Presidents
Longest running president
Franklin D. Roosevelt (March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945)
They traveled westward to find a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean for commerce
Lewis and Clark
On many minds despite falling in 476 CE
Roman Empire
"that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness"
The Declaration of Independence
Aimed to provide relief, recovery, and reform during the Great Depression
New Deal
His presidential campaign slogan was: "I Like Ike"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Presidential father son duo in the 20th and 21st century
George H.W. and Bush George W. Bush
Suffered rapid political and economic collapse in 1991, losing its political stability.
Soviet Union
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility..."
The Constitution
Social and labor reform enacted the ______ (1935) for retirement benefits
Social Security Act
This president changed his initials from being HUG to USG (hint: 18th)
Ulysses S. Grant (was born Hiram Ulysses Grant)
This iconic duo formed a powerful political and romantic alliance in 48 BC
Cleopatra and Julius Caesar
Weakened by civil war, they fell swiftly to Spanish forces (Francisco Pizarro) in 1533.
Inca empire
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise..."
The Bill Of Rights (1st Amendment)
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) aimed to solve what problem?
Addressed the crisis by taking the U.S. off the gold standard
This president died hours after Thomas Jefferson on July 4, 1826
John Adams (TJ 12:50pm; JA apx 7pm)
A historical "friends to enemies" ended in Weehawken, New Jersey on July 11, 1804
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr
Fragmented into several Balkan states
Yugoslavia (1918–1992)
"all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"
The Emancipation Proclamation
Job Creation & Relief: Launched the CCC to employ young men. What does "CCC" stand for?
Civilian Conservation Corps
He signed the Compromise of 1850 temporarily delaying the Civil War by balancing slave/free state interests
Millard Fillmore (13th)
The primary leaders and strategists of the 19th-century American women’s suffrage movement
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Collapsed in 220 CE due to financial crises and poor military cohesion against outside groups (Asia)
Han Dynasty (China)
"The American continents... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers"
The Monroe Doctrine
This agency sought to raise farm prices by reducing surpluses
Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)