American Imperialism
This term is defined by a period in American History where people moved out of rural homesteads and into rapidly expanding cities
urbanization
A series of government programs and agencies created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt aimed at providing relief, recovery, and reform.
The New Deal
Government-backed scientific research project inspired by Albert Einstein which aspired to complete the first nuclear weapon
The Manhattan Project
Foreign policy concept which proposed that if one country fell to Communism, others would follow
The Domino Theory
Terrorist attack in which members of al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist group, hijacked four planes in the Northeastern United States
September 11th (9/11)
This type of journalism was categorized by sensational reporting and competition between publishing tycoons Hearst and Pulitzer
yellow journalism
A post-Depression ecological and agricultural disaster which led to a period of hardship for people in the affected areas.
The Dust Bowl
Executive Order issued by President Franklin D. Roosevelt which ordered all Japanese-American citizens into internment camps for the duration of WWII
Executive Order 9066
Moral panic in the United States inspired by a fear of Communism
The Red Scare
American political party which believes in larger government, more social programs, and government regulation over the economy
Liberal (Democrats)
Mass exodus of African-American people out of the Jim Crow south and towards northern cities
The Great Migration
A government program which aimed to employ young men in America.
The Civilian Conservation Corps
A number of acts passed in the 1930's to maintain United States isolationism from Asian and European conflicts
The Neutrality Acts
Put into law the sentiment behind the slogan, "old enough to fight, old enough to vote"
The Twenty-Sixth Amendment
Champion of conservatism in 1980's America
Ronald Reagan
Explosion of African-American art and culture that was a direct result of the end of slavery and the Great Migration
Harlem Renaissance
Government economic recovery program which sought to employ Americans of any gender.
Works Progress Administration (WPA)
The Ally-led, collective defense, military alliance which included a number of Western European countries, the United States, and the U.K.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Civil rights organization which recruited and popularized legendary civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
Highly contentious presidential election between Governor George W. Bush of Texas and Senator Al Gore from Tennessee
The 2000 Presidential Election
These four nations were the location of bitter wars fought between the United States and Spain for control
The Philippines, Puerto Rico, Guam, Cuba
Legislation which protected consumer money by prohibiting commercial banks from engaging in risky investments
Glass-Steagall Act
The Soviet-led, collective defense, military alliance which included a number of Eastern European countries
the Warsaw Pact
Treaties designed to limit nuclear proliferation
Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT I and SALT II)
International response to the invasion of Kuwait in the 1990s
The Gulf War