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world war 1
Amendments
World War 2
Wars
people
100
W. Wilson's proposal for peace after WW I
Fourteen Points
100
Sets a term limit for the President
22nd Amendment
100
Program to rebuild Europe after World War II.
Marshall Plan (1948)
100
1860 - 1865
Civil War
100
Statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers
Samuel Adams
200
Archduke of Austria Hungary assassinated by a Serbian in 1914. His murder was one of the causes of WW I
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
200
Gave 18 year-olds the right to vote, largely due to the draft
26th Amendment
200
The period from the end of WW II through the mid-1960's marked by unusually high birth rates.
The Baby Boom
200
1914 - 1918
World War I
200
President during Roaring 20's
Calvin Coolidge
300
commander of the American Expeditionary Force during WW I
John J. Pershing
300
The direct election of US Senators
17th Amendment
300
US General in Europe during WWII. He was in charge of the Invasion of Normandy (D-Day). Cold War President
Dwight D. Eisenhower
300
1939 - 1945
World War II
300
Refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. After she was jailed, the Montgomery bus boycott was organized
Rosa Parks
400
Progressive president who served during WW I.
Woodrow Wilson
400
Gave African-American men the right to vote
15th Amendment
400
Pres. of the US during WWII & early Cold War. Made the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan.
Harry S. Truman
400
1950-53 war with N Korea & China. Ended in a stalemate but S. Korea remained a democracy
Korean War
400
Leader of the women's suffrage movement.
Susan B. Anthony
500
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment
Treaty of Versailles
500
Established the federal income tax
16th Amendment
500
President during Great Depression & WW II. 1933 - 1945
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
500
1898 war with Spain. Acquired Spanish colonies in Caribbean and Pacific
Spanish-American War
500
King of Great Britain during American Revolution
King George III