Founding Documents
US in the World
1900-1945 at Home
Cold War
100

First 10 Amendments 

Bill of Rights  

100

peace treaty that brought World War 1 to an end 

treaty of versailles 

100

what kind of a country was the soviet union?

communism

100

a race for nuclear supremacy 

Nuclear Race

200

This document states that you have unalienable rights.

Declaration of Independence 

200

US Navy ship that sunk during the Spanish-American War

U.S.S. Maine

200

wide spread fear of communism

red scare

200

A race to achieve superior spaceflight capability

Space Race 

300

Originated from Locke's belief of "Life, liberty, and property".

Natural Rights 

300

waterway that connects the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean 

Panama Canal 

300

decade of economic growth and widespread prosperity 

roaring twenties

300

the means used to stop the spread of communism

containment 

400

provided the foundation for the individual rights 

Magna Carta 

400

Foreign policy by Roosevelt where he stated "speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far"

The big stick policy 

400

a policy that protected the interests of native-born immigrants 

Nativism

400

a concrete barrier that physically divided berlin

berlin wall

500

contract that concerns the legitimacy of authority of state over the individual 

Social Contract

500

cooperation through trade rather than military to help improve relations between central and south america 

Good Neighbor Policy 

500

the idea to continue to buy products in mass

consumerism 

500

foreign policy that hoped to contain the spread of communism by providing assistance to other democratic countries in need

Truman doctrine