U.S in the world
a brief, 10-week conflict in 1898 between the U.S. and Spain, triggered by the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor war
spanish-American war
the widespread, intensive development of industries in a region or country, transforming an agricultural or feudal society into a manufacturing-based economy
Industrialization
a Cold War competition (roughly 1945–1991) between the United States and the Soviet Union to achieve superior military power through the rapid development, stockpiling, and technological refinement of nuclear weapons.
Nuclear race
landmark U.S. legislation signed by FDR to help World War II veterans readjust to civilian life
G.I.Bill
a 1776 document adopted by the Second Continental Congress that formally announced the 13 American colonies' separation from Great Britain and explained the reasons for doing so
Declaration of independence
a U.S. Navy second-class battleship commissioned in 1895 that mysteriously exploded and sank in Havana Harbor, Cuba, on February 15, 1898
U.S.S maine
the rapid, massive shift of the population from rural, agricultural areas to densely populated cities, primarily driven by industrialization, immigration, and westward expansion between the mid-19th and early 20th centuries
Urbanization
a 20th-century Cold War competition (roughly 1957–1975) between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to achieve superior spaceflight capabilities, technological supremacy, and ideological dominance
Space race
a region in the Northeastern and Midwestern US—including states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Indiana—that shifted from being the nation’s 19th–20th century industrial "backbone" to experiencing severe decline, deindustrialization, and population loss starting in the 1950s
Rust belt/Sun belt
a 1215 English document limiting the king's power, serving as the foundational inspiration for American democracy, rule of law, and the U.S. Constitution.
Magna carta
a man-made 50-mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, acting as a shortcut for ships
Panama Canal
crowded, low-rent apartment buildings, typically 5-7 stories high, that housed immigrant and working-class families in urban centers during the mid-19th to early 20th centuries
Tenement Housing
a United States foreign policy doctrine adopted in the late 1940s to prevent the spread of communism and Soviet influence during the Cold War
Containment
the active, professed refusal to obey certain government laws, demands, or commands, typically as a nonviolent form of political protest
Civil disobedience
the first governing document of Plymouth Colony, establishing a "civil body politic" based on consent of the governed and "just and equal laws".
mayflower compact
Speak softly and carry a big stick" meant taking action, not just threatening it, to influence other nations.
Big Stick Policy
an economic and political system characterized by private ownership of the means of production, profit-driven activity, and market-determined prices, rather than government control
Capitalism
a fortified concrete barrier constructed by East Germany on August 13, 1961, that completely encircled West Berlin, separating it from East Berlin and the surrounding East German territory until November 9, 1989
Berlin Wall
a landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional
Brown v.board of education.
an intellectual and philosophical movement in the 18th century that emphasized reason, science, and individualism over blind faith and traditional authority.
Enlightenment
America being nicer to smaller countries that don't have anything?
Good Neighbor Policy
a continuous association of employees formed to improve wages, benefits, and working conditions through collective bargaining
Organized labor Unions
(officially the European Recovery Program) was a 1948 U.S. initiative that provided over billion in economic aid to help rebuild Western European economies devastated by World War II.
Marshall plan
a seminal 13-month protest against segregated seating on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama
Montgomery bus boycott
inalienable,God-given rights inherently possessed by all individuals, independent of government authority,
natural rights