founding docs
Document declared the American independence from britain
Declaration of independence
The political and military tension between the U.S. and the Soviet Union after ww2
cold war
This movement which ended in 1920 banned the sale and production of alcoholic beverages in the U.S.
Prohibition
bill helped returning ww2 veterans attend college buy homes and start businesses
G.I. bill
revolution in the late 1800s transformed the us from an agricultural to an industrial economy
industrial revolution
document established the framework for the U.S. government and is still in use today
U.S. Constitution
U.S. program gave over $12 billion to rebuild western europe
Marshall plan
This economic disaster began in 1929 and led to widespread unemployment and poverty
Great depression
organization created in 1945 to promote international peace and prevent future global conflicts
united nations
Inventor known for developing the assembly line method which revolutionized car production
henry ford
First ten amendments to the Constitution guarantee individual freedoms and rights
Bill of rights
A wall built in 1961, physically and ideologically divided east and west berlin
berlin wall
Makeshift communities of homeless people during the great depression were nicknamed after the president blamed for the crisis
hoovervilles
this movement saw millions of americans move from cities to residential communities on the outskirts
suburbanization
business leaders like carnegie and Rockefeller who dominated industries such as steel and oil
robber barons
Plan proposed during the constitutional convention and favored large states with representation based on population
Virginia plan
This doctrine announced by president Truman in 1947 pledged support to countries resisting communism
Truman Doctrine
During ww2 American citizens of this ancestry were forcibly relocated to internment camps
japanese americans
rivalry with the Soviet union began after ww2 and shaped foreign and domestic policies for decades
cold war
these crowded unsanitary apartment buildings housed many poor workers in growing industrial cities
tenement housing
1215 English document that limited the power of the king and influenced American ideas about government
Magna Carta
1955 alliance was the Soviet unions response to NATO, uniting eastern Bloc countries in a military pact
Warsaw Pact
major demographic trend saw a surge in birthrates and surburban expansion
baby boom
1947-1957 era saw a surge in consumer goods advertising and household technologies like televisions and washings machines
post war economic boom
this 1892 strike at a Carnegie steel plant turned violent and highlighted tensions between labor and industry
homestead strike