Founding Docs
What day and year did the US gain its independence?
July 4th, 1776
an economic system where private individuals or businesses own and control the means of production and trade.
Capitalism
a global conflict that took place from 1939 to 1945.
World War 2
a political theory derived from Karl Marx, advocating class war and leading to a society in which all property is publicly owned and each person works and is paid according to their abilities and needs.
Communism
an arms race competition for supremacy in warfare between the United States, the Soviet Union, and their respective allies during the Cold War.
Nuclear Race
A set of amendments to the US Constitution that guarantees individual rights and freedoms
Bill of Rights
transforming an economy from primarily agricultural to one based on manufacturing and industrial production.
Industrialization
A term used to describe foreign policy approach of Theodore Roosevelt. It referred to his belief in using military force and presence as means to achieve America's goals.
Big Stick Policy
War in Korea where the communists tried to attack the south
Koren War
What was the action of a group or authority compiling people, countries or other entities to be avoided or distrusted as being deemed unacceptable to those making the list
Blacklisting
A group of people who supported a strong central government
Federalists
A system that emerged after the American Civil War, mainly in the southern United States
Sharecropping
A major event in US history. The surprise attack by the Japanese on the US December 7, 1941.
Pearl Harbor
Soviet forces blockaded rail, road, and water access to Allied-controlled areas of Berlin.
Berlin Wall/Airlift
Which war was the conflict intensified by the ongoing Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Vietnam War
basic rights that are believed to be inherent to all individuals, such as the rights to life, liberty, and property.
Natural Rights
A series of state and logical laws in the United States that enforced racial segregation and discrimination, particularly against African Americans
Jim Crow Laws
League of Nations
period of severe dust storms that greatly damaged the ecology and agriculture of the American and Canadian prairies during the 1930s.
Dust Bowl
What amendment gave the right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age.
26th Amendment
An idea that suggests people agree to live together under certain rules for benefit of society.
Social Contract
A social and political reform movement that took place in the US from the 19th century to the early 20th century. It aimed to address various social issues caused by industrialization and urbanization.
Progressive Movement
A form of government debt securities issued during times of war to finance military operations
War Bonds
the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
Nativism
What was the first satellite in space, aboard an R-7 rocket?
Sputnik/Space Race