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Explore key historical events including dates, amendments, the Cold War, and WWII. Learn about significant moments in American history that shaped the nation. Discover important amendments that changed the political landscape.
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Dates Amendments 1800’s Cold War WWII 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 Next Round
The year the USS Maine sank in Havana harbor The year the Spanish-American War began Also considered to be the year that America became imperialist
1914 – 1918 The US entered the war in 1917
The year that the stock market crashed (referred to as Black Tuesday) Considered the beginning of the Great Depression
The launching of the world’s first satellite, Sputnik, by the USSR and the start of the Space Race
This amendment gave us the direct election of senators by the people
This amendment prohibited the poll tax for national elections
Immigration during the latter 1800’s was mainly from these two world regions
The Dawes Act was intended to make Indians into farmers but instead helped destroy Indian culture
His theories on the relationship between sea power and world commerce influenced foreign policy development
During the latter 1800’s, industrialists who gained great wealth through corruption and unfair business practices
A political movement of the late 1800’s representing mainly farmers and which favored free coinage of silver and government control of railroads and industry
The fear of communism in the 1950’s was inflamed even more due to his senate investigations of communist influence in government and entertainment
Senator Joe McCarthy (McCarthyism)
The Cold War became hot when this war broke out in 1950 The war ended in 1953 with a cease-fire that is still in effect
When the French were defeated in 1954, the US continued the fight against the expansion of communism here in a war that lasted well over a decade
He not only authorized the use of atomic bombs against Japan, he also established the doctrine of containment against communism
This 1964 law allowed President Johnson to vastly increase troop strength in Vietnam
The US was able to supply Great Britain and, later, Russia, with war materiel due to this 1941 law passed by Congress
The strategy used by the US against the Japanese in the Pacific
This battle is considered the turning point for the US and its Allies in Europe
D-Day The invasion of Normandy, France June 6, 1944