Wars
This war took place from 1939-1945. It was a battle between the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. This war was fought in two "theaters." The main opp of the war is widely known as the worst person to ever walk the Earth. This war ended with the dropping of Fat Man and Little Boy by Enola Gay on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
What is WWII?
The current president of the United States. This president has been quoted with a number of funny statements. Some of them include "chocolate chocolate chip" and "I don't count drunk driving as a felony." He has been referred to as sleepy. Many people have been known to say "Let's go Brandon" when referring to him.
Who is Joe Biden?
Most well-known for her prevalence in the bus boycotts in the 1960s. This activist is most infamously remembered because of her refusal to accept her being forcefully moved to the back of the bus standing her ground to the point where police intervene arresting this activist.
Who is Rosa Parks?
This assassination resulted in the swearing-in of Lyndon B Johnson and occurred in a convertible when the president turned on Elm Street. The killer Lee Harvey Oswald was in the Texas Schoolbook Depository when he fired the Magic Bullet. He was later killed as well.
What is the John F Kennedy Assassination?
The first form of government after the American Revolution. It did not allow the federal government to tax the states and overall left the federal government powerless. It was later reformed by the drafting of the Constitution by James Madison.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This war was fought in 1898. This war resulted in the United States gaining the rights for Guam, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Cuban independence. In this war, future President Teddy Roosevelt served and became a war hero. This war started with the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havanna Harbor in Cuba.
What is the Spanish-American War?
Major General in the War of 1812 this president gained a large amount of popularity through his involvement in the battle of New Orleans against the British. He chose to destroy the national government implemented by Hamilton. This resulted in the rise of the Whig Party.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This activist was most known for the publications regarding the meat packing industry. The actions led to the reform of the industry and the implementation of legislature to ensure that the quality of meat was upheld. The malpractice of the meat-packing industry is outlined in this activist's novel The Jungle.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This assassination occurred at the Lorraine Motel on April 4, 1968. The target was a famous abolitionist who delivered his famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. His actions later were reflected in the passing of the Civil Rights Act. He was supported largely by President Kennedy.
What is the Martin Luther King Assassination?
This document was the final attempt to preserve the relationship between Great Britain and Colonial America. It was swiftly shot down and followed by the drafting of the Declaration of Independence and the American Revolution as a whole.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
A 1990–1991 armed campaign waged by a 39-country military coalition in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. This war included a key phrase called Operation Desert Storm which began with aerial bombings and came to a close with the liberation of Kuwait. This war ended on 28 February 1991.
What is the Gulf War?
This president was the successor to the Great Emancipator Abraham Lincoln. He was born in Raleigh North Carolina and is credited with being the first-ever president to be impeached. His wife is credited with teaching him how to read.
This activist was the most famous advocate for impoverished American citizens by providing them with affordable housing. She founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1919. She wrote the article "Why Women Should Vote."
Who is Jane Addams?
Charles J Guiteau carried out this assassination. The shot was not fatal but ended in the infection and eventual death of the target. The motive of Guiteau was because he was denied a political appointment by the target. With a total time in office being 199 days this assassination caused the second shortest presidency.
What is the James A Garfield Assassination?
Drafted shortly after the greatest act of foreign terrorism against the United States. This document was created to allow government regulation in airlines and increase government power in foreign terrorism. Some results of this are an increase in TSA security and the actions in Afghanistan.
What is the PATRIOT Act?
This war was an undeclared naval war fought from 1798 to 1800 between the United States and the French First Republic. Primarily fought in the Caribbean and off the East Coast of the United States. Was the result of treaties being violated.
What is the Quasi-War?
This president served as the vice president and the secretary of state before becoming president. As president, he was a major advocate for state rights. And he put the country's money into state-run banks putting the US into a panic (mini depression). He was one of the least popular presidents in US history because of his economic policies as well as his involvement in the costly Seminole War.
Who is Van Buren?
This activist was one of the first that brought light to the atrocities of war. His photographs were extremely popular in the United States eventually being placed in an exhibit in New York. These pictures were made possible with the invention of paper photography from glass negatives in the mid-1850s.
Who is Mathew Brady?
Leon Czigisoz a self-proclaimed anarchist carried out this assassination against the president of the United States at the time of the Spanish-American War. This was shortly after his second inauguration and occurred in Buffalo, New York. This assassination paved the way for one of the most well-known and highly regarded presidents in United States history.
What is the assassination of William Mckinley?
These are documents drafted to limit the Nuclear Arsenal of the USSR(now Russia) and the United States of America. These documents were drafted as a result of the Cold War and the increase of each nation's nuclear arsenal because of competition in the arms race during the Cold War.
What are SALT I and II?
This was a war that took place from 1992-1995 in Eastern Europe. The Dayton Accords were drafted and ended this war in 1995. This was an ethnic war that was fought between Muslims, Catholics, and Orthodox Christians. In the war over 100,000 civilians were killed and over 2 million people were forcibly displaced.
What is the Bosnian War?
This president isn't known for much however he was a member of the Whig party and was the last president elected to not be under the association of Democrat or Republican political parties. Under his administration, the first library in the white house was implemented. He signed the Compromise of 1850 and he alienated the North by the federal enforcement of the Fugitive Slave Act.
Who is Millard Filmore?
Fearless fighter for workers’ rights—once labeled "the most dangerous woman in America" by a U.S. district attorney. She welcomed African American workers and involved women and children in strikes. She organized miners’ wives into teams armed with mops and brooms to guard the mines against scabs.
Who is Mother Jones?
Carl Weiss carried out this assassination against a Louisiana governor and senator. The target was most famous for his opposition to FDR's New Deal policies to end the Great Depression. The target was a champion amongst the underprivileged and wished to heavily tax the rich in order to take the United States out of the Depression.
What is the assassination of Huey Long?
This treaty ended the Russo-Japanese War. It was brokered in part by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. It was made in the great state of New Hampshire and signed on September 5th, 1905.
What is the Portsmouth Treaty?