Wars of the 1900s
This "splendid little war" was a major victory for a newly emerging USA.
The Spanish-American War
Once FDR took office, he launched this economic program to boost the us economy and give hope to discouraged Americans.
The New Deal
The physical blockade separated East Berlin from West Berlin, and fell in 1989.
The Berlin Wall
A botched Republican engineered break-in of the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington D.C.
Watergate Scandal
He was an industrial innovator of the new mass-production economy and considered the inventor of the assembly line.
Henry Ford
The research and development project that produced the first nuclear weapons during World War II.
The Manhattan Project
Terrorist group that had lost popularity but regained influence during the 1920's.
The KKK
This plan sent more than $12 billion to Europe to help rebuild its cities and economy.
The Marshall Plan
Under this bill, hotels, restaurants, and employers could not discriminate based on race and schools could not be segregated.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Reagan's proposed weapons system to destroy Soviet Missiles from Space (was never implemented).
Strategic Defense Initiative (Star Wars)
This message, sent from Germany, was a major reason why the US eventually joined WWI.
The Zimmerman Telegram
A major goal of this Progressive Era figure was assimilating immigrants into American society while they stayed at the Hull House.
Jane Addams
The lessening of tensions between the U.S. and the Soviet Union during the 1970s.
Detente
This violent police raid of a gay bar triggered activists and protests among gays and lesbians. It became symbol of oppression of the LGBTQ community, beginning the gay pride movement.
Stonewall Riot
This organization was President Wilson's idea. Ironically, the US never joined.
The League of Nations
The meeting of world powers near the end of World War II is often said to mark the beginning of the Cold War.
The Yalta Conference
Roosevelt's programs had these three goals.
Relief, Recovery, Reform.
These raids on people's homes, community centers, and other public facilities were supposed to root out communists in America.
Palmer Raids
Her book "The Feminine Mystique" sparked a new consciousness among suburban women and helped launch the second-wave feminist movement.
Betty Friedan
This was the nickname given to the region of the U.S. that saw massive population growth in the years after the war.
The Sunbelt
This amendment dictated the terms of American intervention in Cuba post-war and established the military base of Guantanamo.
The Platt Amendment
Legendary poet that wrote “A Raisin in the Sun” and was a central figure from the Harlem Renaissance
Langston Hughes
These two policies, introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev, are credited with hastening the collapse of the USSR.
Glasnost and Perestroika
A group of rebellious writers and intellectuals made up this 1950s group.
The Beatniks
Johnson used this event to secure congressional authorization of US forces going into combat in Vietnam.
The Gulf of Tonkin incident