Nixon (republican) won the Presedential election over Hubert Humphrey (democrat) in November, 1968. His main goal was to restore law and order to cities divided by crime. -
Tet Offensive
The Tet Offensive was a military campaign during the Vietnam War that was launched by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnam against South Vietnam, the United States, and their allies. It was a campaign of surprising attacks that were launched against military and civilian commands and control centers throughout South Vietnam, during a period when no attacks were supposed to take place. -
The Assasssinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr., a prominent leader of the African-American civil rights, was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968, at the age of 39. James Earl Ray, was arrested in London at Heathrow Airport, brought to the United States, and charged with the crime. On March 10, 1969, Ray was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee State Penitentiary. Ray eventually died in prison on April 23, 1998, at the age of 70. Although this man was arrested, Martins family still believe that the as -
1968 the Democratic National Convention
The 1968 Democratic National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at the International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968. Because President Lyndon B. Johnson had announced he would not seek reelection, the purpose of the convention was to select a new presidential nominee to run as the Democratic Party’s candidate for the office. The keynote speaker was Senator Daniel Inouye. Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and Senator Edmund S. Muskie were nomina -
Earth Day
*Channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center. -
Personal Computer
The personal computer heavily impacted American life. It increased communication and improved working conditions. It changed the way that people did things and made things more simple. -
Nixon's Opening of China
The U.S. became interested in having political and economic ties with China in the 19th century. The goal was to establish an open trade policy with China. Nixon's visit to China led to the Open Door Policy which insured equal trading rights for all nations with China. -
Nixon's Resignation (Watergate Scandal)
In 1972, five burglars broke into the Watergate office complex in Washington. The investigation led back to none other than Nixon himself. Under the threat of impeachment, Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974. -
Roe v. Wade
This was a decision made by the United States Supreme Court over the issue of abortion. It extended a woman's right to have an abortion. -
Presidency of Gerald Ford
After the resignation of Nixon, Ford became president in 1974. He was the first unelected President in history. He helped restore public confidence to the government after Nixon's mistakes. -
Bakke Decision
Decision made by the Supreme Court that it was unlawful for universities to save an amount of places for students who are in a minority group. It's purpose was to stop competition for those who weren't in minority groups. -
Camp David Accords
These were the accords that were used to make peace between Israel and Egypt. It was signed at Camp David, and it was witnessed by Jimmy Carter. -
Carter's response to the 1979 Iranian Revolution / Iranian Hostage Crisis
This event was when a mob of islamics overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Over 60 people were taken hostage. Wanting the hostages to return, Carter embargoed oil from Iran. When nothing much was happening with the release of the hostages, he proposed Desert One, a rescue mission. -
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Ronald Reagan's Presidency
Reagan was the 40th president, and he served two terms. His goals were to cut taxes, decrease government reliance, and increase the national defense. -
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Reaganomics
A popular term used to refer to the economic policies of Ronald Reagan, the 40th U.S. President. His polices included widespread tax cuts, increased military spending and a "trickle down economy". His tax cuts were meant to stimulate the local economy by promoting consumerism. -
Iran-Contras Scandal
In 1986 a scandal was brought to light, exposing the Reagan administration for brokering a "weapons-for-hostages" deal with Iran. The money from the deal was meant to go toward the rebel groups of Nicaragua. -
NAFTA
nafta stands for the North-American Free Trade Agreement, and its purpose was to help the US and other NAFTA members compete with European trade. It has been very succesful. -
The 2000 presidential election
The election was between republican rep. George Bush and Demorcratic rep. Al Gore. President bush won. -
George Bush and September 11th
On September 11th, 2001, Al-Queada terrorist operative hijacked a plane and flew it into the world trade center. George Bush declared a war on terrorism and began a military campaign in Middle Eastern countries. -
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The War On Terror
This was a term first used by George W. Bush to describe the military campain against terrorism coming mainly from the Middle East. The War on Terror is the reason for the United State's military involvment in the Middle East. -
Electoral College
The Electoral College is a process that was developed by the founding fathers in the constitution of the United States. it is used to simplify the voting process and make a more fair state-based representation.
